Day 96

Places I've been to: [UPDATED]
[x]London, England (UK)
[x]Edinburgh, Scotland (UK)
[x]Highlands, Scotland (UK)
[x]Bath, England (UK)
[x}Stonehenge, England (UK)
[x]Oxford, England (UK)
[x]Bristol, England (UK)
[x]Athens, Greece
[x]Aeginas Island, Greece
[x]Roma, Italia
[x]Venezia, Italia
[x]Milano, Italia
[x]Amsterdam, Nederland
[x]Bruxelles, Royaume de Belgique
[x]Paris, République française
[x]Versailles, République française

12 more days til academics are over and I fly back home. I am really not looking forward to packing or finishing my architecture paper though... or studying for finals... I have a feeling it's going to be hell. Ahh help! What to do? :( I guess I'll update again after my overload of work. Soon!

Day 89

Places I've been to: [UPDATED]
[x]London
[x]Edinburgh, Scotland
[x]Highlands, Scotland
[x]Bath
[x}Stonehenge
[x]Oxford
[x]Bristol
[x]Athens
[x]Aeginas Island
[x]Rome
[x]Venice
[x]Milan
[x]Amsterdam
[x]Brussels
[ ]Paris

We have 3 more weeks to go. 19 Days, to be exact. Counting down the days 'til I get back. I know that once I'm in New York again, I'll be regretting the fact that I was so looking forward to come back. I know that I'll want to be back here in London when I'm there. Wonder why life works this way... :(
So next week I'll be heading to Paris for my last trip of the semester here in London and then I'm going to have to buckle down and start studying for finals. Actually, I should be working now since my finals kind of start this week until til the last week, which sucks. I hate papers.
And I hate doing research for them as well. Like for Recycling Architecture. I hate that class. And I am not looking forward to writing that research paper/final project.
And right now I should be working on my cognition paper but I am here, updating my blog. I woke up at 5pm and I still haven't gotten any work done. What a fail.

Day 74

Places I've been to:
[x]London
[x]Edinburgh, Scotland
[x]Highlands, Scotland
[x]Bath
[x}Stonehenge
[x]Oxford
[x]Bristol
[x]Athens
[x]Aeginas Island
[x]Rome
[x]Venice
[x]Milan
[ ]Amsterdam?
[ ]Brussels?
[ ]Paris?
[ ]Marseilles?

It's after fall break! I have to say, fall break was pretty fun. I enjoyed it. I have to say that Greece was probably the best place out of all the places I went to during fall break, because it was so nice and warm and beautiful! I love the islands. Would definitely go back and island hop.
Not missing home as much anymore, but I wouldn't mind going back as well... doesn't really matter much to me. I just don't want to do all the work I have to do before I get to go back to NYC though... not looking forward to that.

I also still have to get a starbucks mug and sweatshirts for my cousins. MUST REMEMBER TO DO SO BEFORE I LEAVE!

Can't really believe that there is only a month left... so much work to do and so little time. I'm not even sure if I should be going out and still going to other countries because of all the shit work I have to do. :[
My hair is covered in natural yogurt right now and I'm waiting to go wash it out. Let's see if the youtube video I watched about this is actually true... does it actually make your hair more hydrated? Cause I really need some hydration to my dried out, damaged, dyed hair. :(

Thinking that maybe when I go back, I'll dye it back to black... not sure. And maybe I should get a haircut too, even though I want to grow out my hair so that it's long. Hmms, what to do, what to do...?

Hehe, I am so procrastinating on my work. It's terrible!

Day 62

Places I've been to, or will go to.

[x]London
[x]Edinburgh, Scotland
[x]Highlands, Scotland
[x]Bath
[x}Stonehenge
[x]Oxford
[x]Bristol
[ ]Athens
[ ]Rome
[ ]Venice
[ ]Milan
[ ]Paris and Marseilles
[ ]Brussels

Day 43

Wow it's been 43 days. I have to say that I'm not as homesick as I was before.
Went to Edinburgh and the highlands in Scotland. We stayed in a hostel for 2 days. I almost died. My trip there kind of made me not want to go anywhere else in Europe, but it's been 2 weeks, and I feel like I wouldn't mind going somewhere again. Heh, so ironic, huh?

Too lazy to write anymore. Maybe next time.

Day 25

Went to the Buckingham Palace yesterday. Wow, made me wish I was a princess, ahah.
Afterwards, we went shopping but all I managed to get was a hat. I think I stopped more often to eat than to shop -___-. It's ok though, because the food was pretty good. We ate at Noodle oodle and I got roast pork with hand-pulled noodles. It was really good, considering that I haven't really eaten much Chinese food for the past 25 days I've been here.

My mom might come up to visit me and travel Europe with me during Fall Break. :) I'm not sure if I've already said this already but maybe it'll curb my homesickness.

I miss New York City, but it doesn't hurt as much as it did before. Which I'm glad for. All I'm dreading is completing all my schoolwork on time and all the troubles of travelling. >< Gahh

Day 23

There is not much for me to say... but I just felt that I should at least write something down.
So day 23. Here you are. Still counting, though I'm getting a little less homesick now.
Just wish I had all my clothes here with me too. Nothing to wear every day :(

Day 15

I think I've been using too much money here! When I came back from my journalism class today, I stopped by Brunswick Center and bought some groceries and clothes for Neu Look... -___- Even while I'm here I still manage to slowly buy tons of shit. Sigh.

Will be going to see the London eye in about 2 hours...yay. I mean, yes I'm excited to be seeing it finally but I'm still hoping for the days to tick by.

I made chicken soup today though. That was an experience. Thank god my mom picked up when I called her. I hope she comes here during fall break... :( I'm afraid the plans will just somehow fall through. ><

*hoping hoping*

I'm also still recovering from the terrible cold I have caught while being here. Stupid me, I suffered for two days until I realized I should make an appointment to see the doctor, three days until I realized that my Tamiflu medicine DOES work and I should have been taking that all along and actually got up my lazy ass to buy ibuprofen, and 4 days until I realized I had allergy medicine in my bag to help me stop sniffling... sigh.

What else? I feel like I'm missing something...

Day 14 (part 2)

Maybe I should stick to talking about my homesickness to myself. I know it's tiring telling people about my feelings, but I guess they're starting to get annoyed about me constantly discussing it with them. I can understand them but it just makes me even sadder.

They tell me to stop being a kid and suck it up. That I'll get used to it in time.

Perhaps I am acting a little bit immature. I'd like to prove them all wrong but how is that possible if I can't even confide to them? The only one person who will listen and understand and care will be my mom but I don't want to tell her how much I miss home. I don't want her to stress or worry. This is all making me really upset.

Day 14 in London

It's been 10 days since I last posted... and I know I should be saying things like "Wow! Time flies by" or something along those lines but all I can think of in my head is "...That's it? Just ten days? Time's going by rather slowly." I am so homesick. I miss New York City. I miss their tap water. I miss soho, I miss having constant connections via internet and phone, I even miss the NYU campus there, but most of all I miss being home and being close to my loved ones.

My roommate tells me it's just 3.5 months. It's nothing, a short amount of time, but I'd have to disagree. I can't necessarily say I hate it here, I just want to be back at home! 16 weeks... now 14 weeks and even that feels like forever. I actually sometimes daydream about taking my flight back home at the end of the semester...

Actually, by the time finals start rolling in, time should fly by pretty quickly. I can't believe I'm actually looking forward to a week before finals week begins. What is wrong with me? I don't even feel like going to explore Europe during vacations with my friends or anything. At times, I think it's ok, but then at other times, I'm telling myself that I'd rather not go.

Sigh. Right now, all I can think of is to look forward to Fall Break. Because after that I hope the months breeze by because we are so busy.

Day 4

Woke up at 5am and couldn't sleep for an hour :( My hours are so messed up.

Woke up again at around 12:30 and then we all went down to get into coach buses that drove us around. We passed Chinatown and Kensington Shopping area. We also saw buildings that looked like buildings before the Great Fire of 1666, which were mostly made of glass and black... wood and plaster?
Afterwards we stopped at the Albert memorial and went to take a look at the BBC promenade poster since they're only holding that in London until the 11th. The Albert statue is gold but it had to be dulled down because the glint from the sun would have attracted German bombers back in the day.
Then, we went to Buckingham Palace. It was really crowded and I was kind of sad because the gates were closed and we couldn't get close to the guards with their fuzzy hats and stoic postures. :( I'm going to have to go back and revisit that place again. Across the Buckingham Palace was a memorial for Queen Victoria.
We then saw St. Paul's Cathedral and crossed the Thames River. Walked for a while and saw the Shakespeare's Globe Theater. Then we crossed the Tower Bridge (Not sure what it's really called) and saw the Fortress that William the Conqueror built up to block the Romans (I think.. not really sure.) And we saw what little bit of the roman wall was left.
At the entrance and exits of the City of London, there are small statues of dragons that represent that people should behave before entering because it was a city of laws and rules.
We also passed by the building where they filmed Gringotts for the Harry Potter movies, but I'm not really sure which building he was pointing at, so boo. :(

Took a nap when I got home because I was so tired and then we all went to some social that NYU held for us. It was lame, we had to wait for a long time for one (plastic) bottle of beer and 5 pounds worth of food. :[ But it was an okay night overall. The event was just lame, haha.

That is about all I can remember at the moment. Will post up pics soon when I'm not feeling as lazy.

Day 3 in London

Day 1:
Moved in, went around to buy groceries, and went home to cook pasta and chicken with no salt. :(

Day 2:
Free lunch and dinner from nyul! Yess, and we stole a couple water bottles too. :P Free water is good hahah.
Went to a pub at night because our suitemate wanted to go out. Tried Amaretto with Coke and Lime and had a half a pint of Cider. First pub experience! And Alice and I met our first nice Londoner while we were standing in a corner with a huge map because we were lost and didn't know how to get back home after buying tons of stuff for our dorm.

Day 3:
Still have not bought my sim card yet! Don't know when I will... bought a load of books today... it was so expensive. About 200 pounds. :( Sigh. It's also a friday night but Alice and I would prefer to stay inside and bum out instead of go out to a pub... fail. It's ok though, Alice assures me that we'll go out and explore London in time. I'm wondering if we ever will... we're both lazy as hell. ^^''

And even though it's been 3 days, I'm homesick and I wish I was in NYC. :( Hope this feeling goes away soon because I don't think I can just sit and count 3.5 months by... that would be torture. >< I'm also hoping my classes are interesting and fun... but I highly doubt it.
Overall, I'm still pretty nervous about being here. We were bombarded with so much information about traveling, budgeting our money, classes, and trips... I'm overwhelmed.