Tins from my kitchen, my phone and phone charger

I’ve spent extensive time thinking about how I’d survive the end of the world.

What I’d do is I’d get some tins from the cupboard (thanks Mum), get my phone and its charger then camp out in the bush down the road. The mistake people make in the films is that they keep moving. That’s when you get caught. Like Shaun of the Dead, I’d sit in the bush then wait for all this to blow over.

If the Zombie Apocalypse catches me on a good day, I think I’d be a good survivor but on a bad day I’m too lazy to move. If I have to run 100m, ugghh, literally take me.

In the end we all just die anyway. You don’t know when your ending is… you’re dead.

Signed school shirt, tie

I quite like endings. When we left school everyone was crying, I was like “there’s so much more”.

I’m now in my final year of college before I hopefully head off to University. It's a new beginning, a new chance for me to do something and be more independent.

Most people are nervous but I’m really excited. Although I like Birmingham, I’m excited to build a new life for myself somewhere else. I’m hoping London.

There’s lots more to explore in the world and I just want to be a little person in another city.

Campaign photo, red tie

In the future I think I’d like to be a politician, because you get to argue, but also make some kind of a change. Everything has an opportunity to be made better.

For me, the system needs the biggest change. I struggle to understand democracy because you’re having to just settle. You shouldn’t have to just settle.

Politicians: there’s no real point in claiming you are the help if you are not really helping. I’d improve schools knowing how a good education can give you a much better start in life, and how underpaid teachers are. I’d improve the benefits system and universal credits because everyone needs a level of income to survive. I’d keep McDonalds open 24/7 everywhere. But that last one’s mainly for me.

Speak, your, mind

I argue with all of my family all the time, we like to argue.

I’m the baby of the family and have grown up being told by my sisters “speak your mind”. So I do. We’re a fiery family; one time I argued with my sister over something really petty and we didn’t speak for literally 2 months.

At college I am studying history, sociology and politics, I think because these are the subjects where you are able to argue. Arguments can be seen as bad, but I’ve got a big mouth sooo…

Sometimes aggression in arguments can be good, because it shows you are passionate about it. I am passionate about McDonalds being open 24/7 everywhere.

Ipad, mixed media cardboard boxes, shopping trolley

I love walking around supermarkets. It’s like retail therapy in terms of food. Here’s my guide:

• Aldi: general bits and bobs

• Tesco: boujee

• Co-Op: double boujee

• Waitrose: off the charts boujee

• Lidl: good bakery

• Asda: good for useless things that you don’t really need

I also love Asos. I have premium delivery for a year so it forces you to buy stuff because you want to make your money out of it. Clothes buy you happiness.

You can also buy out asos at points, it’s just a click online.

Necklace and Chilli Sauce

My family and I argue all the time. My family are a fiery bunch. My family still to this day use the time where I squirted chilli sauce into my eyes as an excuse to embarrass me. In spite of all this, I will miss them when I go off to University. I will miss the arguments too.

When my sister went off to her University in 2017 (I think) she gave me this necklace, she just gave it to me. I wear it every day, not today though, and still find it comforting.

Even if we are not together I am connected to her by that. We have something of each other.

Jacket, Pinterest images

I’ve got an eclectic taste of music. Although I was born in 2004 I love 90’s songs: like Umbrella by Rihanna, Dilemma by Nellie and Let Me Love You by Mario.

I think I started listening to them because I found some on Pinterest and went ‘ah, that’s good’. Sometimes things like classic songs are timeless, other times fashions reinvent themselves.

Here is a jacket that I got my Dad to buy me. I have three different ones like it and they feel so cool. You rarely see anyone else in them so I feel I’m so different compared to you. Like, supermodel different. I am a bit of an attention seeker.

It’s an endless cycle of wearing old in a new kind of way, pairing them with stuff that’s trendy to make them feel right today. You don’t want to look like you belong in the 80’s but vintage and modern pull them together.

Mix of British and Pakistani clothes

Pakistani is what you can first see in me.

I mean… I’m not exactly white.

I was born at Queen Elizabeth Hospital and feel there has always been a weird clash of cultures for me. British and/or Pakistani.

Both of my parents were born in Pakistan and moved here when they were 18ish. They had their Pakistani identity then would have had to blend it with the British culture when they got here. I’ve had both blended from the very beginning which kind of makes it more confusing.

I was born with both Pakistani and British cultures.

Spice bowls, DVDs, CDs, Pakistani flag

When I am in the house I feel my Pakistani culture more strongly. We eat Pakistani foods, we listen to Pakistani music, and we watch Pakistani films.

When I am out and about I get very British vibes. Although I have friends who are Pakistani I go to a ‘British’ school, I shop at ‘British’ supermarkets and I eat fish and chips.

I’m the youngest of the family, and although my sisters and brother have all moved out they still live literally down the road.

Home, and with them, is where I stay connected to Pakistan.

Red lentils, photos, bag

I am excited to build a new life for myself somewhere else. My family would probably be sad at first, but they know it’s something I really want to do.

I will miss the environment here, all of my family and friends. Here I have a lot of people looking after me and although I’m independent I sometimes like being a child.

I think I will still cook Pakistani meals when I’m at University, like lentils. Mum’s had us on this healthy stuff. I’ll still listen to Pakistani music and watch Pakistani films like Kal Ho Naa Ho. I’ll still be Pakistani after all.