I PROMISED I'LL COME BACK

About this time last year, me and my friend Inari came to London for a holiday. I had bought a video camera bit earlier, so I thought that instead of taking millions of photos, I should shoot around a bit and edit a travel video.

It was my first time in London - and in England, I had been to Scotland before though. Lovely autumn. Lovely holiday: most of all, I felt very at ease here.

So, it was a little before my UCAS application. I had the clear plan to apply to universities in Scotland - but while in London for a week, I secretly started thinking about how it would be to live in London. To go to museums anytime you feel like it, seeing amazing work by the masters you completely adore, walking by Thames and seeing all the city has to offer... But it would be so so expensive, I thought, and forgot about it.

Finding a perfect song for my travel video was a hard task, somehow nothing seemed to fit. At last I chose Chris Garneau's Hands On the Radio - for no particular reason, it just fit my footage and feelings for the city. Then, while applying to universities, I ended up with one free spot on my application. I added randomly King's from the top of the rankings lists for film studies - I thought I couldn't have a chance to get in.

But I got in.

The lyrics of the songs in my video became reality: "I promise I'll come back." I just did that sooner than I thought.