school has started on September 28th. I have come back in Cardiff; sincerely I couldn’t wait because, although school means essays, many things to learn, preparing for courses, I like this place. I like school although I am not crazy about essays, but I learn a lot of interesting things. I have many friends from all over the world. Not real friends, let’s say colleagues, because I think that real friend means someone who is always by your side not only physically speaking, he is the one who helps you in need, unconditional. If you have in a life time real friends and their number is greater than the number of your fingers from one hand, you are happy. But let‘s get back to school and my friends in Wales ( I prefer to call them friends not colleagues). the first friend My first friend I met here is from
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shopping in Cardiff – partea a II-a
azi o sa va povestesc despre Poundland. nu stiu cum am uitat prima data cand am scris despre shopping sa mentionez Poundland sau Poundworld sau mai stiu eu cum dar cu Pound sa fie. dupa cum spune si numele, orice cumperi aici este 1 Pound sau 1 GBP sau 1 lira sterlina (nu gasesc semnul) oricum vreti voi sa-i spuneti e 1 🙂 . in Cardiff, prin zona in care ma invart eu, sunt 2 Poundland si 1 Poundworld. parca e mai popular Pounland, dar produsele sunt cam aceleasi, cu mici diferente. eu cand am de luat cate ceva, le bantui si pe tote 3 pentru ca pana la urma e aprope imposibil sa nu gasesc macar intr-unul 🙂 ce gasesti in aceste magazine? cam orice, mai putin imbracaminte. mai sunt ceva prostioare pentru copii gen ciorapei, acum ca a venit iarna, manusi, dar cam atat de imbracaminte. dar in
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I hope you will like this article, do not believe anymore that England (in fact, UK) is an expensive country. If you stay a long time, as I do, and if you have time to visit Malls, Shopping Centers, you can find the most advantageous things for you, regarding price, sizes, etc. Firstly, I will mention that I don’t go to Zara, Mango – they are in Romania too and they have the same prices (but here these prices don’t seem to be so high comparing with their income; this does not happen in Romania). I go to New Look and Marks and Spencer, English brands and here the clothing differs from what we find in Romania at the same brands. I buy from Mark and Spencer when they have big discounts because this brand clothing is expensive. But let’s take a look, I will tell you what seems to
Read morehow much is the student accommodation in the UK
The accommodation can be cheap or expensive, for the Romanians income, it is expensive. It varies between 200 (minimum) and 600 GBP (I won’t talk about more than 600 GBP because the subject is the student life not holiday). If your budget do not allow you more, you can find something for 200 GBP – a house with bedrooms – rent together with a few colleagues. It’s true that in the first year when you come here, you don’t have many friends, but you can find places in this type of houses. The inconvenience is that you don’t know the others, if they are troublemakers, or if they like cleaning their place; in this type of house there is only one bathroom for 3-4 bedrooms, and 2 bathrooms for 5-6 bedrooms. The problem is that girls need the bathroom more than the boys (some girls more than other girls) and
Read morehow much does a student spend on transport per month in the UK
Let’s see! In Romania, as in many countries, students use the transport, but much of them don’t buy tickets, I don’t know what the others do. I haven’t used the transport for years. But here, it’s different. It seems that the train is the most used mean of transport, it has stations in every town. It’s like a high speed tram, but it’s a train, Arriva Train Wales, it’s not luxury, but it is clean and civilized, I use it to go to University in Treforest, 4 stations. Usually, a ticket costs 6.80 GBP, it is expensive, but let’s see why. Firstly, you don’t seem to be embarrassed if you don’t have ticket. But let’s see how you can buy it; there are ticket machines in almost every station, especially in the big cities, you can buy it by cash or using the card. If the train comes and you
Read morehow much does it cost the student life in the UK – the food
I will write every time I have the occasion: send your children to study abroad, especially in the UK. Why UK? Because this country is known all over the world, the faculty is not paid, there are no fees in many countries, for example, UK, Denmark, etc, if we are talking about the 1st faculty, if it is the second one or master or MBA, you pay, but not the school only the transport, meal, accommodation. how much does it cost the food per month for a student in the UK If you are smart you can find good food at a reasonable price, I am talking about the products that expire in 2 days. Do not worry, you can find supermarkets everywhere, at least 2 supermarkets on a distance of about 500 meters. I have one in the corner, the next one Tesco Express and Sainsbury’s at 500 meters
Read moreBrazilian experience in Cardiff
It was my son’s birthday a few days ago and we went out to buy him a present and then to eat something. I bought a pair of boots (40% discount for holiday in Cardiff), and then we went to the restaurant, Viva Brazil. Sometimes ago he told me about this restaurant with a very good Brazilian food. menu They have 2 menus: one with 4 types of meat and unlimited salads and dishes; the other one with everything unlimited. He chose the unlimited one, I chose that with 4 types of meat, because I am not allowed to eat too much meat, (200 gram/week), the truth is that, before knowing about my health problems, I ate a great quantity of meat :), now I am trying to limit it because of the pain I had in past. But that night I ate meat for 1 month :), we had
Read moreCardiff, the city with four seasons in one day
Yes, I’ve been living in Cardiff for 1 month and I will stay here for a while. I love it. I do things that at home I have never thought to do, for example, I walk more than at home where I have a car, and believe me, I don’t have any pain, back pain, feet pain, nothing. I like it very much. If I have to travel by train or bus only 1 station I prefer to walk and I am surprised too of my choice. sun, hail and rain Let’s back to topic. When I go to school, University of South Wales, in the morning, the sun is shining, I think to myself I have to go back home and take my sunglasses, but it is late and I give up, I don’t want to miss the train. I travel 3 or 4 stations, I get off the
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Mother’s Day in Cardiff
Actually, I wrote this story last year on Mother’s Day (at the Romanian section). The only thing I’ve changed is the period of celebrating. Last year, Mother’s Day was on March 15th and this year was yesterday, on 6th of March. I consider that the Mother’s Day is celebrating at the beginning of March, on a Sunday. Yesterday I did almost the same things that I did last year, with the difference that I did’t use the train 🙂 so, enjoy! 🙂 In UK is celebrating Mother’s Day, a funny idea for me as mother, but it seems to be the same day as March 8th in Romania, the difference is that in UK is Mother’s day, not Woman’s day. There are different dates in the world for celebrating Mother’s day but March 8th is the International Woman’s day, celebrated in the ex-communist countries. I prefer Woman’s day, Mother’s day
Read moreexperienta braziliana in Cardiff
zilele trecute a fost ziua lui fiu-miu si am zis sa mergem sa-i cumpar un cadou si apoi sa mancam ceva. am cumparat niste ghete (40% reducere de sarbatori in Cardiff) si apoi am mers la restaurant, la Viva Brazil. imi spusese el ca ar vrea sa mearga acolo de mai mult timp, dar n-a ajuns. mancare braziliana, foarte buna. meniuri practic nu aveau decat doua meniuri. unul la care luai 4 feluri de carne si salate si garnituri nelimitat si altul la care aveai totul nelimitat si saltele si garniturile, dar si carnea. el l-a luat pe cel nelimitat, eu pe cel cu 4 feluri de carne, asta pentru ca nu am voie sa mananc prea multa carne (doar vreo 200 grame / saptamana). adevarul este ca inainte sa mi se descopere chestia asta de sanatate (acid uric extrem de marit si consecinte extrem de dureroase), mancam carne cu
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