Ob-la-di, Ob-la-dah

Whoa, man, I just noticed I haven't updated since Wednesday!

Okay, recap!
Thursday: NOTHING. Literally, nothing.
Friday: Shakespeare class, humiliation, CHINATOWN
Today: Greenwich, awesome food, Korean food!

Let's get started then, shall we?
I won't say anything about Thursday. I had no classes and we mostly just paid for accomadation and stuff. Nothing special. Friday I woke up at around 8:30 and got ready for my Shakespeare class. I had already read I Henry IV and prepared for the lecture. It was pretty neat. We watched a clip from Dr. Who where they went back in time to see a production of Shakespeare in the globe. After that, it was just about what the course is about and its' format and about history plays. Right after the lecture is the seminar. Here comes the humiliation part.. so I went to the classroom but no one was there. The professors leading the lecture said some professors had changed their rooms, so I was like, great, they changed it on me. So I run around trying to figure out where I am, and it turns out I was in the right room. So it's like, 15 minutes into the class, and I run in. The professor asks me who I am and I, in front of EVERYONE said my name and he answered, 'Well, you're not on my roster!' so I had to say it again and it was so embarassing.. ugh, that would happen.. the class itself was nice, just a little intimidating, especially because he said the first assignment is the one people usually fail. Wonderful. Because I'm only staying for one semester, that assignment costs me 30% of my grade! :/ We'll see how it goes. Afterward, I talked to him about the class (what I missed, mostly,) and went off on my merry way. I was done with classes by then, so I went back to my room and took a nap.

Then my phone went off. It was Jennifer, who desperately wanted me to come to her class. So I put my shoes on and rushed over (half an hour late, haha) and sat next to her. It was funny, definitely worth waking up for. After that, she exchanged a book she needed for class and we headed back to our flat to plan our Friday night. No one was available, so we decided to finally try and go to Chinatown. It was raining, so I FINALLY wore my boots and got my umbrella and we hopped on the tube to Chinatown. It was really pretty and really nice, even though it was raining!

We surveyed the area, looking for a good restaurant. There were so many, it was so hard to choose! We ended up finding a pretty alright place, a good meal for both of us for only 10 pounds. It was prawn rice crackers, veggie spring rolls, spicy beef, sweet and sour chicken, egg fried rice, and orange slices. Yum! After that, we went to check out some of the shops with asian food. Jennifer found some noodles for cooking later. We then went to a little bakery and bought some asian sweets and headed back to a little casino we found. We played with those little machines where you put in the coins an try to knock the others down to win. It was 10 p and we ended spending a little bit of money there, but it was fun. Not really gambling, but.. kind of? haha After that we walked around trying to find places to go and ended up finding a cute little cafe called Candy Cafe. They had bobba tea and a lot of asian treats. We ended up getting desert there. Ready for it? Bam!:

A strawberry crepe with ice cream and mango and pomelo sago cream. It's like mango cream with jelly balls and pomelo, which is like grapefruit. It was bitter to me, but apparently sweet to Jennifer. Only asians can taste the sweetness! After that, we kind of just mulled around and ended up finding a mall-like place that had little shops, a cinema, and more casino games! We didn't stop though, because it was getting late and we were getting tired. We had to get up early for today anyways, so we just went back and went to bed.

This morning I woke up around 8:45 to get ready to go to Greenwich! We stopped by Budgens to get some lunch (they told us to bring a sack-lunch,) and headed over to the church. We were going with some of the people from our new church and some other international students. It ended up being a nice sized group, and we headed out on the bus to ASDA. ASDA is a part of Wal*mart, and pretty much the same thing. It was pretty big, too! After that, we went through this little farm to get to the tunnel that goes under the Thames river. It was muddy, but nice. There were giant pigs, sheep, horses, and llamas! We had to get into a lift to get to the tunnel, but it was still nice! It's crazy to know that that tunnel is still standing and has not caved in since it was built! How cool is that, walking UNDER the Thames river?? We got out on the other side and walked into Greenwich, a nice little town with little shops and stores. We approached the market place, where there were TONS of food stands! I wish they hadn't told us to bring a sack-lunch, because Jennifer and I just ended up buying food there! This is what we decided on:

Shrimp, fish, squid, and vegetable tempura with rich, green beans, and broccoli! It was SO good, you don't even know! I miss it.. We didn't get to eat it though, until we walked a ways into the park and up the SUPER steep hill to the observatory where the Prime Meridian and stuff is. After we finished eating, we went into the area (and through a little museum type thing,) and stood in the queue to take a picture standing on the Prime Meredian. It took a little while, but here it is!

It was pretty neat, I have to admit. It was starting to rain at that point, so we went inside to check out the little museums and whatnot. After that, we decided to head back to the little town of Greenwich and get some coffee at Costa! It's like Starbucks, but not. It was really nice, sitting and talking with new friends and having a lovely coffee. I got a roasted hazelnut latte!

So yummy! After that, we headed back home. It was raining so much! It was almost non-stop. But now I've been on the DLR train, which is overground, not like the rest of the tube. Jennifer and I went back to our flat and tried to decided what to do for the night. After some research, Jennifer decided she wanted to go try this Korean restaurant we found in Soho. So after we went and Jennifer exchanged some money, we walked to Bi Bim Bap and had some of the best Korean food I have ever had! We had beef bulgogi bi bim bap:

Ah, so delicious! We even got a little order of kimchi with it, because, really, what's korean food without kimchi?? The restaurant was so cute, and they even take your picture after you're done! They have little Polaroids all over the walls of their customers! Here's ours:

Jennifer wrote London (i think) in Korean (: It was so much fun, even though it was raining so much! We went back to our flat, and here I am now, typing up the summary of the past few days. Whew, I am so tired from walking all over the place, I think I'm gonna get some sleep. Church (maybe) tomorrow, and probably just homework. I might not update, but we'll see!
Cheers!
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