Live today, explore tomorrow

Living today, can change tomorrow.

Some of us have dreams, dreams that we can follow and make a reality, there are some of us that do this, that chase what we believe in until we fall off the end of the world with it. I am lucky enough to know a determined individual who is doing just that.


Carmel Roche is travelling to Indonesia later this year for six weeks, to research how the coral reefs are adapted to today's extreme environments. The research that's gathered will help Carmel complete her third year in Keele University and be used in her final thesis.

Being a qualified open water diver, Carmel will be scuba diving to explore the reef which is a strenuous task in every aspect both physically and mentally.

I am incredibly proud to know such a determined individual, and through this I hope it will raise more awareness for what she is about to do. The trip is funded independently by Carmel and help to secure more funds for the flights, diving equipment and everything else needed for her journey to Indonesia is very much needed and appreciated.

If anyone wishes to donate to Carmel's fund and too make a difference then please have a look at her fund raising page. After all if your not out there chasing your dreams you can help Carmel reach hers.

carmelfundraising.blogspot.co.uk

Carmel/fundraising.blogspot.co.uk

Carmarthen Journal Articles - 241

On  28th October we piled into St Peter's Civic Hall all eagerly waiting to be thoroughly entertained and we weren't to be disappointed. "241" written by the comedy genius Daniel Williams consisted of two plays "Patience" and "Bumps in the night" and four actors, Daniel Williams, Rhian Owen, Steffan Hughes and Iwan Williams. The plays contained fifty characters all shared between the four actors and no dialogue except the odd mumble, groan or beautifully timed comment.

"Patience" told the story of being the one constantly over looked in your doctors surgery and the madness that can come with being the last man standing or in this case sitting, sweating at the thought of what might happen next. The character played by the brilliant Iwan Williams was rather Mr Bean inspired and had the whole audience including myself in stitches throughout, proving you don't need a dialogue when you have such a well put together talented cast. Whilst "Bumps in the night" appropriately dedicated to Daniel's little girl told the story of the difficulties of managing to sleep whilst having a baby and the craziness that happens when all you want is some peace and quiet! Throughout the piece the comedic timing couldn't have been more on point and I think the audience would agree as laughter was all that could be heard through the hall. "241" is just another perfect example of how Daniel Williams is going from strength to strength as a writer and getting the recognition he so rightfully deserves. Its difficult to put into words just how entertaining this performance was and how fantastic the entire cast is. All I can say is the Principal Players are definitely a very talented group of individuals that you need to look out for on the theatre circuit.

We only get one life, but if we do it right once is enough!

So I fight for it, and I fight for it...........And I don't let it go.

When we are growing up we are told a thousand stories; the man that saved the world and his princess, the family of superhero's that lived next door, the boogieman hunters and monster slayers, the crime fighters, the princess's with beautifully long hair, the children with talking pets. We were told a million and one elaborate tales and from these we made our own dreams.

Whilst everyone around me lived in what they believed to be a real life fairytale where one day a prince charming would come and sweep them off their feet, chasing a dragon or two in the process I was living in my world and knew from the get go I didn't want to be in a fairytale I wanted to write one!

Finding something that makes you truthfully hand on your heart happy is rare. We are restricted to do jobs that we hate just to make enough money to do the things in life we enjoy. I have three jobs and only one of them makes me truly happy the others are a simple means to an end. Bus fares and the odd snack. I wake up everyday to stand in a place that doesn't make a difference and sell things that only create momentary happiness. I know I want to create something that is immortal, timeless.

So I fight for it, and I fight for it....................And I don't let it go.

I chase it until there is no speed left in these tired legs of mine and no hot air left for my lungs to breathe. I dream of being sat on the tallest building in New York in the middle of the night, being nothing in comparison to the rest of the world, yet being so much to the people that truly love me and to myself. I dream of being in a busy street trying to get my bit of the story. I dream of changing someones day because of the words I choose to use. I dream of saying,
"I did that"

So I fight for it, and I fight for it.......................And today I became that little bit closer, and I'm not letting it go.

All these roads they lead me here, I imagine your at home.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CDUpe7JPV8

This is the last time I am asking you why.

Everything Has Changed.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-mh08MiHHA


All I know is that we said hello, and now everything has changed. I just want to know you better, know you better now.

Waking up knowing something that you didn't before you fell asleep can change everything that you ever thought some of us act on those actions of knowing something, others wait. Both can learn to regret the way they choose to go about these things.

Everything has changed.

It only takes a second.

Sometimes its difficult to work every job under the sun, just so that you can save to do the one job that makes you happy. This scenario has been my life for the past nearly four years. I have never wanted to work in a shop, stand behind a til and flog stupid items that hardly anyone has any interest in buying! I want to write as if that isn't obvious and I have tried my best to do what I have to, so that one day I can fulfil this dream. So many people have told me that I should find a career that is easy, a career that I can start tomorrow and still be slogging away at the same day I retire. You have to do stuff that makes you happy, and for me that is expressing everything I feel on pen to paper. I want my words to have the ability to change someones day, to give someone an opinion on something that until that moment they read it they had never thought even about it.

I want to travel the world and let people know the truth, so when they are tucking into their breakfasts whinging about their nine to five lives they stop take a second and think actually there are people out there who would kill to be sat where I am right now. I want to go to the most dangerous places in the world stick on a hard hat and go catch my story and today, I came that little bit closer.

In the new year I will be writing so much more for my local paper, getting away from standing behind that til a bit more and showing people that this is what I love, that writing is something that I am destined to do. I am going to have to continue to keep proving myself to everyone that I can to get to where I want to be but its a challenge I am more than happy to take on.

Here's to the future, its looking brighter.

Misguided.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlZNKHyrq5I

Would someone care to classify broken heart's and twisted minds. So I can find someone to rely on and run to them, to them full speed ahead. Oh you are not, useless we are just Misguided ghosts, travelling endlessly, the ones we trusted the most pushed us far away, and there is no one road, we should not be the same, but i'm just a ghost and still they echoe me. They echoe me in circles.

All I wanted was....................................................