For the past few months The Girl and I have been looking at all of our possessions and mentally putting them into three groups: ship, pack or chuck. The chuck category split further into bin, eBay, charity or friends. First thing we had to look for was a reliable shipping company. A colleague, with a beautiful falsetto singing voice, recommended that we used the Seven Seas. And it was easily one of the best recommendations I’ve ever received in my life. Apart from being one of the cheapest shipping companies…
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Recently I’ve been thinking a lot about last times. Will this be the last time I see my friend? Will this be the last time I drink a pint of Doom Bar? Will this be the last time I see the sun set over London? I realise that I’m being totally overdramatic, but I’ve just curious to see if I’m actually going to miss the things I think I’m going to miss or if I’ll ended up missing other things I didn’t even consider. I’m going to miss my family…
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When I was first thinking about going to Australia I decided to make a to do list. Everything seems so much more manageable when you have a list. At first, my list was short and sweet – tell my mother, tell friends, get visa, get tickets, fly. This was going to be easy I thought. Drop some news, spend some cash. Easy. Decided that it wasn’t worth telling my mother anything until I knew if I could get a visa. No point in upsetting her without a reason. Applying for…
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