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Re: England
Reply #90 - July 31, 2011, 10:19 AM

OH, also I haven't been living in London for a long time, so used to living outside London where people are normally are a lot friendlier, the reason I chose the area to live in when I moved to London is because its suburbia and it felt like the old town I live in, its still less friendly, but loads friendlier than the city.

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Reply #91 - July 31, 2011, 10:25 AM

Quote from: BerberElla on July 31, 2011, 10:16 AM
+1

I feel stupid walking down the road smiling.

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I actually wouldn't want to find that out.

I honestly hated being salamed by every muslim I passed when i was a muslim, I don't want to say hello to a stranger. I don't want to make eye contact when its not necessary. I feel awkward and generally just want to be left alone. So yea, this no smiling business works for me lol.

If I went down the park and random people smiled and said hello, i probably wouldn't ever go park again.

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Re: England
Reply #92 - July 31, 2011, 10:31 AM

Quote from: Fara7 on July 31, 2011, 10:18 AM
Ella , LOL, I don't live in a Muslim area, more Jewish like lol... no but my area is mostly English people, no Muslims around...if there are Muslims they are too westernised to be recognised.

Same here now, but where I grew up in London, there were many many muslims. Also when i went to Morocco. I hated saying salam because I had to.

Quote from: Fara7 on July 31, 2011, 10:19 AM
OH, also I haven't been living in London for a long time, so used to living outside London where people are normally are a lot friendlier, the reason I chose the area to live in when I moved to London is because its suburbia and it felt like the old town I live in, its still less friendly, but loads friendlier than the city.

Not a lot of people are friendly where I am. Sometimes some cheerful older person will say good morning, and I have to smile back and speak.............to a stranger. but mostly (and I live in the suburbs just outside of London), people are not overly friendly.

On the other hand my friend goes out and comes back talking about random people she met. She says I am more hostile looking than her though, so maybe that is why it doesn't happen as often to me.

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Re: England
Reply #93 - July 31, 2011, 10:32 AM

Quote from: blossom76 on July 31, 2011, 10:25 AM
if you're feeling good and have a bounce in your step then express it with a smile

I'm smiling on the inside. I have learned not to smile on the outside, some dickheads think you have just smiled at them and somehow this means you want them.

But I smile my secret internal smile when I am feeling good.

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Reply #94 - July 31, 2011, 10:35 AM

Quote from: BerberElla on July 31, 2011, 10:16 AM
I honestly hated being salamed by every muslim I passed when i was a muslim, I don't want to say hello to a stranger. I don't want to make eye contact when its not necessary. I feel awkward and generally just want to be left alone. So yea, this no smiling business works for me lol.

If I went down the park and random people smiled and said hello, i probably wouldn't ever go park again.

That is just like me!
JWs are so cliquey as well, and if one of them finds out you are a JW too, they act like they are your bestest friend even though you're thinking 'fuck off, I don't even know you'. I always end up feeling traumatised if I go somewhere and people are soooo friendly and want to chat like you're a long lost relative.
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Reply #95 - July 31, 2011, 10:38 AM

Quote from: BerberElla on July 31, 2011, 10:32 AM
I'm smiling on the inside. I have learned not to smile on the outside, some dickheads think you have just smiled at them and somehow this means you want them.

But I smile my secret internal smile when I am feeling good.

yeah, but its not the same, smiling on the outside brings warmth n joy to the inside and spreads to others, share the love man
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Re: England
Reply #96 - July 31, 2011, 10:39 AM

I suppose London is a lot more 'hard' than other places. Edinburgh seems to have just the right balance for me...

I've only been to London once, and you could tell I was a newbie since I was too polite at the tube station... I let everyone go before me and almost missed getting on until my bf grabbed me by the collar and dragged me inside and told me to stop being such a nice idiot
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Re: England
Reply #97 - July 31, 2011, 10:41 AM

Quote from: Poopycock on July 31, 2011, 10:35 AM

That is just like me!
JWs are so cliquey as well, and if one of them finds out you are a JW too, they act like they are your bestest friend even though you're thinking 'fuck off, I don't even know you'. I always end up feeling traumatised if I go somewhere and people are soooo friendly and want to chat like you're a long lost relative.

I know what you mean. Moroccans are like this too. I know there are a few Moroccans round here, and I actively avoid them realising that i am one too. I don't need a new best friend who thinks that because we share some imginary link, we will be awesome together.

Oooo you know what else is like this? fucking mums.

The children's playground at home time is a minefield that I had navigate for a few years. Mums thinking that because I am a mum and our kids are in the same class, I want to be friends.

Thankfully none of them try with me anymore, since I stuck to monosyllabic replies everytime they opened their mouths. phew. Those were some tough years.

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Reply #98 - July 31, 2011, 10:43 AM

Quote from: Poopycock on July 31, 2011, 10:35 AM

That is just like me!
JWs are so cliquey as well, and if one of them finds out you are a JW too, they act like they are your bestest friend even though you're thinking 'fuck off, I don't even know you'. I always end up feeling traumatised if I go somewhere and people are soooo friendly and want to chat like you're a long lost relative.

stop being so bloody impolite, the boof on ya!
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Reply #99 - July 31, 2011, 10:45 AM

Quote from: blossom76 on July 31, 2011, 10:38 AM
yeah, but its not the same, smiling on the outside brings warmth n joy to the inside and spreads to others, share the love man

Fuck that. My joy isn't gonna last long anyway, so I need to hoarde what I have for me and me alone.

Quote from: Poopycock on July 31, 2011, 10:39 AM
I suppose London is a lot more 'hard' than other places. Edinburgh seems to have just the right balance for me...

I've only been to London once, and you could tell I was a newbie since I was too polite at the tube station... I let everyone go before me and almost missed getting on until my bf grabbed me by the collar and dragged me inside and told me to stop being such a nice idiot

I used to be overly nice that way too. I still can be now to be honest, depends what mood I am in.

Mind you, if I go to London, I become the opposite. I get angry just being that enclosed, surrounded by so many people, that I can become quite dominating trying to get the heck out of there.

Unless I'm drunk, then I'm ok.

Damn, i am such an introvert.

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Re: England
Reply #100 - July 31, 2011, 11:06 AM

I've never been to England yet.
I am gonna visit London in mid August.

I'll let you all know my impressions ^_^'

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Re: England
Reply #101 - July 31, 2011, 11:15 AM

Quote from: blossom76 on July 31, 2011, 10:43 AM
stop being so bloody impolite, the boof on ya!

NO! And you can't make me either!
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Re: England
Reply #102 - August 04, 2011, 06:57 PM

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Re: England
Reply #103 - April 22, 2012, 02:43 AM

fuck you
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Re: England
Reply #104 - April 22, 2012, 02:52 AM

The warm, cozy feeling of flying into Heathrow with a British passport. Always feels like returning to the loving arms of the motherland.

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Reply #105 - April 22, 2012, 02:58 AM

When will the French invade England and get it over with? It's been like 800 years.

So once again I'm left with the classic Irish man's dilemma, do I eat the potato or do I let it ferment so I can drink it later?
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Reply #106 - April 22, 2012, 03:06 AM

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You need to read this book.
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Re: England
Reply #107 - April 22, 2012, 03:12 AM

There is a fee you can pay to get the iplayer or whatever the BBC uses online, plus regular BBC broadcasts.

So once again I'm left with the classic Irish man's dilemma, do I eat the potato or do I let it ferment so I can drink it later?
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Reply #108 - April 22, 2012, 05:23 PM

You can watch the BBC in Canada. It's like England, minus all the bad things. Be prepared to have people stop you and ask you where you're from though. Everybody loves British accents. We might stare a bit, in total awe & admiration of your sophisticated Queensy English-speak. Over here, we just gargle rude noises. :(

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Re: England
Reply #109 - April 22, 2012, 07:18 PM

I like the North. The Yorkshire Pennines are beautiful. Reminds me of Kashmir but then again so does Bradford.
I like northerners. They have a warmth about them. They wear their hearts on their sleeves. I like that.

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Reply #110 - April 22, 2012, 07:24 PM

Quote from: chepea on April 22, 2012, 05:23 PM
You can watch the BBC in Canada. It's like England, minus all the bad things. Be prepared to have people stop you and ask you where you're from though. Everybody loves British accents. We might stare a bit, in total awe & admiration of your sophisticated Queensy English-speak. Over here, we just gargle rude noises. :(

doncha' know, eh?

So once again I'm left with the classic Irish man's dilemma, do I eat the potato or do I let it ferment so I can drink it later?
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Reply #111 - April 22, 2012, 07:25 PM

You know what I most like about this country?

The fact that I won't get stoned to death. The fact that I can get a job, quit a job, have sex without being married, drink alcohol or choose to abstain, smoke or not smoke, I can drive, I can vote, I can divorce, I can keep my children in a custody case. I can get justice mostly not always but far more often than I would had I been born in morocco.

I can earn money, lose money, get an education, don't get an education, have non muslim friends, or devil worshipping friends, tattoo my body if I want, pierce my nipples if I want (and I do want to).

I can be alive as a woman instead of a shadow, all I need to do is embrace it. All I needed to do was recognise that.

That's what I love about this country, Why I am so thankful I was born here.

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Reply #112 - April 22, 2012, 07:57 PM

I love all those things too Berbs

I also love the fact that you're rarely ever more than walking distance from a pub or an Indian restaurant.

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Reply #113 - April 22, 2012, 08:43 PM

I love England for all the things Berbs mentioned too.
I love that I am free to be who I am without having to pretend to be this or that just to fit in and be accepted.
It's a good feeling that I still bask in several years after returning home.
I also love that England gives my kids a lot of what they need.
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Reply #114 - April 22, 2012, 08:46 PM

How good is the Mexican food in England? Can you get jalapenos easily?

So once again I'm left with the classic Irish man's dilemma, do I eat the potato or do I let it ferment so I can drink it later?
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Reply #115 - April 22, 2012, 08:51 PM

Nah, you can't get good Mexican food in England apart from in a few restaurants in big cities. Its not ubiquitous like Indian food. Although you get tortilla and various Mexican ingredients in the ethnic aisle at supermarkets, there is definitely more awareness of Mexican food than in the past.

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Reply #116 - April 22, 2012, 08:52 PM

Quote from: deusvult on April 22, 2012, 08:46 PM
Can you get jalapenos easily?

Yeah you get jalapenos and all that kind of thing no problem.

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Reply #117 - April 22, 2012, 08:53 PM

Quote from: deusvult on April 22, 2012, 07:24 PM
doncha' know, eh?

Your signature is funny.

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Reply #118 - April 22, 2012, 08:56 PM

Quote from: billy on April 22, 2012, 08:52 PM
Yeah you get jalapenos and all that kind of thing no problem.

do you guys have ghost peppers?

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Reply #119 - April 22, 2012, 08:57 PM

Quote from: deusvult on April 22, 2012, 08:46 PM
How good is the Mexican food in England? Can you get jalapenos easily?

Jalapenos, tortillas, nachos, dinner kits, refried beans etc are all easily available, mexican take away/restaurants on the other hand are few and far between, there's one in a town near me, the last time I went they took 30 minutes to get us some fajitas, burritos and nacho wedges, they didnt even get us the wedges in the end. The first time we went the refried beans had dried up and they were pouring water into them and mixing it together in front of us! Appatising.

There isn't a huge demand in the UK for mexican takeaway/restaurants, I wish there was, there are a few good chains in some cities (like Billy said), but other than that it's very limited.

Me and a friend of mine considered setting up a Mexican takeaway/Mexican food stall in our town, but it wasn't viable.

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