Revisit
It's been a long time hasn't it?
I would have said it's been too long, but I think it was a good little hiatus. It is possible to honestly say I have left a lot of that behind. New slate and all that. It's been 5 months since my last post, and everything is so different.
Firstly, I'm on the other side of the world, doing something I completely did not expect to be doing. Secondly, a number of people who were influentual in my life then are no longer the people in my life now.
Everything I had planned for the second half of the year has been tossed out. Similarly, everything I had in mind for this site no longer seems relevant.
Three and a half months ago, if you told me what I'd be doing now, I would have laughed. Quite possibly have even scoffed at the thought. Right now, the next 6 to 8 months are uncertain for me and where I go from here all hinges on the next few weeks. & if anything, I have seen how significantly plans for the next year can change in the matter of days. I don't just mean myself either, a lot of people's lives on this project have been uprooted and redirected.
I honestly found the first month in Munich a bit hard to adjust and settle in properly to life over here. But after being home for the week and coming back, Munich is now like a second home for me. I know I was in Beijing for 3 weeks, but it was short. I knew I would be getting out of there and never had to settle in properly. It's a bit daunting to say, hey you're going to be here for half a year so it's time to make friends with work colleagues as you'll be spending over 100 hours a week with them, just get some food at your favourite restaurants, hang out, grab a coffee, go out with 'friends' etc.
I never knew things as simple as what time places close, travel distances and living out a suitcase in a hotel would have such an impact on my lifestyle. This has to be the hardest part.
& now my lifestyle has changed, my Sydney lifestyle seems so very foreign and different. I look back at my friends in Sydney and wonder how different our lives are. & hope that it will be easier to switch back, if I ever can.
I would have said it's been too long, but I think it was a good little hiatus. It is possible to honestly say I have left a lot of that behind. New slate and all that. It's been 5 months since my last post, and everything is so different.
Firstly, I'm on the other side of the world, doing something I completely did not expect to be doing. Secondly, a number of people who were influentual in my life then are no longer the people in my life now.
Everything I had planned for the second half of the year has been tossed out. Similarly, everything I had in mind for this site no longer seems relevant.
Three and a half months ago, if you told me what I'd be doing now, I would have laughed. Quite possibly have even scoffed at the thought. Right now, the next 6 to 8 months are uncertain for me and where I go from here all hinges on the next few weeks. & if anything, I have seen how significantly plans for the next year can change in the matter of days. I don't just mean myself either, a lot of people's lives on this project have been uprooted and redirected.
I honestly found the first month in Munich a bit hard to adjust and settle in properly to life over here. But after being home for the week and coming back, Munich is now like a second home for me. I know I was in Beijing for 3 weeks, but it was short. I knew I would be getting out of there and never had to settle in properly. It's a bit daunting to say, hey you're going to be here for half a year so it's time to make friends with work colleagues as you'll be spending over 100 hours a week with them, just get some food at your favourite restaurants, hang out, grab a coffee, go out with 'friends' etc.
I never knew things as simple as what time places close, travel distances and living out a suitcase in a hotel would have such an impact on my lifestyle. This has to be the hardest part.
& now my lifestyle has changed, my Sydney lifestyle seems so very foreign and different. I look back at my friends in Sydney and wonder how different our lives are. & hope that it will be easier to switch back, if I ever can.
posted by manda at
4:45 AM
9 Comments:
hey manda!
wow, you're practically on the other side of the world now. isn't it bizarre where life takes us sometimes. it quite often pulls you right out of your comfort zone at first, but i think in retrospect it makes you appreciative of what you had, what you have now, and all in all it adds to the experience that is life. :)
wow what u doing on the other side of the world aye babes?
well i hope ur having a great time and feeling content =)
Hey there,
I guess it is a strange feeling to head back to your hotel room after being back in Syd and thinking, "geez, what a whirlwind. It's good to be back...hmmmm"
It is definitely a disruptive to just leave your life back in one place and not know where you will be more than a month in advance.
Spending time with work friends is not mandatory - although ppl almost always know that you are free! But the occasional "lone time" is important. I guess in a way, it blurs the lines of friendships/colleagues, but don't learn the hard way that they are still colleagues - so things one does do not stay quiet...haha.
Anyway, it will definitely take some getting used to when you get back, but hope everything is going well in the meantime...don't stress too much!
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hey cuz... it is caroline,i just tagged you. ;)
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love, c
Holy shitballs batman!
an update!!
damn long time ->oro
Holy shit! your in where? Germany???
quote:
I never knew things as simple as what time places close, travel distances and living out a suitcase in a hotel would have such an impact on my lifestyle. This has to be the hardest part.
I know that feeling, damn i feel empathetic for you manda!
Seriously DAMN!!!!!!!!!!!
It seems that we have lost touch... Great to hear that you are enjoying life on the other side of the world! Hope things will continue to work out for you ! Keep in touch.
- an old friend.
wow, GERMANY?? COme back & tell us how things are its been like 6 mths lol :)
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