Summer in UK: The Wind of Change

As I'm from South Asia, weather in Uk affected me the most. Cold winter take away every charm from me. Even 24 hour heating not proving good enough for me in snowy January/February.

Nice sunshine and cool breeze at the end of April bring back reasons of life. . :) It seems that nature, people, buildings were hiding them inside in winter, and now they're uncovered to enjoy the heat of sun.

Aston looks incredibly awesome with amusing sunshine. The lake is now attracting students and birds. Every other day, students having good time sitting with friends for hours, which is peaceful. 

Most importantly, I can wear summer dresses, avoiding heavy coats! It feels like I'm in home now. This summer also ease down my study, allowing me concentrate on studies more than winter. I've had walk for hours everyday last few days to enjoy every bit of the weather.

Anxious Dissertation

Planning for a good dissertation made my life horrible last few weeks. It was even frightening before I met my supervisor first time. I've prepared the proposal with lot of uncertainties whether supervisor will approve it or not. All of a sudden, I received mail from supervisor stating that the proposal is good enough. His appreciation boosts up my confidence level and makes me feel good.

Aston allocates me to a supervisor from Staffordshire University. He’s very gentle, kind and knowledgeable. He read my proposal and gave number of suggestions to improve my dissertation.

After the first meeting, I developed believe that the dissertation will not be that much frightening as I thought before. Now, I’ve a clear guideline of what to do and do not. I also visualize the expectation of my supervisor from me.

I’m about to start data collection once results are out coming Friday, May 10. I’m already done with literature review, and somewhat completed the methodology part.

It’s all about supports that make life easy enough. I'm discovering all the good aspects of Aston University every day. It is Aston which makes me feel, nothing is tough when Aston is there.

Trip to Oxford in Easter Break

In this Easter break, I planned to visit the University City: Oxford. Oxford is a beautiful city of stunning architecture, history and culture. The city has ancient and modern colleges, fascinating museums and galleries, and plenty of parks, gardens and green spaces in which to relax.

As the oldest university in the English-speaking world, Oxford is a unique and historic institution. There is no clear date of foundation, but teaching existed at Oxford in some form in 1096 and developed rapidly from 1167.

Oxford’s remarkable global appeal continues to grow. Students from more than a hundred and forty countries and territories make up a student population of over twenty thousand. Over a third comes from outside the United Kingdom.

The neat, clean and ornamented Oxford city caught my eyes. I actually couldn't believe on my eyes. The beautiful architecture, ancient buildings touched my heart. I'm that lucky person who has the opportunity to visit such a historical, prestigious place of the earth. 

Lesson of Life

In Aston, I found everyone is so freaking frightened of exams. This is not the case for only a few but all. I’ve tried to find out reason behind this and came up with Aston’s custom. Aston is not pressuring on obtaining good marks but on learning stuffs perfectly.

I had some experience during term 1 and I applied those experiences to correct mistakes made in term 1. In term 2, I attentively followed lectures where I got useful hints of questions.

One prominent feature I found in Aston is that each and every instructor tried their level best to teach us lessons very vigilantly. Their approach of teaching is not only focused on exams or obtaining high marks but also learning topics perfectly.

Though, exam fear worked in term 2 as well. However, this time I was confident enough to handle the pressure. I started early, applied few techniques to do good in exam. Moreover, I developed self-believe: “I can do”.

By the Grace of Almighty, I had wonderful final exams in term 2. Aston teach me lesson of life, “Don’t run for marks, do your part”