I came to England on 7^th of November 2007. It was exactly one and a half year ago. It is not a long time in a life. But it is a very long time to live in an other country, try to find jobs, accommodations, friends so find a better life for you.   

 

Since I am working in the swimming pool I can see some thing. When I was working in the café shop or in the restaurant, my work-mates were in the same boat with me. They’ve left their country to come to England and start a new life. It doesn’t make any different which country are they from. It can be Poland, Slovakia, Italy or Portugal, etc. In the swimming pool l have mainly English work-mates. They are all young 17-24 year-old lads. I really like them, but l still feel bit uncomfortable among them. This is not their fault this is not a fault at all. They never make me felt stranger. I think I can say some of them are good friends of me. There are few people I feel really close to me. But they have just a totally different life than my life was in the same age. This life is much easier. They can do things easier, faster without any doubt. If I am thinking about this, makes me disappointed and takes me down. And not because I’m jealous, coz’ I am not. It is because of the huge difference between the two countries. I can see these young people life. They don’t have to care about too much thing. Fortunately I had a good life in Hungary but still not the same like here. I have a better life at the moment here which makes me proud of me because of the situation where I come from and where I am now. But I still can’t adopt when somebody just decide to go to holiday immediately. I travel a lot. But if I am going to somewhere I have to plan it for sure long time ago. Have to save a lot of money for it. The fact is that the plane ticket prices are the same for everybody. The museum tickets, accommodation, shopping are all the same price for English and Hungarian, too. I have to pay the same price from Hungary as well. Or the other example is the new car prices. If I wanna buy a car I have to pay the same money for it. But the difference is I can earn 5 times more money here than in Hungary with the same job. What I can save money here in a month I can save the same in Hungary in 5 months. What a difference?! You can buy a new car with one year saving the same in Hungary takes 5 years…

What I really like in my life here in England are the people. I love to have a lot of friend from all around the world. From Hungary it is unimaginable coz’ no point for foreign people to go and live in Hungary. Here I can say I know people from Zimbabwe, Gambia, South-Africa, USA, Mexico, New-Zeland, South-Korea and nearly every country from Europe. When I get in the leisure centre I realize I still can’t speak English. Than I realized YOU guys can’t speak English J Ok, no joke, but you speak a totally other English what we learn in school at home. True people can learn language in real life not in school.

I have a good job, finally I could start my carrier in the sport theme. I know this lifeguard position still not the same what I learnt at university but at least I am not serving costumers in a restaurant. Whoever I really liked it, it was a good experience. I hope and feel I have the opportunity to get a better position within the leisure centre and for this I will try my best.

 

So this is not the whole last chapter’s English version, but I tried to write down the main things for you.

 

bye xxx