Dream come true...

Alhamdulillah, praise be to the Allah Almighty....my dream come true finally....to be able to go to UK to pursue my master...what a great feeling...I am in Birmingham now...a week has past and I am thousand miles away from home...how I miss my family (mama, ayah, along, baby, nenek, chik, lang, tam, busu and the list goes on) and friends so much (asrah, riyna, suza, azwa, mekza, zek, ame, cma, nani, wawe, uma, sha, hanim, etc)..not forgetting my aunt's cat (montel-didn't have the chance to say goodbye to her before leaving-she was missing in action)...

By the way, I am fine here...trying to catch up things which are totally new to me...the environment, the place, the people, the food, the accent and also the weather...it is quite cold here although a few of my coursemates do wear skirts to class...I am not used to this kind of weather as I come from a sunny and bright country all year long...guess I have to adapt myself fast as the winter will come soon..

It has been a pretty long week for me....I got class everyday...I am so jealous that the rest of the freshers have their own free time...they will start class only next week...whatever it is, the sooner the better right? at least I get to know the style of teaching as it is quite different form my country...everybody seems to be outspoken...that is something that I have to learn...to be brave and speak up...giving out opinion regardless of right or wrong...

I also have trouble understanding the accent...it's quite hard to understand at first...but after a week, it seems that I can understand it a lot better now...however, the locals here are not that friendly...the international students are left out...they don't really mix around with us...I am not sure if that's a wrong assumption to make, but I do hope that it will improve over time as we get to know each other better...

I also hope that the coming weeks will be enjoyable and fun although it seems that it will get hectic as I start to get assignments to be completed...