Tier 4 Visa and We are Moving to the UK

Last Friday, finally got some numver that I will need to apply for my student visa.  It seems very complicated but... oh well, I just have to figure it out how it works.  It seems that once I make my application, I have to go to a designated location and get my fingerprints and other stuff done... leave my passport with them and within a couple of weeks, it is done. 

D has resigned from his position at work.  He has been wanting to go back home, London anyways.  His father is ill and his mom is having a hard time dealing with it.  So, being a good son, returning back to London, where he grew up has been back of his mind for a few years now.  And he thought now is the right time to make the move... So he finally resigned yesterday and decided to go back to London while I am at Cambridge.  Indeed, we are giving up a lot of materialistic things - a nice view from the condo, good jobs, a few friends... and my parents will still be in Vancouver.  Vancouver is no doubt my home and I will do whatever I can do to return back home but for the next few years, we will have to make London (slash Cambridge) our home. 

Yup, again it is exciting and also scary.

K

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

Couple's Residence

D is going through some turbulent times.  He does not know what he wants to do with his life.  To me, it is not weird or surprising.  It was more surprising that he did not ask these questions before.

Unlike D, I have been asking these questions all through my adult life.  I've tried to figure out what I want out of life.. ultimately.  Of course it is easy to say that it is the happiness, I want out of my life... but that's just cheating.

So D's plan is to follow me to the UK, which is also where his parents, siblings and friends live.  Although he hasn't been living there for 16 years or so, he wants to go back to the UK for awhile (more than ever).  His dad's ill, his mom not getting younger... yeah I understand his reasons.

Anyhow, I asked the housing contact regarding the requirements to get a couple's residence assigned.  The reply email says my partner must be with me at all times.  Well I cannot guarantee that as his plan is to share his time between London and Cambridge.  However, if I can't secure a couple's housing in Cambridge, there really won't be much room for him to stay in Cambridge.

D will still have to figure out what he wants to do when he is in London/Cambridge.  Yeah, nothing is simple.  I thought I would have figured my whole life by now... but frankly, I am far from it.

K