I have started my internship at the In Your Pocket magazine. My first day did not go well… but then does anyone’s first day at a new job goes well? I did a few things wrong, and I couldn’t get any lunch because I didn’t have a pass card for the door. So I had to stand and look through the glass door into the cafe at the people who were allowed to go in, which was a bit depressing if I’m honest. Oh well.
I’ve also moved into my new apartment, which is nice, but very far from the metro station (it takes me about an hour to get into work). I also now have to cook for myself, so I ventured into a Russian ‘supermarket’ yesterday, only to come back with some bananas, a very cheap bag of pasta, and some tomato puree. Hmm. It wasn’t exactly well-stocked! So today I am going after work to try to find a better supermarket to buy some vegetables at least! I also haven’t seen my flat mate yet, which is strange, since I’ve now been there for 3 days, so I’ve had to figure things out for myself, such as the hob.
But things are looking slightly up – I managed to finally buy some milk (not proper English milk, but then I expected that), and made myself a cup of tea with the chai teabags I’d brought from home. My previous host kept laughing at me and saying that I was a very strange English girl because I didn’t drink much tea, but that was only because they don’t put milk in tea here, so I didn’t drink as much as I would at home. Anyway, I was feeling (I’ll admit it), absolutely rubbish and homesick yesterday, so the comforting tea helped a bit. Also, my dad kept me entertained by performing magic tricks over Skype!
But I’ve tried to give myself a stern talking to. Yes, there are times when I would do anything to be back home instead of this strange country that doesn’t understand me when I am too tired to speak properly, and that doesn’t have simple things like tinned tomatoes or fresh milk, but then I remember that firstly, there is an end to this, secondly, this is a great experience, and thirdly, there’s so much to see and do here it’s amazing. As I read somewhere, you make your own happiness. Little things like drinking some warming tea, re-watching The Vampire Diaries(don’t judge me), and watching anime with my best friend over the internet keep me happy, or at least not a crying mess, and that’s enough for now!
I’ve worked out that I get homesick when I lose control over a situation. I was incredibly homesick during my first week at university because it was so disorganised and out of my control, it was terrifying. Then I was homesick my first night here because I had no control over what the following weeks would bring, and then these past few days because I had no idea what to expect from my new job. So, hopefully, once I settle in and have some sort of schedule, it should get better. That’s the plan, anyway.
Unfortunately, for some unknown reason, I can’t access my blog, or anyone else’s blog on WordPress for that matter, in my new apartment (I’m writing this at work). I’ve looked at the support information but nothing seems to work. So I will type up my posts and then email them to either myself to upload at work, or to my sister to post for me! Hopefully this will be sorted soon (if anyone knows how to possibly fix this, please leave a comment below, I would be very grateful!).
I have lots of ideas for other blog posts, but I’ll keep this to just an update for now, and hopefully I’ll be able to post new blogs whenever I’m at work! Thanks for reading!
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