Mind Made Up....

As I told you last time, today I am continuing with the reasons why I finally decided to travel to Norway. I mentioned reason number one last time, so let's get to reason number two. I remember the very day I received my letter of admission, I went back home so excited to let everyone know how my year's resolution has been met. Wait a minute, did I tell you about it? I mean about my 2014 resolution? No, I guess I did not. Okay, here we go. Before 2013 ended, we were having dinner at Lake Victoria Serena Resort, and we were all asked about our 2014 resolutions, all my siblings put their new year resolutions on the table. And mine, well mine was to go back for my Masters Degree, and I had assured everyone that I was gonna get a scholarship and it will be in Norway. Did I say Norway? Yes I did, and I wasn't even sure whether I would be given a place but still, that did not stop me from setting my resolution new year's resolution on the table.

Now that you know the resolution bit of it, Let's continue, I went back to tell everyone about it. After telling everyone present at that time, I then waited for my Uncle to tell him that I was given a place at NTNU (Norwegian University of Science and Technology). When I told him, I remember clearly his words, he said 'you are very Lucky Viola, do you know how many people apply for such scholarships?'. Without going any further, I now know, by now you know my second reason. I didn't want to disappoint my family, especially my uncle, his wife and my mum. Yeah, you got it my dear, I imagined going back and telling them that I won't take the place I was offered and I saw how disappointed they would have been, so I chose to come because of that. More to that, my third reason why I came is the money that I had already put there and my uncle.

I had paid 1.4 million ugx (Ugandan shillings) for my student visa, and my uncle had paid 4.2 million ugx. When I thought about it especially my uncle's money I couldn't let myself do that to him, his wife and above all to the people he would help in the future, so I chose to come. Fourth, Love was in my way too, I loved my man so darn much that I didn't want to leave him back home. I had taken quite sometime without dating anyone. You wanna know why, okay I will tell you. I had closed my heart, I did not want anyone to enter in their, but when he came.. he was different, different? How? He was/is my friend, listens to me, we communicated with ease, we could talk about anything, I mean from senseful to senseless. And a lot more, if I tell you everything you might steal him, anyway I didn't want to leave all that. But he was so happy for me and he was my number one to really encourage me to apply, he wouldn't be happy if I quit, so I came. As Hugo says, the supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved :). Love you my love. See you next time with more reasons why I came it to Norway.

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