Monday, June 13, 2011

Walking, Sitting, and more Walking

That's pretty much all I did today. Instead of going and getting that shirt, my roommate arrived so I stayed in and talked with her. Her name's Nicole. She's cool.
At one, we went on the tour of Kings Road. It was a beautiful day today, so it was nice to be out walking around. After the tour, Nicole and I went to get her Oyster card (pay-as-you-go ticket for the tube and buses) and take some pictures of the Thames before going grocery shopping. We went to Marks and Spencers (which, funnily enough, is the same place I saw that shirt I want) and had fun looking for the food we wanted to buy. And we discovered that 'soft cheese' is 'cream cheese' in America. It was nice though - we both got these mongo water bottles, 1.5 litre bottles for 39p (39 pence, 1 pence to a pound is like 1 cent to a dollar). We also got a pizza to make for dinner tonight, which was a success. 15 minutes at 200 degrees Celcius and our first dinner on our own was a success! :D
Then we went to the information thing for the Hall - and we learned that the fire alarms in this building are pretty sensitive. The smoke from a burnt dinner could set off the building's fire alarm and we'd have to evacuate. Which isn't very desireable, being on the seventh floor. Luckily, the Fire Brigade is pretty much next door and they're pretty quick about checking the building.
About a half hour ago, we went to Snog - a frozen youghurt place across the street. It was yummy and we both enjoyed the fact that it's called 'Snog' ;D
And when I was checking my emails, I dicovered that Yahoo knows where I am. I logged in like normal and when I logged out I was at uk.yahoo.com. It made me laugh.
Tomorrow is the orientation at the Centre - I'm not sure where I'll be adventuring.
Till then,
-Carly

PS - I just realised that my name on this thing is Ayra - which is a pseudonym I use for writing. Sorry if that confused anyone, it's the only gmail account I have (or want, really)

1 comment:

  1. So the smoke detectors really aren't much different than the ones at your house ;)

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