There’s so much stuff I have to do while doing my thesis at the same time.
Visas and passports. Work out what system I need to live under – possibly a highly skilled immigrant… I don’t know…
The actual job. Getting the bloody job is the MOST important thing.
Getting my essential stuff there – I’m going to be there for a while so I won’t bring anything I don’t need can’t live without.
Finding a place to live – prefferably before I arrive so I have somewhere to go because I don’t know anyone I can stay with in England (I will not stay with Adam’s family, they don’t even know who I am and I’m afraid of his father and wary of his brother, but his mum seems OK). A sharehouse would be OK for a few months I suppose, but I really want to live with Adam once I’m settled.
Currency – get an English bank account so my job can pay me.
I wish someone would work all this out for me, I really do. I don’t know what I’m supposed to do. I’m overwhelmed. It’s too big for me to do by myself. I need to go talk to a professional for advice on how to emmigrate.
Great, now I’m starting to stress and I haven’t even written my thesis yet.
Jan 13, 2008, 04:01PM PST | 0 comments
To go to England and Wales after I have completed my BA (Hons).
Seeing as how I am going to Liverpool, I may as well go to Wales too: I have wanted to visit there for a very long time anyway, for about 7 or 8 years.
Problems: Going solo.
Money
Bravery? Do I have the confidence or the will to do this by myself with limited cash, to come back to a bank account of ZERO and THEN find a job? Or do I attempt to relocate there temporarily the first time go?
What I need: Passport
Plane ticket
Digital camera
Lots of money for cabs and hotels and touristy things so I don’t freak out because I can’t afford anything.
Ipod – just because.
A travel buddy would be soooooooooooooo good but I don’t want to leave them alone when I’m with Adam. We will be very busy. In private ;).
Speaking of which: sexy underwear.
Who I need to speak to: I have two cousins who relocated to England, they are on facebook, so I need to ask them like a million questions.
Kirsten – she went to England on student exchange for 6 months.
My mother – also went to England for a 4 week holiday.
Job agency – to find me a job.
Can I really live without my family for support in a foreign country in my first real job out of school? Can I rely on Adam to support me? (not financially, I mean. I mean emotionally, mentally, psychologically, physically)
So many issues.
Jan 01, 2008, 08:38PM PST | 4 comments