Finally, something different that is good!
You’d think that moving somewhere within the same country (bearing in mind a population of 4 million and only a max of 1000kms [~600 miles?] to travel) wouldn’t pose that many differences or difficulties. But there are soooo many things that are different here, usually for the worse too. Mostly it’s just that things are more expensive, but there are other things too. Today I finally found a difference that is good. Despite the fact there are probably WAY more students here than in CHCH, the student loan people are so much nicer and more helpful! I left with a voucher for the full cost of my dental treatment and feeling good! No need to try and justify my poverty, or feel the need to cry because they are so pushy and mean. They just made me get a new bank statement cos the one I had isn’t acceptable anymore, but I could cope with that, and they let me come straight back again, didn’t need to make another appointment or anything. So no hoop jumping, no extracting blood from stone, it was great, I needed that. It wasn’t just about the money, it’s the whole system in general that gets me down, it was good to see the system can actually meet it’s objectives from time to time, helping people who actually need help.
