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…..