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My new life in England.
I long, as does every human being, to be at home wherever I find myself" - Maya Angelou
Well, here I am, in Manchester. Three weeks after my move we finally have internet in the house. Hallelujah!
It's been a fantastic experience so far though. Arrived on the 19th in Liverpool aka Scouseland and then my friend Nikki was there to pick me up and she drove me to Manchester :)
Settled in over the weekend and then on monday I immediately went jobhunting.... getting a temp job that same day, starting on tuesday the 22nd!
It's a call centre job for the ALG/EMA student grants and it's rather boring but at least I can babble in English all day which is good for trying to get rid off my accent!
A week later I got accepted for a permanent call centre position, so life is quite good jobwise!! Never ever dared to dream that I'd actually find a job, a perm job, so bloody soon after moving to Manchester.
Our house is lovely, if a bit cold, but alas. Can't have it all at once. I shall take some pictures and post them soon.
Othwerwise I have little difficulty with trying to adapt to the English way of life, though I do miss my bike and the faster Dutch payment system ;)
Posted by Leonie on Wednesday February 06 2008 15493 comments
The end of an era.
"Let your mind start a journey through a strange new world. Leave all thoughts of the world you knew before. Let your soul take you where you long to be. Close your eyes, let your spirit start to soar, and you'll live as you've never lived before." - Erich Fromm
Less than four days left.
My bags are nearing fullness and I've burned my ships behind me, have said goodbye to most of my relatives and friends. I'm officially listed as an emigrant now. Exciting times ahead!
Of course I will miss my family and my childhood home, I'm not going to claim to not be homesick in advance, because I might be. There will be things I'll miss about the Netherlands, even though I've bitched and moaned about my country many times, but I'll always be proud of my Dutch heritage.
My next blog will be posted on English soil :D
Posted by Leonie on Tuesday January 15 2008 11186 comments
The start of something wonderful
"The object of a new year is not that we should have a new year. It is that we should have a new soul" - G.K. Chesterton
Happy New Year everyone :) I hope you've had a nice time.
My New Year's Eve was spent in the company of my uncle, aunt, their two children and my parents. It was really nice, we listened to the Top2000 on the radio, since we're all music geeks and sang along to the songs. Played an old Dutch game called Sjoelen and counted down to midnight together. After 12 we watched Jool Holland's Hootenanny on the BBC and my cousin lit some fireworks.
My aunt and uncle also had a surprise gift for me: 20 euros and an English flag with Manchester printed on it :) That was quite lovely and thoughtful of them to do.
Only two weeks to go, the anxiety in my stomach is getting more horrible by the day. I'll have to start thinking of what to pack. Packing's not my favourite thing to do in the world, but unfortunately it's rather necessary and it's most important that I won't forget certain things. Wonderful!
At least I've got nothing else to worry about now - aside from the packing and the finding a job thing - so that's nice.
Passed my driving test today :) It was my first time, so I'm feeling pretty accomplished at the moment!
Posted by Leonie on Friday January 04 2008 13502 comments
A new beginning at Christmas
"Well, I'm back" - Samwise Gamgee, Return of the King
Indeed I am back to the land of blogging, on Christmas Day :)
It's been a long while. Two years, if not longer. My memory lets me down here. But oh well. I missed blogging. LJ just isn't the same. LJ is something that I am merely using for fun, for fandomy rambles and such. Therefore there will hardly be any OMGWTFBBQ!! posts on this blog.
I want to use this blog for my thoughts, for things that are on my mind about my own life and about things that happen in the world. This blog will be about the reality of every day life and things that interest me without fangirling involved. Hopefully ;)
I am about to embark on a journey that will change my life drastically and I'm dead scared, but excited at the same time.
25 days from now, I'll be moving to the UK. I'll leave my relatively small town in Holland for the city of Manchester. It's something I've wanted to do for years now, because I don't feel quite at home in the Netherlands. And everytime I've visited England, visted Manchester, I did feel a sense of belonging. It's a strange feeling to have, feeling connected with a place that's not within the boundaries of your own country.
Maybe it's just a phase I'm going through, maybe visiting Manchester won't be the same as living in Manchester, having to adapt to a different lifestyle that I might not get used to at all. Maybe I will become so homesick after a month that I'll go home with my tail between my legs, but I do know that if I won't do this, if I won't dare to take this leap, I'll always be wondering about it for the rest of my life.
Alas, that's a worry I can pick at a later time again! It's Christmas, I should be merry!
Happy Holidays to all of you, I hope your days will be joyful and spend with those you love :)
Posted by Leonie on Tuesday December 25 2007 43998 comments