Eat Your Own Fruit

Read to the end! There's something really good to think about !

OK so where do I start from ...  when I got here it was really hot, and sunny, it was almost as if the hot summer weather followed me from Malta to Guildford. But now, merely two weeks later, here I am in my room, cosying up by the heater, with a warm mug of coffee. The sun hasn't shone properly in probably more than a week now, and whenever one is to look outside, the bright colours that we usually see in Malta, aren't anywhere to be seen. Instead, a greyish hue is in the air. Don't get me wrong, I am genuinely loving it! - not in the McDonald's kind of way, but you get what I mean. It's nice to have something different for once. Temperatures outside have already gone down to nearly 10°C, and it doesn't look like its going to get warmer any time soon. I was quite fascinated when I read on Wikipedia that the average amount of sunshine in England is of around 1130 hours every year. Apart from that, its always overcast. -- Dammit! I started writing this post on Wednesday and I wasn't finished ... and you guessed it ... yesterday and this morning have been realllyyyyyyyy sunny days! Oh well, nothing to complain about, at least some colour is back in the air.

But so far its been great. Fresher's Week, London, and then back to Uni where shit just got real. So far its been already four assignments, a tutorial and the title for my thesis, and one can just assume that so much more work is coming my way - sarcasm alert - let the good times roll! But even though it looks like its going to be a tough year, at least the courses are really interesting and I guess the sense of achievement when I'll - hopefully will manage ... shhh ... *fingers-crossed* - finish the course would be immense. 

But now that it's been nearly three weeks, I feel settled down, and I cannot imagine myself not being here. Of course I cannot deny that I miss Malta and all of my friends and family, but so far, living in England had been good. I met most of my class mates and we've quickly become good friends, hanging out and going to the pub. And the same thing I can say for most of my flatmates. I guess it just takes a certain amount of time to just settle in and get used to the routine of the place. Same I can say for my flat mates. This week we had a pizza night between us and it was quite a nice time hanging out with everyone and getting to know each other.

But what really hit me this week, was a story from a book which I got as a present before I left Malta. The short story was titled "Eat Your Own Fruit". And I decided to write it down for you, so that maybe everyone else can get something from it too.

A disciple once complained, 

     "You tell us stories but you never reveal their meaning to us." 

Said the master, 

     "How would you like it if someone offered you fruit and masticated it before giving it to you?"

That's it! And since I read this story I couldn't stop thinking about it. The book just stops there, and moves on to another short story, And it's left up to the reader to question himself the meaning of these short stories and try to understand how they apply to him in real life.  And in the same way the book decided to stop abruptly, so am I, 'cos now, I got yet another lecture - what fun!

Take care guys and gals!

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P.S.: For the "tune of the week" I cannot resist not to post this amazing cover of Queen's "Don't Stop Me Now" by Foxes. Her voice is so hauntingly beautiful ! And the fact that it was performed for a Doctor Who episode makes it even more cool.