I remember how we would mock her in jest, for the same (when she really did not stop between her sentences). He was Cypriot and had the associated style of appearing to stop between his sentences. I don’t know how we became friends but we did.Īt the time, EasyJet the low cost airline was taking off in popularity. She was bookish and very politically aware. She had all the Cypriot beauty (sharp features), but she was mentally sharp and obviously intelligent. I have met many people who originally think I am not as switched on as I look, and with the straight Indian hair and big eyes, I can see how people think I am a bit of an Indian Princess. I think she thought I was a bit of an air head. Me and her kind of made friends but didn’t. It was a freshers' type of week and a group of us went for a coffee. She was petite and very very comfortable in London, yet was born and raised in Cyprus. She was my age, but was so brainy that she was academically a year ahead of me. I didn’t really enjoy that year academically. I studied at a college on Store Street London. Fast forward three years and I arrived at another educational establishment, again in London, where I was to study for a certificate for a year. You know because your friends born in cities are very, very different to those born in rural towns.Īnd so this is why leaving Wales aged eighteen and studying in London was an excellent counter to my village upbringing. You know what I mean, no matter what country you are in there is a difference between city and town people. Those born in small towns and those who weren’t. Those that drink red wine and those that drink white. For example those who like dogs and those that don’t. I was born and raised in small towns in Wales.

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