Well, to those who don't know, I shall be pursuing medicine in the UK! :) It just feels completely surreal now. All my life I've been dreaming to do this, and now I will be pursuing it in less than a month's time. Moreover, it's in a country I never stepped in before.
Well, apart from being excited, I can't help feeling a little apprehensive too. I mean, I never been away from home for more than 3 days before ( mostly because of lousy prefect camps and awesome class outings) nor have I traveled to the overseas without my family before.
During the interview, the interviewer asked me whether I would ever feel homesick. I confidently answered no since I traveled to many countries before and thus I can adapt well to foreign environments. Furthermore, there're many mode of communications available like Skype.
Well deep down, I'm really unsure about this. Sure, there's Skype but there's something called time difference as well. It means that I can't talk to my family whenever and wherever I want to. It's something that will take time to adjust since I'm so used to talk to my family or go shopping with them on the weekends. I got a feeling I will be incredibly homesick the first few weeks.
There's another issue too. I can't cook. Well, I can whip up easy dishes like instant noodles, eggs and pancakes (are they considered dishes? LOL) But other than that, I'm pretty useless. This problem is easily solved by learning how to cook but it's gonna take some time before I'm on par with my mom's cooking skills. I can envision my future of eating cold sandwiches and instant soup everyday. LOL sad. Hope I won't die of malnutrition!!
The worst thing is now, I already forgot most of the stuff I learned in A Levels and it's only slightly less than three months. Can I cope with all the intense studying that medicine demands? I certainly hope so, I don't want to waste my parent's effort for sending me all the way there. It's definitely not cheap and I guess I'll be on a super tight budget there. No more shopping and luxurious food. (well, maybe once a while :P)
Besides that, I'm rather afraid I'll be forever alone there. LOL. I think I am friendly but I get super nervous meeting new people. I tend to give people the impression that I'm timid and shy. Can't exactly blame them since I am like that around strangers.
Haha, but despite all this, I'm still very optimistic about my future life there. :) I can go home during summer holidays or go travelling around Europe with them. As for cooking, I just have to make friends with students studying culinary arts and get free food from them LOL. And, I heard the library there is nice so I'm actually quite stoked at the thought of being surrounded by books. haha super nerd i know.
I guess I need to have an open mind and don't get too affected by the cultural shocks there. hahaha, I'm actually quite surprised that medic students there party quite frequently. I thought they will be huddled up in the library with their noses in the books, like I think I will most probably do. haha #geek
so.. HERE I COME! :)
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