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Well today started of with such high hopes of accomplishing many things. Opening a bank account, doing laundry, mailing my Ipod, etc etc.

Instead I have accomplished NOTHING! I left the dorm later than usual after having a great talk with Val. My Mom called this morning as per usual and miraculousy no tears were involved. My Ats and I tried to connect but my credits run out. But I spoke to her last night anyway.

Anyways…I left the dorm feeling a lot better. London didn’t seem as scary anymore, now that I knew which buses to take, where to take connecting buses and so forth. I was ready to Open my bank account. I had all the necessary paperwork, etc etc. So I get to Victoria and the lady says that my supporting documents are fine, however the letter verifying my address needed to be formatted, so I called Kuya Dodie and asked if I could go there and get it fixed. So I hopped on two buses to get to Chelsea, disturbed him, got him to reformat the letter as requested and take another two buses back. I got back close to 1-ish and they informed me after all that, that one of the supporting documents were outdated, therefore I need to go back and get another one, or ask Ate Fe to write another letter, this time only under her name. Unfortunately Ate Fe was at work and won’t be home till after 6 tonight. Fine dealt with that I will just come back later.

Now after mailing my Ipod and returning home, I realised I shouldn’t have mailed my IPOD under normal mail. I know I know, brain flew out the window. So after talking to my sis, it was decided that I should just take the mail back. Which luckily enough you could do here. I called the people, and they were willing to hold it for me. So here I am rushing out the dorm room again…to catch the mail people. When I get to Victoria I realise that I got off a few stops before because I forgot I walked around for ages. GRRRR!!!! So here I finally am at the mail store thingy and they let me take back my Ipod. No refund therefore I got myself another (because I had bought one earlier) book of international stamps, and one hour internet as equivalent to the mailing amount. Give or take. So here I am, trying to consume it.

I am EXHAUSTED, FRUSTRATED and what not. I wasted £10 and a day. I realise I may have just saved myself the $400 I paid for my Ipod but after all the drama of the day it just sucks! Not to mention it sucks that the stupid thing just died for no reason.

Anyways….on the UP SIDE, and yes it was hard to find one… London isn’t so scary anymore and little by little my nerves are settling down. I’m still worried about the job hunt and accomodation. I miss my family like mad, but I’m getting there.

Also today I went pass a recruitment agency and signed up, not to mention I dropped in an application form to a prestigious hotel. I’m hoping they’re looking for admin clerical staff. If I get something around here in Victoria it’d be great, since this is around the area I would like to find a permanent place at.

Yesterday I went and met Kuya Jay’s sister Ate Fe, and she and Kuya Dodie were great. They were way helpful. They also reassured me. It’s not the same, but at least I don’t feel quite as ALONE anymore.

When I got back to the dorm last night a few of us girls hung out at the kitchen just chatting and what not, I got back to the room after 10 which is an achievement from someone who was in bed by 7:30pm last week.

I don’t think London will ever be HOME, but I am slowly getting excited at the possibilities. If only I could get a job already.

On Saturday Alison, my new friend from Adelaide, and I went to Heaver, to visit Henry VIII’s castle. That turned out to be fun. Especially the train ride, for it had a very Hogwarts Express feel to it.

Anyways, I think that is my hour almost up. Imagine £4 for one hour of internet use. Talk about RIP OFF…especially when you’re x by 3.

Signing off… take care and God Bless to all..

Love and Missin much,

d’cookster