Congratulations Sander!
I moved to London in 2008. First year was awesome, I was still posting here and on LiveJoural and wherever. MySpace was still alive too. Ah, those days... of internet life. lol
I had a crappy bartending job, then I quit it and on my last day I ran to the coach station, took a bus to Donnington Park and spent 3 days at Download Festival drunk and happy... okay, that's bollocks, I was mostly sober. ;_; Booze was sooooo expensive!!!
Anyway, then I spent summer trying to get a job while spending weekends at boyfriend's place who turned out to be a son-of-bitch of big proportions. That resulted in me being stalked on FB by the chick he was fu-- errr, you know what behind my back... (all his friends liked me and talked about me, clearly the girl couldn't get over it for 3 years - mind they're both drug addicts so they truly found each other).
Then I had some part-time jobs and went out a lot, got into the rock/metal/glam scene here in London, met a lot of people, was drunk a lot, funny that nothing happened to me... like when my Finnish friend bought us a fucking BOWL OF A COCKTAIL (it was like a small aquarium, no shit!) and then ditched me because she saw a cute guy... and I was there at the bar, drunk, picking up ice cubes from the bowl using straws as chopsticks.... how I got home unharmed, no one knows. Or that night when I walked half the Oxford street on feet, drunk, throwing up in the bins... mmm... why do I have to remember these things?
ANYWAY!
Somewhere in between Asu told me that AT LAST THOSE BASTARDS X JAPAN are playing Hammersmith Apollo here in London and somehow she was kind enough to give me the ticket. I think I was expecting to be suddenly revived into loving them again. But... I wasn't. I guess them CANCELING those previous concerts back in 2008/09/whenever in Paris really pissed me off. After all, at that time I wasn't listening to any Japanese music for several years. *shrugs*
Oh, in 2009 me and Petra were kicked out of the house where we had lived because they were going to refurbish it. Also, we didn't pay like umm... 2 months' rent... ^^;;;;;; Because I had no job and was saving all to pay for the next flat. We got the flat and come November we realised the radiators weren't working and that the window frames were real SHIT. We almost froze our asses there. So we left for a tiny farmhouse at the London borders in the north. NORTH.... middle of nowhere, lots of stables, one shop and 20 minutes walk to the next bus stop... I got a full-time job in a restaurant again and started saving for better accommodation. We were kicked out of that house too.
Because the landlord turned out not to be the owner of the property. And the owner had no idea that we were there and paying some rent to someone...
And this is getting too long a story. Apologies!
I've recently applied for an undergrad course in graphic design at three London universities. Already had an interview at University of the Arts, London College of Communication. I REALLY want to go there!!!!!! Also, I'm currently working for Burleska Ltd, a London-based alternative fashion brand. They're ok. But sometimes I'd kill customers. Chop 'em into pieces and feed to pigs. However, since I started doing karate twice a week in November 2013, I feel less frustrated with my job and don't want to kill those custoemers that often. xD
Oh and.... I was depressed for many years, but between October 2012 and July 2013 I was attending therapy sessions. I don't think I'm entirely ummm... cured.... but I have been feeling better since. ^_^