Breaking the recluse.  but only for five minutes.  let's see how much i can get out in that time then.  So Lent term has finished and so has most of my university career.  Much fun in the process that I'm going to miss - but I have other responsibilities that I need to deal with so staying on for another year is not an option.  It's work work work working world time. 

Decisions decisions... I hate decisions... and work work working means a lot of decisions - not just what job to get, but where - I still don't know if I want to return to Hong Kong.  I've changed while here - whereas I came to England hating the whole stratified society, I've found wonderful people over here that I'd trust with my life... and I wouldn't really want to be that far away from them.  Me being the global nomad, leaving a place, like I did with Malaysia, Australia and now Hong Kong, isn't such a big deal - it's the people that are there.  Though my parents are still in Honkie, I can always arrange visits like I've done for these three years.  Sometimes I think it's time for another change.  But that also means leaving people in Honkie behind : (.  Same old dilemma.  If only the world was smaller - or the transport easier, faster and cheaper.  But though I'm not all for a change, change is a good thing.  Taking Dr. Amthor's advice to heart - every now and then you need to change something that you're familiar with, otherwise you'll fossilize.  So the verdict?  I think I'll stay in the UK for a bit longer perhaps...

9 years in Australia
9 years in Hong Kong
9 years in England ???

We'll see...