Tuesday, October 18, 2011

New Life

Today, I'm officially registered as a PhD student at the Royal Veterinary College, London.

My feeling? Empty. This time around somehow I don't feel as excited as I was during the start of my MSc studies in Utrecht, The Netherlands 3 years ago. Firstly, accommodation is still not settled. Second and most importantly, I still haven't receive the portion of family allowance for this 1st 3 months. Urghh.

My husband & I now are staying at a rented room in Edgware Road, we still haven't got a permanent address. God, it's so hard to find a place to stay here in London. We went to see a studio flat on Monday, but the condition's quite bad, it's far from the campus and the rent's not cheap either. Tomorrow morning we've made an appointment to view another studio flat at Tufnell Park, 30 minutes away from the campus. On Wednesday, we've got another appointment waiting. Dear Allah, please help us.

Apart from the headache of finding suitable accommodation, dealing with period pain and fighting jet lags, we took some time to browse Central London. : )

Somewhere near Trafalgar Square

In front of Museum of Household Cavalry - please don't ask what's inside, we're there just to snap a pic with the horse ;p

London Eye at River Thames

The Big Ben

Stopped at Knightsbridge station, we're going to Harrods

Ejad at Harrods

Me, thinking "God, I wanna go home" ;p

17 comments:

Runiza said...

Bestnya Ayuuuu!!! I miss London!!
Good luck in your studies okay!! Akak doakan dipermudahkan segalanya!! :)

Hana Faza-same person said...

oh dah sampai sana ye? congratz ayu..gudluck ye utk hidup baru kat sana..semoga Allah permudahkan urusan..amin

reena said...

Patutlah dah lama tak nampak :)

Good luck! Semoga segala urusan dipermudahkanNya. Aminn.

Aliesha Kirana said...

semoga segalanya dipermudahkan.. amin!

kak ayu! jga diri elok2, bljr molek2. hehe..

insyaAllah segalanya akan berjalan lancar nanti. amin...

KV said...

selalu angan2 nk pegi london. Syokkk nya.;)

semoga ok2 di sana yer. Insyaallah

Liasari said...

amboiii diam2 ubi berisi rupanya, tau2 dah smpi london. selamat study kembali!!!
moga dipermudahkan segala urusan, amin.

Ami said...

all the best ayu.takpa awal2 jer resah gelisah hek hek.pastu boleh pusing kedai ;p.confirm pasni masak macam2 macam kat netherlands dulu nih

shila ariff said...

wah..ayu, ko dah jejak kaki di london ye..bestnya..nanti selalu update blog ye..aku akan rajin membaca nanti..wah..nanti ada le update pasal masakan macam masa ko kat netherlands..

lara mikhael said...

owh, patutlah lama suda menyepi. apapun, semoga urusan ayu di london dipermudahkan. kalo free, updatelah stori mori mcm dolu-dolu.

makcikkantin said...

ooo ayu dah "pindah" pi london dah......tak nak ambik orang gaji? makcik nak ikuttttt :)).
selamat berPhD lah

Hana Faza-same person said...

selamat memulakan hidup baru di tmpat baru ye ayu n ejad... gudluck! mudah2an dipermudahkan

Jelita78 said...

good luck dear!

my SIL pon kat sana, dok at jamaica street, mmg jauh dari uni tapi, after 2 kali pindah, katanya this place is better than before.

let me know if u still haven't landed a place to stay yet, ok..

Ayu said...

Kak Niza, Faza, Ella, Reena, KV, Kak Lia, Ami, Shila, Chempaka, Makcik & Kak J, thank you!! Mudah2an dipermudahkan, insyaAllah.. Amiin.. : )

Kak J, thanx again for your concern. Good news is that we've found a place to stay!! Berkat doa semua agaknya. : )

Our Hopes and Dreams said...

duduk mana skang..amboi cara tanya mcm aku ni skang kat london je hehehe..

kat area bayswater tade ke..its close to edgware road kan..takpela edgware road tu heaven makan..hehe..dun wori la ayu..UK is an easy place to settle down..1st year might be tough..2nd year onwards u'll be ok :)

ejad teman sepanjang 3 tahun ni ke?

Ayu said...

Mieza, kitorang duduk dekat dengan Tufnell Park underground station, which is about 30 mins from campus. Sini pun lega halal butcher & restaurants banyak. Alhamdulillah.. : ) Ejad insyaAllah melekat bersama sepanjang 3-4 tahun ni. Kalau tiba2 dia decide nak balik, xtaula pulak. Hehe..

IrinaSGP said...

Jangan lupa bawak blk "baby" Uk na... hiks... Have a good study n life there... ramai yg mendoakan ayu dari jauh.... ^_^

Ayu said...

Kak Arni, tq banyak2 atas doanya! : )