Sorta, I'm studying in UK. I might (or might not?) go back after it's done.
If I were you I would come on over here to the US
THE BEST METHOD to run PSX games (and everything else for that matter) is via Retroarch - http://buildbot.libretro.com/nightly/
If you have any questions on how to set it up on Windows please feel free to ask, its very easy.