Warning! Culture Shock!

To my relief i woke up this morning feeling ready to face the world and my own company again.
I am fine in my own company most of the time, last night was an execption rather than the rule.

Anyway.

Sooo...i had my first job interview today. It ended up not being an interview for a specific job like i was expecting, but me signing up with a catering company who are gonna train me up and find me work. So that's cool.

But this is where the culture shock comes in.
When people have talked to me in the past about culture shock i thought it would hit me all at once, but actully im finding it happen here and there when i dont expect it.

Like this whole job hunt thing. Ive never signed up with a company who will find me work before. Ive always found work through word of mouth or through going round by foot and asking people if they're after staff. So the job hunt thing is the biggest culture shock thing recently, and the thing that really makes it hit me that ive left my small town.

I did have one really positive experience today though. I was walking down oxford street after my interview, the london paper in one hand, looking all smart, surrounded by people walking the same way as me, and i suddenly had a very strong feeling of belonging, like i was a londoner.
Felt almost like a right of passage moment.