Back to the Future

I suppose the question of  "What the hell am I going to do all day?" has been at the back of my mind since we agreed to move out here.  Of course I can travel, do some sightseeing and some diving, but that isn't exactly productive or of any advantage to anyone.  I can't work either for reward or voluntarily as I don't have an employment visa, so I was a little concerned about how I might fill my time for the next two or three years.

As seems to be so often the case in my life, something turns up out of the blue.  Jen's company recognise the fact that I have had to make sacrifices in order to come to India to support her (Yeah!).  As a result they are in a position to bung me sweetener to do whatever I want with.  After the initial thought of new scuba equipment, smarter skis and a new set of bagpipes, I embraced reality and decided to spend it on joining the Overseas Women's Group.

Actually, no.  I was a bit more sensible than that.  I thought it would be an excellent opportunity to do some studying.  In more recent years I have had the desire to read for an LLB.  Probably due to having some degree of experience in the law, and really not finding my career intellectually stimulating enough.  When I was younger there was no way I would have even considered it.  I was not a keen reader, and would have considered it boring.  I suppose I was after different things then.  I think now I have sufficient interest in the subject, and can see its worth, not to mention having a bit more self discipline and the lack of distractions here.

Anyway, I applied and was accepted onto the University of London's International Program for the graduate entry for the LLB.  I have registered and am now awaiting my study materials.  With the graduate entry I would only need to study nine subjects in total, rather than the usual twelve, and it is possible for a graduate to complete the LLB in two years, doing four subjects in the first year, and then five in the second.  This seems a bit mad really, and I would rather do three subjects a year for three years in the hope of getting a better final mark.  I am under no illusions as to how difficult this will be, but am going to give it a good effort.  I may never practice law, but at least I should get something from the experience.