new hair cut and back to (new) school
So, I officially started my second year in Switzerland. To cut my boredom, I got a new hair cut (inspired by Heidi Klum). I got bangs on my forehead...hey yaa....I look pretty young and different (in a good way). This was kinda major decision coz I don't really like changing my hair style so much. But that was the beginning of the first change!
The next change is that I no more attend the uni in Lugano, but I'm heading north to St. Gallen. One thing that I was not warned is the weather ---it's freakingly cold!! This is only fall and the temp went down to 14C in the morning.
Another thing is the uni is on the mountain. People say, hey it's just a hill. But for those who used to Mediterrenean sun and flat road with a bit of pebbles like me I have to complain. The classes usually start at a quarter past. The bus usually arrives at 4 past. My lecture rooms are usually on the top of the mountain and at the very west end. I gotta fight the little air up there and this numbness and this bitter cold. I had to forget how tired I was but just kept walking. If I ever think once, I will be 3 mins late. Here, they have on-time culture.
The next change is competition. Every class I chose says active participation required. I have never ever seen any shy Asians sat in the back at the corner and tried to blend into the wall. Well, you can't do that coz the seat arrangement is in the U-shape with no more than 20 seats. I rather saw enthusiastic, high achieving, future-consultant-being people everywhere. The very first class, I was too shocked to speak. But I will catch it up.....oh well...
The next positive thing is systematic organization. So far, I have not yet been encountered with any frustration. I feel included, understood, and respected. I have been well informed in every single issue from big to small. I feel that my voice is as loud as anybody else. It's so important. I don't feel that I have anything to complain about.
Now I feel that I have been in a significant milestone in my life...I feel satisfied in a foreign land.
The next change is that I no more attend the uni in Lugano, but I'm heading north to St. Gallen. One thing that I was not warned is the weather ---it's freakingly cold!! This is only fall and the temp went down to 14C in the morning.
Another thing is the uni is on the mountain. People say, hey it's just a hill. But for those who used to Mediterrenean sun and flat road with a bit of pebbles like me I have to complain. The classes usually start at a quarter past. The bus usually arrives at 4 past. My lecture rooms are usually on the top of the mountain and at the very west end. I gotta fight the little air up there and this numbness and this bitter cold. I had to forget how tired I was but just kept walking. If I ever think once, I will be 3 mins late. Here, they have on-time culture.
The next change is competition. Every class I chose says active participation required. I have never ever seen any shy Asians sat in the back at the corner and tried to blend into the wall. Well, you can't do that coz the seat arrangement is in the U-shape with no more than 20 seats. I rather saw enthusiastic, high achieving, future-consultant-being people everywhere. The very first class, I was too shocked to speak. But I will catch it up.....oh well...
The next positive thing is systematic organization. So far, I have not yet been encountered with any frustration. I feel included, understood, and respected. I have been well informed in every single issue from big to small. I feel that my voice is as loud as anybody else. It's so important. I don't feel that I have anything to complain about.
Now I feel that I have been in a significant milestone in my life...I feel satisfied in a foreign land.
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