the turning point
08 was absolutely amazing for me... after the 2yr relationship breakup with alice in 07, I decided to defer from uni to clear my head and do what I had been meaning to do ever since I came back from a trip to NZ in 05; travel for a reasonably long period of time
I deferred from uni for 08 (with one year left to go for a course in which I no longer enjoy nor have any will to work in the field once graduated) to work full-time and save for an epic adventure which was to alter my perspective and influence my mind to seek new experiences in life
What I did learn is that complete isolation is the best test of independence, especially when one loses his phone with global roaming in a remote country. I have returned knowing that I am completely happy _and_ proud of who I am and what I can accomplish, something which I have denied for many years - hidden inside.
Many decisions during my trip were extremely spontaneous, this kind of thinking _cannot_ be done within a group or couple. Deciding to go to china from laos after looking at a sign that says "bus to china" with no visa (I had to convince the chinese border guards to give me a restricted 15day visa, after lengthy questioning) and absolutely no plans, was the best and most proud moment of the year - quite possibly my life so far; I ended up staying in china for about a month and a half (with new visa from hongkong, obviously :|).
The experiences I had during the journey are too much even just to sum up, my travel blog has more info on that.
soo... now that I am back in oz with absolutely no money (but still no debts!) I am going to meet with a uni guidance officer to decide what I should do, I am seriously considering social work - I love trying to understand how the mind works and helping people with their issues... we'll see how many credits i get from 2yrs of compsci though :P my guess is none...
travel is on my mind also... as expected...
we'll see what happens
I deferred from uni for 08 (with one year left to go for a course in which I no longer enjoy nor have any will to work in the field once graduated) to work full-time and save for an epic adventure which was to alter my perspective and influence my mind to seek new experiences in life
What I did learn is that complete isolation is the best test of independence, especially when one loses his phone with global roaming in a remote country. I have returned knowing that I am completely happy _and_ proud of who I am and what I can accomplish, something which I have denied for many years - hidden inside.
Many decisions during my trip were extremely spontaneous, this kind of thinking _cannot_ be done within a group or couple. Deciding to go to china from laos after looking at a sign that says "bus to china" with no visa (I had to convince the chinese border guards to give me a restricted 15day visa, after lengthy questioning) and absolutely no plans, was the best and most proud moment of the year - quite possibly my life so far; I ended up staying in china for about a month and a half (with new visa from hongkong, obviously :|).
The experiences I had during the journey are too much even just to sum up, my travel blog has more info on that.
soo... now that I am back in oz with absolutely no money (but still no debts!) I am going to meet with a uni guidance officer to decide what I should do, I am seriously considering social work - I love trying to understand how the mind works and helping people with their issues... we'll see how many credits i get from 2yrs of compsci though :P my guess is none...
travel is on my mind also... as expected...
we'll see what happens