The Art of Waiting

Posted by Sam

May I begin by welcoming those of you who have been waiting for my post for ages!  As a consequence, I would like to write about the art of waiting.

I have been spending a lot of valuable time in England waiting for things.  First of all, of course, I waited for the delayed airplane at Hong Kong International Airport.  That was merely the start.  Next, like many others I queued at Heathrow Airport for a security check. Probably it took at least an hour.

In Oxford, I am glad to say that the bus companies are very reliable and that I do not normally have to wait so long.  However, I'm sad to say I live quite a way from the city centre so I need to spend almost half an hour travelling from my home stay to Bellerbys.

The act of waiting for the end of lesson before lunch is another opportunity for the majority of student to feel the pain.  I suspect I am one of those.

As a Foundation student, the most miserable process is waiting for university offers from UCAS.  Unluckily (or I should say luckily), I am still waiting.  I am afraid I may get a wide range of mental illnesses including obsessive compulsory disorder as I log in to UCAS to check my offers at least ten times a day. It is really killing me; especially as the majority of other students sent their applications later than me and got the offers much more quickly than me.  Hopefully I will not have to wait much longer.

Finally, all of us are likely to be waiting to go back home and enjoy the summer holiday, even though you may have a summer course in a university.  I love this term more than you can imagine - it is such a short term!