London
June 1st, 2007
So obviously I have finished my placement in Mongolia. It was sad to leave friends, colleagues and my work after the year in Mongolia. I can’t believe that my year is over, it went so quickly! I loved my time there, experiencing Mongolia and working for a small NGO which enabled me to learn so much. I guess it is hard to relate my UB experience to anything as it just seemed like a different world, with no cross-over with my ‘normal’ life. All I can say is that I am so grateful for the opportunity I had and for being able to meet so many amazing people, I am actually missing it a lot these days. Hopefully I will return soon.
I came home briefly in March and had to make a quick decision to settle for a while and find a job or move on, so I decided to try out London. Apologies to those that I did not have the opportunity to catch up with while I was in Sydney. I was home for a few hectic weeks and they went by so quickly I wasn’t able to see everyone.
As I said above I am living in London, sharing a unit with a friend of a friend, in Bloomsbury, which is near Leicester square etc. I have been in London almost four weeks now. I am still on the hunt for jobs, trying to find some appropriate IT contracts, hopefully something will be formalised in the next week or so. I have been having a good time so far, catching up with some good friends that have been living here for a while, cruising around bars, seeing sights and going to a few galleries and museums. In my first week I randomly ran into one of my very good friends (Aron, for those who are from New) from school whom I have not seen in over 5 years (exciting I know!).
In other exciting news my application for British citizenship has been approved and hopefully I will be able to attend a ceremony in June some time. I get to swear allegiance to the queen!! Thus I will hopefully be spending some time in mainland Europe in the next few years, with my new EU passport.
The plan at this stage is to cruise around London for a year or so, and then find the next adventure.
Anyway, that is enough from me for now.
I would love to hear from your all about what is happening in your world.
Cheers,
Luke
