twentythree y.o. geographer, barista, yoga practitioner. University College London. born and bred in the lil' island of Singapore. constantly searching for answers. extremely flawed, especially when it comes to imposing standards on others, expecting too much, not knowing when to close her mouth (to shut the fuck up or to stop eating). too crazy for her own good and has to be taken with a massive handful of salt. adores backpacking, hitch-hiking, hill-walking, red wine, whiskey, cocktails, fine food and good conversations.
REMINDER:
"open your heart. someone will come. someone will come for you. but you'd have to open your heart first."
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| Thursday, December 16, 2010
◔ 11:36 AM // ✎ 0 comment(s) | ❝ United Kingdom in 10 points. ❞ |
Simple things I learnt from United Kingdom.
1. Never, ever, go to a country whose purchasing power is greater than yours. Unless you are fucking rich, that is.
Everything in UK was like fucking overpriced for us cause like if you were to x2 everything (to convert from Pounds to SGD), everything will seem oh-so-fucking expensive. So I shall just stick to countries where I have to divide to get the price in SGD.
2. ALWAYS remember to ask for tax rebate.
Especially for countries with extremely high taxes (e.g. UK's VAT is 17.5%). The store usually will not offer to give you a tax rebate slip to claim the taxes so you must ASK! We only asked for like the last two stores we have been to (cause we completely forgot) and claimed about 30 pounds in total. It is a pity that we didn't do so for the x stores we shopped in before that ):
3. Never pay for things at stores overseas in your own currency.
The rates there are such that they get to receive more money from you, so don't give them the moolah for free!
4. Things really ARE what they seem.
This will seem completely stupid, but yeah I saw on the fucking board that to get to the Emirates Stadium one has to go to Finsbury Park station or Highbury and Islington station but FUCK YEAH we walked the distance of one station to get to like the Emirates Stadium and guess what. Arsenal station was right beside it. I still am pissed at myself.
5. SIA is still the best, really.
We took British Airways there and Qantas back and yeah they shared the same movies and their service was.... @.@ Both had extremely tiny leg spaces (I so am not going to sit Econ Class in their planes ever again. Or maybe never take their airlines ever again). In BA, the staff had like stony faces and seemed really fierce I didn't dare to ask for anything lol lol. On Qantas, the stewardess talked so quickly I didn't understand a single, fucking shit. However, Qantas is awesome with the Hot Chocolate they served on board and their cute little snack-bags.
6. Always take a plane whose final destination is your final destination.
Most of the passengers on the Qantas plane were due to go to Perth / Sydney / Melbourne so they served food that was inedible for me.
7. Britons are really boring.
Seriously, who wouldn't get bored eating the "Full English Breakfast" everday? Every single bar sells Fish and Chips and Salad which is probably their only staple food everyday. Boring.
8. British Chips are AWESOME.
They pwn every single fucking fry I ate in Singapore hitherto. But still, this isn't an excuse for them to eat it everyday.
9. B&Bs have sucky internet.
This a fact, they do have fucked up internet access but yeah B&Bs are awesome cause of their cozy atmosphere and their nice comfy beds. However, if you are going to book a suite, be prepared to lug all the luggage up 2-3 levels.
10. Always remember where you hid your money and that you hid your money.
My father thinks of it as "safety feature" by stuffing all the money into different places (bags, shoes, clothes) and what happened was that he completely forgot he did so and in the middle of the trip started complaining that all his money has miraculously disappeared and he doesn't recall what he spent out. In the end I was the richest and had to stop spending money so we had enough cash for the taxi back to the airport. Until that old man found all his cash stashed into random compartments.
TAG REPLIES.
PKLEE: HAHAHA "cannot unsee"! I started laughing when I first saw that photo! Thanks for tagging :D
LIHUI: LOL it ain't cool, jus a stupid idea that I had @.@ I am still too lazy to write the second part at the moment! I will soon thanks for tagging :D
YUNMIN: Lol Kaiwen was whose girl? I thought Kaiwen was a pet or something hahaha and I think Yingzhi was your side de younger brother Y/N? Thanks for tagging!Labels: daily, holiday, United Kingdom
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