Christmas Break Begins

Sorry faithful readers (if any) for being MIA for more than 2 months. My aim when I revived my blog when I landed on Glasgow was to blog my Scottish adventure every week. Obviously, that didn’t happen. So now, too many things to catch up on.

First things first, I am so grateful that I have the opportunity to study medicine in University of Glasgow. Glasgow’s medical programme is quite heavily based on PBL; it suits those who enjoy managing their own study time. We don’t have routine 9-5 classes. I definitely recommend it to future medic applicants.

Celebrating Dad’s birthday through Skype was something new but not very fun at all. Singing Happy Birthday song to the laptop screen, that moment struck me that it’s amazing how people manage long-distance relationship. I mean, I know it’s difficult, but not till you experience it, you wouldn’t understand it.

It’s always nice to walk to city centre on a Saturday especially when you also have things in mind that you need to get. Christmas shopping must be fun for the people. Having a budget, looking around at all the varieties of things at various shops, then coming across the perfect gift or a very good bargain. That could light up your day like nothing else.  Also, the street performers are great; you get to see some good talents around or just people doing things to raise funds.  All walks of life walking on the streets, how not to be a little nostalgic? I miss shopping with my mum. Although, when one shops on their own, it helps managing-budget and decision-making skills.

Went to the Christmas Market at St Enoch Centre. Very much like 'pasar malam' but with stalls set up selling Christmas confectionery and food from different countries and Christmas crafts. One interesting stall was selling synthetic snow. Appearance and texture almost exactly match the real one. Here, I also tried ‘krakauer’- German spiced sausage.

 

 

Krakauer

 

Glasgow being such a nice city, very welcoming; Glaswegians friendly; I cannot imagine myself studying in another city even with the wet and cold weather. It’s like Ipoh in a way.

Fun fact: Lepak is now a word in the Oxford Dictionary.