Time to bring out the BOOKS

Wednesday, last day of "holiday" before lesson starts. After spending 7 years away from academic study, I have once again opened up my dusty locker and brought out my study pen and notebook to arm myself for this 3 year long battle. I know, many expect nothing less then a sweet victory and this is what i must do.

Life is slow here. The weather has been pretty wet since arriving here. For the past few days, I have made many new friends from different part of the world. My house mates in Marris House are wonderful. 3 guys and 3 girls sharing 1 common kitchen. I am sharing 1 side of the house with 2 other guys, 1 from Greek and the other from France. On the other side are 3 ladies, 2 from Germany and 1 from Spain and all of them speaks very good English.

I have also met up with most of the Singapore students studying in Newcastle. 2 of them are exchange students from NTU whom will be with us for 1 semester. Needless to say, I am the oldest among the first year Singapore students. For the past few days i felt rejuvenate from the energy, voice and laughter of these new friends. Maybe it is because during the last 7 years, I have been spending most of my time working with alot more senior people, thus I have always felt that I am aging.

Plan for today, marketing, shopping, library, sleep.

Signing off

eric