If you are thinking of coming to England from India
Or, If you are curious about how different England's life is from India, then this video is for you.
When I came to England for the first time and initially I saw a lot of such things.
Seeing those I felt like "Oh My God" what is this?
So, basically, I will tell you some lifestyle and cultural differences that are totally different between India and England.
So, stay tuned and watch this video till the end.
The first difference which will be seen as soon as you come here is related to our God sun.
Here in England, during the summertime, the sunrise is at 4.30 am in the morning and the sunset is at 10.30 pm in the evening.
Sunrise time is very early and sunset time is late
Because of that, the day of summer becomes very long
which is a positive point,
There is a lot of light outside in summer. Due to this, you can move around a lot.
Total opposite you can see during winter
In winter, the sunrise is at 10.30 am in the morning and the sunset is at 4.30 pm in the evening.
And, there are many days when the sun does not rise.
Here, people get a deficiency of Vitamin D during the winter days, and they have to take vitamin D supplements separately.
And, here people face another problem: due to lack of sunrise on the winter day, people get a kind of depression called winter depression.
So people here on the day even a little bit of sunshine comes, then all the people go out to get sunlight,
and, it seems like some festival is going on.
Now, let's come to point number 2.
Next, the biggest difference I noticed is the English accent, you can consider it one of my challenges.
By the way, this is an English-speaking country, so it was already obvious that everyone here speaks only English.
But understanding British Accent Is A Little Tough
If you think you know English very well then come here, you will get to know "How do you fare"
Initially, I faced a lot of problems understanding their accents.
We grow up listening to American accents and our ears are not used to hearing British accents at all.
Next, we get a shock as soon as we come here
That is "Do it yourself".
The thing is that we have a lot of habit in India that if we are not good at household work, then hire a maid.
If you do not like to cook, then hire a cook to cook food.
But it doesn't work here
Here, from cleaning to cooking, all the work has to be done by myself.
Here the labour cost of maid and cook is so high that you cannot afford it.
The next difference is related to the neighbourhood.
Here you will not get to hear such lines, do you know what Sharma ji's daughter did?
Or do you know Ramu got only 50% in the exam?
The neighbours who are here have nothing to do with your life.
Where are you roaming?
What are you eating?
What are you doing?
who are you living with?
People here value their privacy very much.
Here people do not like at all that they interfere in your life or you are in their life.
After that, you will see a different thing, that people with different looks.
So, I do not mean to say that people will be in different types of clothes.
What I mean is that you will see people with a different kind of getup.
Like, they will be wearing strange clothes and strange kind of make-up
You will think they are coming from some fancy dress competition
Or else some universities competition are going on that's why they are like that
I am showing some of their pictures, so you will better understand what I meant
Those people normally live like this and go outside like that
So seeing them you should not be shocked at all, and don't think like why they are so weird and all.
Here, everyone does whatever they want to do.
Next, when you start going outside you will notice a different thing,
You will not see any stray animals here,
Dogs, pigs, cows, all these animals you will not see roaming in the street
Yes, you will notice so many dogs around you, but they will be pets.
And, behind me you can see so many ducks, they are actually not stray ducks. They are maintained by a council where I live.
Now, the next difference is, shopping street culture.
In India, whether it is a big city or a small city, there must be 3-4 malls everywhere.
You can see mall culture everywhere in India.
It doesn't happen here at all
Here people do not go to the mall to shop, here people believe in shops culture.
Like, H&M, Zaara, and M&S you won't find these stores in malls, some will be there in malls. But most of the brands you will find in a separate store.
The shopping street here has restaurants around the clothing store.
You can enjoy good food with your shopping.
One more interesting thing which I love the most is that the restaurants are kept on Road.
In the wintertime, you can sit outside and enjoy your coffee.
The next difference is related to traffic rules.
Here, no car horn rings
Here, barely anyone uses a horn.
And, horns meaning is quite different here, its - some problem occurred in your vehicle.
And, I am using my horn and it's treated like an indication to tell you that there is some issue with your car, and please check.
One more difference you can see here is "making Queue"
Here, everywhere people make a queue.
If you are ordering food in a restaurant or at a billing counter and some people are already there then you can see they stand in a queue.
Even if you have gone to the post office, people make a queue.
If you use bus or metro, and if there are 15 people in the same stoppage
So it doesn't happen that, I am pushing you that let me go first that I have an emergency, you go later..
You won't see this thing at all.
Here, people believe in the queue and you also need to follow that otherwise people will stare at you and might think that you are so rude
Or, So, please make sure you always follow this rule and maintain the queue.
Next, one more thing that is totally different from India is that "People give a lot of value to family time and self-time."
Like, in India we IT people get off on Saturdays and Sundays, and the same is here.
But, In India other profession or businessmen won't get a holiday on Saturday or Sunday.
But it's not like that here
Here Sunday is totally a rest day, whether it's grocery shops, clothing stores or coffee shops
But, Sunday is closed for everybody because Sunday is considered a rest day.
and, everyone rests on this day. In Sundays, grocery and medical stores open but that too for a limited period of time
Only restaurants open till the night where you go for your dinner.
On Sundays, you will see people at the park with their families.
Next, let me tell you one more interesting cultural difference
For which you have to forget your old habits
Like, we 90's children learnt since our childhood that there is no sorry & no thank you in friendship
If you still think like that then people will see you as a rude person
Because here, people use sorry and thank you words a lot, I don't know why.
Initially, I used to think that how can people be so polite.
Let me give you one example,
As if you are going down the road and bump with someone, the person in front will say sorry to you, even if a mistake is yours,
Have you ever seen it in India?
In India even if it is not your fault, the person in front says how you pushed like this
But it doesn't happen here
So, if you are planning to come to England, you have to learn to say Sorry, Thank You & After you.
If you want to survive here then these 3 words should be in your mouth.
These all were related to outside differences
Let me tell you some differences within the inside house, mainly related to the kitchen.
So, one big difference which you can feel a bit hectic
That is, the dustbin rule is taken very seriously here.
The rule is there in our country too, but we did not take it very seriously so we are not used to it.
When you get fine here, you are going to feel very bad
So, make it a habit that you follow this rule from the beginning
If you do not follow then here you can also get a fine of 1000 pounds.
The next difference is related to water,
I will tell you 2 differences related to water
Here people drink only tap water, whereas people won't use RO like in India.
Tap water is filtered here and you can drink it directly.
If you want hot water in India, you have to turn on the geyser.
Every tap here, whether it is in the kitchen or in the bathroom. There will be 2 sides to each tap, hot water will come from one side and cold water will come from the other side.
Even in summertime, it is difficult to take a bath with cold water, but here you will always get hot and cold water all the time.
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