Today has been a day of London firsts... okay, so every day is like that right now, but today even more so.
I went on the tube by myself today, changed twice both ways and didn't get lost at all! I'm uber happy with myself; I know it's not rockit-science (ha ha ha) but it's something I've been a tad worried about. There was a bit of a delay on the Northern line this morning though, due to 'a person under a train in Hampstead'. Scary.
Another first - my very very first ever Cadbury's Mini Egg. Very sweet and syrupy, but I just HAD to find out what all the fuss was about. They're nice - but too sweet for more than one, say, every 2 weeks. Which makes me wonder, exactly who is buying the massive boxes of them which are on promotion for easter? Seems like the mystery of Austin Powers' teeth has been solved...
Let's see, I want to write more about this place. It's so very different to home, which I expected, but in ways I never imagined. The cold isn't the biggest change, I think, because you're warned to death about it before you arrive. The people range in personality, as people do the world over, so that's no surprise. One thing - I am completely fascinated by chavs - I keep asking Ian 'is that a chav? Am I dressed somewhat chav-like today?' I have avoided wearing my silver hoops, the signature piece of the chav girl. That, and the baby in white bomber jacket.
Most of all, I think I'm missing the people from home. So far I've met some amazing Saffers here, friends of digsmates and so on. Their accents are often more Brit than Saf, no surprises there. I find I'm saying 'yeah' more often than 'ja' now, just makes conversation easier.
Digs life is going well, everyone's pretty good about keeping the place clean. I did get some resistance upon my suggestion that we install a toilet-roll holder, but from my mind, if we're gonna slack off on that then we might as well buy the yoda-shaped bong and call it a student digs.
Would prefer not to comment on the work situation, other than to say that the spending of my car is going quite nicely, thank you very much. Okay, so there are a few prospects, I'm just steering clear of jinxing myself right now. Next.
Lau gets here tomorrow, but I'll probably only see her on Friday. The sheer choice in earrings is going to knock the girl flat, I just know it.
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