headlights and castles and seashells

1. people here run at night with construction hats on, the kind that has a flashlight attached...and also with a map in their hands. okay. cool.

2. it is against the law to buy forks and knives here if you are under 21 - got carded when trying to buy forks and got the forks confiscated because I'm underaged. uh, what just happened.

3. the shots here in the UK are so much smaller than in the US - they also do not have handles, the largest amounts of alcohol they sell are fifths

4. jumper = sweater/hoodie
trousers = pants
pants = underwear (you get weird looks if you say I don't like wearing pants)
revise = review (revision week = reading week)
cheers = thank you
crisps = chips
chips = french fries
braces = suspenders

5. as winter comes around again, remember how sucky my circulation is. always always cold hands and feet.

6. loved visiting a dear friend at St. Andrews! such a quaint little town with a SUPER WINDY beach - but the seashells and the swans in the ocean completely made up for it! and of course, visiting Paris for dinner and the tesco chocolate chip cookies was the highlight! oh, and the secret sugar cinnamon syrup recipe!!

7. people here dress up as really scary people for Halloween! Blood and gore and scary clowns! no cute bunnies or pumpkins or bananas : (

8. no one here carries backpacks to class. so where do you keep all of your books and laptop and notesbooks? no idea.

9. a 30% is passing. WHAT?!

10. oxfords. short skirts. stockings. every. day. of. the week.

11. one main library for 28,000 students. SO incredibly frustrating. SO annoying. you have to fight teeth and nails for a seat in the library. I just want central and biomed and stevenson and buttrick. UGH.

12. the max time you are allowed on the treadmill is 40 min. it shuts down after 40 min. this is why I am so fat. the treadmill is also in kilometers so I have to stand there calculating how much I've run. yay for mental math!

13. no hulu or pandora here : (

14. remember remember the 5th of November is celebrated here with fireworks and bonfires and everything! SO EXCITING! YAY!

15. people here do not know what s'mores are! poor deprived souls!

16. the paper here has two holes - so appropriately, their binders have two snappy things. okay. cool. so how is my three holed paper gonna fit anywhere? AND their paper is tall and skinny. anorexic.

NERD for Halloween. Accompanied by two unicorns and Ke$ha. DUH.