Struggles We Face in Scotland

Scots struggles

It is true that we are now having a very good time here, in Scotland, but there are also struggles that make our days here difficult. We won’t be talking about the exams and university courses because we believe that studying is always hard no matter where you are in this world (lol). In this post, we will be sharing about the struggles in our everyday life in Scotland!

*This is written based purely on our own experiences*

1.     Accents

Scottish people are known for having unique and strong accent, especially, Glaswegian accent. Our first few weeks here were quite tough as we did not fully understand what people say (one of the reasons for not being able to understand is of course our English proficiency). It took us awhile to get used to the speed and the way people talk. But, once you understand, you will realise that people here are one of the friendliest people that you will ever meet!

2.     Weather

Many of you might already know that the temperature here, in Scotland, may drop to -10 in the winter. However, low temperature is not the only thing that international students like us have to endure. The ‘WIND’ is also another factor that torture us. At first, we though that the cold was the worst part of the weather in Scotland, but we were obviously wrong.

A cold day without wind = good day

A cold day with strong wind = double the cold = Hell

The wind, for us, is a nightmare (probably, it’s the worst nightmare for Bi since the wind literally blew her airpods off her ears while she’s walking home).

3.     Price

I know that it cannot be compared to London, but living in the UK, including Scotland, is inevitably quite expensive.

I would strongly recommend you not to convert everything back to your home currency or else, you won’t be able to buy anything. However, if you are not a conscious spender (like me-pop), do not stop converting everything to your currency because once you are used to the price and British currency, YOU WILL END UP SPENDING A LOT (you will be like ‘oh! It’s only 10 pounds, just buy it!’ when it might actually cost only 2 pounds back in your country).

4.     Homesick

It is usual that when you start living in another country away from home, everything around you seem to be very interesting and exciting. For the first few months when you are still fresh and fascinated with the new experiences, you might forget about home. However, there will always be ‘that’ moments when you kinda get used to the new environment and start missing home, food, and the worst part –people.

We know that it might not happen to everyone (It did happen to me tho – Pop). We still want to recommend you keep yourself busy (all the assignments will take away your free time anyway) and try to find good friends to hang out with!

And these are our everyday struggles that we have experienced! Hope you all enjoy reading and hope this helps you prepare yourself before coming!

Until next time <3

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