by Jenni Ellegard | Nov 14, 2013
A true story I sat next to my mum in the Church Hall as people slowly began to file past me and take their seats on that sunny Sunday afternoon. Shoe-scuffles echoed around the high ceiling, and there was only a faint murmur of greetings as Piano Teachers greeted...
by Jenni Ellegard | Nov 12, 2013
1. Learn to like coffee.Office workers drink coffee by the gallon, and when you go to an interview, you’ll probably get weird looks if you say ‘you don’t like coffee’. Stick 4 sugars in it and just down it. It gets better, I promise. 2....
by Jenni Ellegard | Nov 5, 2013
So I took my hamster to work with me yesterday.Because.. well, why not? Every office needs a hamster. In truth, I have a flat inspection every 6 months just to make sure I’m being a good tenant. And… well technically speaking, my contract does...
by Jenni Ellegard | Nov 4, 2013
Every other Saturday I go to a Creative Writing class. I’ve been going for about two months now. I saw the flier in at a cafe window about 2 minutes walk from my flat, one that I’d been meaning to go into since it first opened in Summer, so I decided you...
by Jenni Ellegard | Nov 1, 2013
Halloween has never really been a big thing for me. From a young age, my mum told me it was a very ‘American’ holiday. She didn’t believe in trick or treating, insisting that it wasn’t safe outside (which in all fairness, seeing as we lived in...