Back in the edge of the 90's, I studied English at a private institution named IEC in Cirebon, a city 7,377 miles away from London. I remember very well I liked to use a computer on one corner of the hall, the only computer in that hall indeed, just to play an interactive PC game simulating the London tube system. The purpose of the game was to practice some English phrases and expressions related to using transportation. I learned phrases such as "get on/ off" "transfer" etc.
I remember I learned that I need to use the Piccadilly line from Heathrow to get to the city. But I do not remember if I ever, for once, dreamed of really going to the city. Not that I did not want to, but rather because I did not dare to even dream about it. I was just a student studying to be a mechanic at a vocational high school, STM Negeri Cirebon.
Now that I am here, getting on and off the tubes in London, I feel so much blessed and realize how I have underestimated what life can bring to you.
I remember I learned that I need to use the Piccadilly line from Heathrow to get to the city. But I do not remember if I ever, for once, dreamed of really going to the city. Not that I did not want to, but rather because I did not dare to even dream about it. I was just a student studying to be a mechanic at a vocational high school, STM Negeri Cirebon.
Now that I am here, getting on and off the tubes in London, I feel so much blessed and realize how I have underestimated what life can bring to you.
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