I know that I have not posted in a while... I'm sorry...
but I did type up a whole nice new post...
it was interesting, insightfull, funny, and moving....
and then my computer crashed!
Seeing as it is now past 11 I must appologize and I promise that I will post tommrow.
Sunday, July 20, 2008
Sunday, July 13, 2008
Ghost Map pics.
This post is especially for anyone who has read "The Ghost Map"
This small plaque on the side of the John Snow pub marks the location of the original Broad Street Pump.
I know this may be a bit hard to see... but right next to the tire is a piece of the curb that is a little pink in color is the location of the original water pump. The replica pump is a block down the street.
Plaque at the replia pump
These are pictures of the replica pump with the John Snow pub in the background.
Me infront of the pub.
This small plaque on the side of the John Snow pub marks the location of the original Broad Street Pump.
I know this may be a bit hard to see... but right next to the tire is a piece of the curb that is a little pink in color is the location of the original water pump. The replica pump is a block down the street.
Plaque at the replia pump
These are pictures of the replica pump with the John Snow pub in the background.
Me infront of the pub.
Experiment
I'm going to try to post a video and see how it works. This is a video shot from my window of the crowd when Hairspray gets out! Everyone crowds arround the back door after the show is over trying to see the cast.
pictures!
Do you know the muffin man...? I walk to classes every day down Drury Lane :)
To the left is a show down Drury Lane.
Below is a picture I took at the lecture given by Professor David Held lecture last week called: ‘Globalization: the Dangers and the Answers’
There are tons of very large pigeons in this city!
This is 1/3 of the world's largest bicycle that was in the Witham Carnaval parade this weekend
This is me and my uncle on the bike
My cousin and I having fun on all the rides at the carnaval
Hello to all!
I haven’t posted in a few days, so I have a lot to write about (and a lot of pics!)!
Let’s see…
I was able to get into the lecture the other night. They formed a queue (Audrey that’s for you :)) for all the people who didn’t have tickets. A lot of people who did have tickets did not show up so we were all able to get in. The lecture went really well and there were a lot of good questions at the end.
On Saturday I went out to my Aunt’s house. I haven’t really met that many people here to hang out with over the weekend so it seemed perfect to go out there. Witham was having their town carnival and as soon as I got there I went with my aunt and my cousin to help set up the floats for the parade. One of the “floats” was the world’s largest bicycle according to the Guinness Book of World Records. They only had one third of it out that day… The group that put the “bicycle” in the parade was looking for volunteers to help peddle the thing so my uncle and I jumped on! We rode the thing in the parade!
Shortly after the parade began it started raining. When this happened I assumed that the people standing in the street watching would head inside… but they didn’t. People here seem to have a very different attitude towards the weather. Everyone stayed right where they were and watched the parade, seemingly unfazed by the rain.
My aunt hurt her foot during the parade and my uncle took her to the hospital (she is ok, nothing too serious but it seems like her foot really hurts a lot!) My cousin and I hung out for the rest of the afternoon. It was really nice to get some good one on one time with her.
The rest of the evening was nice. We went out to eat with friends of my Aunt’s then came back and watched a movie. The movie was filmed in London and I actually recognized some of the areas in the movie (right down the street from my dorm :) ).
Today was a really nice. We spent most of the morning piddling around the house and then cooked a proper Sunday roast which was delicious!
I really enjoy spending time with them, and I don’t think that this experience would be quite the same without them right here. It’s so nice to actually be on the same continent that I really want to see them as much as I can (and as much as they will have me)! I do hope that being able to leave and go hang out with them doesn’t stop me from trying to meet people here to spend the weekends with. I hope it won’t be too tricky to balance.
Well I came back this afternoon on the train. The ride back to town was really nice and quick. After I got back to the dorm I decided to put off studying a bit more and went on an adventure!
I went down to Soho to the John Snow Pub. This is where the water pump responsible for the 1854 outbreak of cholera in London. We read a book called “The Ghost Map” in my Business Honors reading group all about the outbreak and how it was traced to this single water pump! It may be kind of morbid to want to see this place but actually seeing it for myself makes the history seem so much more vivid. The next post is all pictures and there are a few of this spot!
I haven’t posted in a few days, so I have a lot to write about (and a lot of pics!)!
Let’s see…
I was able to get into the lecture the other night. They formed a queue (Audrey that’s for you :)) for all the people who didn’t have tickets. A lot of people who did have tickets did not show up so we were all able to get in. The lecture went really well and there were a lot of good questions at the end.
On Saturday I went out to my Aunt’s house. I haven’t really met that many people here to hang out with over the weekend so it seemed perfect to go out there. Witham was having their town carnival and as soon as I got there I went with my aunt and my cousin to help set up the floats for the parade. One of the “floats” was the world’s largest bicycle according to the Guinness Book of World Records. They only had one third of it out that day… The group that put the “bicycle” in the parade was looking for volunteers to help peddle the thing so my uncle and I jumped on! We rode the thing in the parade!
Shortly after the parade began it started raining. When this happened I assumed that the people standing in the street watching would head inside… but they didn’t. People here seem to have a very different attitude towards the weather. Everyone stayed right where they were and watched the parade, seemingly unfazed by the rain.
My aunt hurt her foot during the parade and my uncle took her to the hospital (she is ok, nothing too serious but it seems like her foot really hurts a lot!) My cousin and I hung out for the rest of the afternoon. It was really nice to get some good one on one time with her.
The rest of the evening was nice. We went out to eat with friends of my Aunt’s then came back and watched a movie. The movie was filmed in London and I actually recognized some of the areas in the movie (right down the street from my dorm :) ).
Today was a really nice. We spent most of the morning piddling around the house and then cooked a proper Sunday roast which was delicious!
I really enjoy spending time with them, and I don’t think that this experience would be quite the same without them right here. It’s so nice to actually be on the same continent that I really want to see them as much as I can (and as much as they will have me)! I do hope that being able to leave and go hang out with them doesn’t stop me from trying to meet people here to spend the weekends with. I hope it won’t be too tricky to balance.
Well I came back this afternoon on the train. The ride back to town was really nice and quick. After I got back to the dorm I decided to put off studying a bit more and went on an adventure!
I went down to Soho to the John Snow Pub. This is where the water pump responsible for the 1854 outbreak of cholera in London. We read a book called “The Ghost Map” in my Business Honors reading group all about the outbreak and how it was traced to this single water pump! It may be kind of morbid to want to see this place but actually seeing it for myself makes the history seem so much more vivid. The next post is all pictures and there are a few of this spot!
Thursday, July 10, 2008
I always forget that other countries use different key board lay-outs! Its just enough to throw me off when I sit down to type something and characters I do not anticipate appear on the screen! :)
I’m sitting the library after my afternoon class. This place is very impressive. On the lower ground floor there is what seems to be a never ending see of computer stations. There is this huge spiral stair case in the middle. And despite how many people are sitting around, working and talking the place still seems quiet. I think in a bit I’m going to go explore.
I do have to admit that I am procrastinating a bit. I’ve been in class or studying since about 9 this morning… I deserve a little bit of a break don’t I?
I wonder how much the LSE spends on software… every computer I have been on anywhere on campus or in the dorms has every statistical computing program I’ve ever heard of and many others I have not (but I’m willing to bet they aren’t cheep!).
I have noticed a huge number of women both in my lecture class and my smaller afternoon class. Actually, in the afternoon class women out number the men by about 5 times! I did expect this to be a much more male dominated class.
Despite having next to no time to spend socializing, I’m beginning to meet a few people. To tell the truth the last few days I’ve been a bit worried that I would have absolutely no time to meet other people with how much time I have been spending on my course. I have been a little bit jealous of the people in my dorm I see every night going out to the pubs and what not. I wonder if their classes are less intense than mine, or if they are just spending less time studying...
The first lecture in the lecture series is tonight. Even though the lectures are fee you must obtain a ticket for entry… I went to go get a ticket this morning but there were none left. They seem to go very quickly. For the next lecture I will do my best to go get the tickets as soon as they become avaliable. So I suppose I’m just going to show up and see if I can snag the set of someone who doesn’t show up :)
I’m sitting the library after my afternoon class. This place is very impressive. On the lower ground floor there is what seems to be a never ending see of computer stations. There is this huge spiral stair case in the middle. And despite how many people are sitting around, working and talking the place still seems quiet. I think in a bit I’m going to go explore.
I do have to admit that I am procrastinating a bit. I’ve been in class or studying since about 9 this morning… I deserve a little bit of a break don’t I?
I wonder how much the LSE spends on software… every computer I have been on anywhere on campus or in the dorms has every statistical computing program I’ve ever heard of and many others I have not (but I’m willing to bet they aren’t cheep!).
I have noticed a huge number of women both in my lecture class and my smaller afternoon class. Actually, in the afternoon class women out number the men by about 5 times! I did expect this to be a much more male dominated class.
Despite having next to no time to spend socializing, I’m beginning to meet a few people. To tell the truth the last few days I’ve been a bit worried that I would have absolutely no time to meet other people with how much time I have been spending on my course. I have been a little bit jealous of the people in my dorm I see every night going out to the pubs and what not. I wonder if their classes are less intense than mine, or if they are just spending less time studying...
The first lecture in the lecture series is tonight. Even though the lectures are fee you must obtain a ticket for entry… I went to go get a ticket this morning but there were none left. They seem to go very quickly. For the next lecture I will do my best to go get the tickets as soon as they become avaliable. So I suppose I’m just going to show up and see if I can snag the set of someone who doesn’t show up :)
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
LUGGAGE!!
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Besides my luggage arriving this has been a pretty uneventful day. It has been raining all day long and a bit chilly. I’m beginning to think that the weather is only nice in London every other day for about 30 min! I was talking to someone that lives here and they said that the weather usually isn’t this bad... lol but with what I have experienced so far that may be a bit hard to believe! :)
Today during one of the breaks in my lecture class the professor called all the students who attend American universities to please come to the front of the room. After we all had assembled (a surprisingly large number of us) the professor lectured us urging us to not slack off in the course! I was a bit taken back by this! He continued to explain that American students usually start slacking off after midterms because at that time they can guarantee that they will make a grade good enough to pass and receive credit at their home universities... So I guess American students as a group have the reputation of being lazy, manipulative opportunist! I’m very offended by this, I do consider myself a very studious person, and I am now just assumed to be lazy.
Today during one of the breaks in my lecture class the professor called all the students who attend American universities to please come to the front of the room. After we all had assembled (a surprisingly large number of us) the professor lectured us urging us to not slack off in the course! I was a bit taken back by this! He continued to explain that American students usually start slacking off after midterms because at that time they can guarantee that they will make a grade good enough to pass and receive credit at their home universities... So I guess American students as a group have the reputation of being lazy, manipulative opportunist! I’m very offended by this, I do consider myself a very studious person, and I am now just assumed to be lazy.
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