{"id":1967,"date":"2016-11-19T11:10:24","date_gmt":"2016-11-19T11:10:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/international\/?p=1967"},"modified":"2016-11-19T11:10:24","modified_gmt":"2016-11-19T11:10:24","slug":"life-in-london-surprise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/international\/life-in-london-surprise\/","title":{"rendered":"Life in London &#8211; nothing less than a Surprise!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I don&#8217;t know whether I can write well or not but in life you need to give certain things an attempt and that&#8217;s how you explore your prowess and capabilities to do things. So, here I am giving my first shot at blogging!<\/p>\n<p>I landed in London on 11th of September 2016 and since then my life has been a total roller-coaster ride, full of adventures and experiences. This is the first time in my life I stepped out of my house or moved away from my parents. After my arrival in London my initial days were pretty harsh and all I did was cry and feel homesick. I was totally alone and struggled with this feeling of loneliness for approximately three weeks. At the same time I felt that I had to try to make progress and start doing things to make myself feel better. I went on to explore the city, made new friends and created a lot of cherished memories! In those three weeks, I explored London all alone. And now I realise how precious those moments are, they have made me even more independent than before. Today, there is hardly a place in this city where I haven&#8217;t visited.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-1967 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2016\/11\/Tapasi300x300-5-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"London international student bloggers\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1992\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2016\/11\/Tapasi300x300-5-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2016\/11\/Tapasi300x300-5-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2016\/11\/Tapasi300x300-5-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2016\/11\/Tapasi300x300-5-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2016\/11\/Tapasi300x300-5-65x65.jpg 65w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2016\/11\/Tapasi300x300-5.jpg 1152w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1992'>\n\t\t\t\tLondon Eye\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"113\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2016\/11\/Tapasi12-3-113x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"London international student bloggers\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1990\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2016\/11\/Tapasi12-3-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2016\/11\/Tapasi12-3-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2016\/11\/Tapasi12-3-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2016\/11\/Tapasi12-3-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2016\/11\/Tapasi12-3.jpg 1512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 113px) 100vw, 113px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1990'>\n\t\t\t\tHarrods bear!\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2016\/11\/Tapasi9-3-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"London international student bloggers\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1989\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2016\/11\/Tapasi9-3-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2016\/11\/Tapasi9-3-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2016\/11\/Tapasi9-3-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2016\/11\/Tapasi9-3-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2016\/11\/Tapasi9-3-65x65.jpg 65w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2016\/11\/Tapasi9-3.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1989'>\n\t\t\t\tExploring Camden\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"113\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2016\/11\/Tapasi8-3-113x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"London international student bloggers\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1988\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2016\/11\/Tapasi8-3-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2016\/11\/Tapasi8-3-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2016\/11\/Tapasi8-3-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2016\/11\/Tapasi8-3-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2016\/11\/Tapasi8-3.jpg 1512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 113px) 100vw, 113px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1988'>\n\t\t\t\tLord Ganesh\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2016\/11\/Tapasi6-4-150x113.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"London international student bloggers\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2016\/11\/Tapasi6-4-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2016\/11\/Tapasi6-4-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2016\/11\/Tapasi6-4-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2016\/11\/Tapasi6-4-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2016\/11\/Tapasi6-4-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2016\/11\/Tapasi6-4-276x207.jpg 276w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2016\/11\/Tapasi6-4-476x357.jpg 476w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2016\/11\/Tapasi6-4-320x240.jpg 320w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2016\/11\/Tapasi6-4.jpg 2016w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"113\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2016\/11\/Tapasi4-3-113x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"London international student bloggers\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1986\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2016\/11\/Tapasi4-3-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2016\/11\/Tapasi4-3-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2016\/11\/Tapasi4-3-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2016\/11\/Tapasi4-3-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2016\/11\/Tapasi4-3.jpg 1512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 113px) 100vw, 113px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1986'>\n\t\t\t\tHorse Guards Parade\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"113\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2016\/11\/Tapasi2-3-113x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"London international student bloggers\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1985\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2016\/11\/Tapasi2-3-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2016\/11\/Tapasi2-3-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2016\/11\/Tapasi2-3-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2016\/11\/Tapasi2-3-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2016\/11\/Tapasi2-3.jpg 1512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 113px) 100vw, 113px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1985'>\n\t\t\t\tBig Ben and the Houses of Parliament\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2016\/11\/Tapasi13-3-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"London international student bloggers\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1991\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2016\/11\/Tapasi13-3-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2016\/11\/Tapasi13-3-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2016\/11\/Tapasi13-3-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2016\/11\/Tapasi13-3-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2016\/11\/Tapasi13-3-65x65.jpg 65w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2016\/11\/Tapasi13-3.jpg 1448w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1991'>\n\t\t\t\tMy amazing birthday celebrations!\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"104\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2016\/11\/tapasi1-e1479142078225-3-150x104.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"London international student bloggers\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1984\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2016\/11\/tapasi1-e1479142078225-3-150x104.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2016\/11\/tapasi1-e1479142078225-3-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2016\/11\/tapasi1-e1479142078225-3-1024x707.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2016\/11\/tapasi1-e1479142078225-3-768x531.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2016\/11\/tapasi1-e1479142078225-3.jpg 1394w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1984'>\n\t\t\t\tBeautiful Tower Bridge\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2016\/11\/Tapasi300x300a-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"International student bloggers Tapasi\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1979\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2016\/11\/Tapasi300x300a-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2016\/11\/Tapasi300x300a-1-300x300.jpg 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I became the course representative of my LLM programme. I started making friends from different courses, different countries, different universities as well. It was my birthday on 9th November and I had 25 guests invited for the birthday party I hosted. I could not have been more thankful. It is said that London is a magnetic city, whoever comes here never goes back.<\/p>\n<p>Thus, in life there is always a <strong>FIRST SHOT<\/strong>! Don&#8217;t be afraid because you just don&#8217;t know, the future might be holding a surprise party for you! \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1991 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2016\/11\/Tapasi13-3.jpg\" alt=\"London international student bloggers\" width=\"1448\" height=\"1448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2016\/11\/Tapasi13-3.jpg 1448w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2016\/11\/Tapasi13-3-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2016\/11\/Tapasi13-3-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2016\/11\/Tapasi13-3-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2016\/11\/Tapasi13-3-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2016\/11\/Tapasi13-3-65x65.jpg 65w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1448px) 100vw, 1448px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I don&#8217;t know whether I can write well or not but in life you need to give certain things an attempt and that&#8217;s how you explore your prowess and capabilities to do things. 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