Here’s the third annual “lets look back and think about what actually happened in the past 12 months post”, but time I’m going to take a slightly different approach…

Lessons learned this past year;

1. Flat hunting with limited time is stressful.

2. It’s less sunny in the UK than the US

3. …is a crowd

4. It doesn’t matter what you do, your Acer laptop will die at the most inconvienient time.

5. Take advice from those ‘in the know’ with a pinch of salt.

6. Searching for a placement with limited time is also stressful.

7. You don’t get a private jet or escort to uni for being an ambassador for the faculty.

8. A Canon SLR is better than a Sony point a shoot.

9. Exams are also stressful.

10. No matter what you do to fix a problem with your car, another problem will develop.

11. Regret hurts.

12. Memories don’t fade… quickly…

13. Starting a new job is less stressful than you’d think…

14. It doesn’t matter if you know you have all the cables - because you wont.

15. Friends come and go…

16. Have a plan.

17. Pink stuffed pigs are actually good fun at an office christmas party.

18. Taking photos of fireworks is actually quite difficult

19. Residents are not allowed to park in visitor parking on the street without consequences!

20. Hope is a good thing…

That was 2007, and this is 2008… and hey…. day 1 down, and so far, it’s been pretty damn good… lets just hope the next 364 days will be just as fine……..