the course of a lifetime

It's drawing closer

I am ready to start school. Enough of this orientation/induction bullshit, let's get on with it. I swear if I have to attend one more group session or outing I may just jump on a plane and fly home. Ok...that might be a bit dramatic. The orientation for international students (I'm an "international student"--strange) has been going on for almost a week, and I don't attend my first class until next Tuesday night. There have been club and pub nights, city tours and outings, and countless stupid lectures on the same shit over and over.

I did attend one worthwhile lecture today on volunteering. I feel completely worthless because I haven't done anything since I left Missoula for Great Falls in late July. I haven't worked at all...just prepared to come over here. I can't get a paying job because my student visa will not allow me to without an exemption, and I don't want to go throught any more drama than necessary. So I want to get back into the contributing to society mode and volunteer somewhere with the elderly. I just need to find somewhere to do it

Friday, I actually sign up for classes (they call them modules) and get my student ID. Excitement. I can finally get a discount on the astronomically expensive public transpot system. Right now it would cost me 4 pounds to get into the center of town. That's almost 8 dollars--one way. Everything is expensive in London. Apparently, it's the most expensive city in the world outside of Tokyo. It's almost 4 USD for a beer (it does have double the alcohol content though). I found that out the hard way after 4 beers on Friday night which almost killed me.

And now for something I learned today!

In England, pants are called trousers and underwear are called pants. So don't go around telling people your pants are dirty.

Maybe I'll share something I learned everyday...there's plenty to talk about.

posted by Amanda and Bernie @ 5:57 PM