It’s the end of another era for me. As a student I been honored and blessed with meeting a wide range of interesting and different people, which I’ve been able to call my friends. However, and this shouldn’t really be a surprise, but over the years many of my friends have moved away while I’m still in good ol’ Canterbury. With the latest departure of Matt and his wife Carrie, it made me think how empty campus has become, the small little hole left behind after each person has departed. Of course I still have plenty of friends on campus and in the surrounding areas like Rick & Akiko, Matt & Mary, Kary & Nic, Dain & Jez and Liz & John to name but a few. It’s just different here these days, and possibly not in a good way.
On the bright side though I now have friends dotted all over this country like Michael (Devon, though this could be seen as another country 
), Mark & Vic and Vikki (London), Simon (floating somewhere) and Ian (again somewhere but I’ve forgotten). Even more exciting is the number of friends I have in different countries including my oldest friend from primary school Steven (Connecticut, USA), Ed (Thailand), Matt & Carrie (Boston, USA), Ralph (Austria), Christian (German, I think).
Anyway, best to you all that are not here, or as one of my friends once called it “deepest darkest Kent”. Take care and speak to you all soon.
