So, after all the drama in the airport, we were finally on the way to where we will be studying. The sense of reality is now settling in me while I was looking out the windows.
When the taxi driver told us we were here, I was in shock and speechless about where I am…
Emm... how should I explain myself…
(source)
As a city girl, my life involves living, studying and
working in modern buildings. I like the landscape of a city and I like everything about it: neon lights, street food, the smell, the noise, faceless people walking passed one another etc.
When I was a teenage, my dream was to see the world. Because
I studied in business and worked in the finance sector, the definition of world
means big cities, like New York, Hong Kong and Tokyo, where money are created and circulated.
I have been to other cities in the US and
Canada (i.e. San Francisco, Vancouver, Ottawa and Toronto) – although they are
big, busy cities, there are always some quieter corners in the back streets to
explore and to live, especially in the university area.
I always remembered how
fascinated I was about the area when I visited friends in UCLA, and now looking back, I think that’s when
I have decided to study abroad. So, you know what the dream of studying
abroad means to me.
I know UK has a longer history than all these places I have
been and lived, and in my expectation of the 9th biggest city in the
UK, there will be some old buildings and some new buildings. How wrong can it be!!
BUT,
what the hell is this building????
why does this
university look like a factory!!!
... and it has started to rain .....
Perhaps, I should have had chosen to study elsewhere in the US or Canada, not here…
AA xxx
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