Bed Rest=Blogging

After somehow being able to put it off for so long, I am finally sick. Despite the pouring rain, I would probably be outdoors doing something or other more exciting than sitting in my room if it weren't for the fact that I literally cannot move from my bed.

Maybe it was because we stood in the rain for 3 hours at the Globe Theatre to watch Shakespeare's Love's Labour's Lost on Wednesday. Or maybe my sickness was compounded by the fact that despite my knowing better, I went and partied at the Ministry of Sound that night for Fresher's Ball. Whatever it was, I am confined to bed rest but I had a wonderful time getting here.

There's so much that I've done since I've last updated this blog, but I couldn't possibly write down everything that's happened since then. We took a day trip to Cambridge last Sunday, that was absolutely brilliant. I loved the campus, it was stunning. The best part was punting, which is pushing along a flat boat really close to the water with a really large stick. All but one of us managed to miss falling into the water. Even after surviving three boats crashing into where she was standing, the angry swan that growled at us, and braving the danger zone where the current was really powerful, my friend Lu fell into the water at the last second just as she was retiring from her punt. Here's a picture of some other punters I took from the bridge.

I finally started classes this week, and I actually like them okay. I'm taking Environmental Economics and Ethics in Applied Economics, which are both taught by really British older professors. Psychology of Health is actually a lot more interesting than I thought it would be, but my favorite class is probably Applied Individual Studies in Anthropology, which includes an internship in your field of interest during which you work on a huge project for that organization. It seems really cool, and I can't wait to get started.

The reading lists are huge, and I'm a little bit nervous that all of the exams for even the first semester's classes are at the end of the year during "summer" term, which is a month or so during which all your exams for the entire year take place.

I'm kind of starting to feel like a local now. I've been asked for directions at least 5 times (which is always fun), and miraculously, I've known where to direct them every single time. I love every bit of London I've seen so far. From eating moon cakes to celebrate the mid-autumn festival in Chinatown, to shopping on Oxford and Regent Streets, to sitting on Fendi couches at Harrods, I've really loved my experience here so far. The weather is really gloomy, and it doesn't quite read cheery, but somehow, I feel that way despite the rain and the grey clouds.

I'll hopefully blog a little more often so that my life's adventures will be more fresh in my memory, but it's probably a good thing that I spend much more time living my life than blogging about it. As I bid you adieu, here is a photo of where I'm living this year.

Cheers!