Nothing Much to Report...

Last night, I went to a play at the National Theatre, and it was awesome... it was called "A Minute Too Late" and it's about death and mourning but it's funny too. It started to pick up a few minutes after it began... it was really good. It's about a man dealing with the loss of his wife, and the different stages and movements that people go through when their loved one dies. It portrayed all the steps and tried to shed some light on how it all ends up being the same, though different for each person. I guess it was created/performed in 1984 then this year was the revival... the play is just as old as I am!! hehe how exciting :P

Anyways, Jason saw another play at the same theatre last night (it has three theatres within the building), and his was called "The Mandate" and it was something about Communism but a comedy. So I waited for him after the play so that we could ride the tube back together (and also, I didn't want to cross the very high bridge by myself... because... it's high... and I'm afraid of heights... and we didn't have to on the way back... thank God.)

Um... so I have no idea where I was going with this blog because I haven't looked at it in a while, so I'm just leaving it as is and publishing it... maybe i'll add more later?

Cheers!

Hello all -

Thanks for the emails on my birthday :)

So... I don't really remember what I wrote on my last one... I could go back and see ... but... being the lazy piece of shit that I am... no.

Classes have begun... and they're not too bad, save the weird class conflict with the Drama & the London Theatre (which will now shall be referred to as DLT) class because stupid IC home campus messed up and now people will be getting screwed over... though I hope that I am not among them...

I think I will be seeing about 2-4 performances per week excluding the ones that I will likely see outside of class. I think Jason's seeing a whole lot more though...

Um... Nothing too exciting has occurred... ummmm... I went to Piccadilly to pick up a book at Waterstone Piccadilly... which is this huge HUGE bookstore that has like seven floors with cafes and a restaurant.. and a travel booking place... go figure... and I stayed there for about an hour or three then on my way back to the flat... and when I was on the tube, it made a stop at Knightsbridge... where Harrod's, one of the biggest shopping centres in London, is located, so I just decided to get off there then went to Harrod's... bought a gift for Sybil's new baby... um.. if you're reading this and you work at campus center... DON'T TELL... b/c I'm not sure when it will get there... if ever...

Um... I think that was Friday... then we tried to go out, then couldn't really muster up ... the mustard? to find a place to go...

Then yesterday, Saturday, was my birthday - whee... I'm all old and stuff.

We went to the science museum during the day... BEST MUSEUM EVER... it had lots of hands-on stuff which is always fun, and Jason, Libby, and I participated in a research experiment regarding linguistics and its process, I think... then, when we got out of the Museum, the tube stop we got out of was closed, then the next 2 were closed as well, then we finally found one that was open and hopped in with all the other confused londoners/visitors...

Momo baked a chocolate cake and it was gooooooood.... I got Harry Potter and the PHILOSOPHER'S Stone DVD from Jason and Libby, and I got a Barry Trotter book and Snow Magic from Momo and I got a 4-pac of Smirnoff Premium Ice... oooahh... and a bottle of peach schnapps... and I gots whole bunch of emails from people in Ithaca and from my daaaaaaaad and mommmmm... awww my parents are becoming tech savvy... *tear* ... they're all growed up.

OH YEA.. someone tried to come into our flat the other day... hopefully it was someone that just had the wrong door.... hehehe... yayyyyyyyy

OH AND, there was some kind of surprise birthday party for some 16yr old and they were loud til forever and all these obnoxious 15yr olds were outside, but you know, it's not unlike my floor. at all. I thought we should have joined their party yesterday because it's my birthday too, but, then I would have kicked all the youngsters' asses because they'd be annoying or something...

Anywhoooo that's enough nonsense for now... TATA!

Let the Flatting Begin!

So, we've moved into our flat and have settled in quite quickly, not that we have much time to dilly-dally I suppose.

Momo and I are living in the larger room because Jason's logic was - he is barely going to be there anyways - which is true enough - he has like a bizillion plays to see each week.

We've gone food shopping twice within the span of like 2 days because 1. we have to carry things w/o a car 2. the second trip was us basically stocking up for the next week or something like that ... though I suspect the food will last us for a bit longer than that.

Libby went to see the Jerry Springer Opera last night, which I will probably see on Thursday. Hopefully, it'll be fun to watch.

Jason, Momo, and I had chicken wings for dinner because 1. we were too lazy to make anything else, and 2. yea... that's the only reason. Then after, while Jason's laundry was in the washer... for AN HOUR AND A HALF - Jason and I played Scrabble while watching ER with Momo. I won the scrabble game because near the end, I spelled TITANIUM and got 80 points... MUAHAHAHAHAH... I like to win.

I don't know if Jason's ever really watched ER because he kept saying WHY DO YOU WATCH THINGS LIKE THIS? so we just didn't answer him. Channel 4, which is really channel 3 for us, has the most odd collection of American TV shows like ER, Simpsons, Smallville, Point Pleasant, and so forth - all different stations back home... but don't worry, we won't be glued to the TV... because 1. the show's we'd watch are on at 9pm-11pm or something like that and 2. the TV is fuzzy and static-ky and 3. we'll hopefully have more of a life than watching TV.

My schedule is pretty lax - Mondays I will probably in New Malden/Kingston to work on my Research Methods; Tuesdays I work at the Center from 12:30-4:40 or something like that, Wednesdays and Thursdays I have classes, and I will likely be seeing plays/shows/bands/etc. on Thursdays. Then on Fridays, I will be either traveling or going back to New Malden/Kingston...

Oh yea... on our last night at the hotel, I ordered room service - Mushroom soup and some white wine - sauvignon i think, but they didn't have it, so they just sent up a bottle of Chardonny (how ever you spell that) - but I thought it tasted like poo - apparently, I don't like white wine... so Momo drank like 3/4 of the bottle... hehehe...

then the first night we moved in, Momo and I went in search of a telephone booth b/c we don't have a land line, and it's cheaper to use it to call home - so instead of crossing the street when we came to one about 1.5 blocks away, we went down several more blocks til we found one on our side of the street... after making the call we went into a liqeur store and I got a bottle of Smirnoff ice... just b/c that's the only alcohol I can tolerate so far and I just wanted to have one around the house... just b/c... or is it because i'm an alcoholic :P...

Oh yea - and yesterday, Jason and I each bought a cheap laundry hamper - and when jason opened it when we got home, it hit him in the FACE... AHAHAHHAHAAHA it still makes me laugh...

Anywho, I'm working right now at the library... and why did no one tell me how long the damned work study quiz was?! SO LONG... OH MAN. at least it's done now.

Adventures... sort of

Hello All

Hope the training is going well for the RAs and the rest of you are hopefully having some fun

What HAVE I been doing?

Not much really...

While Jason and Libby went to North End Rd to buy shoes for Libby... though Jason did come back with cheese that was described by the merchant as "eh.. iz a creamee cheeze eh from uh ... cow...." i guess he meant it wasn't goat cheese... ehhe - Momo and I went to westminster and covent garden area yesterday... the little impromptu trip started by us just saying... let's just take a tube somewhere... or something like that - there were street performers and this guy who did the thing where he moves everytime someone put money in his hat, blew me a kiss when i put a pound in it - wheeeeee. OH YEA... most exciting news EVER

For the past couple of days, we've been doing random thngs, and last night, we went to piccadilly (is that how it's spelled?) ate at l'ulivo, a nice italian restaurant - the group ordered wine, tho i did not drink any... then we went in search of a marguarita for me, so we ended up coming by a "texas" place nearby the hotel/center where i got two different drinks that i did not like... a western sling and a strawberry daq... so jason finished them up for me... none of us was were drunk in anyway... momo was very buzzed... libby was tipsy for a while, and jason... i think he felt nothing... hehe... I was sober b/c... i basically had no alcohol. Not that I was planning on getting plastered... though momo would love to see that :P

We're gonna go see the reduced shakespeare co. .. they're performing the complete works of shakespeare abridged... it should be fun

We're really excited to move in tomorrow! The place isn't huge but considering who's living there, it doesn't make much of a difference.

It still hasn't really hit me as to what's going on and where I am... despite all the vocab changes that I'm trying to make like... "take-away" instead of "to go" ; "toilet" instead of "restroom" and silly things like that... well, hopefully, it'll get more interesting soon... :)

lates.

So... we're in the map!

Greetings from London!

After a long day of traveling... for me, it was over 14 hours (flying+layovers)... but I made it!!

Everyone at the London Center is extremely nice and approachable! They know my name because well... I am the only Soo Mee Kim in the entire group... in fact, this is not unlike my orientation before our first year.... you know... where I'm the only asian... haha... yes.

Anyways... we went to one restaurant/bar and felt out of place because 1. we didn't know how to order food b/c there was the bar, no waiters/tresses 2. ppl in there were dressed 'better' than us who looked way too tired and dead.... so, we ate at The Stanhope Arms... delicious... and filling.... mmmm food. I did not order an alcoholic beverage as momo (corona) and jason (fosters) did... but it was deeeelicious anyways... and we tipped the waitress... tho... we are not supposed to! we actually sat there wondering if we should...

We went flat hunting today! we saw 2 places... one was good because well, it's £75 per week per person, all inclusive, and though it is a bit small, it definitely seems to be worth it. Another place we saw was a 6 person one because the 4 person one was taken when we got there... literally... alas... so we're gonna live in the first one we looked at b/c we liked it and didn't want it to be taken away while we were looking at the other places that we're probably not going to live at.

Nothing really exciting has happened yet, and it really hasn't it me yet that I am in London, in another country! Now, we're definitely living in London... How AWESOME... still hasn't hit me yet though...

Craziness, eh?

We'll hopefully be able to do some fun fun stuff since we are situated as of now... hehe... can't wait!!!

I'll post more later here... hopefully, it'll be a bit more interesting... I'm sure momo's emails will have more things in them ... hehe... i'm just too lazy ... you know me...

IT'S THE LAST DAY!

the last day before I leave! For London!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!

SO excited mannnnnn.

That is all... hehehehehe