Scouting Ahead

All the preparations are completed and all that is left now is just to get my butt on the plane on the 17th of September. Meanwhile, there are still other things to settle. There's a whole mass of books and items that I have to shift from PJ to Singapore and this means a car trip down south after Merdeka Day. I've just settled the final step of formal preparations, that is to pay and obtain the flight ticket and I did that by driving down to Imbi on last Thursday. The date is getting nearer to the Invasion of Britania but not near enough for it to be terrifying.

I've also received an introductory letter from the Leeds Law Society and it seems that they're a very outgoing student body there. A lot of trips and seminars are organised and the highlight seems to be a Paris weekend outing in November which costs 120 pounds for 3 days 2 nights! Woohoo! I can't wait to join that one! So I went to check out and do some scouting at the Leeds University Student Union website and wow, that is one union you don't wanna be messing with. The website is impressive and with over 300 clubs and societies, the union itself is even a registered society in public. Very organised and official, compared to the ones we have here. I kinda have in mind on what to join over there other than Law Society. Of course CF there is known as Christian Union (CU) and the other groups that I may see myself joining are like History Soc, Rock Soc, Punk Soc, Band Soc (Rock Performance!) and MASSoc(Malaysian/Singaporean Soc). Haha..imagine a Society dedicated to the appreciation of Rock and Punk! That's something you'll never find in this part of the world. I found a range of other 'interesting' groups like Food Club (Will I have free food if I join? haha), Socialist Students (no joke, they are serious about advocating socialism, democratic style), Revolution (anti-capitalism group), Unite Against Fascism (alright! let's keep out any future Hitlers and Mussolinis from hitting the shores of England!) and Atheist society (today's club agenda is disproving the existence of God?..hehe). I'll have to go there and see for myself which are the more active groups.

One thing about the Brits is that every society's opening ceremony seems to be in a party club, it's free drinks with DJ music etc. That's what they call social night over there for the fresher's week..haha. Meanwhile, I better prepare myself by equipping some relevant knowledge of Brit lifestyle to avoid any unwanted culture shocks!