Back to reality
After a month spent back in England with my feet firmly on the ground, my recent adventures seem more like a long, unbelievable dream than a real life adventure.
In fact, on the flight home from Hong Kong, I fell asleep only to start dreaming with great clarity and realism that I was slowly waking up from a long slumber and that I hadn't been away at all. It was more like a nightmare than anything else and I remember vividly waking up in terrifying cold sweat!
I had to reassure myself for several minutes that I had indeed done all these things! It was at this point that I began to slowly weave and connect all the places that I had been to, as one whole entity rather than a series of separate trips. I realised that I had done so much, travelled so far and so some stability in my life was now welcome! I was also glad that I was going home in one piece!
A few days after returning, I went to my long awaited graduation in Bristol, hooking up with my course mates as well as my friends from the epic Park Street halls. I began to also put together photo albums of my trip, a long process as you can imagine!! It was great to look back at some of the photos, some which I hadn't seen for a few months since I sent them back to the UK by post.
Believe it or not I saw a careers advisor at Nottingham University to point me in the right direction and to check my updated CV. I also found a good part time job a couple of days a week beginning in early 2006 to keep me going in the meantime while I apply for full time marketing jobs.
I visited my brother Charlie in London for a long weekend meeting some of his work mates which was really good fun, and even went to a few art galleries. The week after, I paid a visit back to the so-called 'shire', my old childhood home hidden somewhere in the rolling hills of the Oxfordshire Cotswolds. It was here that I sampled a few of the country ales that I had missed dearly, next to the lovely log fire catching up with my old school mates in my old pub. Great stuff.
Then Christmas creeped up all of a sudden and it was great to catch up with all the family properly and have a gorgeous roast with all the delicious trimmings, got some great presents too. And everyone seemed happy with my presents, I think, though I haven't checked e-bay yet!
In the New Year I hope to keep updating the website as much as I can, keeping it much the same, trying to put an exotic slant on what is now a relatively normal life! I'll just have to make my life a little more interesting!
You make your own fun and luck methinks.
In fact, on the flight home from Hong Kong, I fell asleep only to start dreaming with great clarity and realism that I was slowly waking up from a long slumber and that I hadn't been away at all. It was more like a nightmare than anything else and I remember vividly waking up in terrifying cold sweat!
I had to reassure myself for several minutes that I had indeed done all these things! It was at this point that I began to slowly weave and connect all the places that I had been to, as one whole entity rather than a series of separate trips. I realised that I had done so much, travelled so far and so some stability in my life was now welcome! I was also glad that I was going home in one piece!
A few days after returning, I went to my long awaited graduation in Bristol, hooking up with my course mates as well as my friends from the epic Park Street halls. I began to also put together photo albums of my trip, a long process as you can imagine!! It was great to look back at some of the photos, some which I hadn't seen for a few months since I sent them back to the UK by post.
Believe it or not I saw a careers advisor at Nottingham University to point me in the right direction and to check my updated CV. I also found a good part time job a couple of days a week beginning in early 2006 to keep me going in the meantime while I apply for full time marketing jobs.
I visited my brother Charlie in London for a long weekend meeting some of his work mates which was really good fun, and even went to a few art galleries. The week after, I paid a visit back to the so-called 'shire', my old childhood home hidden somewhere in the rolling hills of the Oxfordshire Cotswolds. It was here that I sampled a few of the country ales that I had missed dearly, next to the lovely log fire catching up with my old school mates in my old pub. Great stuff.
Then Christmas creeped up all of a sudden and it was great to catch up with all the family properly and have a gorgeous roast with all the delicious trimmings, got some great presents too. And everyone seemed happy with my presents, I think, though I haven't checked e-bay yet!
In the New Year I hope to keep updating the website as much as I can, keeping it much the same, trying to put an exotic slant on what is now a relatively normal life! I'll just have to make my life a little more interesting!
You make your own fun and luck methinks.
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