Weekend!
Ok, so dad said I'm writing about food way too much, and maybe I am indeed being contaminated with the American obsession, but never mind, I'm going to talk about food one more time.
Noodles, this time.
We went out for lunch to "Noodle Planet", and we got huge, HUGE bowls of noodles. As in, we ate half of it and were so filled up that we only had cereal for dinner afterwards. I liked it, but it's not really my thing: I tried eating with chopsticks but I'm a natural disaster at it, and the taste is a little too exotic for me.
Ok. Enough about food. More about big things.
In this instance Target, which is a shop we went to yesterday, and stayed in for I think about three hours. It is simply huge. I first thought it was kind of a really big HEMA, but they have so much more things (an much less consistent in taste). Everything from clothing to DVD's to kitchen ustensils to bedding to food to everything, basically. I was mostly there for a comforter, but ended up buying a fleece blanket instead, and so did Sylvia. I also bought a water bottle, cornflakes, and shampoo (yes, I know, I'm buying a lot of that but at Target I finally found anti-dandruff shampoo that wasn't head and shoulders).
After this I became a blockbuster member (or maybe Sylvia did...We used her passport and my credit card, so it's confused) and we rented Collateral and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Lisa's DVD player is here now, and despite the fact that all movies get distorted to fit the non-widescreen TV, it's great to be able to watch movies. Collateral was a good action movie, mostly nice because it takes place in LA, and Eternal Sunshine etc. was as fantastic as I remembered it. There were four of us watching, Nicole, Terry, Sylvia and me, and we had a great evening.
Today is work day. I've read three genetics chapters, which is hard work, and I'm going to work on my physics after this. It's ok though, with the rain I don't mind staying in. Tonight there's a party at Sylvia's which should be fun, but I won't stay there until late because I have class at 8 tomorrow.
I think my entries will become shorter from now on. I'm kind of settling into a routine. I'll keep you updated on my impressions though (american coffee really is weak, but I don't mind. So many people here have IPods. And so on).
Cheers!
Hedwig
Noodles, this time.
We went out for lunch to "Noodle Planet", and we got huge, HUGE bowls of noodles. As in, we ate half of it and were so filled up that we only had cereal for dinner afterwards. I liked it, but it's not really my thing: I tried eating with chopsticks but I'm a natural disaster at it, and the taste is a little too exotic for me.
Ok. Enough about food. More about big things.
In this instance Target, which is a shop we went to yesterday, and stayed in for I think about three hours. It is simply huge. I first thought it was kind of a really big HEMA, but they have so much more things (an much less consistent in taste). Everything from clothing to DVD's to kitchen ustensils to bedding to food to everything, basically. I was mostly there for a comforter, but ended up buying a fleece blanket instead, and so did Sylvia. I also bought a water bottle, cornflakes, and shampoo (yes, I know, I'm buying a lot of that but at Target I finally found anti-dandruff shampoo that wasn't head and shoulders).
After this I became a blockbuster member (or maybe Sylvia did...We used her passport and my credit card, so it's confused) and we rented Collateral and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Lisa's DVD player is here now, and despite the fact that all movies get distorted to fit the non-widescreen TV, it's great to be able to watch movies. Collateral was a good action movie, mostly nice because it takes place in LA, and Eternal Sunshine etc. was as fantastic as I remembered it. There were four of us watching, Nicole, Terry, Sylvia and me, and we had a great evening.
Today is work day. I've read three genetics chapters, which is hard work, and I'm going to work on my physics after this. It's ok though, with the rain I don't mind staying in. Tonight there's a party at Sylvia's which should be fun, but I won't stay there until late because I have class at 8 tomorrow.
I think my entries will become shorter from now on. I'm kind of settling into a routine. I'll keep you updated on my impressions though (american coffee really is weak, but I don't mind. So many people here have IPods. And so on).
Cheers!
Hedwig
posted by Hedwig @ 1:32 PM
1 Comments:
At 1:48 PM,
Anonymous said…
Blockbuster...isn't that the family friendly video store that doesn't carry NC 17 films and is known to carry 'cut versions' of films? According to an article on rogerebert.com they, at one point, even had a sign put up in their branches saying "Please rewind your DVD after using them". Hehehe. Don't they have a Hollywood over there? Get it - a Hollywood in California. God, I crack myself up. Anyway, it was fun reading your log again, I look forward for more stories from the Big Orange. -Marc
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