Summer break

It's strange how apathy breeds more apathy, so once you don't have anything to do, you don't feel like starting anything. This has been how I've been feeling since my exams finished, which by the way, went quite well, I've only got 4 out of 5 results back but basically got one 90%, one 80, and two 70's. Solid. Although I probably could have taken all my courses at a higher level, and stuggled through but still passed. At least this way the marks on my degree look more impressive. But I am quite glad that my degree is over, the end of another chapter of my life.

It really makes me want to get on and do something with it. Unfortunately, due to a company that I was originally planning on interning with basically just changing their mind, I haven't been able to! I found this really interesting internship at a marketing/branding firm called HTHY, who work for companies like LiNing, Adidas and Nike. But they usually only provide short-term internships, but I met the manager and he offered me an an internship at the end of my first interview. But then after waiting for about 3 weeks, including some email contact, he finally said they couldn't offer me a visa, and even if I could they wouldn't be ready to take on an intern for another couple of months. This was news to me, I've even already turned down some other potential roles on the expectation that I would work there. I've already wasted a month sitting around and/or getting drunk, which is actually a lot more boring than it sounds. I really hope that I can use the next six months to get some real work experience, which is something that I am sorely lacking. I'm kicking myself that I didn't organise something for the summer, or even properly look into getting a visa independently. This is why it would just be simpler to study law, or medicine, say, and have a career set for you as soon as you walk out of uni with a degree. That is a perspective that my current degree has given me, and I guess I'm very glad for that, because I know that when I come across the right path, and things just unfold, I am going to absolutely love it and get right stuck into it.

I know I'm complaining a lot for a 21-year-old Australian living in Beijing, for example, yes that photo is of me on the Great Wall of China in front of the sunset with a glass of red wine in my hand. I have also met a whole lot of kick-ass people this semester, and I'm going to miss them. In fact, I already do, because a lot of people have already left for their home countries because they were only staying here for the first semester of this year. And even of those staying for two semesters, just about everyone has gone home for the summer or are travelling. So it's been a great time, but it's about time it came to an end, I'm even looking forward to coming home!