STUDENT ACTUARY VLOG #7 | Bridgemas, coffee shop study, bike repairs

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Welcome to a slightly rainy December Saturday in Cambridge I am just walking back from town got some Goods with me actually going to get quite festive this weekend because it is bridas day we are carrying on that tradition that I’ve done with my University friends every year since University we all get

Together cook a Christmas meal do secret santa play some festive Tunes I’m in my car cuz I’m driving over to my friend’s house my old house in fact Christmas jumper is on let’s get festive you can see a Christmas tree in the back which is also pink of course hi everyone welcome to bridg 2023 it’s a very merry time around here Tim the

Turkey is cooking and in the oven actually I think Tim is out the oven now come have a look at Tim here’s Tim the turkey let’s have a sneak peek o oh it’s all steamy now vlogging as well here is my fellow vlogger Emma hey lot of mert and happiness

Yay now we have the little Polaroid display we’ve taken a few new ones this year been playing around with a few different colored filters and a few little frames the best camera work is when I have been behind the pooid camera cuz I’m that talented please ignore the

Mug shot of me which is not focusing on anyway look at that how cute are they then get a little Christmas tree with a star on the top did the start I don’t know it’s in your house I’m going to start the C to cheese very soon which as

My regular viewers will know is what I take responsibility for because I have talents and making callif cheese and I’m a new Christmas jumper so please appreciate this cuz I picked this up in town today um thanks for that it’s why I ended up about 5 hours later um arriving

At brid stand planned cuz I was busy running chores in town and getting a Christmas jumper we’ll tune back in for secret s every oh ho ho ho is a man very few words you heard it here first folks ho ho ho how’s the turkey cooking it’s keep going good it’s

Done but like we’re all ready for the true start of the show cheese and the Min Sauce mix with vinegar everyone’s really for that side piece I’m glad it gets the recognition that it deserves how do I zoom in uh don’t Zoom I don’t think you need to

Know the end for this vog segment what happens if I just keep recording you can’t stop me outro please we wish you a Merry Christmas wish you a Merry Christmas wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year it is time to eat we are taking our seats at the table for the dinner of richmas with our Christmas crackers and here we see in herone secret santa time um this is my secret Santa package about to open it to miss y to miss yot that’s me the young lady

That I am very Miss y basically to you guys FL Flash inside more oh that’s cool that’s cool is it Crocs jit someone knows you really well a good gift Jesus CHR thank you Santa thank you we are at a bridge Ice Arena very session people over that’s right in

Center this is me and backward this my fingering Lon and now I’m going to show you some forward skating so I can do that as well here’s Ed hi how you feeling about skating I’m I’m get it slowly baby I’m going to go and try and find some other

Members of the gang on the ice to picture in this before the session ends let’s go see Tim Tim is an expert Tim you’re on the Vlog what you’re on the Vlog oh God we want to see your best trick my best trick I don’t have many

Good tricks you do you’re a pro skater you got actual ice P I got actual ice P okay I don’t know I can do a nice outside freeer wa skills I missed it you missed it you missed it I never doing that again this is what I aspire to be like

But I have made it everyone to l four which is an achievement everyone else I reckon I reckon you guys have made it to a strong level to you today thank you so much would actually hello people it is the evening despite my wet hair I’m normally a morning showerer but I’ve

Just had an evening shower and it was fantastic I’ve been sat at this desk all day working from home I’d like to say it was a quiet one but it really hasn’t been it’s very busy at work right now we’ve got a jam pack back December and

Tomorrow is my first study day for the next sitting and this evening I’ve been very very lazy and I’ve just done a co-op order on delivery Co-op is actually a 5minute walk from the house so I hate to think what the delivery rider was thinking as they dropped it

Off at my door but to explain myself it’s dark out there it’s getting dark so early now obviously by the time I finished working it’s dark and I don’t like going out walking in the dark by myself it’s scary out there it’s actually quite sensible to not go down

Dark alleys in the dark this evening I am trying the new co-op irresistible Woodfire chicken arabat pizza exciting paid a fortune for it so it better be good I’m going to preheat my oven cook some dinner cuz I’m super hungry and catch up on all the TV I missed over the

Weekend it’s been the Mama Mia I have a dream final it’s been that I’m a celebrity final the Strictly Come Down dancing semifinal and I could just do something to switch off for the evening I’ve been focusing quite hard today on some calculations of making data reconcile and explaining things to other

People and it’s all just too it’s all just too much I work very hard guys so TV time and the pink tree is back where it belongs in my house we love it hello everyone it is around lunchtime on Tuesday I’m with my bike the update on

My bike is that it’s not doing very well to 2 years of using it very frequently in and around Cambridge and commuting to the station have not helped its condition at all basically one of the brakes is broken the handlebars are wobbling around like nobody’s business the handlebars are splitting it’s just

Completely falling apart I have been sensible and ordered myself a new bike but that’s not going to come until the new year cuz it takes a little while to sort out my company’s cycle to work scheme and getting discount obviously I use it for my commute to work so I just

Need some something that is ridable for the next month until I get my new bike sorted otherwise I’m taking the bus the whole time which just means I have to get up even earlier on London days which I don’t want to do and honestly in Cambridge it does feel a little bit like

I’ve lost an arm when I don’t have a bike no exaggeration a lot of other people have said the same you just get used to cycling being your mode of Transport so when the bike is broken or not usable or even stolen it’s never Good success dropped the bike off they said they’re going to fix it I’m going to collect it in 2 days time cuz I’m in London tomorrow well done me that was easy wasn’t it I do drag my feet sometimes when getting those sorts of things sorted but really it is best to

Just go and sort it out we can really speak to the black people you know what they’re doing it’s all very easy I figured that even when I get a new bike it’s going to be useful to have a backup the number of times bikes are failed me

So I think getting it in a condition where it will last me another year or so as a backup bike is a good idea so getting a new basket put on where the front basket broke off before getting the brake pads replaced getting the handlebars tightened so they don’t rock

It’s going to be good I’ve got my big rock sack with me CU I’ve got all my study materials with me and I’m going to go study in a cafe now just to get a change of scene on this study day you know while I’m down m road what numbers

Is down here which is a favorite I don’t know how busy it’s going to be on a Tuesday lunchtime so going to go investigate but there are quite a few different options down Here just spent over 2 hours was Cafe studying had a bqu slice for the coffee it was very nice very pleasant actually CL these myself I stayed very Focus the whole time and actually made progress this side of Christmas which is sometimes hard to do when exams feel

Quite far away but I do need to hit the ground running with this next sitting I am now walking home at least I’m getting some fresh air and stretching the legs after sitting down for Solid 2 hours feeling a little bit overwhelmed by all of the content that I need to get my

Head around for these next exams I did do tutorials for spa last summer but then chose not to take it in the September sitting so it’s kind of been just recapping that tutorial content today at the time of the tutorials I remember feeling quite positive about the content and thinking oh this is

Actually doable but looking back over my notes I’m like what the hell was I writing what is all this maths and algebra going on there’s a lot of calculation stuff to get my head round a lot of pricing Concepts and definitions to get my head round that are not coming

Naturally it’s not the area that I work in but we’ll get There and over there it’s Jesus College and I’m just heading into the Ice Arena for this gingle is level four today let’s go That was such a good lesson sometimes I just have those weeks where I’m like oh my God I love ice skating best lesson ever and this was one of them it was my first time in the level four group so basically learning new competencies as said list of skills or competencies that

You have to do for each level from 1 to eight I’ve now passed all of the level one 2 three so I’m now into level four but there was only two of us who turned up to the class today and for the first 5 minutes was only me so I was getting

One to one tuition and I found a lot of the skills all right like not impossible the one that I found really hard was this backward skating a bit of a kick and the foot goes up in the air as you go backwards and you bounce on the other

Foot but it just it just clicked today a little bit and don’t get me wrong I’m not doing it very great gracefully yet but I definitely made a lot of progress and the instructor was really helpful now let’s drive home have some dinner do some work and get an early night cuz the

Next 3 days let me tell you they are down packed there is no downtime in the next 3 Days