1/5/09 first day of class

The day started out at 10am to the sound of my phone's alarm ringing. I made a full breakfast and showered before heading to the Marble Arch tube station. Had to buy another day pass because our Oyster cards still haven't arrived. After getting off the tube at Tottenham Court Road, we got lost and asked a random British guy for directions. He pulled out a map an apparently we were very close.

From London - January

Sat through orientation and was met with an unexpected extra British History and Culture class afterwards and only 10 mins for a break even though it was lunch time. So we ran to Burger King quick. In class we watched the movie "The Queen" and got an assignment. We went back to the flat on the tube.

From London - January

Andrew and I tried to cook some cheap spaghetti and sauce we bought the night before at Sommerfield's. It had a slimy texture and tasted pretty bad. Later we walked to the Marble Arch tube station and purchased pay-as-you-go Oyster cards. We walked down Oxford Street and stopped in the upscale store Selfridge's. It was full of really expensive designer clothes like Gucci, Prada, and Diesel. But we were there looking for notebooks and a mattress topper foam pad. We stopped at some random small Arabic store on our street for AA batteries and they charged us a ridiculous price of 4.50 for just 4 batteries. Lesson learned, don't buy stuff from those shops because they know you are dumb Americans and will take advantage of you.

On the way back I stopped at Subway and ordered a footlong sub. They didn't take credit cards so I had to bum some cash off JJ. We headed back to the flat and watched some British TV. There was this show called sexcetera at midnight that had some graphic nudity and featured some guy who used to be a girl. It is interesting how the British have a more liberal attitude towards sex and nudity.