Sporadic enjoyment

It's been approximately twenty days since I came to Oxford. It was quicker and easier to settle down in  Oxford since I've gone through the initial setting-up process a year ago in Cambridge. I've got a bike, bank account, mobile phone and etc, so was able to begin normal daily life from the second day in Oxford. Yet, my life is still nevertheless inefficient, inconvenient and uncomfortable. There are only several streets and roads I've become familar with so far, and just a couple of shops where I am going for shopping. I've not been inside any college other than my college, and haven't taken any photo yet.

To analyse this, I think, I'm not rushing it and there is no reason for rushing it. I will be here for three years (to say the least). Interestingly I've never lived in one city more than a year in the UK, so three years seem to be extremely long to me. Here is a good analogy. Jinju Castle is one of the best cultural heritages in South Korea, so tourists across the country travel to visit the castle. But, surprisingly, I've been to the castle just a couple of time though I've lived in Jinju over twenty years. Once you're aware of that it's always there whenever you reach your hands, you don't try hard to get to know it.

At the same time, I'm also afraid that I may get tired of this old town too soon. Since I haven't looked around the city, Balliol College, which I pass by everyday on my way to my college, looks like a classic castle, and Queens College, which I come across on my way to the pool, is mysterious and magnificant college for me. The easiest and quickest way to become familar with this city might be taking a city tour bus. It probably takes you around most of important and beautiful places in Oxford in one and half hours. But I want to leave it for a while.

For me, the best way to enjoy this town is letting Oxford sporadically and randomly get into my eyes, and the enjoyment will be maximised when I get tired of the routine work.