After over a year of promising myself that
I would start blogging, I decided that exam time would be the best time-not the
greatest of ideas that I have had, but now I can finally say that I did it! And
it was the wonderful thing known as procrastination that got me here. I study
BA Humanities- Engineers, no comments- it is a degree! I major in English
Literature and History and so for the majority of the day today I have had an ‘exciting’
date with T.S Eliot (note the sarcasm). When I messaged a friend of mine this evening
and his reply was that he wanted a drink, I thought to myself “why not!” I must
admit I am very impressed that I only had one drink-well two:p Now as a
student, one drink (for me anyway) tends to turn into my most memorable (or
not) night. So two drinks later I dragged myself away and came home so I could
spend the rest of my evening with Eliot and his sexual innuendos. Unfortunately
for me I’m writing English on Monday, so I need to work, or pretend to work at
least! Any distractions are welcome...
I am from Kenya, lived in Australia,
England and South Africa and that it why I called my blog “In-Between Worlds”.
Each place that I have lived in I have adopted some part of that culture and
way of life and so my identity in a way is always developing and changing. I
feel very privileged to have been surrounded in such diverse communities and
have the experience that I have. My first time leaving home I was 19 and
rebellious and I moved to Perth. It was a huge adjustment, and knowing that I couldn’t
go home when I wanted was difficult- it certainly made me appreciate home more.
Although it was tough, it was character building and I changed. I left home extremely
dependent on my parents, and I came back a new person. That chapter in my life
was a few years ago, and I’ m on the last legs of this chapter as a student. In
6 months time I’ll be graduating and then I have the real world at my feet- my
chance to make an impression. The world is a scary place, but you can’t keep
waiting for the right time- you just have to do what you want to do.
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