DIARY OF A TRAVELLING MIDGET

随着月尾的到来 年考的压力也越来越大
总觉得我被无数的作业 责任 压得有点喘不过气来
时间似乎不停追着我
而我也任由着这些大小事主导我的生活。

今天不管了
就这样决定罢工一天 。
我在回家的路上
饶了条远道 去了好久没去的朋友家 与好友 聊了好久
找了一本撇开很久的书读了一遍
重看了一遍我最爱的电影
整个人 心情也舒服了。
充斥完毕 再拿起参考书时 心情不再紧绷。

你们呢？
有没有也常常这样把一堆永远都做不完的事情当成生活的中心
而慢慢忘了休息
忘了去好好去欣赏身边的风景 珍惜身边的朋友
去好好活出你的人生呢？
要是真有如此 现在就放下手上的事物 学我罢工吧
相信我 世界不会因为你休息一天 而跨了
明天或许会更美好！

Phew! Almost 2 weeks have passed since uni started and the homesickness still lingers in me. As to when I will get over this achy urge to be home with my family, I don't know. But what I do know is that the bad weather in Newcastle that I came back to isn't helping with my situation.

2016 is a whole new year and unlike everyone else staying awake to welcome the arrival of the new year, I was in bed asleep after spending 17 long hours travelling back to the UK from home. Forgive me for being tired both mentally and physically. This is how the new year started uneventfully for me. Taken over by a sudden loneliness- being home alone and having to leave my parents and brother after such a short festive holiday, I stayed in bed for the next two days doing nothing.

First day in uni passed just like that- it was the life of a dental student in the dental hospital on autoplay and repeat mode- everyday is the same. That was how I felt on my very first day, forgive me for all the negativity. I've deeply reflected on that. Now, after 2 weeks, I'm finally back to my old self, motivated to finish final year and all! Oh and I almost forget, we had the first snowy morning of the year today too!

I was awake since 5am to pack my 30kg luggage and 10kg hand luggage, too excited to be sleeping obviously. Boiled the last of my eggs and packed them to bring to the airport, booked a taxi an doff I go. I arrived at the Newcastle International Airport with ample time to check-in only to realise that my hand luggage was 13kg, 3kg overweight and I was dumbstruck as the lady on the counter told me that I'd have to either pay an extra £169 for the 3kg or repack my luggage.

Being annoyed by myself, I knew at once what I'd have to throw away- the bunch of pamphlets and copies of city maps from my travels that I've saved up for my travel collage (I'm still mourning over it). The flight on Emirates to Dubai international airport was a great one. The lady sitting beside me on the plane was a friendly Arabian lady who's going to Qatar and to make my journey home even more pleasant than it was already, I made a new taiwanese friend-Qian Ru during my 10hours layover in Dubai! This made the long 10 hours alone in the airport more bearable than it would have been. Travelling solo has its merits eh ...