WHERE DID YOU IMAGINE YOU`D BE NOW?......... (14)
smokyUnterland, Zurich Switzerland266 Threads 6 Polls 9,412 PostsAnd is it different now to how you imagined you would be living your life?
Should have been back home in Belfast 6yrs ago....And yep it's a lot different...C'est la vie..learnt a new lang. and one or three things about myself..On the bright side if I was at home I wouldn't be here...and it's good craic..pour toi 
smoky: And is it different now to how you imagined you would be living your life?
I do not think I had a dream of where I would be.
I never thought I would be in Austria.
Well, the last place on earth I ever imagined myself living would have been Switzerland!
I thought I was destined to be in a huge old farmhouse out in the middle of nowhere somewhere in South Africa ..... hens scratching in the dust, water pumped by windmill, surviving droughts and dust storms ......surrounded by extended family, with me sitting there big and fat and contented acting the part of Matriarch like an old elephant.... All the family heirlooms gathering dust up in the attic. Where the telephone is one of those big black wind-up things that all the neighbors listen in to your calls.
And here I am, okay I got slightly more than my 22kg of luggage now ..... whizzing around the village on my bike, living in a consumer society extrordinaire......(and part of this internet singles site!!!) Just goes to show hey? you just never know where you gonna end up!
I thought I was destined to be in a huge old farmhouse out in the middle of nowhere somewhere in South Africa ..... hens scratching in the dust, water pumped by windmill, surviving droughts and dust storms ......surrounded by extended family, with me sitting there big and fat and contented acting the part of Matriarch like an old elephant.... All the family heirlooms gathering dust up in the attic. Where the telephone is one of those big black wind-up things that all the neighbors listen in to your calls.
And here I am, okay I got slightly more than my 22kg of luggage now ..... whizzing around the village on my bike, living in a consumer society extrordinaire......(and part of this internet singles site!!!) Just goes to show hey? you just never know where you gonna end up!
Never thought i'd be here. But when i was 14, my uncle said i needed to fly.
My friend today said: If there is anything you'd like to leave here, something you'd feel sad about thowing out, leave it with me and i'll keep it until you come back. The way she's so sure and positive about me coming back moves me.
Back to Lisbon in less than 2 weeks, plan to learn intensive Dutch there...and come back here and try...
Will i have to sign an employment contract in Lisbon that states that i must stay in for more than 2 years?
all i know is that no matter how much great the money will be in Lisbon, i'm willing to leave it behind...and come back here. I want the Dutch way of living for myself. Full stop. I even say to myself: "even if i have to study Dutch law- bachelors again". See what i mean?
Lets hope i'm strong enough.
My friend today said: If there is anything you'd like to leave here, something you'd feel sad about thowing out, leave it with me and i'll keep it until you come back. The way she's so sure and positive about me coming back moves me.
Back to Lisbon in less than 2 weeks, plan to learn intensive Dutch there...and come back here and try...
Will i have to sign an employment contract in Lisbon that states that i must stay in for more than 2 years?
all i know is that no matter how much great the money will be in Lisbon, i'm willing to leave it behind...and come back here. I want the Dutch way of living for myself. Full stop. I even say to myself: "even if i have to study Dutch law- bachelors again". See what i mean?Lets hope i'm strong enough.
cristina: Never thought i'd be here. But when i was 14, my uncle said i needed to fly.
My friend today said: If there is anything you'd like to leave here, something you'd feel sad about thowing out, leave it with me and i'll keep it until you come back. The way she's so sure and positive about me coming back moves me.
Back to Lisbon in less than 2 weeks, plan to learn intensive Dutch there...and come back here and try...
Will i have to sign an employment contract in Lisbon that states that i must stay in for more than 2 years? all i know is that no matter how much great the money will be in Lisbon, i'm willing to leave it behind...and come back here. I want the Dutch way of living for myself. Full stop. I even say to myself: "even if i have to study Dutch law- bachelors again". See what i mean?
Lets hope i'm strong enough.
My friend today said: If there is anything you'd like to leave here, something you'd feel sad about thowing out, leave it with me and i'll keep it until you come back. The way she's so sure and positive about me coming back moves me.
Back to Lisbon in less than 2 weeks, plan to learn intensive Dutch there...and come back here and try...
Will i have to sign an employment contract in Lisbon that states that i must stay in for more than 2 years? all i know is that no matter how much great the money will be in Lisbon, i'm willing to leave it behind...and come back here. I want the Dutch way of living for myself. Full stop. I even say to myself: "even if i have to study Dutch law- bachelors again". See what i mean?
Lets hope i'm strong enough.
Your uncle was right! "Learning to Fly" is what happens when you set out on your own .... You always will find the strength to Fly! Good for you Cristina!
Thanks for the support Smoky girl
I know you are also happy there
I know you are also happy there
dont think any of us end up living the life we expect
phoenix: Wash your mouth out....No swearing allowed..
It's on the eyes of the beholder
--- My whole life/being is one of Imagination--- tis a little constrictive/restrictive (Etc) to limit it in mere wording- or organic time
phoenix: Wash your mouth out....No swearing allowed..
that wasn't swearing, was it? oh, come on...... it was only the F word!
smoky: And is it different now to how you imagined you would be living your life?
as to this... well.. I didn't think I'd see myself living in spain again but there you are; well, here I am. I don't know if that will be for better of for worse but I'll sure learn something here (eventually)
smoky: And is it different now to how you imagined you would be living your life?
Well at 29 i imagied i'll be merrid with kids and man who loves me. But here i am still single and having fun
my house is the at the middle of the ocean so yes it's totally diffrent, but i don't complain.. 
Fantastic Freeze, that you are having fun...
I suppose 15 years ago, I would have thought I would be still be married and working in the UK while my children finished their education.
My expectations change every ten years, so at 30 I thought that I would be freer by the time I was 40 as the children would be older, which I am..
In ten years, I expect to be thinking about retiring and that I will have been in a nice long relationship.
Maybe some grandchildren, too.
I suppose 15 years ago, I would have thought I would be still be married and working in the UK while my children finished their education.
My expectations change every ten years, so at 30 I thought that I would be freer by the time I was 40 as the children would be older, which I am..
In ten years, I expect to be thinking about retiring and that I will have been in a nice long relationship.
Maybe some grandchildren, too.
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