Arrived in the uk on the afternoon of 24th july. had airport transfer arranged for all 11 of us to our apartments (temp accomodation) in windsor. windsor is great. its quiet, feels safe and relatively clean. the queen's residence (windsor castle) is just a 10min walk from our apartment.
the last few days have been absolute madness, shuttling between windsor, slough, langley and cippenham trying to find suitable accomodation for the rest of our 18mth stint. we used all possible modes of transport (cab, bus, cars of the estate agents and obviously by foot).
after 3 days of viewing, 2 others (NUS Pharmacy and NUS life science girls) and myself finally settled on a 3 bedroom house in cippenham - well maintained and fully furnished with all appliances intact. we'll probably try and request for a tv. heh.. most of the pple opted to stay in 2bedroom apartments but i think a house would do nicely for me. rental and utilities shouldn't come up to more than 400pounds a month and i'm really happy with the cost. was thinking before that i'd have to fork out at least 500pounds just for accomodation and bills. our place is closest to work too! think it'll be a 10-15mins walk at most. Happiness~ thank u God!
after settling our accomodation and placing the necessary deposit, the other trainees and i were greatly relieved (of stress and frustration) and decided to take trip to london yesterday. having been to london once before, i took my friends around, visiting the usual touristy places. quite proud of myself cos i was in london for only 2 days the last time, having my prof as my tour guide. hehe~ (prof was an excellent tour guide and it definitely helped me this time round.) i thought my map reading was bad but since i managed to 'not get lost' yesterday during our 11 hour walking adventure, i've concluded its not that bad afterall! =P but i really wanna be able to read maps upright, without having to rotate them after every street i turn.
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