As my plane flew in over London I thought nothing else but “OMW! Turn this puppy around!” Coming from a relatively small town where everything and everyone has a common denominator and noting the comparatively immense expanse of ‘The Big Smoke’, I all of a sudden felt very small and extremely lonely.

The plane touched down and the exploring began – Camden Town, Southbank, Oxford Street, Soho, the list goes on and this was when I realised how many doors had just been opened to me – the greatest and most exciting leading to self-discovery. I felt so emancipated and so a part of myself being able to just be me – whoever I was about to find out that person truly is.

I am so proud to be South African and more so to be straight outta Benoni but now is the time for me to expose myself to other cultures, the British way of life and my capabilities. Algereed ek sê