I’ve bought my first car in Wales and I am absolutely chuffed to bits! It was a semi-new experience because let’s face it, buying a car pretty much entails the same things regardless of where you do it. But it was quite fun to be given the opportunity to pick my license plate […]

This morning was the second magnificent autumn morning in a row. Cold and crystal clear, I left early for school to make my 9:00 a.m. history class.
Once parked, my walking route takes me past a large field populated with ancient oaks and beautiful rolling, deep green lawns. The field slopes gently up to […]

Don’t you love rainy nights? I do. There’s something inherently romantic about them. I always want to dash home and cuddle up to someone I adore in the sanctuary of dryness, warmth and the cozy lights of our world. To snuggle with him in front of the TV, my head on his […]

I think my nose has become a faucet. I appear to have acquired a cold. Not too surprising considering that, of the 270 some odd people in my Medieval History lecture hall, probably 75% of them have been coughing their heads off through the hour-long class (an interesting topic by the way). […]

Now that I’ve been here a couple of weeks and gotten where I can find my way around, life couldn’t be better – well, with the exception of downtown Abertawe which I think will be torn up for road work for at least the next millennia…
You ask people: “How do I get there from […]

Since I’ve been here, everyone I meet mentions how brave I am for driving about on the “other” side of the road. Well, it’s not really so brave, as long as you pay attention and the other drivers don’t get too mad when you find yourself in the wrong lane and need to go […]

A hearty ‘good luck’ to ForumWales moderator Arwen! Today she flies to Heathrow from California to then travel onwards to Wales. Arwen is making the move to study Welsh at Swansea.
FW wishes her the best of luck in her new Welsh adventure and hopes that she enjoys her course and her time in […]

Diolch yn fawr, Dave. Anghofiais i’r cyswllt.
I guess what really toasts my cookie about this can be found in remarks made by Mr. Collins who, according to the South Wales Echo reporter David James (quoting James here) “Mr Collins argued that teaching Welsh in under-privileged areas only distracted from subjects that might help pupils […]

There’s been a lot of discussion of late relating to Mr. Collin’s remark regarding Welsh as being a brain dead language. And I admit, I’m tired and have had a couple of whiskys nawr. But I will say that sober or not, I think his opinion in this case should have been kept […]

Well why not. Not a topic anyone likes to talk about, dying, but let’s face it, we all do it.
As it happens, Oystermouth Cemetery has made the final list for the 2007 Cemetery of the Year award. So what makes this one so special?
Probably not the fact that hoards of people have […]

In view of all the negativity surrounding the Welsh squad of late it’s lovely to see something positive going down on the Welsh rugby front.
James Hook has been awarded the Rugby Writers Association Player of the Season award. An award well deserved by a sensational player.
Llongyfarchiadau i ti, James! […]

Well, I hope you all noticed that I refrained from commenting on the perfectly horrible rugby match this past weekend. Although I must say that after reading Gareth Jenkins’ pre-game comments I didn’t hold out much hope. I mean what can you expect when the coach says “IF we can……”
Perhaps things will be […]