{"id":2086,"date":"2016-12-10T10:33:19","date_gmt":"2016-12-10T10:33:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/international\/?p=2086"},"modified":"2016-12-10T10:33:19","modified_gmt":"2016-12-10T10:33:19","slug":"100-days-in-office-well-in-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/international\/100-days-in-office-well-in-london\/","title":{"rendered":"100 days in office\u2026 well in London"},"content":{"rendered":"

You know how Prime Ministers and Presidents do their 100 days in office review after being elected? Well this is my 100 days of 365 days in London; I am not in any way comparing my experiences to an elected person. I may have, however, been influenced by my recent private tour of the Houses of Parliament<\/a>. I\u2019ll avoid bragging about this, but there is one thing I have to say; there is more to the Houses of Parliament than the iconic and historic outer building so I highly recommend anyone to go inside for a tour. My tour, was rather prestigious having been showed around by a member of Parliament and not just a tour guide; the visit was organised by the Labour Party Society<\/a>, one of many societies I\u2019m part of (join the societies the benefits are plenty!).<\/p>\n

Mind the gap<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Back to my 100 days\u2019 review. At this point getting lost on the tube is a distant memory; Citymapper<\/a> no longer appears under my most frequently used applications because, well, I know my way around now. I have heard \u201cmind the gap\u201d over a 100 times; this and the whole tube experience has now made me a typical Londoner on a tube – blank face, headphones and head tucked into a book. Come to think of it my tube reading used to be for leisure; now I use the time to squeeze in Uni readings. I have read more in the past 100 days than in my whole 17 years of schooling; I have probably read over a 100 articles and had a 100 cups of coffee (South African Rooibos tea doesn\u2019t cut it anymore) and spent on average a 100 hours (a week) at the library.<\/p>\n

\"100<\/p>\n

100 days of administration <\/strong><\/h3>\n

With the 100 days came the collection of so many \u2018essential\u2019 cards that must always be carried around, to name a few; student card, oyster card, rail card, room card and NUS card. Then there were, what felt like a 100 days of doing administrative things like waiting days to get appointments with the doctor and the bank; in fact, I think there should be a special visa for coming to the UK just for sorting out admin.<\/p>\n

The painful bank account process is ironic because very little money stays there; in all honesty life in London is expensive, which is why, as a student, free events applications should appear under your most frequently used apps. Free<\/a>, amazing events are in abundance here; I take advantage of them and my pound has stretched much further; Halloween parties (my first one ever might I add), bonfire night, Remembrance day events, gin tasting, poetry nights, walking tours<\/a>, black history month events, talks and seminars these are just some of the events and experiences that were my highlights and even better because they were free.<\/p>\n

Dear London, it has been a 100 days and I love you in a 100 different ways!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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