chapter 1,2

06.11.08

Chapter 1, 2

`Amy!!`, Nicole waved from the pavement, her brown hair complemented her fair skin in that new white winter coat she was wearing, must be from Debenhams winter collection, (I made a mental note to check out the store when im free later on) . I heaved a sigh of relief as I saw my best friend running towards me, her pretty face always with that goofy lopsided smile which everyone loved to see. Nicole is one of the pretty girls in our small Malaysian community, she is a pure Perak Chinese girl, with a down-to-earth attitude and an i-don’t-care-if-im-pretty type of person. That’s what I loved about her, the two of us became fast friends when we bunked in each others room the first summer we were here. Since then, we were always known as Em and Nic, the two hottest (or so that’s what we call ourselves..haha) girls in this small Asian community.

`Where have you been Em, I was looking all over for you, you are extremely late, and your hair!! Did you even take a shower before you took your flight back here!` Nicole was talking in excited tones and hurried me across the campus to the main office. I smiled and quickened my steps to match hers, with Nicole by my side, I felt my life here turning to a brighter side, I cant wait to see my other friends. Tonight, our yearly ritual of sharing what we brought back from home would mark the beginning of our new semester…

Finally, after an hour of tying up loose ends at the campus, I happily bounced of to our new residence this semester, the last one was a lousy 2-room apartment with bad heating, sometimes I would go for days without a bath just because the heating system was down. Me and Nicole started surveying for other apartments before the hols started and we found this perfect house near Fulham Road, quite near the tube and convenient. It’s a bit pricey, but our scholarship money is more than enough to pay for the rent. Besides, some of our Malaysian friends live nearby and eventhough I don’t mind not getting too close to the Asian community, I do feel homely with the same people I grew up with sometimes


To be continued…..

FOREVER (chapter 1,1)

CHAPTER 1

Heathrow Aiport, 11.30 AM

Oh no, the plane has finally landed in Heathrow Airport, my eyes cracked wide open to see the flight attendant announcing our arrival, the plane was taking its time to land, giving me the last few moments of my freedom before I start my new semester in medicine. This semester, we would be majoring in cardiology, my seniors told me it is the hardest semester yet. I braced myself to face another year in the prestigious Imperial College, once my dream, now, I keep forgetting the reason why I am here. Just a few hours ago, I was hugging my mother and waving goodbye to them in Kuala Lumpur, now im back, in the cold and dreary weather of London

I was alone on the plane…all my friends had arrived the day before, all eager to start early and settle down before the madness starts again. Darn, I have to cue up in this long line for the cab, unlike when I was in Midvalley, where I just budged in anywhere to get a ride back home, I really should stop missing home, tears are swelling in my eyes already. Mom packed the kueh raya carefully in my hand luggage and I brought it close to my winter coat, afraid that someone would bump into me and break those precious cookies.

Shoot! I forgot! OMG! OMG! I checked and double-checked my wallet, the only thing in it was a few Ringgit, I cant believe I did not bring money, I don’t even have enough to pay for the cab! Argh… I quickly jumped out of the line and searched my bag for some loose change. Thankfully, I found a few pounds, enough to get me on the tube, (note to self : please bring lots of money next time, especially when you are traveling alone!!). I took the Picadilly line to the South Kensington Campus, our registrations for the year should be done there(I hope), last year they changed the location at the last minute and we got lost along the way. It was another 50 minutes before I walked of the train, with loads of bags on my fragile body, I walked towards campus, hopefully Nicole would be there waiting for me.

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