Monday 3 October 2016

Everything tastes weird and different!

... well okay maybe not weird...just different! I literally feel like I am in a parallel universe where somehow somebody came up with the same ideas and inventions BUT ...different. Here is a short list about my first impressions of how things work over here:
  • Plugs. Like seriously. I have found so many plugs already with actually a third plastic part instead of three metal pins. Why not have them like the rest of Europe then? On the other hand that little on/off switch besides them is pretty handy.
  • NO PLUGS IN THE BATHROOM ?! So I first thought that my landlord might have had no chance to put one in as the small, but lovely, studio I am staying in was just restored in a house that was empty for a few years now. But turns out you just don´t get them over here!
    Where am I supposed to charge my 3DS now while I am on the toilet ?! (No just kidding, but I haven´t really figured out how to blow-dry my hair yet)
  • Why are your flies so enormous? I mean seriously monstrously big! Like some kind of science experience got wrong? Or is it just in Middlesbrough? Or maybe just in my place? What are you feeding those animals?  When one of these first came in I my studio I didn´t understand what kind of UFO is flying around me. Now I just call them Joe (They are big enough to deserve a name) and scream around with them as they desperately try to find the way back out the wide opened window. "JOE IT´S RIGHT THROUGH THERE! JUST GET OUT!"
  • Look Left. No right! ... No Left..? I don´t know. I mean this one is probably quiet obvious but I actually thought I would get used to it better. Whenever I need to cross the street I get confused. And even if there is no car coming and people are crossing the street with the red light on I stand there and wait for the green little guy to pop up at the other end of the road telling me it´s safe to join him. 
1/2 Parma at Manjaros. Super Delicious!
  • Parma. Now this is typically from Middlesbrough and area. And I first thought they would speak about cheese. Turns out it is a typical dish where you get some chicken with bechamel and melted cheese on top. Quiet Tasty!
  • The Coins. WHY? Why are the 2 pence bigger in size than 1£ but 1£ thicker than any other coin I have ever seen? And why not print just big numbers on them? I am only paying in 1£ coins and notes as I haven´t had the courage yet to stand by the cashier for half a decade and figure out what coins to give him/her. 
  • Formalities. I never ever had to be this formal to even apply for a job. This might seem quiet normal, but for a part-time student job I never had to go through so much formal things! It´s like a test to even figure out if you have the brains to get the job to clean up someones puke in a bar.
Well the short list turned out to be a bit bigger than I thought. And I haven´t even mentioned everything! Things are just a bit different around here but I am sure that I will get used to it! :D