pre-stroke - higher education

soon enough, we ascended into our second year in grimsby and the most anticipated event was the arrival of a new batch of malaysian students, which duly materialised before the term starts. there was some males and as anticipatwd some girls, but none that tickles my fancy. since there were now more than ten of us malaysians, we proceeded with plans to get organised. i can't exactly remember till today what we did organise, perhaps nothing more than several makan get-togethers,
just like life in malaysia. then there was the looming "a" levels exam, so it's time to knuckle down and get to do the serious stuff. after the exams, i proceeded to work in a biscuits factory, to earn extra money. my plan was to hitchhike in europe. with a borrowed bicycle, i went daily to join the british working class. several weeks of work was enough for me and with around 100 pounds of money i then went to london by train, took a train first, then ferry from dover to ostend in belgium, my god what an exhilirating moment, here is a kampung boy, from kamping melayu kluang, standing at the railway station amidst all these strange people, they could be belgians, french, dutch, germans, british,. russians,italians, etc. just normal ordinary people, nothing much to distiguish one from the other until perhaps they open their mouth to speak or the odd mini flag sewn into the haversack or stickers plastered onto their baggages. what a world!!!!!.