Welcome to my hoods!

Hisilicon K3

Hisilicon Balong

How do I like this place so far? Well, at least the WiFi is working properly.

My room is quite small but at least there’s more drawers where to put my stuff. I can still remember how hard it was to get all my stuff somewhere – it was like playing Tetris. Now there’s some space on my desk.

This is my room, pictures were taken the day I’d moved in (as you can see the boxes are laying there, still unpacked).

There’s 6 of us living in the same flat in which we share shower, toilet and kitchen. There’s two showers and toilets.

The kitchen is also our common room, and I’ve finally started to get to know some of my flatmates in there. Our plan was to go tomorrow for sightseeing, will see how it goes.

The hallways are narrow, the floors are covered with carpet. Luckily the kitchen and my room are hardwood floors. Since I’m asthmatic I can’t stand carpet floors because of the dust the carpets gather in.

Every house has their flaws but I think I’ll manage just fine here. It’s nice to live in a place which is 10 minutes away by walking from your university.

The first morning I woke up to this view.

 

Already on the move!

Look whose back! In London!

Summer is over, and yet here in London it doesn’t feel like it’s already autumn. At least compare to Finland. There has been cold (~+10) for weeks now, and then I arrive here: it’s warm and sunny! Well at nights it gets chilly, but during the days it doesn’t feel like autumn at all (*knocking on the wood*). The difference is that here I can wear dresses without getting cold, but in Finland I was wearing scarves and beanies.

I arrived Tuesday evening to my new accommodation. I was worried it would take ages for me to get out of the Heathrow airport but it went quicker then I expected.

On my way to the accommodation

Next day I already had plans: I had agreed for a job interview as a position for barista at Nordic Bakery. It is located in Marylebone where I used to live. And yet, I had no clue that this place existed! When I arrived I liked the small Scandinavian café and I fell in love with all the pastries, cakes and especially for the cinnamon buns. There’s actually going to be a cinnamon bun week from 28th Sep till 4th Oct in which there’s going to be different kinds of cinnamon buns every day.

Hisilicon K3

I had the interview with a Finnish girl so it was easy to communicate, and I feel it went well. Also I had after that a training in the café. They showed me how to make special coffees (I even was able make a short latte for myself 🙂 ). Quite small area to work in but I managed. Hopefully I get the job because, well, I need money of course, but the staff seemed nice and welcoming, and I would be enjoyed working in there. Excited!

After that I had some time to relax before I went to see a musical: Kinky Boots, with some Finnish girls (who I hadn’t met before). How this happened? Well, since there were so many Finnish girls who would want to meet each other and get to know some Finnish girls living in London, we were able have a whatsapp group for us. Henna had tickets to the musical for 4 of us. Unfortunately she couldn’t make it herself but it was very nice of her to give us the tickets to use. I mean, a musical for free! Can’t say no that! And it was awesome. Definitely worth of seeing it!

I know I haven’t write quite a long time since I was working during the summer in Finland, but I try to catch up and be active in blogging again. Will see how my second year in university is going to be.

P.S. I’m planning to write soon a quick review of my new accommodation compare to my old one at ISH.