My hometown

Despite people perceptions of the area I find the view of Middlesbrough from the top of Middlesbrough Tower on the Teesside University campus quite spectacular. Looking from the windows on the east side of the building to the south east from the science labs on the upper floors the scenery is remarkably and surprisingly picturesque.

The greenery breaks up the masses of housing and industrial estates making the entire town look like many large suburbs running into each other – in the background the Cleveland hills give the scenic views when Middlesbrough’s urban landscape is looked past that one would expect of a holiday postcard.

busy times

I sat my UKCAT test again today: I did OK scoring about the same as last year. I’m filling out yet another application to medical school. I’ve got about half way through typing up the short story I’m submitting for creative writing and now I need to start writing up the physics portfolio. I’ve managed to get a bit of spare time to myself and finished the last scene of one of the erotic short stories I intent to publish in September done, naturally I’ll post links to any suppliers in various countries online when it comes out either here or on my author website @ sites.google.com/site/AllanMcLeodOnline

Graduation Day

Well I had a great time on Saturday at The Sage in Gateshead: I was at graduation for my Open University degree; a truly memorable day. I would whole heartedly recommend the OU to anybody wanting higher education- I received a truly remarkable experience.

Funnily enough I also had a bit of a laugh with somebody shouting ‘nice legs’ at me when I went on stage to collect my degree: a by-product of being the only bloke to turn up in a kilt: seriously though – if you have a Scottish last name or are a Scot attending an English university wear your kilt to graduation: the people looking for poster boys will hone-in on you because you stand out. I had a couple of people do it with me: and it’s also a bit of free advertising for me because I said I’m an author in the interview’s I gave.