Life Goes On

Hmm, it fact life goes on and its out of our control. In other words, we decide and plan the coming future instead of just letting it pass. Even when shit happens, life goes on; life has no sympathy or feelings for u, its too busy.

I'd say Im fully if not almost adapted to Oxford, liking basically everything here except the food they have to offer at any restaurants. So far, the best would be edamame which is like a really authentic japanese restaurant, most staffs were japanese as well as giving a really homely feeling cause its small and cozy. Im not having any regrets about coming to Brookes to be honest, its a wonderful place since I can just hang around Oxford, cycle to the city- challenging due to the traffic and lights, super fun but tiring on the way back due to it being uphill.

Before coming here, I had a choice between Oxford Brookes and Westminster, Brookes was my second choice possible since I rejected by Reading - somehow i feel its a blessing in disguise. Westminster is in central London, as in really central, right opposite Hyde Park which also mean that Im near my brothers. Joshua would then be studying just a stone throw away from where I study, Brandon would be slightly further but still near. Im not quite sure of Chester tho, sorta lost touch in a way but ah - Life goeees on!

You must be thinking, what the hell is wrong with me that Id choose some far away place to live than central London with all my brothers and friends. Simple reasoning, Londons far too expensive, big temptations everywhere, good shopping and good food. Just imagine eating out every week or even clubbing every fortnight, shopping whenever u saved up money from eating less ; doing all these wont be anyhow cheap. Oxford is not cheap comparatively, it is pretty much the same as London in terms of food but however there isnt alot of selection; plain simple ones instead lik Belgo which we went to last week, the food was simply excellent, the bill came up to be equally shocking like how when we ate the mussels and found it shockingly fresh and tasty. Was so good, the 6 of us ( Brandon, Chester, Jean, Joshua, TengTing and I) ordered 2kgs of mussels which came in 2 big buckets, ones with white wine and cream sauce which tasted so so good and the other one tasted good as well, the plum tomato sauce. Chester was literally scooping up the white sauce, sipping every lil bit which just shows how much he enjoys eating.

See, hopefully u get what I mean, eating out once will make a hole in your pocket and make u feel bad for a week, somehow that guilt will disperse right before another weekend starts. YES, its that amazing, and there goes another cycle of money spending frenzy. Besides spending it on good food, u might do some shopping once a fortnight or once a month. Clothes are not cheap in London as well, unless u take a Pound as a Ringgit then everythings frigging cheap. I've been telling the people here that they have a really low cost of living if their strong exchange rate is being ignored. Malaysia is so much more expensive if u were to buy some good high quality clothes, most good food u needa fork out so much just to enjoy it and most of the time after paying so much for the food, price overweighs satisfaction. Working here, a minimum wage set by the government is £5.60, just take that hours pay and walk in BurgerKing or McDonalds and Im sure that can buy u a meal, probably even the biggest set meal and walk out with some change. What can u buy after working an hour at most places and get paid say RM5, the most u can buy from McDs would be a chocolate sundae and get some change back.

Cars here are cheap, dirt cheap. Simple comparison, BMW 335 coupe cost £34k/RM240k , in Malaysia is it RM470k. Just look at the difference, most of the time, they tell us their cars are expensive. Booh! I see more Aston Martins in London than I get to see Porsches in Malaysia and thats the truth.

Okay, back to the reasons of choosing Oxford instead of London: Oxford has less distractions which will lessen £ spending and being able to concentrate more on studies, chances of knowing more people since its a campus life which makes it fun as well. Oxford is just like Kajang, less happening in terms of shopping but the nightlife is way better than what I get back in Kajang. Oxford is not very far from London which makes Kajang something similar. I guess Im just a person who prefers something slower paced and simple.

And oh yeah, I made my most satisfying meal so far yesterday, seaweed soup with eggs, chinese lettuce jewels with perserved beancurd and dad's recipe of sardines in tomato with onions and lemon juice. wahhhh, was so good; felt like home instantly and after I finished my meal, I was savouring it well while Jenny was staring at me looking pretty confused. hahaha. I MISS HOME but Ive been buying stuff from some oriental/asian shops recently and they have Malaysian stuff! :D

Thats all, life goes on no matter what, be positive bout life. xx