Alex Sumray’s summary

Thanks to Christian for this brilliant play on words.

At first I wasn’t sure how I would fit such a clever play on words into this book, but i’ve found a way in which it offers me the chance to get something of my chest. A chance to vent at the confusion caused by my surname, Sumray.

So, here goes. Oh, Gaby also hasn’t seen this bit and I’m not convinced this would have made the cut if she had... enjoy!

Sumray, such a straightforward and uncomplicated name. If it were a sum it would be, Sum + ray = Sumray. See, simple. But yet it’s a name that always causes such aggravation and confusion whenever anyway asks “and, what’s your Surname please?”,. Following this we usually get, “and how do you pronounce that?”, and finally “ok... how do you spell it?”

It has been a barnacle of pain and hardship that all us Sumrays have had stuck on our chests for our entire speaking lives, a great inconvenience we’ve all had to soldier on through. Yes, the surname Sumray has been the cause of much uncertainty over the years. I’ve had Soomray, Sunray, Summary, even Samurai. The names Samurai, Alex Samurai. Actually, I believe our family lineage does come from the Polish name ‘Szumarai’, with my ancestors originating from that part of the world. But come on, we’ve anglicized it now, no excuses!

Anyway, away from this food unrelated tangent, let me finally sum(ray) up. I think we’ve all had enough now! This book has been a pleasure to write, though also time-consuming and frustrating at times. Words I hope you wouldn’t describe the book as such however!

Perhaps, and I’m not making any excuses here, but perhaps time spent on this book also a little to blame for my second year university results, which were less gooderer than I had hoped for. Indeed I almost captioned this book, ‘a guide to productive procrastination from university work’. Though I’d need a sub, sub heading, ‘and subsequent procrastination from working on this book due to looking at videos on Youtube’.

Anyway, it was all for you, my audience. So if I fail to get a 2:1 or higher come my graduation day and am swallowed up my the competitive world that is the London job market, remember I was writing this book solely for your pleasure; you better have enjoyed it!

Thanks so very much for reading. I really do appreciate it (and your money). If you have made it all the way to the end (and you’re not my mum), I salute you.

Yep and that should make the word count, right about, nearly there, now. Well now!