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United KingdomLONDON EMBASSY INTERVIEW EXPERIENCE MONDAY 12TH FEB 2007 !!
CONGRATULATIONS!! :dance: :thumbs:
LisaxFemaleEngland2007-02-17 17:54:00
United KingdomOUT OF MY MINDER
All I can say is ----> :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: money and status can't give you everything you want Victoria, welcome to the real world, love. :P
LisaxFemaleEngland2007-02-17 20:52:00
United KingdomMMMMMMM Marmite!
My sister is sending me a big tub from Costco sp? in England, yayyyyyy!!! :dance: about bloody time! lol been waiting too long for it!
LisaxFemaleEngland2007-02-21 23:20:00
United KingdomMMMMMMM Marmite!
bulk buy :devil:

Edited by Lisax, 17 February 2007 - 08:44 PM.

LisaxFemaleEngland2007-02-17 20:43:00
United KingdomMMMMMMM Marmite!
:dance: wooohooooo! thank you!!! :D B)
LisaxFemaleEngland2007-02-17 20:39:00
United KingdomMMMMMMM Marmite!
ooooh! how big were the jars in Times SQ? All I've seen so far are the tiny jars!

Edited by Lisax, 17 February 2007 - 05:50 PM.

LisaxFemaleEngland2007-02-17 17:49:00
United KingdomMMMMMMM Marmite!
Hmmm, I don't think I've seen any Vegemite around, I think I may have seen in one time, can't remember where though, any websites you can get it from? but I know they ain't cheap.
LisaxFemaleEngland2007-02-17 16:21:00
United KingdomMMMMMMM Marmite!
Awww absolutely on toast, Bagels, my husband USC loves it! I sent him some before we met in person and loved the stuff instantly, he got hooked!

Is so true though, you either love it or hate it, lol
LisaxFemaleEngland2007-02-17 16:13:00
United KingdomMMMMMMM Marmite!
Do you love it? :yes: or do you hate it? :no:


Me personally, looooove it! cost so much for a tiny jar, $6.50 at Stop and Shop! I get my family to send me nice big jars! can't live without the stuff! :D
LisaxFemaleEngland2007-02-17 16:03:00
United KingdomGot my visa :)
CONGRATULATIONS! Hope all goes well on the next step, when your in the US of A!! :dance:
LisaxFemaleEngland2007-03-21 21:09:00
United KingdomBritish meal
mmmmm, toad in the hole, I used to love it when my mum made that.
LisaxFemaleEngland2007-03-31 23:15:00
United KingdomLondon Medical Fee increased!
always ganna be a fee rise :wacko: nothing is cheap anymore
LisaxFemaleEngland2007-04-04 14:26:00
United KingdomAnyone else got a FOUR DAY WEEKEND? :D
I used to live like 10 minutes away from Southend, used to go down there at the weekends, definitely, post some pic's! please! :)
LisaxFemaleEngland2007-04-04 09:25:00
United KingdomBBC America New Lineup
Yeah, why won't they put Eastenders on?? :blink: even though that programme started to get on my nerves after a while, but I think it's much better than cheap and nasty Footballers Wives! I saw some episodes of Robin Hood on BBC America, but they're kinda #######, definitely need to put some decent programmes on that channel.
LisaxFemaleEngland2007-04-05 22:52:00
United KingdomKat & Russ's Wedding Day

We did it!

Had a lovely day... just spent it with a few friends because we having a huge wedding next year in UK!

I did y usual of laughing insanly cos i was nervous... the lady said "you may kiss the bride" and it just made me laugh cos i felt like i was on eastenders or somthing so burst out laughing....

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Hehe :lol:

Glad you guys had a great day!

CONGRATULATIONS!
LisaxFemaleEngland2007-04-06 07:46:00
United KingdomKat & Russ's Wedding Day
Hope everything went well for you guys on your very special day! (F)
LisaxFemaleEngland2007-04-05 22:48:00
United KingdomKat & Russ's Wedding Day
Have a fantastic wonderful day! May you have many many many years of happiness together! (L)
LisaxFemaleEngland2007-04-04 22:44:00
United KingdomIts ALMOST eastery time!

Plus I'm assuming you can't get Cadbury's Creme Eggs over there, and they therefore won't be a feature of said Easter baskets... I haaaaaaaate Cadbury's Creme Eggs! (looked for nauseous green smiley to illustrate my point, can't find it).


Yup, you can get them. Hershey's make them under licence from Cadbury's. Taste slightly different but are edible in a creamy sicky kind of way...

Incidentally, I DID have one the other week and my hubby said I was the first person he has ever seen that managed to eat it without getting the creme filling everywhere. I'm a Creme Egg artiste! :lol:


:lol:

Cabury Creme Eggs are the best :yes:
LisaxFemaleEngland2007-04-05 22:46:00
United KingdomLittle Britain, New York

Makes me think of the BBC TV series Little Britain. There'll be grown men walking around asking for "bitty" at this rate. :lol:


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LisaxFemaleEngland2007-04-06 06:55:00
United KingdomRegional Accents
Damn them! :devil:
LisaxFemaleEngland2007-03-31 23:19:00
United KingdomBoots cosmetics
I liked Next clothes, but wasn't all that cheap though
LisaxFemaleEngland2007-03-31 23:12:00
United KingdomBoots cosmetics
Thats cool! I always liked Boots stuff especially their eye make up remover, only like their one! shall keep an eye out for that!

Thanks for the info! :thumbs:
LisaxFemaleEngland2007-03-30 15:28:00
United Kingdomwaiting for passport .....
I received my Visa in about 5 days, be patient! ;)
LisaxFemaleEngland2007-05-12 23:03:00
United KingdomTreats!
Heinz baked beans are the best, don't really like the beans they have over here.

Use to love Cadbury's Flake as well.
LisaxFemaleEngland2007-05-12 23:02:00
United KingdomTreats!
I love Terry Orange Chocolate, miss that!

Walkers crisps are the best! I used to always have prawn cocktail flavour :D

I ALWAYS loved the middle bit of chocolate you got left, after you'd eaten the segments. It was all flaky and, without a doubt, the best bit!


oh my god, so true! :D I used to love that!

Looove Jaffa cakes, they have some over here in the international section I saw in Stop and Shop, I think they're Jacob's or something, but they're no where near as good as the original ones :hehe:
LisaxFemaleEngland2007-05-12 22:58:00
United KingdomMini Cheddars...
AWWWW! I LOVE mini cheddars!!! I think I'm ganna have to take a visit to this place, our friends live down in Virginia and we are taking a visit down there soon! :dance: :D :P
LisaxFemaleEngland2007-06-06 22:06:00
United Kingdommarmite in New York
You can get it in Stop and Shop in Rhode Island and Whole Foods, but looks like someone has answered your question.

Marmite is a yeast spread, you put in sandwiches, on bagels, etc, is goooooood, is an english thing. :D
LisaxFemaleEngland2007-06-06 22:01:00
United KingdomWhere in the UK are you or your SO from?
I'm from Eastwood, Essex :)
LisaxFemaleEngland2007-06-29 14:48:00
United KingdomYou know you're living in America and not the UK when...
QUOTE (Jeraly @ Apr 26 2008, 12:43 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
QUOTE (Lisax @ Apr 26 2008, 02:50 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Hehe! I get my mum to do that, but she just mainly sends me tubs of marmite which my sister gets for me from Macros. Is cheaper sending tubs that jars, because the tubs weigh much less.


Hmm - my brother has a macro card >< I wonder if they do bovril as well...


They may do, ask him to check it out! smile.gif

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QUOTE (Lisax @ Apr 26 2008, 02:52 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
QUOTE (StillThePrettiest @ Apr 26 2008, 12:48 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
maybe you can see the tiny jars as like a nicotine patch for smokers... you can go smaller and smaller til you can finally wean yourself off the stuff tongue.gif


laughing.gif I'm definitely a Marmite addict, you'd never be able to wean me off it, I've been eating this stuff for 23 years, it's my life! tongue.gif wink.gif



lol maybe i should open a marmite factory, i love marmite crisps too, lol


oooh I never had those! ok, ganna have to make a list for my mum devil.gif
LisaxFemaleEngland2008-04-26 12:22:00
United KingdomYou know you're living in America and not the UK when...
QUOTE (StillThePrettiest @ Apr 26 2008, 12:48 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
maybe you can see the tiny jars as like a nicotine patch for smokers... you can go smaller and smaller til you can finally wean yourself off the stuff tongue.gif


laughing.gif I'm definitely a Marmite addict, you'd never be able to wean me off it, I've been eating this stuff for 23 years, it's my life! tongue.gif wink.gif
LisaxFemaleEngland2008-04-26 08:52:00
United KingdomYou know you're living in America and not the UK when...
QUOTE (Thomas F @ Apr 26 2008, 04:51 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
QUOTE (Lisax @ Apr 25 2008, 10:45 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
They only have tiny jars of marmite and no big ones! the cheek of it!!

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Is marmite that syrupy stuff in the green can i see in Tesco here? i asked my fellow shoppers what that was and all i got were blank stares!!! What is that stuff???


Hehe, Marmite is a spread you put on toast or sandwiches. It's in a brown jar, with a yellow lid, it's a yeast extract, very very healthy for you. But I warn you, if you find it and want to try it, get a small jar, as you will either love it or hate it! wink.gif you have been warned! hehe.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmite

QUOTE (Jeraly @ Apr 26 2008, 04:13 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
laughing.gif I prefer bovril anyway but I am going to make up a shopping list for mum when I get there and realise all the stuff I miss then get her to send stuff to me biggrin.gif Anyone know anything about shipping refrigerated stuff?!


Hehe! I get my mum to do that, but she just mainly sends me tubs of marmite which my sister gets for me from Macros. Is cheaper sending tubs that jars, because the tubs weigh much less.
LisaxFemaleEngland2008-04-26 08:50:00
United KingdomYou know you're living in America and not the UK when...
They only have tiny jars of marmite and no big ones! the cheek of it!!

tut tut no0pb.gif headbonk.gif

and no one knows what a "jumper" is, lol
LisaxFemaleEngland2008-04-25 22:45:00
United KingdomYou know you're living in America and not the UK when...
You can get them at Benny's if you guys have that store in your state. We have one, has worked perfectly for a while now.

Here is the website for you guys, if anyone wants a kettle or other products!

http://www.proctorsi...oducts2_en.html

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LisaxFemaleEngland2008-04-11 11:39:00
United KingdomYou know you're living in America and not the UK when...
QUOTE (Ian + Anne @ Apr 6 2008, 07:57 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
..... you see the crappy way the adverts are done on TV (e.g they cut the advert before it's finished airing or you see a brief 1 - 3 second ad and then a full advert, seems to me that they recycle the tape without erazing it first, a classic case of poor editorial skills)

..... you attempt to get in the wrong side of the car to drive down the shops ! (yep, done it here ... opps)

..... you can not find your fav food in the shops (cream, double cream, thick double cream, weetabix.

..... you can not find an electrical screw driver in the hardware stores ! (all they sell are test probes, ####### !)

..... someone cuts you up on the road without using their indicators and mirrors just to be in front of you !

..... you have a tail gater ..... they tend to sit on your rear as if they are looking through the contents in the back of the car...... ####### .... sometimes I feel like stopping the car in the middle of the road and walking to the back and opening the boot and asking the driver if s/he wants anything from it !


LOL! I've definitely walked round to the wrong side of the car, many times! you hope no one saw you do it! lol

mad.gif tail gaters! I'm in Rhode Island and I'm sorry there are many many a-hole drivers around here!! just for something to do they will ride right up your back side, then under take you and park themselves right in front of you, then they go slower and have a 10 car gap infront of them, just for the sake of p**ing you off! and another one, people tailgating you in the slow lane! and your doing 70 mph when your meant to be doing 55!! my remedy spray them with the window washer fluid, that gets some people to slow down! headbonk.gif
LisaxFemaleEngland2008-04-09 14:14:00
United KingdomYou know you're living in America and not the UK when...
QUOTE (toshtishtash @ Apr 6 2008, 07:50 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
You can draw money out of the bank, fill the car up with gas, buy beer, pick up your prescription and wash your car all without standing up.


LMAO! isn't that just soooo true! thats something very different from England!
LisaxFemaleEngland2008-04-09 14:00:00
United KingdomNormal?
Don't worry! be Happy! yay! kicking.gif
LisaxFemaleEngland2008-05-14 12:08:00
United KingdomWe got our Notice of approval..... Suddenly seems more real
Congrats! good.gif
LisaxFemaleEngland2008-05-14 12:01:00
United KingdomARRRRRRRRGH! I'm going crazy.
Don't worry! hang on in there! you will get there! it's very hard, but you'll get through it.

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LisaxFemaleEngland2008-05-16 07:28:00
United KingdomThe Departure
QUOTE (lilysintrigue @ May 13 2008, 05:38 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
So I have decided to share how the experience went for me while leaving the UK behind to be with my fiance. So the day started out early like most flights and saying goodbye to my family. It's hard to say bye to your loved ones but remembering you will see them again is something that really helps ease the pain of moving to another country. Packing my life into a few bags has proven to be an interesting task as you can fit quite a lot into a few bags and get away with weight limits. Either way we checked 1 30kg bag, 1 26kg bag, a apple imac in it's box and a guitar in it's flight case. We managed to get away with paying over weight fees on the 26kg bag so it must have been my lucky day only having to pay $50, I was expecting to pay at least $100 for both the heavy bags. So we said our goodbyes and wished everyone well and then passed though the security at Bristol Airport. We sat down for a little while in the departure lounge and then boarded our flight 20 minutes later to Newark Airport.

The flight was pretty smooth, I don't like flying that much but it's mainly due to turbulence and some of the very harsh landings. Once in Newark me and shawna went though the security and immigration lines and had our passports scanned and checked. Once I had had my passport scanned the officer at the desk took my visa packet with passport and took me and shawna to a lift hidden being immigration and told us to give the visa packet to the officer on the lower level. Got out of the lift and handed over all the info but he didn't want the x-rays which I had been trying not to damage then we followed the office and sat down in a line up of chairs where the visa packet and my passport were handed over to another officer at the desk. We sat in the immigration checkpoint for around 5 minutes and then the officer called us up to the desk asked when we are getting married and "you know you have 3 months to get married" which we said we knew about. The office then handed over my passport and said enjoy your stay, at this point we made our way out to baggage claim to hunt down our bags and then carried on our flight to houston.

The passport had my K1 I-94 stapled in the back with K1 written within the dated stamp of expiration. be sure to check this to make sure the stamp says K1 as there have been a few incidents so i've heard where they have written the wrong visa type in the stamp.

The 2nd flight took forever, or seemed forever, I guess that's because I was sick of traveling and wanted to rest but now I'm here with shawna in this lovely humid but warm part of the country and we have plans to be married mid june. I hope this is of use to someone who is interested to what is coming up and what there is to expect when arriving in the US.

Good luck to everyone who hasn't had their interviews yet.

- Chris


Congrats! My POE was Newark and I had a great experience there as well, was all very quick and easy. I had to get a connecting flight to T.F.Green airport in Rhode Island. Was so relieving to land in Rhode Island and think, this was the last flight by myself, thank god! it can get very lonely on a plane by yourself. Every time we go away now, I will have my husband with me.

Congrats again! smile.gif
LisaxFemaleEngland2008-05-14 12:07:00
United KingdomOk..i've not stressed till now
Calm down! my visa took a few days to come to my house, I received a text message as to the estimated day it will come, but he is in the system, it will come!

Please calm down! don't worry!

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LisaxFemaleEngland2008-05-22 10:08:00