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Life in the UK
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It’s Beginning to Look A Lot Like Christmas
December is my second-favorite month after October, and Christmas is the sole reason for that. There are many reasons to be depressed in December. The deadlines, the grey sky, the cold weather, and so on and so forth. But then there comes Christmas to save the gloom by making it all looks merry and festive,…
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The First Three Months
Three months ago, I arrived in this city at 10 pm, exhausted after a long flight (with a heavy backpack and a duffel bag to be carried and a super-heavy luggage to be dragged around). I couldn’t sleep at all during the flight, which made me sleepless for 36 hours, more or less. I checked…
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Winchester
Two weeks ago, I finally made a day trip to Winchester. I’d wanted to go there for such a long time, but somehow my weekends were always filled with something. A week before that, I wanted to go there to see the bonfire night, but finally chose to go to London instead to see my…
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Remembrance Sunday
Last week I finally went to Winchester after longing to do so for quite a long time. And being eager tourists we were, Dwi and I took the early bus and got there before nine in the morning. It was a bit chilly so we decided to have some coffee at whatever café or coffee shop…
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A little bit about love
Have I told you that I have an unusual amount of love for autumn? It’s a one-sided love, but I don’t mind. Not at all.
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Snippets of London
It wasn’t a proper hello to London. I was only there for twelve hours, going here and there without a chance to stroll around and soak the atmosphere of the city (it was always rush, rush, rush). I even got on that hop-on-hop-off bus that I’ve always loathed. One advantage of that trip was I…
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Cornwall pt 5: Tintagel
After such a long procrastination, here come the last post of the Cornwall trip. But before I say anything about this, let me warn you: do NOT believe any of these pictures. The place itself is hundreds times more amazing than this, it isn’t finely depicted in the pictures. The first time I read about…
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London For A Friend
I’ve gone to an extreme length to postpone going to London. In my mind, it’s not that far, and there will be many impulsive trips my friends would make in the future. No rush. But this time, I finally bought a ticket and set foot in London for the first time (my arrival at Heathrow…
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Cornwall pt. 4: Cotehele
Picking up from where we left, the next destination was Cotehele. It was another impulsive stop, and a break from the coastal scenery. Cotehele is a medieval house that once belonged to Sir Richard Edgcumbe, a politician. Once I set foot in there, it was like being transported a few centuries back. The first thing we…
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October(s)
October has always been my favorite month. I might be biased here, since I’m an October girl (who wouldn’t love their birth month?), but I really think there’s something charming about this month. And I’ve never failed to find that charm, each and every year. Last year was one of the most unforgettable Octobers for…
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