Life in the UK can be quite fast paced depending on where you live especially if it's London but other cities aren't.
An Average Day
Holidays in UK
Good Friday: March
Easter Monday: April
Early May bank holiday: May
Spring bank holiday: May
Summer bank holiday: August
Christmas Day: 25 December
Boxing Day: 26 December
People in UK
- Their love for tea (though it no where as good as the typical Asian tea 'chai' but they are always up for a "Cuppa"
- Apologizing automatically whether it's their mistake or not they "Sorry" comes to them easily and quickly and in the most apologetic manner. A quality of a trait to have
- Switching to summer clothes at the first sight of sun. Well you can't blame them since they don't get enough sunshine. Though this is my first summer here it's the one of the hottest summer ever just my luck I guess.
- Speaking of weather. Don't know how to start a conversation? Simple, just start with "Nice weather today isn't it?" or "The weather this week has been terrible!" and before you know a good going conversation of weather will be on its way. They simply love to talk about weather
- Roasting crisp in hot weather. While I am out there trying to avoid sunburn they are enjoying a good tan
- Insisting the other person to go through the door first. Who says people here are rude?
- Drinking: Oh boy weekend!? Let's binge drink. If you work in a hospital you might agree with me
- Biscuits : Now you can't go wrong with them, pick any up especially short breads and I bet you will love them and so do all the Britishers.
- Feeling cold, want to turn up the heater? Nah will put on extra layer of clothing, Thank you. Heating is quite expensive and people are smart enough not to have their bills through the roof
- Forming queues : It amazes me at times how quickly and efficiently its done and nobody complains!
- Being Honked at : If you want to really piss them off, all you need to do is Honk at them from behind and boy they get angry. (Tried and tested)
You might find people following the idiom "having a stiff upper lip" (not revealing emotion in event of adversity or even in tragedy) but that doesn't mean they are unfriendly or non inviting its the way they are. So you may see people generally smiling or strangers exchanging friendly gestures but in some areas or cities you will meet the stereotypes portrayed in the media.
Grocery Shopping
( £ ) This German brand store is a fast growing company providing with quality groceries bakery items along with other everyday household items at astonishingly cheap rates making it one of the cheapest stores in UK
( £ ) Again a German brand in competition with Aldi fighting for the best and cheapest store of UK. Turns out Lidl has hands down the best bakery in UK
( ££ )Tesco is also part of the big 4. Tesco provides a complete shopping experience just like ASDA along with Halal options. It has loads of superstores and express stores spread all over UK
( ££-£££ ) 3rd of the big 4 competing to attract customers and with recent announcements, ASDA and Sainsbury will be merging soon but keeping their brand identity. So expect prices to go down further.
Certain other smaller brands are available too, it basically depends on your convenience, preference. Lots of options to explore.
Homeware and Electronics
Starting from Oxford Street this store steadily grew into a high end departmental store covering the needs of the people in UK, Ireland and Australia. You can purchase almost everything you will ever need but with the increase in online buying the departmental store is going through crises and you may benefit with likely drop in prices on future
Another home grown brand that turned big. Offering and catering to all your household needs at reasonable prices is another option for you. Again this store has been losing its market.
This one is of my favorite places. It's the go to store for all your regular house hold items, beddings, bathroom accessories, lighting, accessories and kitchen ware. Extremely well priced and located probably around your neighborhood.
Another huge DIY store giving IKEA run for its money. It's got everything to build up a house from scratch. A paradise for DIY lovers
And of course all the local stores and online used stuff. Your options are all open. The biggest and baddest of them all who has completely taken over the market is Amazon, which according to its title provides everything from A to Z with hassle free deliveries and returns.
Weather
And there's lots more to do and learn about, which you tend to gradually as you start settling in. First few months can be difficult but once you have your own place (read how to rent your very own accommodation in the UK, here) and start settling in, have a bank account open with money flowing in (read here), you will be a lot more relaxed and thus able to fully enjoy and explore the UK
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