Wednesday, October 5, 2011

London, here I am



It's been a while since I backed from London, but my feeling of London remain the same as I lived there. Thus, I wanna share it to you via this blog, and maybe it'll make you want to go to London , United Kingdom where it's known as one of the fabulous countries in the world " Londres es una las citudad mas bonita del mundo "



Firstly I haven't even known that my dad would allow me to go to London . I just asked him Could I go to England? , so he asked me back " When , Why, How much bah bah bah???? Then, I said that I wanted to practice speaking English which now I think that my skill of speaking is still the same as before I went to London. Anyway, I have a good memory when I lived there ,and as everyone know the first reason is it might be a chance for me to see my beloved Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart in London. Okay let's get back ..my dad didn't answer me back right away, but I really knew that I could go like 80 percent because when I asked him, he was in a good mood, and I knew my dad..If he hadn't allow, he would have said it right away. Thanks Daddy...



I had just only maybe 2 weeks to prepare my document and my visa before I took off to London, and at that time, I had a final exam at my college, and my life was very busy because I did have many trips as Phuket, Koh Tao, so it made me didn't have enough time to deal with those stuffs. However, I had a good friend who was my accompany for this trip to deal that for me. Thanks dude "


Finally , on 6 August 2011 I was on the plane flying to London, but I had to transfer at
Dubai first. It took 12 hours plus transferring from Suvanabhumi Bangkok to London Heathrow.



I have lived in London just only 5 weeks. The first week for traveling but I thought that it liked lying on my bed rather than traveling because there was a riot near my first house ,where is located near Manor House underground station. I had a funny story about first time using the London underground ,or it's called Tube, but I'll tell you later.
Other 4 weeks for studying at International House London




Around 8 am. London time which is slower than Thailand 6 hours, after passing the London immigration , I was at the exit number 3. I saw a British woman who carried a paper which my name was on it. I wasn't sure she was a british woman or not because of her face, but her accent was pretty british accent. Some said that british accent is really harder for listening than american accent but I think if you concentrate to listen what they are talking, you'll be fine and understand it easily. I won't tell you yet about how the british people are since you'll be disappointed. However, it was not that bad but still just some of people I think.....



After my friend and I arrived at my first host family who she is a Thai woman and married with a British guy, they took us to the Camden town by using the London Bus number 29. It was my first time to use it. Wow it's really cool and I had to use the oyster card, which I bought it in Thailand ; however, I had to buy a new one ,which it can be used in a month at zone 1 and zone 2 by underground or zone 1-3 by bus. Camden town is like JJ's market. It's very crowded, and most clothes are a second-hand, and vintage.



Then they let us travel by ourselves, so we planned to go to Oxford circus, where there are many shops such as Zara, H&M, Muji, Mark and Spencer, Top shop, the Body shop etc. along the street. So you know what? We lost cuz we had to travel by ourselves though they told us how to go there and back home, but we didn't even know the exactly which bus we had to take or which the right direction. Finally, we were on the oxford street, but I was kinda sad because every shop would close at 5 pm on Sunday, and the time I was there it was nearly 5 pm. So we backed home by using Tube from the Oxford circus station, which was on the Central line, to the Manor house station, which is on the Piccadilly line, so I had to change at the Holbon Station to the Piccadilly line. Maybe you'll feel that it is very confused by using Tube, but if you have only a Tube Map, your's life will be pretty easy while you are in London. However, the piccadilly line was closed at the Manor house, so we have to stop at Finsbury park Victoria line and took a bus to home. As you know, this was our first time right, so we LOST. The direction of the bus has been changed because of riot. Further, the funny part is we forgot to touch out at the Manor House station because we even knew that we had to do since this station do not have like the machine at the exit hahaha+ It's kinda stupid but who cares because THIS IS MY FIRST TIME IN LONDON.







The Oxford circus station >>>>>>>>>>>>


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