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Hiya,
Well, I don't know where to begin or quite how. It seems I have solved my problem of not knowing what to do with myself. After continuing reservations for most of the summer that the MA inTranslation and Professional Language Skills is what I want to do, I decided to give one last attempt at a notion I'd had for a while, and sort of persued in the 3rd year, about getting work experience with the Moscow based Quaker charity FHM (Friends' House Moscow). I sent them an email stating my skills and my previous involvement with Quakerism (admittedly not that much, bar attending meeting in Nottingham and several times at FHM). Then I waited and ( I guess you know what I'm going to say) they offered me an internship!
I should qualify that... the staff at FHM suggested some things and seemed quite positive about having me and said they would need to speak to the Personel Committee to actually see whether they could set something up. So I waited for a couple of weeks. Then on Monday I got an email back from FHM staff saying that they can have me from the end of October to July, which was really great news!
The real test comes tommorrow when they are going to ring me and speak to me over the phone. So I hope that goes ok and that they like the sound of me. It's not an interview, just a confirmation and more questions and answers on what I'll be doing.
I should perhaps add that it was a guy called John at Nottingham who told me that they were looking for interns (my impression based on what I heard from them in the 3rd year was that they had far more people wanting to work for them than places (not surprising as there are only 3 members of staff at FHM (the Personel Committee aren't actually based in Russia apart from one member excluding the Russian members) and they've only ever taken on 2 interns at once). So I was surprised and didn't really think anything would come of it but I sent off a CV to the address John gave me, a lady named Marsha from the Personel Committee and she asked the staff to get in contact with me. Who'd have thought it?
I can't remember whether or not it was the day I spoke to John that I was in two minds whether to go to meeting or have another hour in bed but if it was it was a lucky day for me.
I think I'll end on that note.