While the man is hard at work, I'm also not exactly skiving! The office is crazy busy this month and I really shouldn't be on this vacation. But I need to figure out some stuff and answer my own questions. Importantly, I've got one hell of a trooper colleague shouldering the burden all on her own, that's why things are humming along fine. So while I'm going to be inundated with work when I get back, it's not overly worrying.Before Christmas comes, today, I've to make my decision on whether I come to London again with 10 cartons or so for the academic year in 2011/2012. This has essentially been a reccee trip. Exploring the city has never felt so urgent. I don't view London with the eye of a tourist on this trip. I've been viewing it with an eye of a resident.
A reccee trip is a great way to to consider my options of living in London. I mean, I've searched out and tried nail parlors, spas, hair salons; trawled the net (not difficult) for good eats, shortest routes to destinations, friends' residences, etc. Sound so fluffy hor?
It's good to know that in the face of so many options and little worries to consider, I've made my decision with total awareness and clarity of mind.
It's with much regret that I say no to London, in spite of the lengthy administrative process I went through filling up the applications; eventually receiving the offers and arranging the meetings with the faculties. I like the discussions which pointed me to the modules that would have been a positive sort of different from the expected. (One university rejected me though! How can?!) It'd have been a good experience studying in UK universities.
I like the food here. The music scene is fabulous. London is a rather liveable city. Still, I've to decline. No, it's not the dreary weather that I'm such a wuss about. Heh. It's really not that cold. Like I said, NYC is a better fit for me. It's just that if I make a conscious choice to relocate to study, it has to be in the city across the Atlantic. :)
With the weight of this decision off my mind, I can properly enjoy the rest of the time I have in the city.
11 comments:
imp studying again! ah, good good.
i wish you the best in your decisions and clarity of mind in your choices. i know you know what works best for you.
yee, then you'll be 6 hours behind.
just curious, if that "stupid" university had given you an offer, would you go anyway?
i guess you won't, but you still demand to be accepted. ha!
You never fail to amaze me, dear imp. :)
u got my vote in that city across the atlantic lor heheh..
if i have the chance to go back there again to study... i dont think i can ever reject :)
but the choice is all yours..
merry Christmas!
tuti: thanks!
kikare: that's not too bad! still the same as sgp. well, if that uni had given me an offer, i'd still not have gone. it isn't my first choice. heee.
lms: :)
nuttyjas: heheh! you share my sentiments about nyc!
zewt: you like london! and i think it suits you too. your sojurn there was cool. happy holidays you.
u know, i've been weighing with this studying option too. What a coincidence!
Go nyc! I've done quite a bit of research on it last time and i love it!
Have a wonderful Christmas and New Year :)
Cool! You'll be really near us!
I see you're wearing the rings :)
It is good that you've made your decision! And have no regrets too coz you did all the homework and legwork so to speak ;) NYC when the time is right then!
I don't think I can do UK all over again. I just can't. NYC, now, that would be an adventure for me! But haiyah.. in my dreams lah.
cherie: i know! you must think hard some more k!
dawn: i'm available for hire as a weed-plucker on the weekends. i don't charge much. an apple pie/crumble/tart will do nicely. HEH.
corsage: exactly. it was amazing how unexcited and how neutral i was about the trip. i was literally sitting on the fence smack in the middle!
jomel: it'll be fun! though i'm sure you won't like the cold all over again.
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