First one!

Finally got down to business by starting the blog. Hope i can keep it updated as and when required.

Will first of all write something about UK..

The part of UK which i am living in comes in not-so-cold part of it. Still being in Chennai for the last 3 years make me suffer from the cold (whatever it is) here. I usually sleep with 3 sheets on me and in the early morning hours this also seems a bit less. Nevertheless, a track pant makes it ok!

There are no tall buildings in UK. All the houses here are small 1-2 floored at max. Most of the times they are occupied by 2 families. Big buildings in Southampton can easily be counted and i bet that the count wont go beyond 15! That is less for a city!!!

People in UK are really really helpful. They always greet you with a smile. Even a stranger passing by you will give a smile and go! If you are listening well, then you might also notice a small Hi / Hello from his mouth. Its wonderful to have such people around. Brings a smile to my face unknowingly when someone says hi without any reason...

Hall of residence...
I stay in a flat which has 6 rooms out of 7 occupied. We share a kitchen between us. Laura and Ester are 2 Spanish girls who are here only for 1 semester (sort of an exchange program), Chris is a guy doing PhD in Biology (something related to flies i think) from Wales, Moe is a German doing Organic Chemistry.

Costly UK!
Everything here is very very costly (ofcourse by Indian Standards). It is not unusual if you have to pay about 1 GBP for a kilo of potatoes or onions too! Even clothes seem costly...and i think only juices, squashes etc qualify in the category of same price as India... Still doesnt matter as a whole as we are paid in GBP too! On talking to Sangram one day, also came to know that some things like bread and eggs are cheaper than they are in Swissland.. Well that was a relief! :P

Cooking!!
Have started cooking and started cooking well too( well for me!). We generally cook breakfast and dinner and have lunch at University. Till now several dishes have been tried and tested (tasted! :P). Can cook the following dishes now... Fried rice, egg fried rice, pohe, potato dry sabji, potato rassa, egg bhurji, egg omlette, fried egg, egg curry, cabbage sabji etc...
We usually have everything with bread as the chapatis which i found in some supermarket were bad!

Will write soon again..

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