Changes

What can distance do to my life? What is its overall influence on me as well as my life? I have been asking this question to myself for quite a long time since I came here. It is May now and to be roughly calculated, over 5 months have passed by. That is nearly half a year! Time really flies. The day I made farewell to my parents seems like it was just yesterday. Then today I am here sitting with the final end approaching closer and closer.

             I found many of us have already gotten used to the different life pace here and some even began to regret that they have not made most of the time past that they called “honeymoon before the real university work”. But for me, I was just doing what I was supposed to do to adapt myself better.

             I used to make one call to my parents but now just one per week. I never thought about this but it is distance that gradually unknowingly changed me. I used to dream of the world outside but now the same dream of homeland repeats again and again. It is distance that redirected my mind and heart. I used to be less self-dependent but now I am pretty independent, and it is distance that forced me to become mature. I used to be shy of speaking English but now I am much more confident. I used to fear the hot weather in summer but now everyday is summer and I have somehow got used to it already. I used to feel alone when left home but now with lots of friends I have found another home.

            With a long distance to my home, the long time during here witnessed my changes from the very first day. I miss home and I miss her, but to love them better, I know I must work hard and perform excellently in the formal university life. And in my mind, I already determined to fight!