My year in review
well,what can i say…
i’ve changed alot since have been over here in the UK. i arrived last year september and my plan was to stay one, kinda like a gap yr from school.
Although i finished school in 2004, i had part-time work, but now much in 9 months, mostly, i was going out every night, going to play pool, pubs, party’s, casion’s ( quite a bit), and i went on holiday as well (a few times). i also went to Cape Town, which is in South Africa. and i stayed with my gran, as she was very ill, i stayed there with my father for 3 months, drove my granny’s car, hehe, it was cool, the best car ever and was kept in mint condition – you know granny’s…
she past away last yr june. but she’s in a great place now, so getting back to my story… last yr, it was all fun and games, and this year all i have really done is worked… and thats been it… when i first arrived i knew no one, i had no friends… but as time went by i met loads of ppl, and now have more friends than i did at school. i have been every weekend, even the day i broke up with my chick, for the past 5 months… every weekend. so my life aint that boring. hehe. but i think i have matured a great deal, spiritually and mentally, as well as physically, i put on 10 kg’s from all the damn chocloate i eat, i’m a chocoholic… a while back i would consume between 200-400grams of chocolate a day!! i know it was bad, but i am here in the UK by MYSELF, no parents. In the words of William wallace, (Brave Heart – Mel Gibson): FREEDOM!! its gr8, i can do whatever i want when i want. i rent a room as well, so i have no cur-fu i can eat as much choclate as i want. but that was then, i had started eating healthily and getting loads of exercise about a few moths ago after my accident. ( i got knocked off my bike, now what an experience that was)...
i think the key points are that i have learnt to be independant, disciplined, i have matured, but i think religion helps a bit too… being a christian, sometimes i just felt like giving up, but i made a vow to stick this experience out for one year. so far it has been really good, despite my few problems now, like my job, although today was good, every other day has been really bad, most people would have sworn or left after the first day, but i’m taking his shit, and my philosophy is, if you carry on being nice to someone, they are going to have to give in, sooner or later, in my case, i’m praying sooner, hehe.
The weather has been an experience too, i have never lived anywhere where it has been less than 0’C, and over here it gets like -5 or so with plenty of snow, which i had only seen a few times before i came.
The one thing i have been dissapointed at was finding a church! as a christian, i feel like i needed one, cause something is missing in my life and that is fellowship, praise and worship, meeting new others, tithing! but that is my fault, cant tell you why exactly, maybe cause i have become lazy. but i can say i am getting closer to god, he has showed himself to me in many ways, most of them in kind and caring ways… its weird cause i was talking to some non-believers, and i often question my faith, as i think too-deep, which i know is bad! but my one boss said to me that for him, religion is like insanity, how can we pray to something that is not there, how come crazy ppl say they see things and no one believes them, but where as religion, its very similar, but i said to him, thats why we call it “faith”... and besides, i have my own proof as i have felt and SEEN* things!! so its good enough for me!
well thats all for now, i will update when i leave, its 23:45 on the dot, i gotta get up at 5am tomorrow, work… seems all i do now, and my problem is i cant ever go to sleep early, except for yesterday, i went to bed at 8pm and woke up this morning at 5am, i was so happy. so now i’m working and then going out to a mates house tomorrow, after work, a poker night, beer, good crowd and maybe a possible pocket full of money… what more could i ask for sleep, no thats sunday where i relax and do my prioities… as well as spend some time with my creator!!!!
laters! my motto in life is, live your life to its full potential and remember – everything happens for a reason!!!
Love, Peace and Chicken grease…...
