Perfect timing because one of my closest friends just moved to UK a week ago for her high-tech studies. Both of us just finished our bachelors and we were discussing what we were going to do for our masters and both of us were passionate about health sciences and we decided to go to UK together but I got held back because of a few issues with my courseworks for university and I had to work on it a little bit longer than she had to so I’m still here, I’m planning everything for when it’s my turn to go to UK but for now my friend’s there and I’ve been hearing from her how the move has like affected her and she has been talking about how it’s been like a new environment, everything’s been a new experience and for once for the first time she gets to live alone and do all of her things by herself so she’s been telling me about how and she’s been struggling a bit because all along right like coming from an Asian family we’ve refused to having everyone be in our businesses all the time and everyone always does things for us like we shared responsibilities but you know as we’re growing as adults we’ll have to start learning how to do our things on our own and I think that’s something that she’s been learning how to do and I think she’s enjoying it so far and I’m looking forward for when I get to go and also to experience a lot.
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Perfect timing because one of my closest friends just moved to the UK a week ago for her high-tech studies. Both of us just finished our bachelor's degrees, and we were discussing what we were going to do for our master's. We were both passionate about health sciences and decided to go to the UK together, but I got held back because of a few issues with my coursework for university. I had to work on it a little bit longer than she did, so I'm still here. I'm planning everything for when it's my turn to go to the UK, but for now, my friend's there. I've been hearing from her how the move has affected her. She has been talking about how it's been a new environment; everything's been a new experience. For the first time, she gets to live alone and do everything by herself. She's been telling me about how she's been struggling a bit because, coming from an Asian family, we are used to having everyone in our business all the time, and everyone always does things for us. We shared responsibilities, but as we grow into adults, we have to start learning how to do things on our own. I think that's something she's been learning how to do, and I believe she's enjoying it so far. I'm looking forward to when I get to go and experience a lot as well.
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