1. One out of 4 words you hear in the streets is "fuck" or "fucking"
2. You have tried the symbol of British food, a breaded piece of fish with fries and they call it "fish & chips".
3. You see semi-naked girls in the streets and boys wearing t-shirts with temperatures below zero. (yup you would even wonder to yourself why are they not cold and tries to follow them the next day only to bed ridden sick down with flu the following day)
4. You are shocked to see that the Uni is closed, city is collapsed and people stranded if streets are covered with more that 5 cm of snow.
5. You have travelled to London just for 1 pound with a fun fare, and you love it. (done that been there)
6. You wake up every morning knowing that it's quite unlikely that you're going to see the sun. (and decide with difficulty what are you going to wear when no one actually see what you wear underneath the jacket)
7. You drink pints every day and you love them (doesn't matter what time it is even for breakfast)
8. You see people having a pee while they get money from a cash machine.
9. You realize that dinner time is 6pm
10. You see people drunk in the streets at 8pm. (this is sooo truee especially during spring - its just so weird at first to see people out partying when the sun hasn't even set)
11. You see old people getting pissed in Potters Wheel
12. You are kicked out of a pub at 11.30 pm
13. You have learned the difference between pasty and pastry and you've tried a Cornish Pasty.
14. You see people wearing flipflops and shorts even though it's raining. (its freaking freezing when it rains doesn't matter if its summer)
15. You've said "cheers mate" more than twice (even said 'ta' to the lady behind the McD counter in the LCCT Terminal, Air Asia, but luckily she didn't notice if not I'm going to get a pretty "gila perempuan" stare from her)
16. You've tried to buy a traditional coffee maker and you've failed.
17. You realize the most important religion is not Christianity but Rugby.
18. You wonder how people wash their intimate parts without a "bidé"
19. You wonder why the concept of "proper curtains" hasn't arrived to this country yet.
20. You hear and say "sorry" at least 10 times a day. (this is sooooo true never in my life am I this polite until I came to study in the UK)
21. You've seen naked women on the second (and first, and third...) page of the daily newspapers. (LOL... yupp the Sun Paper not that I'm Lesbo and fancy seeing naked girls.. but my ex- kitchen manager always ask for 40p to get them)
22. After a failed conversation with someone in the street you wonder whether he/she was speaking in Scottish, Gaelic, Welsh, Cornish, Irish or English.
23. You see Tesco as an important social meeting point.
24. You have struggled trying to convert from Fahrenheit to Celsius, from Miles to Kilometers and from Pounds to Euros, but you know a pint is 0.56 litres.
25. You have been driving on the wrong side of the road
26. You have seen old people smiling at you in the street (ohh bless them, they are so sweet)
27. You have been asked for "some spare change" by an unknown person. (reminds me of my friend, Mr.K, who was drunk + helpful. He sat next to a homeless guy in front of Subway to ask for spare change on behalf of the beggar but only to be told off by the beggar a few minutes later "you don't look like one so fuck off" - hilarious)
28. You see 3 kebab shops and 2 indian restaurants in every street. (and chinese takeaway as well all in a row)
29. You've had a Full English Breakfast with bacon, eggs, sausages, beans, etc and you think it's amazing (yup yup!!)
30. You've had a burger, chips and beans on the same plate.
31. You've thought more than ten times that the car you have just seen was driven by nobody
32. You have tried to destroy the fire alarm at least a couple of times.
33. You have wondered about the wildlife present in your carpet.
34. You see a group of people wearing fancy dresses every time you go out at night. (every night out is fancy dress / Halloween day - even guys which just a piece of cloth cover the you know where part even during winter)
35. You have been in a pub next to a really drunk lady, that you think could even be your grandma.
36. You think you're going to visit a palace, a castle or a chapel and you only see a few old stones.
37. You realize that taking a cab is almost free.
38. You're outside and don't even notice it's raining anymore, because it is just simply normal to you by now. (yup i even walk under the rain)
39. You realise that any kind of food can be eaten with anything else, no matter how weird the combination is.
40. You have six months of holidays in a year.
41. In case you need to get your hands clean, you realise that you only have two options: boil your hands in water near to 90º or see how they become two beauty ice-cubes. (Yes i hate it so much its so annoying especially when the tap comes separate)
42. You have a sink in your bedroom.
43. You can't buy shoes in any shop because they all smell like feet!!
44. You find machines in pubs in which you can buy condoms, vibrators, lubricant and even a Hair Straightener. (so so so true)
45. Your house and surroundings are full of rubbish bags because rubbish is collected just once per week.
46. You ask for a double whisky in a pub and the quantity you're given is just ridiculous!!
47. You see potatoes everywhere, in all different forms and shapes, i.e. boiled potatoes, jacked potatoes, smashed potatoes, chips, crisps, etc. (yes potatoes has replaced my rice)
48. You realize that burping in the library is something normal.
49. You realize that no matter how weird the clothes you're wearing are, people just won't care.
50. You have hoovered your room at least once.
51. You shake the hand of someone of the opposite sex you've just met.
52. You drink as much tea with milk as you drink beer (at least 5 times a day).
53. You realize that being served alcohol in an academic seminar is completely normal.
54. You learn that 4 cups of tea per day is good for you.
55. You have stopped questioning why there are carpets even in the bathrooms
56. You know there is a fair chance your house is filled with mould.
57. Your floors and roofs are in serious decay after years of leakages and no maintenance.
58. You have a fire exit in your house.
59. You find yourself breaking into an english accent when trying to order a cuppa tea.
60. You have mushrooms in your toilets. (so true, they even spray "something" at you when you come close. Happened at Spring Field Mount, shower room was infested with "alien forms" during X'mas holiday after weeks of not being used and I've got video to prove it)
61. You see daffodils growing EVERYwhere, all year round.
62. You find yourself discussing what make of baked beans is the best...and it doesn't scare you
63. You see all four seasons in one day. first sun (oh blessed sun!), then rain, then snow, then
hail. and sun, and rain, then...aaaah!
64. "hello/hey, how are you?" is replaced by "you alright?" (in british accent, "you alright mate?")
65. You find yourself going out partying wearing only a little top... and it's raining! And above all it's normal because everybody is dressed like that!! (Yes I admit I've tried that, hokkien way of saying "ai sui mai mia")
66. You realize that burping in the middle of a lecture is something normal.
67. It's only five and every single shop is closed! (sometimes I miss shopping at MidValley/KLCC from 10.30am till 11pm)
68. You've bought something at Argos!! (most of my home appliances are from Argos)
69. You think it's normal to sleep on a mattress which was considered old-fashioned crap in Europe 30 years ago.
70. You don't go out to go out but to get drunk.
71. You don't mind the food anymore...
72. Subway is the healthiest meal you can think of
73. You think that having a dildo is mandatory for every woman, and that ann summers rocks your sexual life!
74. You find normal that in clubs the ladies are full of screaming semi-naked drunk (British) girls trying to do their make up and hair again and again. (hence the straightener found in the toilet i
think it cost £2.50 for every 15mins?)
75. You feel like being a nun when you wear trousers or skirt longer than your knees and tops to go out
76. You go to the lectures just for sleeping..lying on the table, chair..it doesnt matter!!!
77. You discover that a simple ticket of the train can vary from a price of 8£ to 30£.. for the same train, time and journey
78. You realize that you have never seen an English Restaurant
79. You move into a house and realise that you can't open the windows!!
80. You're in the top back part of the bus, and a 9 years old chav asks you for a lighter
81. You realize that British people are queuing politely everywhere except at the bar counter (lol..... true true)
82. You discover there is a "potato" function on the microwave!!!
83. You phone a Hospital emergency service at night and you are speaking to a non-medical person on duty who will ask you a lot of questions and then decide if its an emergency. This person will even ask to speak to the almost unconscious patient and ask you to describe whether the person looks pale, the eyes are yellow, blue, red.Any bleeding...blah blah and then tell you that a doctor will only be available at 9.00 in the morning...(after an hour of questioning) and you are worried that the patient might die in the meantime but you have no other options :-(
84. Your umbrellas have got broken at least twice and you are still hoping not to break the new one even if it's May! (yup happens to me always thats why I always get the £1 umbrella doesn't make a different if you brought it from Mark&Spencer, they break anyway)
85. You see your housemate ordering chinese food or pizzas three times a week
86. You realize that you can get decent (dark, rye, healthy) bread in every European country except for the UK...and no, Toast is not considered a proper kind of bread.....
87. You are no longer suprised to see fans and radiators on at the same time (either in February or June!)
88. You are certainly annoyed by their stupid sockets (and sparks flying sometimes when you plug into the socket)
89. You realize that every product you buy "may contain trace of nuts"
90. Your sentences begin with.."to be honest".. (come to think of this is applies to me as well)
91. You are addressed as "treacle, sugarplumb, darling, sweetheart, love, ...." (and all other versions of nicknames in that genre you normally only call your wife/lover) by the staff in supermarkets, pubs and restaurants.
92. You are affected by CCTV paranoia.
93. You can see, on a Saturday night, Dancing on ice, strictly come dancing, pop idol, x factor, big brother, big brother celebrity, I'm a celebrity get me out of here (and so on) simultaneously!
94. You are not surprised to see an old lady, her daughter and her granddaughter dancing together in a club.
95. You talk about the weather all the time. (Proves writen in my first few blogs.. its about the weather isn't it?)
2. You have tried the symbol of British food, a breaded piece of fish with fries and they call it "fish & chips".
3. You see semi-naked girls in the streets and boys wearing t-shirts with temperatures below zero. (yup you would even wonder to yourself why are they not cold and tries to follow them the next day only to bed ridden sick down with flu the following day)
4. You are shocked to see that the Uni is closed, city is collapsed and people stranded if streets are covered with more that 5 cm of snow.
5. You have travelled to London just for 1 pound with a fun fare, and you love it. (done that been there)
6. You wake up every morning knowing that it's quite unlikely that you're going to see the sun. (and decide with difficulty what are you going to wear when no one actually see what you wear underneath the jacket)
7. You drink pints every day and you love them (doesn't matter what time it is even for breakfast)
8. You see people having a pee while they get money from a cash machine.
9. You realize that dinner time is 6pm
10. You see people drunk in the streets at 8pm. (this is sooo truee especially during spring - its just so weird at first to see people out partying when the sun hasn't even set)
11. You see old people getting pissed in Potters Wheel
12. You are kicked out of a pub at 11.30 pm
13. You have learned the difference between pasty and pastry and you've tried a Cornish Pasty.
14. You see people wearing flipflops and shorts even though it's raining. (its freaking freezing when it rains doesn't matter if its summer)
15. You've said "cheers mate" more than twice (even said 'ta' to the lady behind the McD counter in the LCCT Terminal, Air Asia, but luckily she didn't notice if not I'm going to get a pretty "gila perempuan" stare from her)
16. You've tried to buy a traditional coffee maker and you've failed.
17. You realize the most important religion is not Christianity but Rugby.
18. You wonder how people wash their intimate parts without a "bidé"
19. You wonder why the concept of "proper curtains" hasn't arrived to this country yet.
20. You hear and say "sorry" at least 10 times a day. (this is sooooo true never in my life am I this polite until I came to study in the UK)
21. You've seen naked women on the second (and first, and third...) page of the daily newspapers. (LOL... yupp the Sun Paper not that I'm Lesbo and fancy seeing naked girls.. but my ex- kitchen manager always ask for 40p to get them)
22. After a failed conversation with someone in the street you wonder whether he/she was speaking in Scottish, Gaelic, Welsh, Cornish, Irish or English.
23. You see Tesco as an important social meeting point.
24. You have struggled trying to convert from Fahrenheit to Celsius, from Miles to Kilometers and from Pounds to Euros, but you know a pint is 0.56 litres.
25. You have been driving on the wrong side of the road
26. You have seen old people smiling at you in the street (ohh bless them, they are so sweet)
27. You have been asked for "some spare change" by an unknown person. (reminds me of my friend, Mr.K, who was drunk + helpful. He sat next to a homeless guy in front of Subway to ask for spare change on behalf of the beggar but only to be told off by the beggar a few minutes later "you don't look like one so fuck off" - hilarious)
28. You see 3 kebab shops and 2 indian restaurants in every street. (and chinese takeaway as well all in a row)
29. You've had a Full English Breakfast with bacon, eggs, sausages, beans, etc and you think it's amazing (yup yup!!)
30. You've had a burger, chips and beans on the same plate.
31. You've thought more than ten times that the car you have just seen was driven by nobody
32. You have tried to destroy the fire alarm at least a couple of times.
33. You have wondered about the wildlife present in your carpet.
34. You see a group of people wearing fancy dresses every time you go out at night. (every night out is fancy dress / Halloween day - even guys which just a piece of cloth cover the you know where part even during winter)
35. You have been in a pub next to a really drunk lady, that you think could even be your grandma.
36. You think you're going to visit a palace, a castle or a chapel and you only see a few old stones.
37. You realize that taking a cab is almost free.
38. You're outside and don't even notice it's raining anymore, because it is just simply normal to you by now. (yup i even walk under the rain)
39. You realise that any kind of food can be eaten with anything else, no matter how weird the combination is.
40. You have six months of holidays in a year.
41. In case you need to get your hands clean, you realise that you only have two options: boil your hands in water near to 90º or see how they become two beauty ice-cubes. (Yes i hate it so much its so annoying especially when the tap comes separate)
42. You have a sink in your bedroom.
43. You can't buy shoes in any shop because they all smell like feet!!
44. You find machines in pubs in which you can buy condoms, vibrators, lubricant and even a Hair Straightener. (so so so true)
45. Your house and surroundings are full of rubbish bags because rubbish is collected just once per week.
46. You ask for a double whisky in a pub and the quantity you're given is just ridiculous!!
47. You see potatoes everywhere, in all different forms and shapes, i.e. boiled potatoes, jacked potatoes, smashed potatoes, chips, crisps, etc. (yes potatoes has replaced my rice)
48. You realize that burping in the library is something normal.
49. You realize that no matter how weird the clothes you're wearing are, people just won't care.
50. You have hoovered your room at least once.
51. You shake the hand of someone of the opposite sex you've just met.
52. You drink as much tea with milk as you drink beer (at least 5 times a day).
53. You realize that being served alcohol in an academic seminar is completely normal.
54. You learn that 4 cups of tea per day is good for you.
55. You have stopped questioning why there are carpets even in the bathrooms
56. You know there is a fair chance your house is filled with mould.
57. Your floors and roofs are in serious decay after years of leakages and no maintenance.
58. You have a fire exit in your house.
59. You find yourself breaking into an english accent when trying to order a cuppa tea.
60. You have mushrooms in your toilets. (so true, they even spray "something" at you when you come close. Happened at Spring Field Mount, shower room was infested with "alien forms" during X'mas holiday after weeks of not being used and I've got video to prove it)
61. You see daffodils growing EVERYwhere, all year round.
62. You find yourself discussing what make of baked beans is the best...and it doesn't scare you
63. You see all four seasons in one day. first sun (oh blessed sun!), then rain, then snow, then
hail. and sun, and rain, then...aaaah!
64. "hello/hey, how are you?" is replaced by "you alright?" (in british accent, "you alright mate?")
65. You find yourself going out partying wearing only a little top... and it's raining! And above all it's normal because everybody is dressed like that!! (Yes I admit I've tried that, hokkien way of saying "ai sui mai mia")
66. You realize that burping in the middle of a lecture is something normal.
67. It's only five and every single shop is closed! (sometimes I miss shopping at MidValley/KLCC from 10.30am till 11pm)
68. You've bought something at Argos!! (most of my home appliances are from Argos)
69. You think it's normal to sleep on a mattress which was considered old-fashioned crap in Europe 30 years ago.
70. You don't go out to go out but to get drunk.
71. You don't mind the food anymore...
72. Subway is the healthiest meal you can think of
73. You think that having a dildo is mandatory for every woman, and that ann summers rocks your sexual life!
74. You find normal that in clubs the ladies are full of screaming semi-naked drunk (British) girls trying to do their make up and hair again and again. (hence the straightener found in the toilet i
think it cost £2.50 for every 15mins?)
75. You feel like being a nun when you wear trousers or skirt longer than your knees and tops to go out
76. You go to the lectures just for sleeping..lying on the table, chair..it doesnt matter!!!
77. You discover that a simple ticket of the train can vary from a price of 8£ to 30£.. for the same train, time and journey
78. You realize that you have never seen an English Restaurant
79. You move into a house and realise that you can't open the windows!!
80. You're in the top back part of the bus, and a 9 years old chav asks you for a lighter
81. You realize that British people are queuing politely everywhere except at the bar counter (lol..... true true)
82. You discover there is a "potato" function on the microwave!!!
83. You phone a Hospital emergency service at night and you are speaking to a non-medical person on duty who will ask you a lot of questions and then decide if its an emergency. This person will even ask to speak to the almost unconscious patient and ask you to describe whether the person looks pale, the eyes are yellow, blue, red.Any bleeding...blah blah and then tell you that a doctor will only be available at 9.00 in the morning...(after an hour of questioning) and you are worried that the patient might die in the meantime but you have no other options :-(
84. Your umbrellas have got broken at least twice and you are still hoping not to break the new one even if it's May! (yup happens to me always thats why I always get the £1 umbrella doesn't make a different if you brought it from Mark&Spencer, they break anyway)
85. You see your housemate ordering chinese food or pizzas three times a week
86. You realize that you can get decent (dark, rye, healthy) bread in every European country except for the UK...and no, Toast is not considered a proper kind of bread.....
87. You are no longer suprised to see fans and radiators on at the same time (either in February or June!)
88. You are certainly annoyed by their stupid sockets (and sparks flying sometimes when you plug into the socket)
89. You realize that every product you buy "may contain trace of nuts"
90. Your sentences begin with.."to be honest".. (come to think of this is applies to me as well)
91. You are addressed as "treacle, sugarplumb, darling, sweetheart, love, ...." (and all other versions of nicknames in that genre you normally only call your wife/lover) by the staff in supermarkets, pubs and restaurants.
92. You are affected by CCTV paranoia.
93. You can see, on a Saturday night, Dancing on ice, strictly come dancing, pop idol, x factor, big brother, big brother celebrity, I'm a celebrity get me out of here (and so on) simultaneously!
94. You are not surprised to see an old lady, her daughter and her granddaughter dancing together in a club.
95. You talk about the weather all the time. (Proves writen in my first few blogs.. its about the weather isn't it?)
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