About two months ago, I attended a talk by an alumn of my university. He works in Brussels at the European Parliament and he came to talk to us about how to get a job with a degree in Politics. Here is his advice: It doesn’t matter what you know, but who you know. Your…
Advice / Study / Uncategorized
What are the enemies of work? What are the obstacles which stand in the way of you getting busy and doing the work you are supposed to? A few things stand out – procrastination (laziness), lack of will, fear, lack of confidence, lack of experience. The suggestions I am making here are not profound. They…
Advice / Food / Uncategorized
As a student in the UK, who just left home to live on her own, I spent a year or two figuring things out and the food was one of the hardest. Not only had I not cooked before, I hadn’t had to create a shopping list from scratch. And of course I wanted to…
Advice / Study / Uncategorized
I get the feeling that all the general titles I am planning to publish will require a series of thought filled writings because one just cannot cover everything that could be said about a topic. Today I will say a bit about the study system in England. By that I mean roughly amounts of hours…
In my home country we don’t have an equivalent of charity shops. We have second hand stores but, for one, that’s not the same, and two, such exist in the UK as well. So what are charity shops? Basically, as the name suggests, they sell things (second hand), the profits from which then go for…
In the UK cars and buses and lorries (British word for trucks) stick to the left side of the road. This is confusing because it means that most times, unless otherwise indicated, people should first look right when crossing the street. In my four years at university I never quite got the habit of looking…
This one is about the lords of the small , and not so small, towns. Buses. I may disappoint some, but not all British buses are double-deckers (on two levels). Many are, though, and it’s super fun to ride in the front seat at the upper level. I will not delve into the feelings it…
You will plan to visit London at least twice as many times as you will actually do. Unless you live in London, in which case your argument is invalid. Seriously, though, getting around this pesky stuff called assignments and all the workload will wear you out.
First, things first. The Accent. It becomes pretty obvious from the moment you land at the airport (most likely one of the four: Heathrow, Stanstead, Luton, Gatwick) that British speech is not American movies speech. You will probably have a hard time understanding locals especially if you live anywhere other than London, and even there…
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