Return to Oz
Jack, a colleague from the School of Computing, returns to Australia tomorrow following a year’s study here in Leeds. The impact that he has had on the school, and university as a whole, is quite remarkable as was evident by the turnout at his leaving do on Sunday. He must have attracted more than thirty people from the school, archery society, ju jitsu society and atheist society. This level of impact is something I have not encountered since school when we had temproray pupils from New Zealand every year on a rugby exchange.
I often wonder if the impact i have on those around me would be as noticeable as Jack’s. This Summer will see a large transition period in many of our lives. A lot of my friends will be graduating in June and moving on to bigger and better things and as much as everyone promises to keep in touch Jack, I think the actual number will be relatively low. Will this occur amongst the circle? How many of us will remain such close friends once we move apart. I think the numbers, again, will be fairly small. This thought upsets me a little as many of the relationships I have forged over the past four years are dear to me and will not be easily recreated.
Then there is the matter of housing…
I will be leaving my current house in June after a good three years here. Living with the girls in the first two had its ups and downs but it was a defining time of my university career. The last six months, and hopefully the next six, have been really good. Having housemates that I enjoy living with has been a revelation!
I am looking at moving up slightly in the world with my next house and get something a little less studenty and more family orientated. I have been looking at houses outside of the main student areas as the rent is comparable and you geta lot more for your money. The problem I face, however, is who to live with?
Q) The problem I face, however, is who to live with?
A) Me
I know what you mean tho. Ive met lots of loverly people through you in Leeds. It upsets me that when ppl leave n shizz how many I’ll keep in touch with.
And I suck at keeping in touch with people.
Infact, I was only thinking about this in the shower this evening.
Im so bad at it, Ive lost touch with someone who’s moved from Potter to Lincoln (pretty much!)
Gah! Dont u hate getting on with life?
Jack did have an amazing impact and will go down as a cult figure in Circle history I expect. I like to think we offered something back too but I’ll wait to see if the ANU World Domination Soc actually appears before claiming that
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As for keeping in touch, that is for a whole seperate blog post. It is something I think about a lot however.
As for housing, I think there are few, if any of your friends that would not be more than happy to live with you.
Lol, the ANU World Domination Soc. I’ve got a draft post about keeping in touch at the moment – but they always seem difficult to write well as they either sound too positive or negative and it detracts from the actual content.
On the housing issue, the main problem is securing qulaity accommodation with enough people to keep costs to an acceptable level without having to fall back on another student house, soon enough!
You know what you all need ….
JOBS
(not that Im one to talk .. )
Not like u’ll hav to pay the evils that are council tax
Damn it .. <_<
LOVE!!
well as you’ve made a clear point with me, you only really need liz, friends are something that isn’t important to you anymore.