So the Covent Garden Tube Stop reminds me of The Living Seas/Disney Quest.
Let me explain.
So the Underground is as you guessed it very much underground. This means that you are required to take stairs and escalators to get to the street. We're not talking like Mall Escalators...no, these are more intense. They're very long. It's a good place to people watch or memorize the ads for every show London has to offer as they pass by you on your right. Some of the stations are more upgraded so these ads are actually TV monitors but they haven't really gotten the hang of them and they all typically advertise the same thing which I still don't know what it is. It's very colorful but other than that I have no idea. The most important thing to know about the escalators though is that you stand to the RIGHT. Under no circumstances should you stand to the left. Only walking is allowed. It's more of a little gallop though as people rush to make the Tube only to get to the platform and have to wait 3min by which time all the people they ran past are also on the platform. Today I got cut multiple times getting on the escalator and thats enough to make you wanna push anyone down it....i mean not that I ever would. Plus with the CCTV cameras all over the place (I think the science museum said any given person is caught on a CCTV camera 300 times a day) I'd probably be arrested or something.
Anyways back to the whole Living Seas thing. So at the Covent Garden they don't have escalators, they have these big elevators. Theres about 196 steps to get to the street and theyre only suppose to be used in the event of an emergency. I never want to witness an emergency which would require a full train to push their way up a narrow set of 196 steps.
At the EPCOT attraction The Living Seas you take a big ol fake elevator down into an underwater station as well as to get back up to ground level. Watching the exit of the Covent Garden tube stop is an awful lot like watching the exit of the Living Seas.
In the elevator there is also a little recording that gives you directions and advice to go to the London Transport Museum (of course they would promote this). It kinda reminds me of Disney Quest except at Disney Quest it's the Genie who gives you the directions and advice and the whole experience is a lot more exciting. I did walk straight to the Disney Store after getting out of the elevator though so I mean it was almost like getting to ride the Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters (a ride Nicole and I are amazing at).
So there goes my long winded comparison which I discovered while waiting for Manasi to meet me for dinner. We went to Wagamama which wasn't bad, I liked Neds Noodle Bar much better.
I spent the earlier part of the day wandering around. I ended up in Borders where I started reading The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy trilogy...it's actually 4 books but I don't know what you would call that. I've been watching the movie every night before I go to sleep so I figured I would try reading it. There's 800 pages so I think I'll be busy for awhile.
I have class tomorrow...I haven't had it in a week so I hope I haven't lost all ability to learn....not that I would call what I am doing here learning.
Alright, I'm gonna go read...Post Later, Jeannie
Monday, 25 February 2008
Sunday, 24 February 2008
Day 48
So Aaron and I had two touristy packed pretty amazing days.
Friday was the Tate Britain and Modern. We have a great system in which we judge the museum by it's cafe and tend to spend more time sipping lattes then actually seeing the exhibits. But no fear we do get to see everything we want and as a bonus are almost always strung out on caffeine. The Tate has pretty good coffee except the guy filled my cup too much so getting to a table was not an easy feat. The Tate Britain wasn't the most exciting museum. I spent more time people watching than really looking at the numerous portraits of British people and statues. I like seeing all the people there having to sketch for class. You get to see a broad range of skill. This little girl all of maybe 8 was trying to recreate one of the statues out of clay and let me tell you she was doing a better job than I could do. Another guy, probably my age was sketching one of the statues and doing a pretty good job. We kept finding ourself in the room he was in because for some reason museums really send Aaron and I in circles but every time we passed him we got to see the sketch progress.
The Tate Modern is on the other side of the river right next to the Globe. There was a boat we could take but it was like 4pounds so we decided to walk it. It was cloudy but otherwise rather warm which made for a nice...long...walk. We randomly came across a crepe place so I was able to get my chocolate banana crepe for the weekend. This is a tradition I think I need to end....my crepe intake is starting to outweigh my walking.
Walking along the Thames is pretty awesome. There's so much going on and so much to look at. There was a guy I think selling Devil Sticks. He himself was devil sticking and had a whole basket of them. Now that I think of it I'm pretty upset for now stopping to ask how much they were. I bed I could go stand on the street and devil stick for money. I think that would be a rather interesting experience.
We didn't have much time for the Modern but it was still pretty awesome. The main exhibit was a crack in the floor. Imagine one of the biggest rooms ever with a cement floor and then throw in a little earthquake that results in a big crack down the middle of the room and thats the exhibit. Modern art just baffles me. I mean I enjoy it but still, baffling.
We decided to have Fish and Chips for dinner because we haven't yet and are running out of time to do everything we have on our list of things to do. It's a mental list that Aaron and I add about 50 things to a day and in the end remember about 5 of them but still we're determined to do everything. Anways we really couldn't find a place for fish and chips...in London...go figure. Basically everywhere we could get them was packed so we ended up at Nandos. Love Nandos. I got the chicken sandwich this time sooo good and of course the best part Bottomless Soda!
Yesterday was Oxford. We went and got a bus at Victoria Station. The Oxford Express inStyle. It advertised soothing colored interiors to relax you. Really though as Aaron rightly put it "It looks like Roger Babson threw up in here." At least I'm pretty sure thats what he said, maybe I made it up. But that's what the inside looked like....Green and Gold. It was a nice 100min bus ride, I really do like riding in buses. When you get outside the city it really could be anywhere in the US. There was even a huge Staples. I really wish I had like a car and could just take off exploring. I think trying to figure out where to drive though would be enough to make my head explode. The whole wrong side of the road thing really throws me.
So 100mins later we arrived in Oxford. It's really just another English town but they're always fun to explore. For lunch we went to a Noodle Bar which was good except we were next to a bunch of maybe 16 year olds who were out pretending to be cool by eating at a real persons restaurant. They were obnoxious. Kinda like my friends and I were at that age but in Denny's. We had the sense to act respectable in actual restaurants. One kid decided to use his chop sticks as drum sticks and drum on everything in sight...that is of course until Aaron gave him the evil eye.
After we walked, got lost and then walked some more. The goals of the day were to go punting, see Harry Potters dining hall and get Rugby shirts.
Punting was great. I think I've already explained it....long boat you push around with a very long pole. I wasn't so good at it but I'm sure Aaron could be a pro. It was a little cold but we had a blast getting stuck in trees, attacking birds and getting laughed at by the locals. We didn't fall in though so I thought that was the biggest accomplishment. If one of us had it would have been a very short trip to Oxford and a very horrible 100min trip back to London.
We had a late start to the day and everything closed at like 5 so we weren't able to see the dining hall or Oxford Castle but we did get to go to a Cafe. Rating Oxford by Cafes it scores very low. First they were difficult about serving us and then a woman was breast feeding and the coffee was not so great. They did have very good baklava though so they got a few points for that.
We found Rugby shirts....not official University of Oxford ones though...they were 45pounds...we went for the cheaper knock off ones which I'm sure are just as comfy.
With nothing else to do I went to my first gay bar. It was dead but I got a great bendy straw in my coke so clearly it became the best bar/pub I've been to yet.
It was getting late so we made our way back to the Coach station and back to London. I finished the book I was reading...thank god.
When I got back to Wigram the day only continued to get better. I had Hawaiian Pizza for dinner and finished off my Ben and Jerrys and then NICOLE BOOKED HER FLIGHT!!! I can't wait. Shes going to be here the last week I am so now I get to go out with a bang. It's going to be soooo much fun.
Alright well I should go grocery shopping. Post Later.
Friday was the Tate Britain and Modern. We have a great system in which we judge the museum by it's cafe and tend to spend more time sipping lattes then actually seeing the exhibits. But no fear we do get to see everything we want and as a bonus are almost always strung out on caffeine. The Tate has pretty good coffee except the guy filled my cup too much so getting to a table was not an easy feat. The Tate Britain wasn't the most exciting museum. I spent more time people watching than really looking at the numerous portraits of British people and statues. I like seeing all the people there having to sketch for class. You get to see a broad range of skill. This little girl all of maybe 8 was trying to recreate one of the statues out of clay and let me tell you she was doing a better job than I could do. Another guy, probably my age was sketching one of the statues and doing a pretty good job. We kept finding ourself in the room he was in because for some reason museums really send Aaron and I in circles but every time we passed him we got to see the sketch progress.
The Tate Modern is on the other side of the river right next to the Globe. There was a boat we could take but it was like 4pounds so we decided to walk it. It was cloudy but otherwise rather warm which made for a nice...long...walk. We randomly came across a crepe place so I was able to get my chocolate banana crepe for the weekend. This is a tradition I think I need to end....my crepe intake is starting to outweigh my walking.
Walking along the Thames is pretty awesome. There's so much going on and so much to look at. There was a guy I think selling Devil Sticks. He himself was devil sticking and had a whole basket of them. Now that I think of it I'm pretty upset for now stopping to ask how much they were. I bed I could go stand on the street and devil stick for money. I think that would be a rather interesting experience.
We didn't have much time for the Modern but it was still pretty awesome. The main exhibit was a crack in the floor. Imagine one of the biggest rooms ever with a cement floor and then throw in a little earthquake that results in a big crack down the middle of the room and thats the exhibit. Modern art just baffles me. I mean I enjoy it but still, baffling.
We decided to have Fish and Chips for dinner because we haven't yet and are running out of time to do everything we have on our list of things to do. It's a mental list that Aaron and I add about 50 things to a day and in the end remember about 5 of them but still we're determined to do everything. Anways we really couldn't find a place for fish and chips...in London...go figure. Basically everywhere we could get them was packed so we ended up at Nandos. Love Nandos. I got the chicken sandwich this time sooo good and of course the best part Bottomless Soda!
Yesterday was Oxford. We went and got a bus at Victoria Station. The Oxford Express inStyle. It advertised soothing colored interiors to relax you. Really though as Aaron rightly put it "It looks like Roger Babson threw up in here." At least I'm pretty sure thats what he said, maybe I made it up. But that's what the inside looked like....Green and Gold. It was a nice 100min bus ride, I really do like riding in buses. When you get outside the city it really could be anywhere in the US. There was even a huge Staples. I really wish I had like a car and could just take off exploring. I think trying to figure out where to drive though would be enough to make my head explode. The whole wrong side of the road thing really throws me.
So 100mins later we arrived in Oxford. It's really just another English town but they're always fun to explore. For lunch we went to a Noodle Bar which was good except we were next to a bunch of maybe 16 year olds who were out pretending to be cool by eating at a real persons restaurant. They were obnoxious. Kinda like my friends and I were at that age but in Denny's. We had the sense to act respectable in actual restaurants. One kid decided to use his chop sticks as drum sticks and drum on everything in sight...that is of course until Aaron gave him the evil eye.
After we walked, got lost and then walked some more. The goals of the day were to go punting, see Harry Potters dining hall and get Rugby shirts.
Punting was great. I think I've already explained it....long boat you push around with a very long pole. I wasn't so good at it but I'm sure Aaron could be a pro. It was a little cold but we had a blast getting stuck in trees, attacking birds and getting laughed at by the locals. We didn't fall in though so I thought that was the biggest accomplishment. If one of us had it would have been a very short trip to Oxford and a very horrible 100min trip back to London.
We had a late start to the day and everything closed at like 5 so we weren't able to see the dining hall or Oxford Castle but we did get to go to a Cafe. Rating Oxford by Cafes it scores very low. First they were difficult about serving us and then a woman was breast feeding and the coffee was not so great. They did have very good baklava though so they got a few points for that.
We found Rugby shirts....not official University of Oxford ones though...they were 45pounds...we went for the cheaper knock off ones which I'm sure are just as comfy.
With nothing else to do I went to my first gay bar. It was dead but I got a great bendy straw in my coke so clearly it became the best bar/pub I've been to yet.
It was getting late so we made our way back to the Coach station and back to London. I finished the book I was reading...thank god.
When I got back to Wigram the day only continued to get better. I had Hawaiian Pizza for dinner and finished off my Ben and Jerrys and then NICOLE BOOKED HER FLIGHT!!! I can't wait. Shes going to be here the last week I am so now I get to go out with a bang. It's going to be soooo much fun.
Alright well I should go grocery shopping. Post Later.
Friday, 22 February 2008
Day 46
So I skipped Devising London. I couldn't get myself to go and technically we didn't have to. It was reading week which means a lot of classes have off but she's stupid and scheduled our off day like 2 weeks ago but then realizing her mistake made us go to class and told us we could have this week off instead. Of course then last class she started talking about how we need to show up to work on the performance but that she couldn't make us. No guilt trip for me thank you very much. I had woken up early to take care of some things Office. I also found out that since I don't have exams I am free to take off whenever I turn everything in. I think I'll be coming home about April 9th. That's a looong summer. I can't wait.
Yesterday I went to a used bookstore which was cool. I got 7 books for 6.50pounds. I couldn't get past the first few pages of a couple but I mean I finished one already yesterday which normally sold for 6.99 so I think I've already gotten my moneys worth. I think I'll even try to trade them back in since I'm not lugging books home. The covers all look different here. It makes it harder to judge the book by them. The Nicholas Sparks covers are really funny. They're all pastle colored and all look the same almost. It's weird. So yea I ate Ben and Jerry's and read yesterday. It was nice. I've read 3 books since I've been here which is a lot considering the fact that it took me over a year to get through the last book I read that wasn't for school since I'm usually so busy.
Now I am just waiting for Aaron to meet me at Wigram. We're gonna go check out the Tate Museums. We've been wanting too and we have to do it for class so we're killing 2 birds with one stone....plus boredom.
I started look up fares to get to Scotland. Since I'm coming home earlier I have to find a good time to go. I want to wait as long as possible so that it's warmer. I'm going to try and start on all my final projects next week so I can get them all done early because I think Nicole is coming for the last week or so I am here. Alright, gotta check my syllabus to see what I'm suppose to be looking for at the museums for Devising London. Post Later, Jeannie.
Yesterday I went to a used bookstore which was cool. I got 7 books for 6.50pounds. I couldn't get past the first few pages of a couple but I mean I finished one already yesterday which normally sold for 6.99 so I think I've already gotten my moneys worth. I think I'll even try to trade them back in since I'm not lugging books home. The covers all look different here. It makes it harder to judge the book by them. The Nicholas Sparks covers are really funny. They're all pastle colored and all look the same almost. It's weird. So yea I ate Ben and Jerry's and read yesterday. It was nice. I've read 3 books since I've been here which is a lot considering the fact that it took me over a year to get through the last book I read that wasn't for school since I'm usually so busy.
Now I am just waiting for Aaron to meet me at Wigram. We're gonna go check out the Tate Museums. We've been wanting too and we have to do it for class so we're killing 2 birds with one stone....plus boredom.
I started look up fares to get to Scotland. Since I'm coming home earlier I have to find a good time to go. I want to wait as long as possible so that it's warmer. I'm going to try and start on all my final projects next week so I can get them all done early because I think Nicole is coming for the last week or so I am here. Alright, gotta check my syllabus to see what I'm suppose to be looking for at the museums for Devising London. Post Later, Jeannie.
Tuesday, 19 February 2008
Day 43
So this past weekend was fun.
Friday I slept in and ended up going out to dinner with Laura's family who was visiting. We went to this place Nandos which is like a Portugese Boston Market. It was really really good. PLUS they had bottomless soda which makes everything a billion times better.
After Meg and I decided we needed McFlurries. The only problem was our McDonalds' ice cream machine was broken. We had already managed to get ourselves out of Wigram so we decided we would try Burger King up at Victoria Station.....they didn't have ice cream either. Luckily for us theres also a McDonalds at the station so in the end we did manage to get our McFlurries. Cadbury Egg McFlurry.....not as good as the Munchie one but still good.
Saturday I had to wake up early because Butler was taking us to Ely Cathedral and Cambridge for the day. I met up with Meg at like 8am to take the tube over to Notting Hill Gate where the Butler Office is. I met up with Aaron at the station because he's my own personal map.
The bus ride was about 2 hours. It was nice. I napped, watched RENT and just watched the scenery go by around me.
The Cathedral was boring. Very boring. I don't really know why they took us there. Aaron and I took off for the little town and ended up at a Costa where I had the best Vanilla Latte ever.
Cambridge was about 30min from the Cathedral but after our caffeine stop Aaron and I were much more awake. Cambridge was really cool. Very Prep School. I mean it makes sense with the colleges there. They do this thing there called Punting. It's a banana looking boat that holds a bunch of people and a person stands on the back and propels and steers the boat by sticking a long wooden pole into the bottom of the river or canal. It looked like a lot of fun and it wasn't too much to rent one. It was REALLY cold though so Aaron and I said it might be something we'd go back to do. We decided instead to go to the Botanical Gardens....maybe not the smartest thing to do since everything was pretty dead but it was still really cool. We got really excited because there was a cafe in the garden but it turned out to be a Cafe Direct which is the worst coffee ever.
We decided to get Crepes (because I can't go a weekend without one) at this stand but I got a Savory one instead of sweet because we had eaten a lot of junk. Not a great idea. I had a ham, cheese and asparagus one....just isn't as good as chocolate banana.
On the way back to the bus we passed a place called the Rainbow Cafe which of course we had to go into but it turned out to be a Vegetarian place and not Gay but they still had really good Hot Chocolate.
The bus ride back wasn't too bad. Quicker than getting there even with the London Traffic. There's a place called Ned's Noodles where we were dropped off that Aaron really likes so we went for dinner....it was awesome. I had a Sweet and Sour Chicken Noodle thing. The place was adorable.
I spent the rest of the night in bed watching movies. I'm all out of movies now which isn't good. Hopefully I'll want to start recycling them soon because I'm running out of things to do at night.
Sunday I slept in and then went out on an adventure to find a place called ASDA. It is Walmarts store over here so I figured it was worth a shot. It took forever to get there. I got pretty lost too but it turned out alright. The store was pretty much a grocery store but there were some pretty good deals. I got McVities Carmel Digestives for 4 for 2pounds which was amazing. But yea that was about the highlight of the day. It was a 4 or 5 hour adventure.
Yesterday was Aaron's and mine exciting Museum Monday. We went to the V&A and The Natural History Museum. The V&A was pretty big. They had the most amazing little theatre exhibit that Aaron and I spent close to an hour in....I think most people would have spent 20min. It was awesome. The sets they had on display were mind blowing. I can't wait to have a theater of my own to build amazing sets in. It was so cool. This one company in Ireland does shows in weird non traditional places and one performance they did of The Tempest was done on a pond so it was like something out of a Disney attraction. It was awesome.
The Natural History Museum wasn't as interesting. It was pretty boring. Lots of rocks and fossils and stuffed animals. But we can now say we did it.
After we had to go to a train station and observe for Devising London...of course we did it while at a cafe sipping our Tea (Aaron's not feeling well) and Lattes. I'm totally dreading that class tomorrow.
For dinner we went to Mucho Mas which has the amazing burritos. Nothing like wrapping up a day with the coolest guy in London with an amazing burrito.
Being Monday it was McFlurry Monday as well. Laura's older sister and mom joined us. Unfortunetly again McDonalds still doesnt have ice cream so we had to hike to the Victoria Station one.
Today has been low key. Class was horrible. The professor that taught today doesn't understand English as well as she should and we don't understand her so it's just a horrible exchange. During the break about 80% of the class left. It was pretty much just us americans and a few others. Longest 3 hours of my life.
Laura and I went grocery shopping after class and Ben and Jerrys was on sale!! So I have that to look forward to after I finish typing. We had dinner together in her kitchen. I had a pizza and she had pasta. It's nice not to eat in my room.
So yea dreading Devising London tomorrow. I don't technically have to go but we'll see. Aaron and I are meeting up early to be get some things done. Anyways Post Later, Jeannie
Friday I slept in and ended up going out to dinner with Laura's family who was visiting. We went to this place Nandos which is like a Portugese Boston Market. It was really really good. PLUS they had bottomless soda which makes everything a billion times better.
After Meg and I decided we needed McFlurries. The only problem was our McDonalds' ice cream machine was broken. We had already managed to get ourselves out of Wigram so we decided we would try Burger King up at Victoria Station.....they didn't have ice cream either. Luckily for us theres also a McDonalds at the station so in the end we did manage to get our McFlurries. Cadbury Egg McFlurry.....not as good as the Munchie one but still good.
Saturday I had to wake up early because Butler was taking us to Ely Cathedral and Cambridge for the day. I met up with Meg at like 8am to take the tube over to Notting Hill Gate where the Butler Office is. I met up with Aaron at the station because he's my own personal map.
The bus ride was about 2 hours. It was nice. I napped, watched RENT and just watched the scenery go by around me.
The Cathedral was boring. Very boring. I don't really know why they took us there. Aaron and I took off for the little town and ended up at a Costa where I had the best Vanilla Latte ever.
Cambridge was about 30min from the Cathedral but after our caffeine stop Aaron and I were much more awake. Cambridge was really cool. Very Prep School. I mean it makes sense with the colleges there. They do this thing there called Punting. It's a banana looking boat that holds a bunch of people and a person stands on the back and propels and steers the boat by sticking a long wooden pole into the bottom of the river or canal. It looked like a lot of fun and it wasn't too much to rent one. It was REALLY cold though so Aaron and I said it might be something we'd go back to do. We decided instead to go to the Botanical Gardens....maybe not the smartest thing to do since everything was pretty dead but it was still really cool. We got really excited because there was a cafe in the garden but it turned out to be a Cafe Direct which is the worst coffee ever.
We decided to get Crepes (because I can't go a weekend without one) at this stand but I got a Savory one instead of sweet because we had eaten a lot of junk. Not a great idea. I had a ham, cheese and asparagus one....just isn't as good as chocolate banana.
On the way back to the bus we passed a place called the Rainbow Cafe which of course we had to go into but it turned out to be a Vegetarian place and not Gay but they still had really good Hot Chocolate.
The bus ride back wasn't too bad. Quicker than getting there even with the London Traffic. There's a place called Ned's Noodles where we were dropped off that Aaron really likes so we went for dinner....it was awesome. I had a Sweet and Sour Chicken Noodle thing. The place was adorable.
I spent the rest of the night in bed watching movies. I'm all out of movies now which isn't good. Hopefully I'll want to start recycling them soon because I'm running out of things to do at night.
Sunday I slept in and then went out on an adventure to find a place called ASDA. It is Walmarts store over here so I figured it was worth a shot. It took forever to get there. I got pretty lost too but it turned out alright. The store was pretty much a grocery store but there were some pretty good deals. I got McVities Carmel Digestives for 4 for 2pounds which was amazing. But yea that was about the highlight of the day. It was a 4 or 5 hour adventure.
Yesterday was Aaron's and mine exciting Museum Monday. We went to the V&A and The Natural History Museum. The V&A was pretty big. They had the most amazing little theatre exhibit that Aaron and I spent close to an hour in....I think most people would have spent 20min. It was awesome. The sets they had on display were mind blowing. I can't wait to have a theater of my own to build amazing sets in. It was so cool. This one company in Ireland does shows in weird non traditional places and one performance they did of The Tempest was done on a pond so it was like something out of a Disney attraction. It was awesome.
The Natural History Museum wasn't as interesting. It was pretty boring. Lots of rocks and fossils and stuffed animals. But we can now say we did it.
After we had to go to a train station and observe for Devising London...of course we did it while at a cafe sipping our Tea (Aaron's not feeling well) and Lattes. I'm totally dreading that class tomorrow.
For dinner we went to Mucho Mas which has the amazing burritos. Nothing like wrapping up a day with the coolest guy in London with an amazing burrito.
Being Monday it was McFlurry Monday as well. Laura's older sister and mom joined us. Unfortunetly again McDonalds still doesnt have ice cream so we had to hike to the Victoria Station one.
Today has been low key. Class was horrible. The professor that taught today doesn't understand English as well as she should and we don't understand her so it's just a horrible exchange. During the break about 80% of the class left. It was pretty much just us americans and a few others. Longest 3 hours of my life.
Laura and I went grocery shopping after class and Ben and Jerrys was on sale!! So I have that to look forward to after I finish typing. We had dinner together in her kitchen. I had a pizza and she had pasta. It's nice not to eat in my room.
So yea dreading Devising London tomorrow. I don't technically have to go but we'll see. Aaron and I are meeting up early to be get some things done. Anyways Post Later, Jeannie
Thursday, 14 February 2008
Day 38
Happy Valentine's Day.
So I skipped my first class and slept in. It was great. I had some cornflakes for breakfast and made my way to Victoria Station. I took the Victoria Line to Oxford Circus where I transfered to the Bakerloo Line. I got off the Bakerloo Line at the Baker Street stop which is right across from campus....which is just a building.
Tourism Development wasn't too bad. The first half hour we went over the assignment that is due in 2 months. People kept asking the dumbest questions so it was a little painful but class got out nearly 2 hours early so it made up for it. I also found out I can turn in my final paper as early as I want so I am looking at being ready to come home April 8th ish.....I'll see what happens.
Tonight I went over Aarons for Valentines Day. We made Fajitas, talked to Julie back at Babson and went to a pub to see a band. It was a lot of fun. I got carded at the Pub when I went to order my Coke. It was strange. I guess ordering a Coke brought attention to the fact that I look 15. Of course I didn't bring my ID to the bar so I had to go back and it was all awkward and confusing but I guess I know for next time.
Tomorrow I'm going to sleep in and be productive, clean and finish my RA application. I think I might finally go see a play for class tomorrow night. I dunno yet. Anyways, post later... Jeannie
So I skipped my first class and slept in. It was great. I had some cornflakes for breakfast and made my way to Victoria Station. I took the Victoria Line to Oxford Circus where I transfered to the Bakerloo Line. I got off the Bakerloo Line at the Baker Street stop which is right across from campus....which is just a building.
Tourism Development wasn't too bad. The first half hour we went over the assignment that is due in 2 months. People kept asking the dumbest questions so it was a little painful but class got out nearly 2 hours early so it made up for it. I also found out I can turn in my final paper as early as I want so I am looking at being ready to come home April 8th ish.....I'll see what happens.
Tonight I went over Aarons for Valentines Day. We made Fajitas, talked to Julie back at Babson and went to a pub to see a band. It was a lot of fun. I got carded at the Pub when I went to order my Coke. It was strange. I guess ordering a Coke brought attention to the fact that I look 15. Of course I didn't bring my ID to the bar so I had to go back and it was all awkward and confusing but I guess I know for next time.
Tomorrow I'm going to sleep in and be productive, clean and finish my RA application. I think I might finally go see a play for class tomorrow night. I dunno yet. Anyways, post later... Jeannie
Wednesday, 13 February 2008
Day 37
Okay so it's been awhile.
Thursday - 2/7
I woke up pretty sick last Thursday and have been pretty miserable up until yesterday. I was tempted to skip London Theater but I didn't....it was an easy class....we watched movies most of it. We had to do a little improv but it was nothing compared to Devising London.
After class I decided to go to the library even though I wanted to be in bed. The Regent Campus Library is where most the liberal arts course books are so it was a lot of fun. Babson has a miserable little library with mainly boring old business books. This library had amazing assorted books on EVERYTHING. I was looking for theatre/Shakespeare/Globe books and there were a lot. What was even greater was the fact that right next to them was the Unofficial Guide to Buffy and Angel. I mean any library with a Buffy guide is awesome in my book. So I checked out a few and headed back to Wigram.
I was getting more sick and miserable and what didn't make matter better was there was some emergency in the Tube and I couldn't get on it and neither could anyone else which made Oxford Circus even more crowded than usual and I didn't think that was possible. Getting back to the dorm is walkable but I've never done it alone and don't know the route so I had to find a bus. I got all turned around doing that so an 8min tube ride turned into over an hour of walking up and down the street looking for the right bus stop and taking on back to Victoria. It was horrible. I spent the rest of the night in bed watching Scrubs and reading my books.
Friday - 2/8
Suddefed didn't work too well so I spent all day in bed...watching Scrubs. It was beautiful....except for not being able to breathe through my nose. The fact that I can't recall the day I think means I didn't get out of my pajamas or leave the building.
Saturday - 2/9
Still sick I went to Brighton with Jessy and some of her friends. It was awesome. We woke up early to catch a bus...it took about 2 hours to get there with all the stops and such.
Brighton is this awesome little beach town....not really typical though because it's a pebble beach. There is a BIG pier with food stands and arcades and rides. The best part is they have free deck chairs so you grab something to eat and a chair and just enjoy. My new goal is to go back on a warm day and take a nap in one.
The arcades had mainly those games you put the coin in and theres the moving platform and you try to knock coins over the edge by building enough coins up....I don't know if that description made any sense. I got a pound worth of 2p coins and had some fun. I think I would have done but they weren't giving me the coins I knocked over the edge.
For lunch we got crepes and ate them in the super awesome chairs. I had chocolate and banana which is my favorite. It wasn't as good as Portobello Road but it wasn't bad.
After we just kinda walked through little shops. I bought a new backpack which I love. It's brown and gold and very cool in my opinion.
We had dinner in a little italian place which was really really good. I had a pineapple and ham pizza. The prices were almost as good as the pizza. Theres nothing better then actually sitting down and having a good meal. It was a great way to end the day. So was the bus ride. It was nice getting to see outside the city. It's funny how if you ignore the fact that you are on the wrong side of the road it's a lot like the US.
It was a great day, except for being sick. I can't wait to go back. I'm going to post pictures soon. I went over my internet bandwidth limit so I have to go to McDonalds and use their internet to upload pictures now so I'll try and do it tomorrow.
Sunday - 2/10
I spent all day watching Scrubs and recooping. I was miserable. The one good thing that did happen was Aaron got back from Lisben late and had to crash with me. We had a fun little sleep over.
WAIT! I did do something today. I started writing my paper. It's so easy to block out bad memories. I wrote half of my Tourism Development paper...it was lame.
Monday - 2/11
I took Claritin instead of Suddefed and started to feel better....I still stayed in my sweats most the day and watched Scrubs in bed. I got out for Mcflurry Monday though. They got rid of my Munchie McFlurry though and replaced it with Cadbury Egg...ew. I made up my own, Smartie and Carmel. It wasn't bad....I'm gonna miss my munchies though.
I finished my paper....1500 words...hope I got at least a C.
Yesterday/Tuesday - 2/12
Feeling healthy and back on track. Laura and I left for class a little early so I could print and figure out how to turn in my paper. Here you have to get these cover sheets and drop them in drop slots. You also have to staple everything together....finding a stapler on campus is not as easy as it seems. We had to go to a special Project Support Office just to use one. It was crazy. We had time after so Aaron, Laura and I went to get coffee. We found a random place and the guy kept ignoring me. After he realized it he tried to make up for it by talking to me. Whenever someone from London talks to an American all they really ask about is the Election. I don't really know what's going on in the election so I always come off pretty stupid. I should come up with a pre written answer, pick a candidate and some key facts. It's annoying. I don't understand why they are so interested.
In class a woman came to talk about the Beijing Olympics....it was pretty cool until we realized she didn't know all that much. Her accent was bad too and started giving me a headache but she was sweet so I gave her points for trying and because of her we got out of class really early.
Last night was my first attempted burger night. I bought all my supplies and went to town. It came out alright...everything just tasted a little different. I can't wait for an american burger...yum yum. It was fun though because Laura and I cooked together down in my kitchen. She worked on her assignment for Devising London and had Hamburger Helper and I went all out on my bacon cheeseburger.
Today - 9/13
So I hate Devising London. Dawn is my least favorite person ever. She's making me dance. I don't dance, I can't dance. It's not real dancing either it freaky weird dancing and involves weird moaning noises. I wish she was normal and we could do just a nice made up play about our London adventures...nope. She told us today shes confused at how to incorporate our strenghts into a show. She feels the only thing we're good at is pretending to be funny.
Yoga was pretty bad too because I'm still not getting it. Today we were doing this thing on our backs where we put our legs in the air and I wasn't doing it right so she comes, hugs my legs, and just pulls them up towards the ceiling. She was way too much inside my personal bubble.
I didn't think this class would be as bad as it is. It makes me feel horrible. Luckily I'm in London and typically for as bad as I ever feel there's something that makes it all better. In this case it would be my Valentine's date with Aaron. I'm gonna head up towards where he is staying and go to a pub where there's a live band. I'm excited.
OH! I didn't even talk about what we had to do for class. We had to write Valentines. One to someone and one we would want to receive. Luckily mine were pretty impersonal because I've learned with Dawn anything can be made embarrassing. Some were no so and it got pretty awkward pretty fast. She's crazy.
For dinner I had a BLT which was pretty good, I was impressed. I did some wash so I have clean clothes for once. That's a great feeling.
I haven't seen the plays for class tomorrow so I'm going to skip. I didn't really mean not to see them but one was sold out and being sick didn't make me wanna run to the theater. I'm looking forward to sleeping in. I have Tourism Development at 2 and the economics part is over so we're going to really start learning about tourism which I'm looking forward to.
Time to go finish the newest episode of Scrubs....yep...I watched over 6 seasons worth in about a week...I know..sad...but it was great. I should keep up with posting now and will get pictures up soon. Jeannie
Thursday - 2/7
I woke up pretty sick last Thursday and have been pretty miserable up until yesterday. I was tempted to skip London Theater but I didn't....it was an easy class....we watched movies most of it. We had to do a little improv but it was nothing compared to Devising London.
After class I decided to go to the library even though I wanted to be in bed. The Regent Campus Library is where most the liberal arts course books are so it was a lot of fun. Babson has a miserable little library with mainly boring old business books. This library had amazing assorted books on EVERYTHING. I was looking for theatre/Shakespeare/Globe books and there were a lot. What was even greater was the fact that right next to them was the Unofficial Guide to Buffy and Angel. I mean any library with a Buffy guide is awesome in my book. So I checked out a few and headed back to Wigram.
I was getting more sick and miserable and what didn't make matter better was there was some emergency in the Tube and I couldn't get on it and neither could anyone else which made Oxford Circus even more crowded than usual and I didn't think that was possible. Getting back to the dorm is walkable but I've never done it alone and don't know the route so I had to find a bus. I got all turned around doing that so an 8min tube ride turned into over an hour of walking up and down the street looking for the right bus stop and taking on back to Victoria. It was horrible. I spent the rest of the night in bed watching Scrubs and reading my books.
Friday - 2/8
Suddefed didn't work too well so I spent all day in bed...watching Scrubs. It was beautiful....except for not being able to breathe through my nose. The fact that I can't recall the day I think means I didn't get out of my pajamas or leave the building.
Saturday - 2/9
Still sick I went to Brighton with Jessy and some of her friends. It was awesome. We woke up early to catch a bus...it took about 2 hours to get there with all the stops and such.
Brighton is this awesome little beach town....not really typical though because it's a pebble beach. There is a BIG pier with food stands and arcades and rides. The best part is they have free deck chairs so you grab something to eat and a chair and just enjoy. My new goal is to go back on a warm day and take a nap in one.
The arcades had mainly those games you put the coin in and theres the moving platform and you try to knock coins over the edge by building enough coins up....I don't know if that description made any sense. I got a pound worth of 2p coins and had some fun. I think I would have done but they weren't giving me the coins I knocked over the edge.
For lunch we got crepes and ate them in the super awesome chairs. I had chocolate and banana which is my favorite. It wasn't as good as Portobello Road but it wasn't bad.
After we just kinda walked through little shops. I bought a new backpack which I love. It's brown and gold and very cool in my opinion.
We had dinner in a little italian place which was really really good. I had a pineapple and ham pizza. The prices were almost as good as the pizza. Theres nothing better then actually sitting down and having a good meal. It was a great way to end the day. So was the bus ride. It was nice getting to see outside the city. It's funny how if you ignore the fact that you are on the wrong side of the road it's a lot like the US.
It was a great day, except for being sick. I can't wait to go back. I'm going to post pictures soon. I went over my internet bandwidth limit so I have to go to McDonalds and use their internet to upload pictures now so I'll try and do it tomorrow.
Sunday - 2/10
I spent all day watching Scrubs and recooping. I was miserable. The one good thing that did happen was Aaron got back from Lisben late and had to crash with me. We had a fun little sleep over.
WAIT! I did do something today. I started writing my paper. It's so easy to block out bad memories. I wrote half of my Tourism Development paper...it was lame.
Monday - 2/11
I took Claritin instead of Suddefed and started to feel better....I still stayed in my sweats most the day and watched Scrubs in bed. I got out for Mcflurry Monday though. They got rid of my Munchie McFlurry though and replaced it with Cadbury Egg...ew. I made up my own, Smartie and Carmel. It wasn't bad....I'm gonna miss my munchies though.
I finished my paper....1500 words...hope I got at least a C.
Yesterday/Tuesday - 2/12
Feeling healthy and back on track. Laura and I left for class a little early so I could print and figure out how to turn in my paper. Here you have to get these cover sheets and drop them in drop slots. You also have to staple everything together....finding a stapler on campus is not as easy as it seems. We had to go to a special Project Support Office just to use one. It was crazy. We had time after so Aaron, Laura and I went to get coffee. We found a random place and the guy kept ignoring me. After he realized it he tried to make up for it by talking to me. Whenever someone from London talks to an American all they really ask about is the Election. I don't really know what's going on in the election so I always come off pretty stupid. I should come up with a pre written answer, pick a candidate and some key facts. It's annoying. I don't understand why they are so interested.
In class a woman came to talk about the Beijing Olympics....it was pretty cool until we realized she didn't know all that much. Her accent was bad too and started giving me a headache but she was sweet so I gave her points for trying and because of her we got out of class really early.
Last night was my first attempted burger night. I bought all my supplies and went to town. It came out alright...everything just tasted a little different. I can't wait for an american burger...yum yum. It was fun though because Laura and I cooked together down in my kitchen. She worked on her assignment for Devising London and had Hamburger Helper and I went all out on my bacon cheeseburger.
Today - 9/13
So I hate Devising London. Dawn is my least favorite person ever. She's making me dance. I don't dance, I can't dance. It's not real dancing either it freaky weird dancing and involves weird moaning noises. I wish she was normal and we could do just a nice made up play about our London adventures...nope. She told us today shes confused at how to incorporate our strenghts into a show. She feels the only thing we're good at is pretending to be funny.
Yoga was pretty bad too because I'm still not getting it. Today we were doing this thing on our backs where we put our legs in the air and I wasn't doing it right so she comes, hugs my legs, and just pulls them up towards the ceiling. She was way too much inside my personal bubble.
I didn't think this class would be as bad as it is. It makes me feel horrible. Luckily I'm in London and typically for as bad as I ever feel there's something that makes it all better. In this case it would be my Valentine's date with Aaron. I'm gonna head up towards where he is staying and go to a pub where there's a live band. I'm excited.
OH! I didn't even talk about what we had to do for class. We had to write Valentines. One to someone and one we would want to receive. Luckily mine were pretty impersonal because I've learned with Dawn anything can be made embarrassing. Some were no so and it got pretty awkward pretty fast. She's crazy.
For dinner I had a BLT which was pretty good, I was impressed. I did some wash so I have clean clothes for once. That's a great feeling.
I haven't seen the plays for class tomorrow so I'm going to skip. I didn't really mean not to see them but one was sold out and being sick didn't make me wanna run to the theater. I'm looking forward to sleeping in. I have Tourism Development at 2 and the economics part is over so we're going to really start learning about tourism which I'm looking forward to.
Time to go finish the newest episode of Scrubs....yep...I watched over 6 seasons worth in about a week...I know..sad...but it was great. I should keep up with posting now and will get pictures up soon. Jeannie
Sunday, 10 February 2008
Wednesday, 6 February 2008
Day 30 Part 2
So I hate Devising London. Well maybe hate might be too strong a word.
In one class Dawn called us insecure, lazy, impatient and unfit (as in Americans tend not to be fit).
We've all been writing...well some of us have been writing that we don't like the lack of structure and that we don't understand how what we are doing is going to turn into a performance. She of course told us that shes been doing this 8years and we have to trust her...but in a not so polite way. She called us all out. I was mad. She wants our journals to be thoughtful and such but then she reads them and talks about them out loud and as I said calls us out. We had to go to the hospital and write about it so I mean with my recent experience in a hospital I had some stuff to say which I guess I shouldn't have because she then made me read part of it out loud. She's ridiculous and rude. Not to mention she just changes in class like down to her underwear. I don't know how we are to trust and take her seriously.
Aaron, Laura, Jessy and I walked back home after class. It's a long walk. We all kinda parted ways and Laura and I went to Blockbuster to check out movies. We got 4 for 10pounds which wasn't too bad. The DVD player in the common room doesn't play American DVDs so now we have a couple to enjoy down there with the flat screen TV and leather couches. After we went to the big Sainsburys to pick up a few things. I got Cocoa Pops because I'm nearly done with all my cereal and it was on sale.
When I got back to Wigram my room number was on the sheet that says if you have packages. It was really exciting because when mom's package I managed to pick it up before they could put it up on the sheet which we all look at multiple times a day hoping to see our number. So it stopped me in my tracks. When I opened it I found individually vacuum sealed packages of Denise's cookies. Very Very Exciting. So I had cookies and Kraft Mac and Cheese for dinner. It was amazing.
I think we might try and watch one of our movies tonight. I'm exhasted and defeated physically and emotionally from class so hopefully getting to sleep isn't a problem. A lot of the international kids just can't sleep so everyone is talking about going to the health center and getting sleeping pills...kinda find it funny.
I have a paper due on Tuesday and don't understand the question. I understand everything I need to know to answer it but I don't understand the wording so it's difficult to get started on it. I emailed the teacher but because I have no idea how things work around here it seems as though I missed his office hours. Luckily it's only 30% of my grade. I think I'll do fine.
I'm uploading pictures of my room....the walls look SO bright in the pictures. I cleaned my room...but it never really seems clean. I think it has to do with storing so much food in it. I need to go get the vacuum from the front desk eventually. Alright well I'll get the pictures up soon. Post later, Jeannie.
In one class Dawn called us insecure, lazy, impatient and unfit (as in Americans tend not to be fit).
We've all been writing...well some of us have been writing that we don't like the lack of structure and that we don't understand how what we are doing is going to turn into a performance. She of course told us that shes been doing this 8years and we have to trust her...but in a not so polite way. She called us all out. I was mad. She wants our journals to be thoughtful and such but then she reads them and talks about them out loud and as I said calls us out. We had to go to the hospital and write about it so I mean with my recent experience in a hospital I had some stuff to say which I guess I shouldn't have because she then made me read part of it out loud. She's ridiculous and rude. Not to mention she just changes in class like down to her underwear. I don't know how we are to trust and take her seriously.
Aaron, Laura, Jessy and I walked back home after class. It's a long walk. We all kinda parted ways and Laura and I went to Blockbuster to check out movies. We got 4 for 10pounds which wasn't too bad. The DVD player in the common room doesn't play American DVDs so now we have a couple to enjoy down there with the flat screen TV and leather couches. After we went to the big Sainsburys to pick up a few things. I got Cocoa Pops because I'm nearly done with all my cereal and it was on sale.
When I got back to Wigram my room number was on the sheet that says if you have packages. It was really exciting because when mom's package I managed to pick it up before they could put it up on the sheet which we all look at multiple times a day hoping to see our number. So it stopped me in my tracks. When I opened it I found individually vacuum sealed packages of Denise's cookies. Very Very Exciting. So I had cookies and Kraft Mac and Cheese for dinner. It was amazing.
I think we might try and watch one of our movies tonight. I'm exhasted and defeated physically and emotionally from class so hopefully getting to sleep isn't a problem. A lot of the international kids just can't sleep so everyone is talking about going to the health center and getting sleeping pills...kinda find it funny.
I have a paper due on Tuesday and don't understand the question. I understand everything I need to know to answer it but I don't understand the wording so it's difficult to get started on it. I emailed the teacher but because I have no idea how things work around here it seems as though I missed his office hours. Luckily it's only 30% of my grade. I think I'll do fine.
I'm uploading pictures of my room....the walls look SO bright in the pictures. I cleaned my room...but it never really seems clean. I think it has to do with storing so much food in it. I need to go get the vacuum from the front desk eventually. Alright well I'll get the pictures up soon. Post later, Jeannie.
Tuesday, 5 February 2008
Day 29
Okay so it's been a little while so let's catch up.
Sunday:
So Sunday night started with an improv show at The Comedy Store. This is where Who's Line originated so I kinda had high hopes. It wasn't all that funny. I think the Comedy Club down at Pleasure Island is better. It was a cute little place and my coke only cost 1.20pounds which was great. My professor was there and told me she had something to talk to me about after the show. So I met her upstairs and she said a Director was looking for an intern for the week during rehearsals. It was already 10 and it was suppose to start the next morning so she was going to email me the ladies number so I could call her first thing. I was pretty excited.
My friends were already at the Texas Embassy which was the restaurant we made reservations at for the Super Bowl and Aaron sent a text saying there was live music. Being a sucker for live music I hoped on the tube and then found myself running across Trafalgar Square....very much like something out of a movie. The restaurant was pretty cool, very Tex Mex and we had a table right in front of the projection screen. The place was just full of Americans. I got there around 10:30ish and kick off wasn't until 11:15ish (maybe I don't remember) so we all just hung out. There turned out to be A LOT of people under our "reservation" probably close to 20. A lot of friends of friends. Well a bunch of people got up from the table and I look to my left and see Emma from high school. She's here for the semester through UCONN. It was funny, it's a small world.
So I don't need to really tell any of you how the game went. I stayed up only to see the Pats lose. Even worse was the fact that there were no commercials and Sportscasters were British. There were a lot of moments when they were explaining the game to everyone at home. It was a lot of fun though to be with everyone and the bartender gave me my cokes for free and they never gave Meg and I the bill for our Nachos so the night only cost me 2.20pounds. That was awesome. I thoroughly enjoyed the half time show as well.
So Mila had a flight to catch at 7am and which meant we had to get her on a bus by 4am and the game was done at around 3am so that was exciting. We walked back to Victoria Station and said our goodbyes and got back to Wigram around 4:30. I had about 90pence left on my mobile so I had to figure out a way to top it up so that I could call this woman about the internship in a few hours. I got a hold of the phone people to link a credit card to my phone but their system was down and they couldn't do it. By now I'm pretty tired so at 5 I set my alarm for 7:30 to wake up and call and just hope the conversation only lasted a couple minutes. The snooze button got the best of me but I eventually woke up only to received the woman's voice mail which I was part sad and part thanking god over because I got to go back to sleep. Unfortunetly she never called me back....but I slept in till 1 which was great.
Monday:
So I slept in and then watched Scrubs in bed most the day. Laura and I went to the A&E Department (ER) at a nearby hospital for class. Worst assignment ever. We walked in for about 3min and left. I have to write a thoughtful journal entry for it now. At least it got me out of my pajamas.
Of course Monday always ends with McFlurry Monday. As always, enjoyable. The music this week was especially interesting. They played Techno remixes of Stevie Nicks.
Today (Tuesday):
Laura and I went to Pizza Hut for the Lunch buffet. THE SODA WAS UNLIMITED!! There was a salad bar, pasta and pizza. It wasn't bad. We had a few sodas each which was the best part.
After was Lesiure and Recreation which was lame as always.
Now I am eating Kraft Mac and Cheese which is amazing. The best part is I'm pretty sure there is enough left over for 2 more meals. I really should clean. My room is a mess. I'll probably do that, my journal and watch more Scrubs...or Pushing Daises which I just started watching too.
Anyways, I'll post Later, Jeannie
Sunday:
So Sunday night started with an improv show at The Comedy Store. This is where Who's Line originated so I kinda had high hopes. It wasn't all that funny. I think the Comedy Club down at Pleasure Island is better. It was a cute little place and my coke only cost 1.20pounds which was great. My professor was there and told me she had something to talk to me about after the show. So I met her upstairs and she said a Director was looking for an intern for the week during rehearsals. It was already 10 and it was suppose to start the next morning so she was going to email me the ladies number so I could call her first thing. I was pretty excited.
My friends were already at the Texas Embassy which was the restaurant we made reservations at for the Super Bowl and Aaron sent a text saying there was live music. Being a sucker for live music I hoped on the tube and then found myself running across Trafalgar Square....very much like something out of a movie. The restaurant was pretty cool, very Tex Mex and we had a table right in front of the projection screen. The place was just full of Americans. I got there around 10:30ish and kick off wasn't until 11:15ish (maybe I don't remember) so we all just hung out. There turned out to be A LOT of people under our "reservation" probably close to 20. A lot of friends of friends. Well a bunch of people got up from the table and I look to my left and see Emma from high school. She's here for the semester through UCONN. It was funny, it's a small world.
So I don't need to really tell any of you how the game went. I stayed up only to see the Pats lose. Even worse was the fact that there were no commercials and Sportscasters were British. There were a lot of moments when they were explaining the game to everyone at home. It was a lot of fun though to be with everyone and the bartender gave me my cokes for free and they never gave Meg and I the bill for our Nachos so the night only cost me 2.20pounds. That was awesome. I thoroughly enjoyed the half time show as well.
So Mila had a flight to catch at 7am and which meant we had to get her on a bus by 4am and the game was done at around 3am so that was exciting. We walked back to Victoria Station and said our goodbyes and got back to Wigram around 4:30. I had about 90pence left on my mobile so I had to figure out a way to top it up so that I could call this woman about the internship in a few hours. I got a hold of the phone people to link a credit card to my phone but their system was down and they couldn't do it. By now I'm pretty tired so at 5 I set my alarm for 7:30 to wake up and call and just hope the conversation only lasted a couple minutes. The snooze button got the best of me but I eventually woke up only to received the woman's voice mail which I was part sad and part thanking god over because I got to go back to sleep. Unfortunetly she never called me back....but I slept in till 1 which was great.
Monday:
So I slept in and then watched Scrubs in bed most the day. Laura and I went to the A&E Department (ER) at a nearby hospital for class. Worst assignment ever. We walked in for about 3min and left. I have to write a thoughtful journal entry for it now. At least it got me out of my pajamas.
Of course Monday always ends with McFlurry Monday. As always, enjoyable. The music this week was especially interesting. They played Techno remixes of Stevie Nicks.
Today (Tuesday):
Laura and I went to Pizza Hut for the Lunch buffet. THE SODA WAS UNLIMITED!! There was a salad bar, pasta and pizza. It wasn't bad. We had a few sodas each which was the best part.
After was Lesiure and Recreation which was lame as always.
Now I am eating Kraft Mac and Cheese which is amazing. The best part is I'm pretty sure there is enough left over for 2 more meals. I really should clean. My room is a mess. I'll probably do that, my journal and watch more Scrubs...or Pushing Daises which I just started watching too.
Anyways, I'll post Later, Jeannie
Sunday, 3 February 2008
Day 27
So I don't know what it is about the weekends that makes me incapable of blogging on time. It's not like I do much more on the weekends than the week days but oh well.
Yesterday was Portobello Road. It's a big market over near Notting Hill Gate. I'm pretty sure at the beginning of Notting Hill when Hugh Grant is talking about how the streets are full of vendors and such, he's talking about Portobello Road. I haven't watched it though so I don't really remember.
Aaron and I had a lot of fun browsing through all the stands and tables. It's hard to buy stuff though because we have so much time to come back later and get it. They did have crepes though which were amazing. I had one with chocolate and bananas. It was really good. I'm really starting to warm up to the food here now that I am beginning to find it and I feel like I've said this already...
But I found a really cool handmade leather journal with a little theater mask on it so I might splurge and get it.
So we spent a couple hours there and then made plans to meet up with Laura and Mila (who is visiting from Spain...she goes to Babson too). To kill time we stopped at a Cafe Nerro which is like a Starbucks chain here. Not a bad latte and of course the conversation was as always delightful.
We decided to do a Mexican night so while Mila and Laura went to look at some sights Aaron and I went to the big grocery store and got Fajita Supplies. One of the best meals yet. After we went to a pub and got ice cream.
Ugh gotta head out though.
Yesterday was Portobello Road. It's a big market over near Notting Hill Gate. I'm pretty sure at the beginning of Notting Hill when Hugh Grant is talking about how the streets are full of vendors and such, he's talking about Portobello Road. I haven't watched it though so I don't really remember.
Aaron and I had a lot of fun browsing through all the stands and tables. It's hard to buy stuff though because we have so much time to come back later and get it. They did have crepes though which were amazing. I had one with chocolate and bananas. It was really good. I'm really starting to warm up to the food here now that I am beginning to find it and I feel like I've said this already...
But I found a really cool handmade leather journal with a little theater mask on it so I might splurge and get it.
So we spent a couple hours there and then made plans to meet up with Laura and Mila (who is visiting from Spain...she goes to Babson too). To kill time we stopped at a Cafe Nerro which is like a Starbucks chain here. Not a bad latte and of course the conversation was as always delightful.
We decided to do a Mexican night so while Mila and Laura went to look at some sights Aaron and I went to the big grocery store and got Fajita Supplies. One of the best meals yet. After we went to a pub and got ice cream.
Ugh gotta head out though.
Friday, 1 February 2008
Day 25
Good Day.
Woke up and had Coco Puffs which was exciting. I forgot how well they turn your milk into chocolate milk. I also had a bagel. It was a really exciting brunch (I woke up at like 1). I actually slept really well. It was cool in my room and pretty quiet and Mom had sent another pillowcase so both my pillows were comfy.
I dropped off my CV (resume) at Wicked (Victoria Apollo Theater) and Billy Elliot (Victoria Palace Theater) and then went to Oxford Circus to meet up with Aaron. I got there a little earlier so I went to Hamleys which is a pretty big toy store. That was fun to look around.
When Aaron got there we just explored the side streets and went into various shops. The goal was to find him skinny pants so we went to H&M. The people who work there have horrible taste in clothes...it was surprising. I've decided that I don't like the ways girls dress here but I am a fan of how the guys do. Anyways Aaron found a great pair of pin striped pants.
I wanted to turn in more CVs and we wanted Pastys so we headed over to the Covent Garden area and I stopped at Blood Brothers and We Will Rock You. I'm really hoping I get the chance to work at a theater. It would be amazing.
I didn't get my usual cheese and vegetable pasty, i got chicken and veggie which I wasn't as much of a fan of. I had to try something new though. There were guys dressed up in big inflatable Corona bottles which was pretty funny. We also saw a huge unicycle locked up like a normal bike would be that was funny too.
So we just kinda walked around some more until we found a coffee shop and got lattes and split a piece of carrot cake. Not the best carrot cake but I mean anything with cream cheese frosting is good. Speaking of cream cheese I don't think it's on sale anymore at Sainsburys which is very sad.
Tomorrow we are going to Portabella Road which is a market. I think I'm going to try and get a new bag. Mine has seen better days after all the use it been getting.
Now I'm just hanging out and watching Scrubs. Sunday night is going to be intense so I'm resting up for then, lol. Anyways I'll let you know how the market is. Post Later, Jeannie
Woke up and had Coco Puffs which was exciting. I forgot how well they turn your milk into chocolate milk. I also had a bagel. It was a really exciting brunch (I woke up at like 1). I actually slept really well. It was cool in my room and pretty quiet and Mom had sent another pillowcase so both my pillows were comfy.
I dropped off my CV (resume) at Wicked (Victoria Apollo Theater) and Billy Elliot (Victoria Palace Theater) and then went to Oxford Circus to meet up with Aaron. I got there a little earlier so I went to Hamleys which is a pretty big toy store. That was fun to look around.
When Aaron got there we just explored the side streets and went into various shops. The goal was to find him skinny pants so we went to H&M. The people who work there have horrible taste in clothes...it was surprising. I've decided that I don't like the ways girls dress here but I am a fan of how the guys do. Anyways Aaron found a great pair of pin striped pants.
I wanted to turn in more CVs and we wanted Pastys so we headed over to the Covent Garden area and I stopped at Blood Brothers and We Will Rock You. I'm really hoping I get the chance to work at a theater. It would be amazing.
I didn't get my usual cheese and vegetable pasty, i got chicken and veggie which I wasn't as much of a fan of. I had to try something new though. There were guys dressed up in big inflatable Corona bottles which was pretty funny. We also saw a huge unicycle locked up like a normal bike would be that was funny too.
So we just kinda walked around some more until we found a coffee shop and got lattes and split a piece of carrot cake. Not the best carrot cake but I mean anything with cream cheese frosting is good. Speaking of cream cheese I don't think it's on sale anymore at Sainsburys which is very sad.
Tomorrow we are going to Portabella Road which is a market. I think I'm going to try and get a new bag. Mine has seen better days after all the use it been getting.
Now I'm just hanging out and watching Scrubs. Sunday night is going to be intense so I'm resting up for then, lol. Anyways I'll let you know how the market is. Post Later, Jeannie
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