there's no place like home.

i can still remember, roughly about one month before i left for London, i went for a pre-departure talk organised by the British Council...and the speaker mentioned that there are 3 stages of so-called cultural shock one would experience when they study in a foreign place.

the 1st 3 months, everything would be wonderful and beautiful as they are experiencing something new.

the 2nd stage is where one would start 'hating' that place, comparing it with their home country and thinking that there is never a place like home.

and the final stage, is when they start to accept that particular place for what it is.

i'm only in london for a week...however, i already realised that there is definitely NO PLACE LIKE HOME!

it's not that i'm homesick or anything, just that... i can't really describe what i'm really feeling right now.

i think i'm friend-sick more than homesick.

sigh.

Thank you, for being there.

in about 3 days time, i'll be leaving my home country.

i'll be going to London, to further my studies.

i've no idea how to describe the way i feel now.

i do feel excited about the prospect of a new challenge, new life...well, basically new everything.

no doubt that there will be anxiety as well.

to adapt to a totally new surroundings, people and culture.

not to mention that this would be my 1st time to be really on my own, without my family.

the idea of my parents not being just next door,

or my sister wouldn't be a phone call away...

really scares me sometimes.

although it's just one year...but many things can happen or change in a year's time.

not to mention that i wont be coming back for any break within that one year time.

i'm worried that the people whom i close to for so, so many years may change,

my several close friends especially.

or i myself may be different.

this i know is inevitable.

but the question is whether we can accept each others' changes.

all of this remains a puzzle to me.

for the whole of Aug and Sept,

many of my friends did take the effort to meet up with me.

to wish me best of luck and to say their goodbyes.

i really appreciate their efforts, especially those whom i can rarely see.

it touched me so much, to know that, somewhere in their heart, i am somewhat important.

i really cherish the past month a lot

and i'm sure that this would be an encouraging factor to me whilst i am alone there.

thank you, everyone!

Heart 'em!

heart my baby girls.

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FML!

i wish i am a guy.

sometimes, i just wish i am a guy.

why?

because,i can just ask any hot and sexy girl out there for a date.

i know, that there's nothing wrong for a girl to ask a guy out.

but then again, how often that happens?

usually it's the so-called guy's role to do the asking.

PLUS, it hurts the girl's ego more if she's being rejected compared to a guy.

not only that, even if the girl did ask the guy out,

just imagine, the normal reaction one will get:

"harhh...the girl actually asked the guy out ar?"

"yerr...she so cheapskate?"

"huhhh.... so desperate?"

see how unfair is it being a girl?

at this point of time, i'm sure many of my college mates would be either busy with doing attachments, working part time or started looking for firms they would want to chamber with.

and me?

i'm now busy packing and preparing myself to start a new and different lifestyle.

there are still times where i do hesitate about my decision.

as i would be at least one year behind my peers in terms of practical experience.

but this is the opportunity that i'll have to take and willing to risk and of course to stick to it, no matter what.

in about 2 weeks time, i'll be leaving my beloved home country.

i'll definitely miss home,family and friends.

but at the same time, i can't wait for a new challenge.