All things recent

When nothing happens for a long time and yet things don’t feel the same, it is a very unsettling feeling indeed. When life is not are not quite what it was but then you have no idea what it is becoming – the present can almost feel like some sort of half-truth. Like you are lost in space or out at sea in unfamiliar territory. It is important to be aware of your surroundings, but what if they are a chasm of uncertainty, a series of random and unfamiliar events?  Although you may feel as though nothing has changed, perhaps it is you? 

Today, I woke up again to find myself in a new country -  a country that I have been an inhabitant of for yet another six months. I arrived here for the first time in 2009 with no real plan but a feeling deep within my bones that I wanted to be somewhere else. 

Now in 2011, it's onto round two.

If you want to, I would say just do it. Nothing to lose. You only live once

… and any other unbearable clichés.  

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A HORROR STORY

Once upon a time in a far-away land with depressing and terrible weather, there was a girl with seasonal affective disorder and bad circulation who thought that maybe her genes were intended for sunnier climes and thus decided to go and work as a model in South Africa for the season. On arriving in the country she realised contrary to what she had been previously advised, that it was not at all possible for her to work on a tourist visa and so she was recommended to an immigration advice company, highly recommended by the agency that she was working with at the time and many others in the industry.

After a few months, and no receipt or word from the immigration advice rep the girl began to get anxious and suspicious and asked for her British passport back. The immigration advice lady made appointments and broke them and also didn’t answer her phone or reply to emails for a while. When she finally re emerged from her ‘leave’ she assured the girl that everything was fine, but you see, quite a lot of time had gone by then, so the girl decided to inform the British consulate…who, most displeased with the situation, proceeded in telephoning the immigration lady and gave her a very serious telling off.

To cut  a long story short, the girl eventually got her passport back, after nearly six months and was fined heavily and nearly detained for an overstay on her departure from South Africa back to her far away land. 

All of this came to past a almost a year ago. This is the girls second time in South Africa, and now she found a charming immigration special, but lost all her money from the first tragic and disappointing attempt. Sadly, it doesn't look as though she see any of that money again. You will be pleased to know that the Bad Immigration lady (who cheated close to 150 other people) is now in jail where she belongs, of course.

Be very, very careful.