andrew-kirkpatrick

So, after a long-winded upheaval back to the Midlands from London after all the problems surrounding my accomodation (and somewhat unhappiness at Imperial College London for the way my project was handled and subsequently cancelled) I ended up working for The Open University. I'd been interested in the institution for a while, and nearly landed a job doing ColdFusion development there instead of going to London in the first place!

It's coming up to a couple months now that I have been working for the Open University, and in comparison to my last place of work it's actually been pretty plain sailing! I'm working in a media division of an e-learning department, whereby most of the teams are akin to design agency teams in a sense with their own editors, designers, artists, project managers and developers.

After what seems like forever, I saw my cousin graduate from Cambridge University on Saturday, with my grandparents in tow (who have been staying with us for a few days now) and my aunt, uncle and his brother and wife. Very proud moment for everyone I think, emphasized somehow by the fact my family (or the family that I acknowledge, but that's another story) is Chinese, but all-round a fantastic achievement for her. Of course she's now got to go off and figure out what to do with the rest of her life, but hey that's the whole different adventure.