Realizing My Dream of Visiting Anfield

These past few weeks at the academy I have been self-studying mostly by myself learning ITIL. To be honest, it has gotten a bit dull at times, and not because the material is not useful or not interesting, but because of how some of the material is presented and how little hands-on work I was able to do, but for the most part, it still feels good and rewarding to be learning new things everyday here at the academy.

After learning ITIL, I started working on learning ServiceNow for this past week, and it has been much more interesting work. For me, it is always exciting to work on something and be able to see the results of my work. Working on ServiceNow and going through the tutorial has been a very fun learning experience and certainly the type of work that I enjoy doing. I have been working with ServiceNow just for just one week so far but I have been told that I will keep working on this and learning ServiceNow for the next couple of weeks which seems like more exciting stuff is to come, and I am really looking forward to it.

Outside of work I have been here and there but if I am being honest, I have not done as many things as I would have liked, mainly because if I want to go somewhere and visit a new place or another city, I have to do it during the weekend, which limits the places I can go to and how far I can go. But I have been able to do one thing which I was definitely going to do during my stay here; it was a dream of mine which I did not think I would have the opportunity to realize it so soon. I am talking about going to Liverpool and visiting Anfield. I am a big Liverpool FC supporter, a fact that I have not been very vocal about because many of the locals would not appreciate it. Anybody who is even a bit familiar with English football knows about the huge rivalry between Liverpool and Manchester United so I just decided to be cautious as to who I tell I support Liverpool. But getting the opportunity to visit Anfield, which is the stadium Liverpool play in, was certainly a dream come true. I have been a supporter for quite some time now, and every time I would watch Liverpool play I would just dream of being inside the stadium and getting to watch a match live. I was finally able to make it to the stadium and just standing there in front of the Kop filled me with joy and excitement even if the stadium was empty, I did not care, it was definitely a dream come true. I will definitely have to come back to Liverpool and to Anfield and watch a match; I'll somehow get a ticket. No matter how much I hear about the famous atmosphere that the fans make during the games, it is something which I have to experience first hand before I go back to America. I am also a big Beatles fan, so I will also have to come back to Liverpool and visit the Cavern Club and the Beatles museum and go to London and visit Abbey Road.

I have already spent 6 weeks in Manchester and at QA Academy, which means that I am halfway through my stay here. Time certainly seems to be flying by rather quickly, and I am enjoying myself here in the UK. I know it will be a sad day when I have to say goodbye to this city and to all the people that I have met so far, and who knows when I'll be seeing them again, but I will make the best of the time that I still have left and try to enjoy myself as much as possible while I'm still here.