For a year or so now I've been seriously anti-patriotic about my own country. I was born and raised in the UK and currently living in London.
I don't know if its a mix of my parents ranting and raving about politics or immigration or the economy etc. that's made me negatively opinionated or just my own thoughts but I am seriously considering studying in another country and then planning on living there afterwards, learning the language and 'melding in' with the people there.
I spend a lot of my time on the internet talking to people who I've met though different interests or though gaming and the majority have been Scandinavian / Dutch or around that general area.
I don't know what it is about these places but I feel affiliated to them for no real reason. Most notably Sweden and Norway. I love the landscape, the languages (I'm currently learning both, along with Japanese), I also listen to mainly Scandinavian music (Mainly Rock, Metal, Dance etc)along with listening to Swedish radio stations via the internet on a daily basis.
I guess I just find the UK incredibly boring, from what I'm hearing from my parents and other family members finding a decent job is hard and cost of living is high. I have a passion for snowboarding and skiing but have only ever been able to go to dry ski slopes around London. I just get the feeling that there's nothing for me to do here.
I've had a plan for quite a while now to Study and then live in Sweden, and work in Sweden or Norway. I don't know really why I love these places so much, but anyone who I've spoken to has been really nice and interesting and outgoing, whereas here in the UK i've had issues with 'Chavs' in the past.
Sorry for the super long post.
I don't know if its a mix of my parents ranting and raving about politics or immigration or the economy etc. that's made me negatively opinionated or just my own thoughts but I am seriously considering studying in another country and then planning on living there afterwards, learning the language and 'melding in' with the people there.
I spend a lot of my time on the internet talking to people who I've met though different interests or though gaming and the majority have been Scandinavian / Dutch or around that general area.
I don't know what it is about these places but I feel affiliated to them for no real reason. Most notably Sweden and Norway. I love the landscape, the languages (I'm currently learning both, along with Japanese), I also listen to mainly Scandinavian music (Mainly Rock, Metal, Dance etc)along with listening to Swedish radio stations via the internet on a daily basis.
I guess I just find the UK incredibly boring, from what I'm hearing from my parents and other family members finding a decent job is hard and cost of living is high. I have a passion for snowboarding and skiing but have only ever been able to go to dry ski slopes around London. I just get the feeling that there's nothing for me to do here.
I've had a plan for quite a while now to Study and then live in Sweden, and work in Sweden or Norway. I don't know really why I love these places so much, but anyone who I've spoken to has been really nice and interesting and outgoing, whereas here in the UK i've had issues with 'Chavs' in the past.
Sorry for the super long post.
I went to high school with a ton of weeaboos that were like "KONICHIWA BAKA I WANT TO MOVE TO JAPAN AMERICANS DON'T UNDERSTAND ME I LOVE JAPANESE CULTURE". I kept wanting to tell them that there is a reason that the suicide rates in Japan are so high but they'd have never listened.
it's booring that you might actually die there.