* `And dreams are meant for sleeping `

thoughts

finally im blogging again. tonight i just have this strong desire to blog. (but unfortunately, this is not cos of sy..i was just joking on my tagboard..sy dun kill me..haha :p). more than two months have already passed since i arrived in london. and so many things have happened. before i know it, my first term is ending soon and christmas break is coming.

maybe it's abit hard to believe that slightly more than three years ago, i was still a student of dhs. last year i was still mugging for my a levels in rjc. and now im living a totally different life altogether. i remember when i went to rjc from dhs, i was always missing dhs and i wished that i could be trapped in dhs forever. and i didnt make good use of my jc life. but now that im in imperial, i realise that being trapped in dhs forever might not be the best thing for me after all. i've experienced so many things ever since coming here and despite the problems i've faced, so far i've never regretted choosing to come to imperial. i still love dhs very much, and now i no longer struggle with the unhappy and painful memories during my dhs years. i love dhs, but at the same time, i want to move on and experience new things in life. i was a person of "intense" feelings during my secondary school years. i could hate someone/some ppl very much, be infatuated with someone and go crazy over shuai celebrities. however, all these have changed. my feelings have become 'milder' and im no longer the starry-eyed, idealistic teenager of the past. i've completely woken up to reality, and stupid stuff like popularity doesnt matter at all to me now.

studying overseas had been my long-cherished wish. there were so many reasons for going overseas to study: u get to mix with ppl from so many different countries, understand the cultures of other countries, travel to many different places, experience a whole new culture and lifestyle and learn to live independently and solve problems by yourself. however, after coming to imperial, i realise that these general, "theoretical" benefits arent the only benefits ive experienced. in fact, i didnt try hard to go "cosmopolitan" and i just interacted with ppl naturally, with whoever i felt comfortable with. at imperial, i've experienced valuable friendship which im really enjoying. since we are living away from our parents, we spend more time with our friends. i think now that we are in uni, we are more 'grown up' and are no longer that discriminatory or clique-ish. so i really like interacting with my friends here, even though i may not be very close to them.

based on my experience, life is more relaxed and slow-paced here. i like it :):)

hmm.. i like the feeling of living overseas by myself, yet at the same time, i have to admit that i do miss home. i think for me living overseas is good because it not only gives me this valuable opportunity to experience so many new things, but it also makes me cherish home more.(absence makes the heart grow fonder!) i like london life (in general) and i love home :):):)

posted by ~dreAMer*~ @ 2:01 PM