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Since my last post I have:

• Finished uni, this got me a certificate and opportunity to wear a funny hat.
• Had a brief time to relax. Went on holiday to the USA. San Francisco, LA and Las Vegas. San Francisco is very pretty had has good food. LA is a bit of a dump but the beach was lovely and Las Vegas is so tacky that it becomes amazing.
• Found a house to rent, moved into it. It is in St Albans. Close to town centre and station. It is lovely it has a patio/balcony type thing and two whole bedrooms. Unfortunately it is rather chilly.
• Started work. This was quite scary at first but everyone is really nice and I am all settled in now.
• Did some exams, passed.
• Did some more exams, have not received the results yet.
• It was Christmas. The first time I have not spent Christmas with my family. I spent it with Laurence’s family. It was great, a lot less arguing than a normal Christmas at mine.
• New Year!!!!!!!! Didn’t do too much. Played with a blender making alcoholic smoothies.

That was my year in summary. We should meet up some time soon. Some organisation is needed. Maybe people could comment with dates/places that are good for them.

Well now, hasn’t it been a while! I’m equally guilty for not sharing news, it’s been SIX MONTHS for me, crikey. Well I suppose a fair bit has happened in the interim. I’ve finished my degree, graduated (with funny hat and everything (photo on facebook )), had a summer (Summer! A distant memory!). I had my two degree shows and then another exhibition in a Lon Don gallery and I bought that car off Robyn and it has become my trusty steed / pimp wagon.

I moved back home after finishing uni, but slowly realised that the job-potential in the homelands was somewhat lacking; so I started looking for jobs in Cambridge again, as well as at home, and the grass looked a lot greener on the Cambridge side. And indeed it was, I was offered a job as a student supervisor at uni, like a teaching assisstant for undergrads (an odd concept, but I wasn’t going to complain!)

So I moved back to Cambridge and am living in a shared house again. My room is fairly broomcupboard ish (I don’t have a lens wide-angle enough to photo it to show you…) but at least it’s cheap and warm! And.. humid, since my washing dries above my bed… Still! Cheap!

I worked one day in my supervisor job but then got offered something better, so I’m now working as a web developer / photographer type (mostly the former) for a Cambridge college! I have my own office, (which is bigger than my bedroom) and my computer and my desk and whatnot. I suppose it’s not a bad working environment really (see photo)

Well that’s a very condensed version of the past 6 months, but I have to go and sleep now. I hope the rest of you all are enjoying your last years of uni / working life! I trust we’ll meet up around Christmas at some point for fun and games and merriment! Yesyes!

John.

hi everyone :] well I’m back from peru! hope you’ve all been having a good summer and sorry I haven’t managed to see anyone at any point… what’s everyone up to and when are uni people going back to uni? I’m moving back into halls (oh the fresher days) on the 2nd and until then I’m just catching up on work really.

so peru was awesome :] I was basically helping out on a conservation project that was running lots of different research projects in biodiversity, mammal studies, bird studies, insect studies…etc. I learnt a lot, including a teensy bit of spanish which I’m hoping to improve by starting spanish lessons at uni this year. I’m hoping to go back to south america at some point to live there so I’m gonna need it :]

there’s a cute photo of a frog from a night walk in the jungle. :] it was an awesome place. the project centre was a ten-hour car journey from cusco along a mountain track, then a boat ride down the river. it was on the edge of the amazon jungle so you’re constantly surrounded by the sounds of monkeys and birds and all sorts of awesomeness. it still feels really weird being back in quiet little amersham.

monkey ^^ at the end of the volunteering time, we went on a four-day expedition and stayed for a couple of days with a native community. they told us all about their customs and traditions, showed us all the medicinal plants they use, we did an archery competition (I came a close second ) and then went rafting down the river on this traditional raft which was basically just a few planks of wood and you just had to cling on through the rapids then the next day we went on a proper rubber raft. so so so much fun.

so yeah, it was the best month ever. :] it’s nice being back though, and I’m looking forward to getting back to uni (though it would be nice to have another couple of months for more travelling…).

so that is my life currently. :] how is everyone else? if you wanna see any more peru-y photos then there’s lots more on faceyb and a few on my dA page.

over and out! S x