24 hour Liverpudlian Adventure Being a fan of the Beatles, my friend Alma and I decided to go to Liverpool for a weekend since the National Express tickets were only 12GBP return. The ride to Liverpool took about 5 hours from London, left London at 8am and got there at 1pm for our adventure. It rained the whole time we were there, and because we were travellers on budget, we WALKED to our B&B. It took one hour. I'll take exercise anyway I can. Once at the B&B, Paul, the guy who worked there gave us tips on the bus system [View Full Entry]

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Masquerade!! Paper faces on parade! My flatmates and I decided, very last minute, about a week before Halloween, to throw a party. We sent out the invites on the Tuesday, I bought my costume on the Thursday, went shopping for the party on the Saturday afternoon, and had the party Saturday night! It was a success -- what's the criteria for success? The people you invite showing up with candy and a costume. This was my first party, in my new flat in London -- kinda nervous, but felt okay about it since the girls and I were going to [View Full Entry]

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Went to Wales Oct 24 - 25 Been busy the last couple of weeks. I uploaded my Wales pictures, here is the album: Wales Pictures Apologies for the album link! Next blog: Had a halloween party at the flat last night; Halloween pictures and videos to come soon! Love, M [View Full Entry]

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The girls and I spent October 4th, in Bath & Stonehenge area for some touristy fun! Bath: No rubber duckies here Stonehenge: Big Rox The city of Bath was reminiscent of Oxford, with its beautiful architecture. From a distance you can see the honey coloured stones that the buildings are made of. Quite beautiful. We were here mainly for the Roman Baths not to be confused with ensuite baths (harhar!). The history, again was fascinating. That's what I love mos [View Full Entry]

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Capitalism, Schmapitalism I've been working for about a month now. At a headhunter. Do you know what a headhunter does? They recruit people who probably HAVE jobs already, for other jobs that probably pay better. And they charge for it. A lot. For example, to recruit a CEO for another CEO job, the fee is roughly 30% of what their new salary would be. So if they get hired for their new job and they get paid 150,000, my employer would charge that company 50,000 for that one person. And there are lots of companies. And thousands of people. That means [View Full Entry]

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Updates about the past few weeks Work Work is going okay, I was definitely spoiled by my last job, having people I absolutely adore around me every single day. Great friendships, laughs and chemistry. This time around, has an adjusting period - I am the new girl at school again, and while that's been okay, about 80% of the people I see on a daily basis are in their 40s or above. I am used to being around people in their 20s. It's been a ride. I can't complain though. Locally// I went to the Thames Festival last weeken [View Full Entry]

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BUNAC organized a trip to Amsterdam So I seized the moment, and this past bank holiday weekend, I added two new countries to my list of visited countries: The Netherlands & Belgium We had to meet at the International Student House @ 6:00am on Saturday morning. I live about 20 minutes by tube away. So, what's the next option - get on the FIRST tube of the day from Canary Wharf tube station - which was @ 5:25am. I woke up at 4am, to get ready and out of the flat by 5am. Walk to the tube with time to spare, [View Full Entry]

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Holland, Amsterdam, the Netherlands - Geweldig!!!! It's my 3rd country in Europe (England & France last year). Even though it's just for the weekend I'm super excited. Get to see the canals, architecture and all the other sites of Holland. I do believe my Papa is the only one in my immediate family who has been to Holland (other than sisters tho). Papa, this is for you! <3 I'm excited to meet new people on this trip; I've been here 3 weeks and I've made great friends thus far. I wonder how many more in the next 2 years! What do [View Full Entry]

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My accent is the 'weird' accent at work There are two South African, one Scottish, the rest -- are English, at least as far as I can differentiate; it's okay to group all other UK accents into English, right? I kid. I on the other hand, sound "American", or so they like to joke. The South African accent is SUPER growing on me though. It's beautiful. Video: South African Accent A Bank Holiday has nothing to do with Banks. It's just a day off I am off to Amsterdam this weekend; Saturday, Sunday and back o [View Full Entry]

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Reflection What makes England so much more exciting than Toronto? I mean Toronto has a lot of things to offer as well, but why is it that I've been to London for two weeks now, and I feel like I've done more in two weeks here than I ever would in a month in Toronto. It's the choices you make really; I would have to think twice about going to a pub on a random Wednesday night in Toronto. London, not even a second thought. I've taken a lot of things for granted in Toronto - it's sights, sounds, people, places [View Full Entry]

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