Not a walk in the park

Dear earthlings,

I've encountered some minor setbacks in my journey to set foot in the UK...So let me tell you this story...

I am a person who does not like to make last minute preparations for something HUGE..and jetting off for my PhD studies abroad is considered something HUGE in my vocabulary...therefore, I made sure that I prepared everything early on so as to not have any delay..I'm supposed to register on 2nd September by the way...

I filled in all the necessary forms, the list is endless mind you..but I forced myself to complete it...I went to BTN early...I secured the offer letter from the university that I plan to study early..but I have to tell you, the most challenging part for me was to get the signature of the person that I shall just label as X on my forms..but Alhamdulillah, I managed to get X's signature therefore I could proceed to submit to an office I'd just call Y..I submitted to Y on 23.05.2013...I know this for sure because I purposely asked the person who took all my forms to initial the date he received (I am very careful, just in case anything happens)..He promised me that all my forms will be sent to another office, Z on Friday...

The week after, I received an email from office Y informing that my application will be discussed in a meeting on 18.06.2013...So, I was very glad assuming that everything went smoothly...

Last week (04.07.2013), my colleague told me that he went to office Y to submit his application and the person he talked to mentioned that office Y actually still has my application forms with them...Imagine my surprise and anger at this news..I mean, for God's sake..I submitted in May, and they still have it with them in July??? This is a valid cause for me to worry..So I dragged my feet up to office Y to ask them what's going on and they said that they overlooked my case..they thought that I'm doing a split program (1/2 in UK and 1/2 in Malaysia) which obviously I'm not...so they have to put it through a meeting to get the green light from people in office Y...so much hassle...I'm going in freaking August and office Z have yet to approve my application (along with the funding of course)...which of course means I have yet to do my VISA application..

I'm not going to say anymore..I'm writing this down so that I will remember how difficult it was to secure this scholarship and how difficult it was for me to go to the UK so that when I get there, I'll remember to work hard and not waste this once in a lifetime opportunity...

Yours Truly,
Adventure Addict