After I arrived Nottingham,
The 1st place I went to was a town called Beeston.
Beeston is a town which is near to us, and there's a Tesco Extra there, which opens 24 hours.
When I first arrived at Nottingham, the weather was quite windy and cold.
But still have to go Tesco at night because we needed duvet and pillow to sleep.
So, we went to Tesco by bus at 11.30pm and reached home at 1am ++
I was extremely tired. I slept around 3 hours before I went to airport, and I didn't really sleep on the 13 hours flight!
But one good thing was, I didn't experience any jet lag because I was too tired haha!
The next day, with guides of friends' friends, we went to the Nottingham City Centre.
I was in love with this city. The architectures were old styles but very beautiful.
There are quite a lot of shop which we are familiar with,
for example, Zara, H&M, Dorothy Perkins, Mark & Spencer...
There's a shop called Primark which sells cheaper clothes,
and I bought a sweater, a coat and a hoodies which costed me 41 pounds.
If you convert into ringgit (rm200++), of cause they sound expensive.
But trust me, you can never buy these with rm200 in Malaysia!
I didn't really take lots of photos of Nottingham City Centre because I was busy shopping :p
Few days later, we have to go to uni for the welcome program.
Several activities like open bank account, collection of ID card, registration were done in these few days.
During the welcome program, uni provided each of us free accommodation and free breakfast & dinner.
So, as a typical malaysian, we went back to uni these 3 days just for free meals haha!
The uni is really big and beautiful.
And the main building of UK university campus is quite similar with the Malaysia campus.
When you enter the main entrance of the uni, you will see a huge lake and after that is the university trent building.
here's the Nottingham Trent Building
university lake
The campus is really big, but you won't feel tired when you are walking around.
Probably is because of the weather is always windy.
I thought we'll be having class on 23rd Sept, but after that we were told that our class will be starting on 30th.
The whole week will be the uni Fresher Week,
Many events are going in this week, one of the biggest event is the Clubs & Societies Fair.
There're really many clubs & societies in UK campus,
They even built a big tents for this fair.
When you entered the fair, you'll be given a "shopping card"
If you are interested in joining a club, then the member will place a sticker with a bar code on it, on your shopping card.
After you done your "shopping" in the fair, just go to the counter and give them your shopping card and student ID
They will scan the bar code, then pay the member fee, and you already registered as a member of the club/society.
I've joined Malaysian Society, Psychology Society, Travel Society and UNICEF.
On Tuesday, we went back to uni to meet our tutor.
My tutor is quite nice and friendly, and luckily I'm in the same group with Jacelyn & Simon!
My first class will be on Monday, and I have to go to class alone on Monday.
Because the school has separated all the exchange students into different group, even the time is different too!
So, I'll be going to my first class in UK alone at 9am.
Oh gosh, I'm so nervous. Hopefully my coursemates are nice, friendly and helpful!
On the 2nd week, I actually spent most of my time at home,
I know it was a good timing to go around Nottingham and visit places.
But I can't really find kaki to go and I'm still not familiar with the transportation system.
And, I'm sick these few days, homesick is getting really serious when you are sick. T.T
Alright, don't know what should I write anymore so I guess I'll just stop here.
Hopefully everything will be fine.
I REALLY MISS MALAYSIA A LOT!!!
I'll be strong, I promise.
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