"You sound like you're from Landaan mate"

Having been back on the other side of the world for a while I have to admit I feel like my life has taken a completely different direction to what I would have imagined 6 months ago, if you had told me 6 months ago that I would currently be slowly morphing into a Londoner (i.e wearing boring colours, not getting bothered by the rain and not talking to anyone on the tube) I would have laughed in your face then bought you a beer to try to make you see clearer.  

But the stange thing is that I feel it’s actually happening and that I am actually getting used to it, my wardrobe is lacking all colour, I always seem to be busy on a Thursday night, I have encountered Brick Lane (to all you Kenyans out there it is basically Diamond Plaza with a London accent) and I have to admit that today, to my absolute horror I picked up a copy of the evening standard to read on the tube on the way home!!

The fact that I am working in the city also entertains me hugely as I have been asked countless times if I work in finance. Me – finance –ha!! But having said that apparently everyone else does. I was out with a friend for drinks in the city the other night and we decided that it was much easier on a night out to remember someone’s job over their name (there is a much higher chance you will get it right) so for the rest of the night every man who bought us drinks immediately became Mr. Banker, Mr. Analyst, Mr. Asset Management or most commonly Mr. Financial something or other.  And boys I know that sounds bad but let me explain that it came about after a friend of mine explained the ins and outs of ‘pat the office girl’ - a well known game in his office

(apparently they walk around patting the office girls on the head).

Having said that here are certain things which I am not sure that I will ever get used to, for example offices having showers and beds – or a shower/bed (as was invented by my mate after a night out where instead of being normal and going home, he decided that it would be a much better idea to head back to the office at 4am and use his clothes to turn the shower floor into something resembling a bed. Though in fairness this is the same friend who was trying to convince me that jaeger royals were the way to go (imagine jaeger bomb but replace the redbull with moet) so I really couldn’t have expected any better.)

However I am determined not to lose myself in this world.  I have already been nicknamed Kenya in my team at work and according to everyone my accent is as mixed up as ever, not to mention I got overly excited about seeing an adult sized Lion King Jumper (and no before you ask I didn’t buy it – somehow I am not sure that I could have pulled it off). We shall just have to see what happens to me from here on – London let’s see what you got.