Living in london what an experince its been so far, i started my journey on the 16th of march 2001(man its seems like yesterday!!)
I was the second one of my friends to move over here. Byron was the first one to arrive in london three months before me, so he was a little bit more street smart so to say..
Leaving south africa in a summer month (where it never gets that cold) to winter in london. My mom arranged a friend of hers to show me a house i could stay in, it was in a place called Stratford talk about scary.. but it was my new home away from home so i made the best of it.
My mom's friend (Angie) then decided that we should go sight seeing. It sounded like a good idea at the time. We went to all the usual places Big Ben, Tower Bridge, St Pauls etc etc. let me tell you when sight seeing in Londons winter, take more then a etines jumper cause that isnt going to help at all, it also started raining while we were walking around, half way though i kindly said to the Angie through chattering teeth that i would really like to go home i was freezing!!
Back in my new strange home i had to meet my new family (house mates) and the landlord! what i strange guy he was, he showed me around and kindly said to me that if ever someone comes around to get a meter reading for the electrity that i must turn them away and say come back another day(he was stealing power from the old lady next door)
The following day i was eager to start looking for a job seen as i only had £400 on me knowing that i had to pay my landlord £50 rent with a £50 deposit that day, and still had to go buy some food for the week ahead, my money was going quickly already!!
I was the second one of my friends to move over here. Byron was the first one to arrive in london three months before me, so he was a little bit more street smart so to say..
Leaving south africa in a summer month (where it never gets that cold) to winter in london. My mom arranged a friend of hers to show me a house i could stay in, it was in a place called Stratford talk about scary.. but it was my new home away from home so i made the best of it.
My mom's friend (Angie) then decided that we should go sight seeing. It sounded like a good idea at the time. We went to all the usual places Big Ben, Tower Bridge, St Pauls etc etc. let me tell you when sight seeing in Londons winter, take more then a etines jumper cause that isnt going to help at all, it also started raining while we were walking around, half way though i kindly said to the Angie through chattering teeth that i would really like to go home i was freezing!!
Back in my new strange home i had to meet my new family (house mates) and the landlord! what i strange guy he was, he showed me around and kindly said to me that if ever someone comes around to get a meter reading for the electrity that i must turn them away and say come back another day(he was stealing power from the old lady next door)
The following day i was eager to start looking for a job seen as i only had £400 on me knowing that i had to pay my landlord £50 rent with a £50 deposit that day, and still had to go buy some food for the week ahead, my money was going quickly already!!
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