Counting Down

Well not really.
I am not counting down yet.  I am still fully busy with work.  I haven't been able to hand over much to existing team members yet. But they do know that I will be here (where I work) for roughly another two months.

I am getting slowly excited.  It's been 10 years since I was a full time student last time - when I did my first master's degree in engineering, specializing in concrete bridge structures in earthquakes (yup very specific and very boring.. but it was kind of exciting at the time).

I am a bit nervous about the whole transition.  I know I can only do it (I mean going to school, leaving everything behind... my condo, car and other belongings...) because I am not married with kids yet.  In my mind, I am still  young and I will still have to work for a really long time, so I still think I have a right to pursue further personal development.

Yes I am nervous and excited at the same time.  I do think I will have more time to do other things... like maybe travelling, painting, photography compared to now.  But there are so many things that need to happen before and thank god my partner, D will be here to wrap up some things.  Things are happening now and we will be concluding the first phase of our life together in Vancouver and move to the UK.  Aaaaaahhhkkk~~~

Kinda scary but very exciting. :)

K

I am here...

No one's life is simple.  Everyone has his/her own stories and complications.
I wouldn't say that my life had lots of obstacles but it wasn't boring per se.  Let's say that my life wasn't too boring.  It's just that I am a boring person.

In a way, I have always been like this.  I am confident, smart, at times arrogant, always tries to be fair to others.  I have never been a so-called party person.  My highly limited alcohol consuming ability and my requirements to sleep at least 6 hours a day with a daily average of 8 hours all time have been limiting.  On top of that, living on the edge is really not my thing.  And I don't like loud music.  Yes, I've never done drugs, never smoked pot, and I hate clubs.

So these are the things that I am not.  And it's not because I am in my mid-thirties.  I have always been like this.  As far as I am concerned, I have never changed in this matter.

What I am is many other things.  I love challenges.  I love learning new things, meeting new people and being creative.

I constantly seek different avenue to fulfil my needs.  I volunteer, join clubs, write blogs and initiate new projects.

I am here today not to make money to pay my bills - although this part, I cannot ignore - but to secure another stepping stone to the next phase in my life.  I fully understand the life is a marathon, not a sprint.  I am only one third way done.

Student Visa and Room Assignment

Finally, I received an email saying that my student visa will be processed and another email saying that I need to pay 300 GBP to secure a room.  Unfortunately, I don't have an option to select the type of rooms that I would like.  You know what; at this point, I am not too bothered.  I am not even sure if I am going to do anything more than - say, get changed and sleep.

I appears that my life is in a way set - i.e. I know what I am doing - for the next two years.  After that, I am not sure.  Unfortunately for D, I am not sure if he know what he's doing next month.

But it doesn't matter.  Life is a journey that you take on one step at a time.

K