New Experience in British University – Queen Mary

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I have one week of enrollment before my classes begin at Queen Mary University of London. The University is on the East side of London in Zone 2 near Mile End tube station. The Regents canal is next to the school, with some student residences having a great view over the water. On top of this Victoria Park is just 10 minutes walk up the canal. My house is about 10 minutes walk to the University. I love walking along the canal area and visiting Victoria Pack at the weekend for leisure. The East End of London is a little poor and rough, but I found Queen Mary’s location to be great and very well connected – you can reach both Canary Wharf and Central London in 15 minutes.

Most students are undergraduates, although a there are plenty of postgraduates like me. There are maybe 4000 international students in the school and we all registered and received our student card and then chose our modules. I expect this will be a very new learning experience and I’m sure will be a lot of hard work. I hope I can handle it well. Our programme director is great and has provided us with a lot of information. Each of the module teachers took time to explain exactly what their module involves so you can choose the one that suits you most. I think it’s great! You get to know the teachers and what you will expect in the class. Fantastic. Moreover, I just paid 5 pounds to join the Fashion Society Group. I’m not sure what is it, but it sounds my style. I also joined the Asia group to meet more friends. We will see.

离正式开学还有几天,开学前个星期是搞登记注册啊,学生证和选择课程之类的东西。皇后玛利伦敦大学坐落在市中心的东部,学校有一条运河刚好坐落在学校里面,位于学生宿舍正对面,学校还蛮大的,维多利亚公园离学校10分种。我们家离学校也是10分钟路程,学校的位置去哪里都蛮方便的,去Canary Wharf 金融中心15分钟巴士,去市中心10到30分钟地铁,去伦敦塔骑自行车15分钟就到,Sainsbury超市10分钟就到,十分方便。

大部分学生都是17-24岁,读本科的,少部分学生读硕士的;大概有4000多个国际学生,我是其中之一拉。第一周老师给你介绍学校和英国的东西,接着注册,选择课程。我觉得蛮好的是在你选择课程之前,老师简单介绍10分钟,介绍课程的内容和你要学习些什么东西,让你自己多点了解哪个你最感兴趣的,再做决定。(开学前每人还要考机算机测试,读金融的还要数学考试,幸好我不感兴趣金融)考不过不要紧,你就要学习计算机拉,更好。

我已经交了5磅参加时尚社团,不知道干什么,不过我喜欢时尚,也登记了亚洲的社团,看看认识多点朋友吧。我要好好努力学习,天天向上。

Moving to London

Moving to London

As some of you know, my time in London was a testing period to see what the city is like. Very shortly I will be moving there to study for a masters degree at the University Of London.

Saying goodbye to Guangzhou, and especially my good friends, is not easy. I have spent a total of seven years in Guangzhou, arriving here as an innocent girl from Shantou. I’ve enjoyed my life, my studies, and my jobs here in Guangzhou and it is not without some sadness that I leave. However, although I am scared I am also excited to have something new and challenging to look forward to. I will need to start from scratch and work very hard, but the rewards should be well worth it.

I really wish I could take all my friends with me to London and I will miss them all. I am so glad they are always there for me and want them to know that they have played an important part of my life. I wish the best of luck to all of my friends and hope to see them in London.

See you soon Guangzhou.

5月在伦敦旅游了一个月,又回到熟悉的广州开始工作了,好像觉得从没有离开过广州似的。已经辞职的我,再工作多半个月,就生活在伦敦了。现在在准备好所有的一切,开始我的学生生涯,我将在其中一所伦敦大学读硕士。

其实很舍不得跟广州说再见,特别是我的朋友们,毕竟我在广州生活了7年了。4年的大学生活到3年工作;从一个什么都不懂的汕头妹,到可以说能自力更生独立生活在广州。我喜欢我的工作和简单的广州生活,但我意识到是时候为将来而准备而冲刺,让自己的英文水平更近一层,拿个更高的学位和国外的工作经验。说真的,我又是担心又是兴奋,因什么东西我对来说都是从头开始。前路茫茫,但一想到新的东西,新的朋友,也是给自己的一种加气的鼓励把。

真希望能把所有的朋友都打包跟我一起飞到伦敦,我会多么想念你们的陪伴和笑声。谢谢大家对我的厚爱和支持,你们在我生命中是如此的重要,祝大家心想事成,记得一定要来伦敦看我哦。

再见了广州,我把我的青春的黄金时间都奉献给你了,咱们后会有期。