Monday, December 15, 2008

Have PC, no job, will blog

I guess I haven't been blogging because i spend one and a half hours commuting everyday. Until tomorrow yay, when its my last day on the job thank goodness. I have visa issues and will need to change visa classes in the new year in SA and then return and join the job chase in a battered British economy - fun times await indeed. But for now, I'm looking forward to the break.

What have I done/learnt over the last year:
  • Read loads of books commuting to work until September when I switched to sudoku (I was using all my brain power before I got to work);
  • My boss is spiteful, lacking in humanity and slightly xenophobic - I will miss her, not;
  • I went to Scotland where the people in the cities are friendly and the people in the countryside aren't;
  • Met people from all over the world, some of who are firm friends now;
  • Discovered my thyroid is fine, but my testosterone levels tend to low;
  • Learnt who my real friends left in SA are;
  • Learnt my parents actually miss me;
  • Became really good friends with my sister;
  • Learnt to cook (like a bachelor on the run...);
  • Wished I had picked a career where I could use my hands rather than chasing intangibles that live inside a PC;
  • Fell in love with London, although I still hardly know her;
  • Packed on the weight;
  • Had random bump-into's with people I haven't seen since school or before that making me very nostalgic;
  • Didn't do any travelling which miffed me;
  • Discovered parsnips and sweet potatoes (never ate these in SA);
  • Considering vegetarianism very seriously now (I'll keep fish and eggs although);
  • Started to grow up, at last.
I know nobody reads this anymore, but I forgot (again) just how good it feels to put it out in the universe. Besides, if I said this to anyone I know IRL, I'd get 'sentimental sap' slapped across my face.