Posted by Linh
Windy... cold... lonely... and strange...
On the 1st of January, I put my 1st steps on a far-away country, wondering where I would go, what the new school was like, would people treat me well, or I would be thrown in a strange or racism environment? (lol, i know that sounds a little bit pathetic, but well, at that moment, in order to refill the emptiness of inexperience, I put an experience of imagination :D )
Later, I met a member of staff from Bellerbys College who had to throw away his first day of new year to pick up an unknown girl instead of staying at home, enjoying a celebration with his family or friends. And instead of being such a stranger or feeling angry of my appearance, he seemed to be very nice, asking me about the flight, how I felt.
Then I met Ishy - the host mother of my new home, who had to wake up at 5 a.m to wait for a stranger to come. She smiled at her and gave the new girl not only her first UK breakfast but also a cozy feeling that mad her feel protected as if there had not been any 20 hour flight at all.
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Eight months have already passed so quickly, and here I am, in the farewell party, saying goodbye to people I have gotten along so far...
Thank you Jackie, as we often say to you, YOU ARE THE BEST MANAGER WE'VE EVER MET. No matter how many students there are, no matter how many works you have to do, somehow, you always manage to talk to each of us, help us on every step of getting to a suitable university.
From advising us how to write personal statement, how to fill in the UCAS track process until finishing choosing firm and insurance choices, you have shown us how much you care about each student here. Awww, we are gonna miss you so much. I wish you would always be like you are now, a super-cute and devoted manager!!!!
Thank you all teachers in Bellerbys, especially Susannah - our English teacher, Hassan - our Accounting teacher, Peter - our CIT teacher, Phillip - our Mathematics teacher, Rachel, Hilal, Ross, Linda, Sam - our Economics and Business teachers. Haha, I'm sorry if I miss anybody or write your name wrongly. (Yeah! Naughty student, I know, lol)
Through your lessons, I have learnt many, many new and interesting things which then help me to realise that I was not wrong when choosing Bellerbys Oxford and choosing this course. I hope that your health and your career would always get better and would be an inspired motivation for you to get on! And I also hope that your future students would be as good as ME (haha)!!!
Well, first it was really hard for me to write this final post! I wrote and deleted, and then wrote again and deleted... haha, it's even harder than my first post!
I still have a lot to say to many people, such as staffs in Bellerbys - who have been really nice and helpful; my classmates and other students in different courses I have known; people living in Oxford I have luckily had a chance to meet, to talk and to share my feelings when I was happy or sad; a boy smiling at me on the bus; a stranger I have not even known her name who tried to comfort me when suddenly see me being depressed...
Life in Oxford, life in Bellerbys has taught me so much that I could never ever forget. And now flying back to my country, I know I have more confidence, more to be proud of myself when facing my parents and my friends, because I know that I have had such precious experiences for my own!
I will come back to England soon to go to Aston University in Birmingham. So THIS IS NOT A GOODBYE BUT A SEE YA SOON!!! :D
But for this moment, happy summer holiday! ^^