Greetings! It's 1:10 in the afternoon here in Canterbury, and it's 8:05 in the morning back home. I just got back from a trip to ASDA, the British Walmart. I got school supplies, like pens, and food, mostly because I don't know where else to get food and school supplies. The trip to ASDA was part of Welcome Week here at the University of Kent, so all the new international students were transported there via bus. It was chaos because we were given about an hour to shop, and ASDA is huge, so everyone was running around, trying to get what they needed in such a small timeframe. It felt like "Project Runway," when the contestants have an hour in the fabric store Mood to get all their supplies, and no one can ever find what they need.
It took me thirty minutes to locate the mobile phones, and it also took me way too long to locate cream cheese. I wanted a reusable water bottle, and I could only find thermoses. The laundry detergent aisle was incomprehensible because the fabric softeners and detergents were indistinguishable from one another, so I ended up buying "Fairy non Bio," and I really hope it cleans clothes. The label boasts that for the product, "1 pack = 1 vaccine." I don't know what that means, and I'm a little terrified to find out.
I've only been into the heart of Canterbury once, and that was two days ago. I hope to go later today after I have found where my classes are and after I get Crime and Punishment from the library. I'm suppose to read it by Friday! Mhmm.
On a side note, the University of Kent is not a dry campus, but before I came here, I wasn't sure of the implications of that. Well. The stores on campus (C-STORES for my IU peeps) literally carry alcohol and a lot of it. It's super expensive -like 25 pounds for a little thing of whiskey- but definitely available. The restaurants on campus also serve alcohol. The restaurant that's adjacent to the theatre building has a little bar in it. Kent literally owns and runs two nightclubs. The most startling event, however, occurred when I went to a Kent-sponsered dinner last night for international students. Servers brought us water, which was expected, but when they came back to every table to present us with a bottle of red wine and a bottle of white wine, I was like, "Whatttt." Culture shock, for sure.
More soon, much love!
Hello! Glad you are there. As for laundry detergent, it does work fairly similarly to here. The 'non bio' just means it is for sensitive skin and doesn't contain any harsh chemicals or additives. Normally it's a detergent for baby clothing, but it'll clean yours just fine. If you look at the label, you can see that the vaccine thing is due to a promotion with UNICEF to provide vaccines to children. Just do remember that it probably does not contain fabric softener and since you likely do not have a dryer, you'll be hanging your clothes so you might want to invest in some detergent with fabric softener included.
ReplyDeleteJamie, you're the best. I don't like detergents with fragrance, so it's good that non bio is for sensitive skin. I also bought some Persil non bio capsules that look promising. Thank you for your comment!
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