Camberwell, and more specifically, Elmington Road, is very quiet. Almost eerily so. Well, from what I have picked up over my years of visits and stays. It's hard sometimes to even recognise that I'm not in Swaffham. But one thing that always reminds me that i'm living in London are the sirens. Our flat's pretty close to Kings College hospital in Lambeth, although a remarkable place, one downside are the constant ambulances going past. I know that the whole of London AND Greater London are the same, police cars, paramedics, fire engines. Interestingly, and most disturbingly the city of London and it's boroughs only has ONE air ambulance. Charity buckets are all over Camberwell at the moment, on the way out of supermarkets and such like, which is good, I really hope the campaign works, it seems stupid to me that the whole of a 60 by 30 mile radius only has one emergency Helicopter, considering the amount of hospitals as well.
I've been really enjoying my own company these past few days, getting stuck into Pre-uni research and studying, but my thoughts don't half go off tangent, I reminisce a lot at the moment about the 'old days', not to mention, i'm constantly fixated on the future, I guess it's because i'm stuck in Limbo at the moment, between the stage of not being with what I know, and what I love in Norfolk, and the making friends and starting university here, but i'm often pulled out of these day-dreams and stupors by the shock of another ambulance or police car. I like the sirens, they remind me that i'm in the capital city, and there's so much to do and see.
Friday the 13th, as I felt it would, has not been at all unlucky today, I have a few promising job offers from my hunt around Camberwell Green earlier, i'm feeling cautiously optimistic, a couple of places have asked me back for trials next week or in a couple of days, but to get rid of the dull drone of the town and the boredom of admin waiting for me indoors, I decided to go out and actually SEE some of London after my job hunt.
I haven't been spontaneous or remotely random In a while, nor have I had routine, so I thought i'd take advantage of the Camberwell Junction earlier and hop on one of the many 'inter city' buses. I took a trip down to the South Bank and Waterloo, nothing too exciting, but I adore looking at the Thames. I doubt i'll get the opportunity to get into the city a lot when I start Uni, but it was nice to explore for a while.
There's something very raw and magical about the sounds of the city, the humming of buses and the roaring of an ambulance remind you of security and in a weird way, excitement, I hope I don't move away from London regretting not spending time in the city, and on the buses, I hope I can do and see everything, become a tourist again, be a little adventurous.
I've been really enjoying my own company these past few days, getting stuck into Pre-uni research and studying, but my thoughts don't half go off tangent, I reminisce a lot at the moment about the 'old days', not to mention, i'm constantly fixated on the future, I guess it's because i'm stuck in Limbo at the moment, between the stage of not being with what I know, and what I love in Norfolk, and the making friends and starting university here, but i'm often pulled out of these day-dreams and stupors by the shock of another ambulance or police car. I like the sirens, they remind me that i'm in the capital city, and there's so much to do and see.
Friday the 13th, as I felt it would, has not been at all unlucky today, I have a few promising job offers from my hunt around Camberwell Green earlier, i'm feeling cautiously optimistic, a couple of places have asked me back for trials next week or in a couple of days, but to get rid of the dull drone of the town and the boredom of admin waiting for me indoors, I decided to go out and actually SEE some of London after my job hunt.
I haven't been spontaneous or remotely random In a while, nor have I had routine, so I thought i'd take advantage of the Camberwell Junction earlier and hop on one of the many 'inter city' buses. I took a trip down to the South Bank and Waterloo, nothing too exciting, but I adore looking at the Thames. I doubt i'll get the opportunity to get into the city a lot when I start Uni, but it was nice to explore for a while.
There's something very raw and magical about the sounds of the city, the humming of buses and the roaring of an ambulance remind you of security and in a weird way, excitement, I hope I don't move away from London regretting not spending time in the city, and on the buses, I hope I can do and see everything, become a tourist again, be a little adventurous.
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