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The first day of my arrival in UK
I left for UK on the evening of 27th Sep. This was the first time I had gone abroad alone. I spent 9 hours in Abu Dhabi airport, where I met two Chinese students who are going to pursue Master's degrees as well. One in Sheffield and the other in Leeds.
My first impression of the UK was actually of Manchester. It was very cold, but sunny that day. My classmate from my high school came to fetch me and helped me to buy the train tickets to Leeds.
Later my classmate and I made the journey to the house which I had found in a Chinese forum. At the moment we called to ask for my keys, my roommates came back from Sheffield where they went to see the alpacas. After my classmate left, I unpacked my luggage and the girls in my house gave me a duvet and a pillow to spend my first night in Leeds...
After 3 weeks in Leeds, I felt a little bit pressured because I didn't speak in English before I came to the UK. Much of the time, whilst I was preparing for IELTS, I would talk to myself. It took time to think of the word that I wanted to express well enough. To be honest I still find it difficult to present myself now and feel unconfident to talk with local students here. This particularly let me down when I had my first British dinner with David, Ms. Bailey and 6 others. I just could not talk properly and felt less confident than before... so sad....
I hope you feel better now :)
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