Do you feel the mountains tremble?

This post is going to be about the place that I stay in for the next 4 mths, the university that i have chosen to do my exchange in, and the lovely town that I have learnt to appreciate and embrace this English town called Loughborough:

Loughborough University- panaromic

Loughborough Town- panaromic

So, why the title of this entry?

It was a traumatic experience, as I felt the whole floor shaking, the laptop screen started vibrating, the rumbling of the hard disk on my laptop and the distant fire alarm going off... It does not help when I hear the roomate fretting, volunteering to don his Sweater to head downstairs to check it out. He thought it was an heroic act- BUT all these lasted for the duration of 7 seconds. The air was still again with the furious typing of keyboard. We met for the first time our neighbour from PRC, asking what happened? No one knew, until half an hour later we received news that it was an earthquake measuring 4.7 on a Richter scale.

I think it's one of these rare times when you actually hear news about Loughborough and I heard the singapore media actually interviewed one of the students from the university. Less than 1 percent of the population in Singapore have heard of this place[Loughborough] (Goh, 2008), drawing from a sample size of his group of friends, but to myself, it has already become an intimate and intricate part of my life here during SEP.

It was after much contemplation that I decided to choose Loughborough as my top choice uni for this student exchange. Armed with the advice of a friend that I have been staying in a city all my life, I chose the pictureque and charming and some say (forsaken and ulu-ated) countryside over the hustle and bustle of London city (and sleaze and pollution....)I would say for now that there are no regrets and pictures simply can tell the story more convincingly.(Pictures are copyrighted from carrotcak84 and others):

On the way to library
Campus Buildings
Pretty trees
Nice!
Frost in the morning

The humble Butler Walk where I pass by every morning
Towers- Tallest Landmark of loughborough
Union Elections
Happy dinner for all!

The friendships forged during this trip , the dinners cooked(plus the amt of salt we add), the laughters and the collective memories undoubtedly would last a long time. Not to forget my family, loved ones and friends back at home, I do constantly think of you and wish i were there with all of you, partaking in the food especially. But all, I never ever regretted taking this step of faith to come.