getting by in the uk
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Getting by in the UKTips and Tricks
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Loss of luggage
Take a photo of your check-in luggage before yoin
If you realise that your luggage is lost at the airpreport it immediately to the lost luggage desk at
Glasgow Airport
Glasgow Airport Lost Luggage Guide http!!www"glasgowairport#ightarri$als"co"uk!glasgow
I%&-lost-luggage"php
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Car rental requirement and advice
'ingapore license is $alid for ( months in the UK, no need to apply for international l
)ou can book your car rental online, sometimes you can get a good deal when you b
car together
Go with reputable $endors
A$is www"a$is"co"uk
+udget www"budget"co"uk
nterprise http!!www"enterprise"com!carrental!home"do
.ert/ www"hert/"co"uk
0atch for 12cess3 charges, which is the amount you are willing to pay before you c
damage 4 ie" Look out for hidden charges
+efore you dri$e o5, make sure you go o$er the car for pre-e2isting damage and scra
should be gi$en a sheet that shows e2isting damage, note any that are not recorded
the $endor"
http://www.avis.co.uk/http://www.budget.co.uk/http://www.enterprise.com/car_rental/home.dohttp://www.hertz.co.uk/http://www.hertz.co.uk/http://www.enterprise.com/car_rental/home.dohttp://www.budget.co.uk/http://www.avis.co.uk/ -
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6ri$ing in the UK
&lashing headlights 7 please go ahead
+e polite, e$eryone is polite
'ignal
Undertaking is illegal
8 kinds of roads 4 be careful, lots of speed cameras .ighway 4 9:mph
A ;oad 4 (: mph
+ ;oad 4 8: mph
EF-to-@:=!roundabouts->8-to->F:
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Cooking, Grocery shopping on a bu
'upermarkets are best place to buy groceries 'upermarkets ha$e a hierarchy like 'ingapore
Marks and Spencers 4 +est for ready-meals microwbest uality $egetables and fruit
Waitrose / Sainsburys7
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Cooking, Grocery shopping on a bu
+rits hate meat with bones 7 rawmeat with bones are cheaper, likechicken wings
1Malue3 meat is the same thing as1'tandard3 meat, only that portionsare inconsistent
'ome Nsh is cheap, like 'almon
Oilk is $ery, $ery cheap &ro/en is cheaper than fresh, but isHust as good
;eady-meals are microwa$e mealsthat can be $ery con$ienient and topuality OP', 'ainsburysJ
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General Li$ing Tips
)ou can get anything you need and more in Glasgowsupermarkets" +ut certain 1e2otic3 things tend to be m
e2pensi$e like soya sauce, rice, etc +uying in bulk then sharing sa$es money bring some e
bottles I dunnoJ
0ashing-up liuid &airy goes a longer wayJ
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Should we bring a laptop?
%ot absolutely necessary, but can be useful G'A work is group work, and some computers a$
at ;eid +uilding, a lot of your seniors did analogu
'treaming TM when youre bored wiN in
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General
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General 'afety!
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Cther General Tips from 'eniors Oobile +uy from = 4 =: uid unlimited data and roaming
data in urope http!!www"three"co"uk!
'a$e your @:p coins for washing machines ! dryers
6ont confuse laundry detergent with fabric softener
Thick Hackets are not necessary, but windbreakers! parkasare 4 can also buy from Drimark
Layer instead
+ed sheets, pillowcases, thin blanket supplied" @ bathtowels supplied as well
'ome #ats may ha$e E rooms only, meaning that you may
be mo$ed around by the
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Tips for Li$ing with Cthers
+e respectful of your classmates dietary and religio +e #e2ible, its only = weeks and understand that di
people li$e di5erently
That said, Hust wash the dishes lah
General +ritish Drotocol
1.ow are you3 1)ou alright3 1%ice to meet you3 Long winded 7 polite, being too direct 7 rude
'ay 1please3 and 1thank you3 for e$erything, including O
$eryone says sorry for e$erything e2cept maybe in Lon
If all else fails, Hust smile"
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&inal ;andom Tips I dont knowwhere to put
Ladies 4 sanitary pads are di5erent ! larger in UKmay want to bring some spares
0ater is 1hard3 4 use shower gel ;ado2 for the and moisturi/e afterwards to pre$ent dry skin" Acream is good for cheap and intensi$e moisturi/
GDs reuire appointments to be made in genera 6ont bother bringing cereal, biscuits and choco
ones are so much better"