7 things I learn on my 3 weeks in the UK

1. British people loves Football!
   • The fact that hundreds of thousands of fans watching and discussing football in and outside various stadiums every week says it better than anything else.
   • Watching football looks like a (habit,) family outing and sometimes a festival to British people
2. They’re superbly punctual. I mean on time is late.
   • Buses (except in York) always arrive on pre-specified time. Some if arriving the bus stop early, the bus driver will stop, “take a break” until the exact arriving timing (it looks kinda weird though).
   • They don’t call and wait for latecomer even if you’re 5′ late #Stonehenge #Tour #London-to-Manchester :O
   • They give everyone a full refund if their trains start later than 60′ #Virgin #York-to-London
3. Their transportation “sucks” – I mean not as convenient as in Singapore!? Singapore does get the benefits of the being small though. Literally.
   • There is no universal way for customers to pay across the country (using the same card – same thing in China)!
     Bus drivers needa handle (cash/coin) ticket payment. This is fine if it’s a optional way of payment but it looks like most people buy tickets on the bus. As many doesn’t return you change, we’d better prepare the exact amount 😀
   • I’m still wondering why they don’t scan people’s stuff before boarding the train though we surely can. Not Safe! #Terrorism #MassKilling
   • There is basically only one door on most buses :O
   • Most people park their car on the road causing traffic jam on small roads, which are popular in some cities like York & Edinburgh. Again they can surely build some specific buildings for parking, but I don’t know why they don’t (e.g even in small city like Singapore there are parking lots at almost all shopping malls and residential areas).
4. They’re way ahead of most other countries not only economically but also culturally and architecturally. The later probably leads to the former result!?
   • Judge a country or a city by its libraries and museums respectively.
5. They manage to keep most buildings and its architecture built thousand years ago. As a matter of fact, people are still living and working in those ancient buildings which apparently don’t affect its development.
   • It’s the People who create history – not environment (or things) which apparently ain’t that influential.
6. There is hardly any night life in the UK even in London. Almost everything (except private bars and clubs) is closed at 6 – max. 7pm.
   • Apparently, it’s boring at night not only in UK but probably in Europe too, which is totally different from big Asian cities such as SGP, SG & Bangkok.

Some weird things:

• There is no “close” button on most of their lifts. Why? :O
• There is basically only one (front) door on most buses around UK (except some classic red double-decker buses in London). Why again? 😀
  • I like how people almost always say “thank you” to the bus driver when alighting from the bus.
• Their cabs look cool albeit expensive! Uber saves us!!!

Experience the so-called “jet lag”. I adapt very well! Sleep well on my 2nd day in UK!

I had problems sleeping when coming back to SGP though. Lost sleep for almost 5 days… Sleep at 12pm and wake up at 3-4am…