Reading

It has been a week here in Reading for me. The past few days were really busy due to a lot of things that needed to be dealt with. People may find going to new places exciting but I'm doing this with some reservations, for the simple reason that this is not some a week or two holiday. I'm going to be here for the whole year, which may bring new and unforeseen challenges.

But the week has been really good for me. I managed to settle down quickly before the class starts and even settled the important stuffs within a few days. I even managed to go to the town centre for the weekend and tried shopping for some good decent hoodies/jackets, but to no avail (actually I found a good one, but it is really expensive when I translate it to Ringgit).

I found out that Brits are really social people, and they don't mind talking to strangers. Lol. I was paying for my stationeries at the counter when a man talked to me and said, "You're really lucky to be a student". He was referring to the 10% discounts I could get by showing my student card. I replied to him, saying that it was never too late to be one. He was like, "I love studying. You'll never stop learning till you die." I agreed. Later, he introduced himself as Lough and gave me a handshake, saying "Welcome to the UK". I walked out from the store and thought to myself, the Brits aren't bad after all. Of course there are those bad and stuck up ones, but I think generally if you are kind to them, they would do the same thing to you.

That's about it folks. Oh, there are a few pictures which I took over the weekend:

A picture at one of the canals there (I think).

This one is at a park by the name of Chestnut Walk (Oscar Wilde Memorial).

More pictures.

Forbury Gardens.

This statue is to commemorate the fallen British soldiers from the Berkshire area in World War II.

Pretty flowers (in Yuffie language)