Sorry that it's been a while since my last update, I've been busy with preparations for going overseas, flights, visas, insurance, accommodation, packing, et cetera... But now it's finally all done, except for the packing. It's going to be hard to fit six months worth of stuff into 20 kgs, but I have started, there is currently piles of stuff around my suitcase, I just have to decide what goes in. I have also been collecting television on my new hard drive to watch, and thanks to other people, I now have a good selection covering a couple of genres, though according to my supervisor, I'll be too busy with work to watch any of it, which I hope won't be true.
Now that it's so close to my departure date, lot of people have asked me if I'm excited about my year overseas, and I must admit that excitement is not an emotion which I have been feeling recently, except when I've been looking up places to go sight seeing. There is much more anxiety and fear regarding my new research group and living arrangements and I am already looking forward to coming back for Christmas, and I haven't even left! I think my time in Geneva last year taught me that it is much harder living in the country where you don't know the language, and going overseas for work is very different than going for traveling since you are based in the same place and need to fill in the evenings, and it's even quite different than traveling for studying, as it's harder to meet people. Hopefully it'll be better this year...
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