Since the ladies posted such nice birthday wishes, I thought I would post the links here
http://www.network54.com/Forum/235232/thread/1155362197/Happy+Birthday+Dear+Leia%21
http://www.network54.com/Forum/235232/thread/1156431158/%7E%7EHappy+Birthday++Leia%21%21%7E%7E
Right now, it is 4.30 am and I am jet lag. I am used to long flights (it takes about 14 hours to get to and from London) and I am usually a good sleeper so I don't get jet lag. I don't know what happened this time! I went to bed at 12, and then woke up again at 3. I am currently reading _The 5 People You Meet in Heaven_ so I read for a while, then tried to sleep again with no luck. So here I am, online, catching up on the Loom and wondering when I'll be able to fall asleep!
Many of you have asked me to give a detailed account of what happened regarding university, so I might as well post that now! Most of you know that I left the university in Australia for many reasons. After doing that I came back to Dhaka for a couple of days, then flew off to London with my Mum. My family members decided that I should try to apply to a university in London for many reasons - I already know the city, the universities are very good, and I have tons of family members there (a grandmother and uncle in the same apartment block upstairs, a cousin who lives two doors down, an aunt down the road, a cousin who studies in Oxford... so I will never quite be as alone as I felt in Sydney). Anyway, there was nothing I could do till August 17th, because on that day they published a list of all the places left in universities that hadn't been filled.
I woke up at 8 am that morning to buy the newspaper and go through lists and lists of courses and universities. I'm not sure how it works in America but I think that over there you apply to a university rather than a subject. In England, you choose a subject to study at the university before you even get there. I had some idea what I wanted to study and also had some idea of what university I wanted to go to, but looked for hours at all the options I had available. Even after searching and searching, there was only one course I could find that I was really interested in (and I would rather not do something I am not interested in just for the sake of being at university). I called up the university and expressed my interest in that particular course, asking many questions about classes and lectures, trying to figure out whether or not this was what I really wanted. The first two people I spoke to were not familiar with my American AP qualifications, so I spoke to someone at an international office. He was very helpful and even offered me some other suggestions - I was interested in studying International Relations and French, but he saw that I had done well in both my AP English exams, and thought I might do well studying English. I told him that I had given it some thought and that I would rather do International Relations. And to my surprise, he offered me a place at the university over the phone! I was overjoyed that this long and continuous struggle about where I would go to university, whether or not I would get in, etc. etc., was finally over! A few days later he sent me an information pack about my course and the university, and I feel really happy with my decision. Plus I am so excited to be living in London, which is probably my favorite city in the world!
Anyway, our flight back to Dhaka was already booked for the 22nd, because we weren't sure whether or not I would get into university and Mum didn't want to stay far away from her sons for more than 3 weeks. So we flew back, and we are now making arrangements to go back to London in mid-September, because my classes don't start till the 25th I think. Oh, and I forgot to mention, I will be living with one of my brothers for a year! The two of them (twins) studied in Vancouver and just graduated with their Bachelors, and now one is going back to Vancouver to do a postgraduate course and one is coming with me to London to do his Masters - ironically at the same university that I am going to! But we are studying completely different courses so we will be at different campuses. Even so, it's good because we'll have the same holidays!
Okay, I am still not tired enough to go to bed. Maybe I should check to see if there is anything on tv. And then get myself a glass of warm milk with honey. Mmm.
Love,
~*Leia*~
Pic from July 9, 2006
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Current length: 41" on July 8, 2006
Growing since January 2003; found TLHL at the end of June 2003 and was at 25". I am 5'4.5".
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