I feel like I've been really productive today....a compared to yesterday when, no joke, I sat in my room and read all day.
This "orientation week" is nowhere nears as busy as I thought it would be...I think they're mostly concerning themselves with the grad students who arrived today and have stopped paying attention to us international students and freshers...
Anyway, today I woke up and went to buy books.
I was armed with a list of 8 books (which are only for one class since my other 3 classes don't have books listed yet)
I couldn't find all of the books, so I only bought 4 of them.
I am told that the library has the others though, so I will just go and copy what I need out of them (hurrah for lax copyright laws in the UK!) and save myself 40GBP.
I still ahven't figured out how to make the British Pound sign on my computer...I'm betting I can download it from somewhere, but I have no idea how to do that.
After purchasing the books, Carly and I ventured down to Canary Wharf.
She wanted to buy some sweaters and I wanted a hair straightener, this made Canary Wharf a perfect choice because Toni and Guys (a classier, British version of Pro-Cuts....sort of) is right across from Top Shop, which is a good place to go for awesome, well made, and relatively cheap clothes (I'd say prices are around what you pay at Urban Outfitters...but in pounds, obviously).
Canary Wharf is really pretty. It's the Financial District of London, so there are a ton of people in suits milling around.
It's sort of weird to go from being in one of the poorest neighborhoods in the UK to Canary Wharf....
We also got pots and pans, so now we can actually cook food and not exist on take out and sandwiches.
YAY!!
I also went to a meeting and met a bunch of Drama students. They're all international (I won't meet the regular students until I start taking courses with them on Tuesday).
They were really nice though, so that's good.
One thing I like about drama kids is how easy they tend to be to get along with. It might not be true for everyone, but for me it's generally easier to relate to drama kids than it is with other people....
3 comments:
Hi Cara, I'm very much enjoying keeping up with your ultra-cool London adventure. You must report any Hugh Grant sightings immediately!
On another note, I don't know if there's been much about Sarah Palin there. Has there? Any way -- just wanted to be sure that you'll be voting even though you're out of the country?
Hope you're having fun with the your new drama friends
xxox
Aunt Kelly
You and your exploits! I'm glad you're getting to shop and meet some awesome people.
Have you found how to make the pound sign yet? I think it's ALT+0163 for most computers. It's ALT+3 on my Mac.
Have you figured out that "salad" is the stuff that falls off your hamburger yet?
Oh, and if London is anything like Scotland. At burger king. Expect to not get it your way...gj
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