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The end of a chapter - the London edition

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I am writing this sat in my very bare room, getting high on the smell of window cleaner. I didn't realise what squalor I have been living in until I cleaned my room properly.... With many bags taken to the charity shop, bits and bobs sold online, and lots of stuff in the bin, I have managed to whittle down my belongings to 6 boxes and a suitcase.  It's amazing the amount of stuff you accumulate!!  Currently I am feeling OK. I've spent the last two weeks catching up with people and saying my goodbyes.  I thought I would feel sadder, but maybe it just hasn't hit me yet! Last week I went climbing with my friend Iain from uni.  I've not seen him in AGES and it was so nice to catch up with him, made me wonder why we'd left it so long!! I was apprehensive about the activty choice but he was an excellent teacher and I had a really fun time and think I would go again. I forgot how much your hands hurt at the end though so we only did 30 mins or so before gi

Countdown

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Less than a month until I go and I am feeling sick in the pit of my stomach nearly constantly.  I don't want to be repetitive in each post and talk about the whole going away thing but the closer it gets the more I freak out, and it's quite cathartic to write it all down and hopefully I will read it back in a year's time and think - well, if I got through that I can get through anything!  I guess this is normal, especially for me - my poor mum's had to put up with my nervousness all my life and it's a shame I haven't grown out of it just yet.  I have a feeling this next month is going to be super hard and emotional so I apologise in advance to all my friends and family if I am in weird moods!! This is the month of 'lasts'!!!! Last week we went for our annual (and last! :-( ) meal with the old UBS mobilisation team.  We went to the Big Easy in Canary Wharf which I wouldn't recommend on the basis that the service wasn't that great, we had a two h

Swansea School Trip

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I just had a very bizarre, but fun, weekend away with a bunch of really random people, courtesy of meetup.com . MeetUp is a brilliant concept – it’s a website/app you sign up to with your facebook account (in an attempt to make sure you’re a real person) that suggests lots of different groups you can join, based on your likes and hobbies.  You name it, you’ll probably find a group for it – there’s singles groups, music groups, comedy groups, sport groups, even an orgasmic meditation group! Definitely something to suit everyone!!! I have used it previously when I was in Singapore where I found a badminton group, but I have never really used it in the UK. I joined an action adventure group and saw they were doing a weekend break in Swansea in November, for the bargain price of £149 which included 2 dinners, 2 lunches and 2 breakfasts, accommodation, 2 guided hikes and 3 yoga sessions – right up my street!  Sepha was also keen so we paid our money and drove down to The Mumbles on