What are the most important events in my life?

This happened when I was 7. It's my earliest memory, but I can't exactly work out why. We set up a tent in the living room and went camping. Nice change to the usual staying with friends. Maybe this was the first time staying outside my own home, i really don't know. The fact that it's my earliest memory must mean something though, right?

This happened when I was 8. I remember coming home from school, for lunch and my uncle gathering the grandkids to tell them we'd no longer be seeing Grandad. That messed me up. We returned to school, but i had to be remeved from class due to crying too much.

I moved there when i was 9. After gaining tons of friends back home, i had to start again. Starting over from nothing seems to be a recurring theme in my life. I learnt how to make new friends. I learnt how to deal with different types of people. It was tough, but after a year I was the top dog. And coincidentally that was the time mum found another job, in Newcastle. Time to start at square one again.

I hated it hear. Isle of whiters were different, but we had enough in common that i could make it work. Newcastle was just too different. If you didn't like football making friends was next to impossible. I also got into arguments with teachers. I remember one English class the teacher had us circle rhyming words. Supposedly there was 4, i only found 3. Needless to say this was humorous to the other 'smarter' students. What were the words i hear you ask - should, would, could and, the one I was unable to find - mud. Newcastle felt like a lifetime, but I've been assured that it was only 6 months. I learnt endurance here. There was nothing else i could do.

I was back in Scotland and until moving to China at 25, that's where i stayed.

I remember a teacher mocking me because my shoelace became untied 'Ha! A P7 that can't tie his shoes' I replied 'Ha! an old which that can't do any spells'. This may be the start of refusing to let anyone push me around. I got into a lot of fights back then, No one got away with pushing me around. I acted rashly back then, but people got the point.

In high school my cousin was getting pushed around. Pushing around family gets the same reaction as pushing around me. So I fought with him. Despite this my cousin got suspended for 'racism' despite me being halfcast and my dad, his uncle being black.

I remember in my last year the head teacher didn't expect me to be able to go to uni, so didn't do his paperwork. My mum fought on my behalf and I got great grades and got into uni. Despite those who should know better, I defied the odds and did the impossible.

Uni was tough, but I graduated. And then... nothing. All this work accounted for nothing. I had to then get training to get a minimum wage, zero hour contract job, for security. I hated it. I hated working so hard, to end up here, even more.

I was depressed, but I knew that If my mind was active I'd have no time to be depressed, so I took an art course at college. And volunteered as a graphic designer. And took a tefl course. All whilst continuing to work a job that i hated, or pennies. I passed college, I got some good experience volunteering. I got my tefl certificate and I managed to survive the year of being bar security in Glasgow.

I'm enjoying this. But i need to stop. I'll continue tomorrow or whenever i'm next free. I hope you enjoyed this brief insight to my early life.

I'm enjoying this. But i need to stop. I'll continue tomorrow or whenever i'm next free. I hope you enjoyed this brief insight to my early life.