Tshimomola Kenneth

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I am an African young male, at mid 20s from South African in a area called Shayandima. I attended University of Stellenbosch for my undergraduate and University of Pretoria for my Honours degree. Before I came to Sussex University, Brighton UK I was working at the National Treasury (Ministry of Finance) in South Africa.



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November 2nd 2012

Well, it has been quite an interesting last 6 weeks for me, especially when one looks at the last two blogs entry. Before I get carried away, there are three things I feel need clarity. First, I am not a tourist; I am an international student, so the idea of using a travel blog was not a good one. Second, I was wrong if I was going to come to one of the most reputable institution such as Institution of Development Studies at the University of Sussex and only put 30 per cent of my time to get a Master degree, the opposite has happen so far, and it seems likely that this will the trend going forward. And lastly, the idea of sitting in a front of computer and write more than 1000 which is ... read more



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September 29th 2012

In the UK right, and then what? Well in planning my stay here in Brighton I thought to myself 50 per cent travelling UK and Europe in cheap airlines and train, 30 per cent meeting people from everywhere and ofcoz 20 per cent studying. I know it supposed to be the other way round but I have it that way because ' I CAN'. So what has happened after a week in Brighton? Well first thing first, the scope of work looks terrible at first I thought they knew I have only dedicated 20 per cent of my time on studies so they were intentionally trying to interrupt that. But they are not actually, that is how they do their business. So there will be lot, lots and lots of studies to get through before one ... read more



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September 20th 2012

The Journey begins way before I received one-way ticket on the 12th of September from the American Express on behalf of the World Bank. The Journey begin in 2011 when I decided that in 2012 it will be nice if I can further my studies somewhere overseas, Spain, UK or even Australia who know. To cut the long and administration depressing story short, today I find myself sitting at a small part of UK, hour 30 minutes from London, Brighton or East Sussex, at the University of Sussex. How did I know about this place, laugh out loud (lol), "Dream deferred", Former President Thabo Mbeki studied here. Anyway, back to why I decided to write this blog today, well I would like to believe there are few people who would like to know how are things ... read more






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