HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY (yesterday!)

Tuesday night/Wed. morning was a St. Patrick's Day LCR. I bet you can't guess what colour I wore...!

Lisa thought that it would be a GREAT idea to declare this past Tuesday as 'Twister Tuesday'. We made our own twister board and everything - it was a hit.

On Wed., I have to admit that I was a loser and didn't do anything to celebrate St. Patty's Day... I did wear green though!! During the day I walked by the pub here on campus, and outside of the pub were about 200 people sitting on the steps drinking/smoking/having a laugh. In the two pubs, there were probably another 70 people in there. It was crazy. That pub must have made BANK yesterday! They were having all these specials on Bailey's and Guiness and all those sorts of drinks Irish.

In a post from like, forever ago, I had a picture with me and a flatmate named Bob, and I gave a bit of background on him, and mentioned that I was going to do more flatmate bios.... Well. Now is as good of a time as any...

Zahra and Anisha

Okok. That's probably not the most flattering picture of them. Let's try again:

There we go. Much better.

Alright. Zahra, on the left, is studying medicine. She wants to be a doctor. I think she would make a very good one, but thats probably only cause whenever she talks about medic sorta stuff, she really seems to know her stuff. Her room is right next to mine. On the first day that I was here, her and Ruth made me dinner! That was so very nice of her. A lot of the time, she talks about her being 'mauritian'. I think she was born in England, but her family is from The Island of Mauritius. She lived there for a few years before coming back to England.

Anisha: Hm. Honestly, don't know too much about her. I think she's studying something in the science world, but I could be wrong.... She is dating another one of the other flatmates, Ben, but no worries. They arn't so lovey dovey that its awkward... She is always wearing the cutest outfits, looking cute, no matter what day it is.

Harry and I

No. Harry doesn't normally wear 'plasters' on his face, nor does he typically wear reflective vests... This is a picture from another LCR night: Day Glo Rave.... everyone wore obnoxiously bright clothing and painted themself with bright colours so that they would glo under the lights of the LCR.

Harry, I know for sure, is studying something in science. I've asked him like, a million times what, but I always forget. I THIIIIINK its chemestry. Or has to do something WITH chemestry... The only bad thing about Harry is sometimes I can NOT understand him. It's not his accent or anything, it's just that he slurs his words like crazy - always mumbleing... I have to admit, I do love this picture of us though!

Luke!

This is probably one of the only pictures I have of Luke smiling. He never does!! I have put up pictures before that he is in, and I'm pretty sure in all of them, he isn't smiling. I don't know what it is, but whenever he takes pictures, he puts on the most blane face possible. No clue what Luke is studying. I honestly don't think he ever goes to class. He wakes up everyday around 10a or 11a, but stays in bed. He doesn't actually get up to take a shower until 4-6pm, then stays up all night, goes to sleep around 4a-6a and starts it all over again the next day... very funny guy, when I do actually see him... He's also very smart. Knowns little bits about everything.

More to come later...

So today I was sitting at my computer working on my essay (I'm actually doing Homework?! What?! - yes..) and I look up to see a crowd of about 20 people walking past. Now, I normally wouldn't have been alarmed from this sort of activity. Who knows. They could all be going to play a nice game of football, or maybe to have a picnic, or possibly to just strole around the lake, taking in the sunlight and the rather cold breeze... but No. These people were different. I knew for a FACT that they were going to do none of the above!

First off, they were dressed in a sort of medieval attire, and were carrying swords and daggers and shields.

I went outside to invesigate, but kept my distance, in case they decided that I was an enemy and that I should be slayed...

For a while they did nothing. I noticed two groups of people. One with about 15 and the other with maybe 9... all of a sudden, they started screaming and running towords each other!! Then, the sword fighting began.  People would periodically fall to the ground, playing out their tragic death.  It was ridiculous. 

I guess this is some sort of club here on campus... crazy, crazy people...
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A few nights ago the boys were drinking the night away in the kitchen. Everyone who was not with them woke up the next day to a lovely piece of cutlery taped to their door. I just thought I would share this with you, for I find it rather amusing:

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I thought this was a cute picture of Bob and I. I am on my tippy toes! That shows how tall he is! He gave me a ride on his shoulders as we all walked to a party in another flat. I felt like I was a giant!! He also does rowing - which is crazy cool. He practices every day. I feel sorta bad though, because he has a lot of gross sores/blisters on his hands; but to him, its probably worth it.

(More flatmate bios to come, once I get to know them a bit better...)

The only real pain about living in dorms is the fact that there is no room in the fridge or freezer.  It takes about 20 minutes rearraing everything to be able to fit just one small package of chicken.  And even then, it takes another 5 minutes trying to figure out what the heck is blocking the door, making it so that you can not close the door all the way.
And the fact that I am terrified that someone is going to steal my milk!! You need milk to drink tea, and people have a habit of knicking whosevers is just there.  I put my name on my milk, and wrote on there, "Do not drink... Grrr!!!!" Hopefully that will ward off anyone who tries... (haha)
Oh. Another thing is that practically everything in the kitchen is always dirty. I don't care if someone just washed it and it is sitting on the drying rack... Even though these boys all seem to know how to cook - their cleaning skills arn't as great. I am beginning to get into the habit of washing/rinsing my dishes before I use them...
OH! ANND when you get up in the morning, get all of your stuff and are ready for the showers, and the cleaning lady is taking her sweet time cleaning the them.  I appreciate a clean shower - but she has always managed to begin cleaning them whenever I need to use them.
Let's just say, I prefer to live in a flat with just me... or maybe one other person. Not 12 others!
But it's okay. I can deal for 6 months. Besides - these people are pretty cool, and we all get along well; which is awesome!

Today I got up at 7am and left the flat around 8a. The people that were going to tag along for a day-out-on-the-town bailed last minute because they decided that it was too early for them.
I got on the bus and made it to the 9am mass at the Cathedral Church of St. John the Baptist.  It was built in 1894 and was designed in the Early English style of 19th Century Gothic.
The mass was just like every other Catholic mass - except for the British accents; which I found amusing at times. Is it sacrilegious to giggle at the way the Priest just said something??
The only bad part about the Cathedral is that it was FREEZING! I wanted so bad to put my beanie back on, but I felt that that would be inapppropriate.

St. Johns

Once mass was over, I got back on the bus and headed to the Town Centre.  There I got off and began wondering around the city.  I eventually ended up at St. Andrew's Anglican Church. The tower of the church was built in 1478, with the rest of the building erected around 1506. It had a beautiful set of Organ pipes that were put in in 1908. I wish I could have heard what they sounded like.

I'm oviously not good at taking pictures or uploading them, so you will just have to deal with this and cut and paste with your mind!!

I again kept walking and found a few cool sites to take pictures at:

Kinda Creepy?

A cute little/Very empty side street

Norwich was once the second most populated city in England. I don't remember when, but a Looooong long time ago.

(I think even before you were born, David!! ;-) I guess you're not that old!!)

This is part of the remains of the wall that surounded Norwich to keep enemies out.

"THIS FORMS PART OF THE OLD CITY WALL. Build during the 13th - 14th Centuries"

If you look at a current map of Norwich, you will see that there are a few streets that basically form a circle.  Those streets pretty much follow the place of the walls of long ago Norwich. (There was no wall when it came to the river. They used that to their advantage)

(Dad - I might go to jail for putting this up here... but this rock is from that wall. (I swear it was just lying on the ground!) And it is for you!! Shhh.....)

To end my day, I came back to my flat and did laundry. I know. Exciting. I just wanted to show you that I was a cheap college student who refuses to use the dryers, and so hangs everything on the radiators/chair/door frame...

And now, off to make a cup of tea and much on a few digestives before bed :)

Went out with the flatmates again and Anisha let me borrow her AMAZINGLY HOTT SHOES

LOVE LOVE LOVED them!

The first few days of school were okay. It's kind of confusing though. I feel like I should be doing homework, but I don't really have any yet. I mean - I have essays due, but not till the end of Feburary or March... I GUESS I could start those.... but instead, I'm just going to put up some more pictures!!

(Actually, I have been reading for my Holocaust class.  It's a book by a survivor named Primo Levi.  The book is called 'If this is a man'.  It's pretty good so far. Nothing too scarry yet...)

Me, Anisha, and Ruth

Back: Bob

Middle: Mikayla, Luke, Rachel, Ben

Bottom: Ruth

I have decided that Mikayla is a long lost relative. Her last name is Hunter!! There are more Hunter's besides me, my Dad, and my Gpa!!!

Does anyone know what a 'quaver' is?? I surley don't. Yesterday in choir we began working on our piece, Te Deum, by Dvorak, and the director kept saying that we would start after the quaver.  Apparently a quaver is a value of an eigth. I felt so dumb when I had to ask the girl next to me what the heck he was talking about!! She was probably thinking something along the lines to, "Dumb American".  It's okay.  She's going to be my bff choir buddy.  She just doesn't know it yet :)



A few days ago, I again had the famous English dish of Fish & Chips.  It was quite lovely.  :) 

P.S. Check out that cute tea cup in the background!!!

I had this dish at some random place at some random stop off the tube in the first few days that I got to the UK.  Which do you think looks better? The bottom picture or the top??