In late September 1974, I arrived for the first time in England to begin my university education there. There were about thirty of us scholarship holders in that group. On arriving at Heathrow airport, a group of senior Malaysian students were waiting for us and from there, we were taken in a bus to Brighton where the college was situated.
Earlier, we had taken the Boeing 737 MAS flight from Kuala Lumpur to London. It was my first time on a plane. At that time there were no direct flight to London. The plane had stopovers in Dubai and later Beirut before its final destination to London.
I was just 17 going on 18 then. Inside me, I was feeling all excited and eager. After all, this was like a dream come true. England, the London bridge, Parliament house, the river Thames , Trafalgar Square, Picadilly Circus, Manchester United, Liverpool, the Beatles, Rolling Stones, Cliff Richard, all these and much more. If before, they were just pictures, stories or movies, now they were going to be real. I could hardly believe it!
And so began the next phase of my life ........ which lasted five years.
Earlier, we had taken the Boeing 737 MAS flight from Kuala Lumpur to London. It was my first time on a plane. At that time there were no direct flight to London. The plane had stopovers in Dubai and later Beirut before its final destination to London.
I was just 17 going on 18 then. Inside me, I was feeling all excited and eager. After all, this was like a dream come true. England, the London bridge, Parliament house, the river Thames , Trafalgar Square, Picadilly Circus, Manchester United, Liverpool, the Beatles, Rolling Stones, Cliff Richard, all these and much more. If before, they were just pictures, stories or movies, now they were going to be real. I could hardly believe it!
And so began the next phase of my life ........ which lasted five years.
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