I went to Coventry by car yesterday morning to start my orientation at Warwick.

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Yes, University of Warwick. Not Nottingham.

Connie wasn't as surprised as I thought she'd be because she said "I knew!!" as she saw me when I called out her name as she was entering the Students Union. I haven't seen or heard from Kamilla though. I haven't seen other new Bruneians too.

Warwick is a very nice place. The weather is nice and windy. My accomodation for now is Westwood which is very far from Warwick Business School. It's still empty because the non-international students are only moving in during the weekend. I actually didn't get into my first or second choice of accomodation. Warwick is apparently quite full at the moment so I might have a roommate for a while. That's also kinda why they put me so far away.

I'm back in London now at the hotel and going back to Coventry later because I signed up for this Stratford-upon-Avon trip at 10.30. Then maybe spend the day with my parents and sister. My parents are a tad worried about not settling yet, so they changed their flight from Thurs noon to Friday night. I've opened a bank account but my cheque book and credit card at HSBC aren't ready and I'll need to pay fees on Friday.

So yea, there are a lot of activities during the orientation til Friday but not all are compulsory. Warwick is on it's second year of having a Prayer Hall for Muslims. That's so cool! And there's a Halal food trip to Foleshill, Coventry on the 6th. And the Societies Fair is not til 3rd & 4th. That's probably when I'll be able to meet the current Bruneian students and sign up for the Bruneian's society. Can't wait!

It's kinda hard now because I keep commuting from Coventry to London.. but no one's staying in my place yet and I'm pretty scared about living alone.

And oh, while having dinner at Khan's two nights ago, Izzy and his dad passed by, and he then dropped by to say hello. I thought they were some random Bruneians that I didn't know pasal Izzy had a different hairstyle haha. I dropped by Brunei Hall later that evening but left pasal I thought Nads and Mali sembahyang sudah.

So yes, an update from me. I'm not sure if I can easily access to the internet there.

Ooh, Zah, I'm using Orange.

Btw, the time of the post is London time.

Til next time.

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