Update + A Few Photos
British Telecom is REALLY jerking us around with our internet access [because we're immigrants, I bet]. Fortunately, today a new wireless network appeared in the general area of our flat [which we're thinking of naming 'The Canadian Embassy'] and so I'm mooching free wireless off a neighbour!
I've accepted a part time job helping to catalogue books in the library of Florida State University's London campus. It's near Tottenham Court Road / Soho / The British Museum. It'll give me a little more money while I continue to look, pray and wait for a planning job to happen. I also signed up with another planning employment agency that found a job for Chris' friend while she was in London.
A funny thing happened on the way to get Pussycat Dolls tickets... There was a delay on the central line and since it was 900 degrees centigrade on the tube, Brennon and I decided to walk from Bank to Tottenham Court Road. We got a little lost and we ended up in Trafalger Square where a couple dozen people were frolicking in the enormous stone fountain there [it's about 20 feet tall]. It's also built on several flat tiers, so you can really climb it and get quite high. They were wearing British flags and cheering for the football [soccer] team. Crowds of people just stood around, watching, taking photos. It was quite the sight. People are die-hard for their football. I took a photo on my mobile phone and downloaded it with bluetooth [Click on it to enlarge it, this goes for all photos].
Some other people were kicking around a football and it went into the secure area that divides the restoration of Nelson's Column from the square. They tried to climb the construction fence to retrieve it and an alarm was triggered. Brennon and I decided it was time to leave. The party's always over when the alarm bell rings. No exceptions. It reminds me of a night at Lee's Palace in Toronto with Steve + Moma...
We got the Pussycat Dolls tickets - a mere $24 Canadian. It'll sound like even less money when I have a pay cheque. Steve will be joining us for the concert on Saturday night. It should be a good time. Brennon and I grabbed some cheap Thai food and had a picnic in Soho Square, where we were the only ones who weren't drinking! Next time...
Thank you to Lia, Linda and Dave who have commented on my blog. It makes me smile and it's nice to know people are following my life. If you want to comment, just click where it says the number of comments below each entry. That's actually a link to add a comment. There will be a form to enter your comment and your name. I set the blog so you don't need to log in / create an account to comment, because that's just annoying.
Also, I want to congratulate a few of my fabulously successful friends:
Lia - Got the CIP scholarship in Ghana, the only country she hasn't been to yet.
Anna - Printed and submitted 5 copies of her thesis, to defend later this month
Chris - Who is now employed as a Planner I with the City of Calgary and moves at the beginning of July... what ever happened to our pact to start our careers in Toronto? Oh right, I messed up that one...
And now, I have a few of my earlier photos:
The view out of our ghetto-fabulous hostel room. You can see the London Eye in the background [the ferris wheel]
When Brennon locked his keys in his locker, I never thought he'd actually know how to use a lock cutter...
The empty tube. This is a rare site. It's very hot down there and I have to duck to get on. I'm the tallest person in this country, apparently.
There's a farm in Vauxhall. Vauxhall is an area just to the south of 'downtown'. It's very urban, but there's a farm with horses...
...and goats and a llama. We also have a farm in our neighbourhood, near mudchute. The urban farm phenomenon seems to be huge in London.
The Parliament Building and Big Ben! I once misidentified the floor plan of this building as Westminster Cathedral on a slide identifcation test during my undergrad. That will never happen again.
For the planners, this is a creative solution to parking lots. Above the lot is an elevated park with a rotating fountain. People were quite content to use this public space in their free time.
I've accepted a part time job helping to catalogue books in the library of Florida State University's London campus. It's near Tottenham Court Road / Soho / The British Museum. It'll give me a little more money while I continue to look, pray and wait for a planning job to happen. I also signed up with another planning employment agency that found a job for Chris' friend while she was in London.
A funny thing happened on the way to get Pussycat Dolls tickets... There was a delay on the central line and since it was 900 degrees centigrade on the tube, Brennon and I decided to walk from Bank to Tottenham Court Road. We got a little lost and we ended up in Trafalger Square where a couple dozen people were frolicking in the enormous stone fountain there [it's about 20 feet tall]. It's also built on several flat tiers, so you can really climb it and get quite high. They were wearing British flags and cheering for the football [soccer] team. Crowds of people just stood around, watching, taking photos. It was quite the sight. People are die-hard for their football. I took a photo on my mobile phone and downloaded it with bluetooth [Click on it to enlarge it, this goes for all photos].
Some other people were kicking around a football and it went into the secure area that divides the restoration of Nelson's Column from the square. They tried to climb the construction fence to retrieve it and an alarm was triggered. Brennon and I decided it was time to leave. The party's always over when the alarm bell rings. No exceptions. It reminds me of a night at Lee's Palace in Toronto with Steve + Moma...
We got the Pussycat Dolls tickets - a mere $24 Canadian. It'll sound like even less money when I have a pay cheque. Steve will be joining us for the concert on Saturday night. It should be a good time. Brennon and I grabbed some cheap Thai food and had a picnic in Soho Square, where we were the only ones who weren't drinking! Next time...
Thank you to Lia, Linda and Dave who have commented on my blog. It makes me smile and it's nice to know people are following my life. If you want to comment, just click where it says the number of comments below each entry. That's actually a link to add a comment. There will be a form to enter your comment and your name. I set the blog so you don't need to log in / create an account to comment, because that's just annoying.
Also, I want to congratulate a few of my fabulously successful friends:
Lia - Got the CIP scholarship in Ghana, the only country she hasn't been to yet.
Anna - Printed and submitted 5 copies of her thesis, to defend later this month
Chris - Who is now employed as a Planner I with the City of Calgary and moves at the beginning of July... what ever happened to our pact to start our careers in Toronto? Oh right, I messed up that one...
And now, I have a few of my earlier photos:
The view out of our ghetto-fabulous hostel room. You can see the London Eye in the background [the ferris wheel]
When Brennon locked his keys in his locker, I never thought he'd actually know how to use a lock cutter...
The empty tube. This is a rare site. It's very hot down there and I have to duck to get on. I'm the tallest person in this country, apparently.
There's a farm in Vauxhall. Vauxhall is an area just to the south of 'downtown'. It's very urban, but there's a farm with horses...
...and goats and a llama. We also have a farm in our neighbourhood, near mudchute. The urban farm phenomenon seems to be huge in London.
The Parliament Building and Big Ben! I once misidentified the floor plan of this building as Westminster Cathedral on a slide identifcation test during my undergrad. That will never happen again.
For the planners, this is a creative solution to parking lots. Above the lot is an elevated park with a rotating fountain. People were quite content to use this public space in their free time.
posted by Douglas J. Stiles, BA Hons, MES! at 6/16/2006 11:02:00 a.m.
3 Comments:
Hey Doug, just wanted to let you know I'm checking up on you too!!! Hope you're having fun... Love Melanie & Jay
see now who ever had any idea that all that existed in london? particularly impressed by the carpark!
Thanks for the shout-out. The thesis is now defended and passed! YAY! Love the pics, and I am jealous. Miss you much, Anna
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