Londontown
This is copied and pasted from one of my Facebook notes. I was recently talking to one of my friends who will br traveling abroad to London shortly, and here is a list of everything (almost..) that I did while I was abroad.
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Tuesday, December 9, 2008 at 4:06pm
So I’ve been doing a lot of reflecting lately, and studying abroad is probably one of the best things i’ve EVER done. For those who are still considering it, DO IT.
My abroad experiences in a nutshell: (EVERYTHING IS A WORK IN PROGRESS CUZ I STILL HAVE TWO MORE WEEKS TO DO THIGNS!!!)
COUNTRIES I’VE VISITED:
England
- London (obviously)
- Stonehenge
- Bath
- Brighton
- Winsdor
- (Oxford…this week)
France
- Paris
Wales
- Cardiff
Ireland
- Dublin
Greece
- Athens
- Santorini (islands)
Italy
- Rome
- Venice
- Florence
- Pisa
Spain
- Barcelona
Belgium
- Brussels
- Bruges
Netherlands (Holland)
- Amsterdam
Czech Republic
- Prague
MUSICALS/PLAYS I’VE SEEN IN LONDON:
We Will Rock You
Les Miserables
Avenue Q
Lion King
Mamma Mia
Phantom of the Opera
Mousetrap
Monty Python’s Spamalot
Wicked
Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat
Billy Elliot
Merry Wives of Windsor at the Globe Theater
(Jersey Boys…hopefully)
THINGS I’VE DONE IN LONDON/ENGLAND:
the whole pub and club scene 
Shopping in Oxford Circus
Internship at Digitas London
Buckingham Palace
Parliament
Jason Mraz Concert at Royal Albert Hall (with Ingrid Michaleson as the opener!)
St. James Park
Westminster Abbey
London Eye
Boomberg Office tour
E&Y London office tour
River Thames Festival
Portobello Market
Grenwich Market
Platform 9 3/4 at King’s Cross Station
Brick Lane tour
Canary Wharf tour
St. Paul’s Cathedral
Harrods
Windsor Castle
Arsenal stadium tour
Futbol game
Camden
MUSEUMS IN LONDON:
Victoria and Albert Museum
Tate Britain
Tate Modern
Andy Warhol Exhibit
Brand Museum
(need to see much much more!)
to be continued….
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Oh, what I would do to be able to live in London again.
So after coming home from my AKPsi event last night, my roommate and I decided to watch a movie she had that I’d never seen: Meet Joe Black (1999). Although I will admit that it is definitely not the best movie ever produced (and an absurd three hours long), it WAS when Brad Pitt was in his prime time and looking pretty fine (if I do say so myself) =) Anywho, there was one quote that I particularly liked and decided to post (yes, hopeless romantic strikes again).
“Love is passion, obsession, someone you can’t live without. If you don’t start with that, what are you going to end up with? Fall head over heels. I say find someone you can love like crazy and who’ll love you the same way back. And how do you find him? Forget your head and listen to your heart. I’m not hearing any heart. Run the risk, if you get hurt, you’ll come back. Because, the truth is there is no sense living your life without this. To make the journey and not fall deeply in love – well, you haven’t lived a life at all. You have to try. Because if you haven’t tried, you haven’t lived.”
Sometimes I wonder if I’ve ever fallen DEEPLY in love. How do we measure it? How do you measure how much a person has changed you? By now I have a good handful of boyfriends under my belt, and I believe that each one has taught me something new about myself. Some I had loved more than others, one in particular I loved more than I have ever loved anyone before. Does that mean that I had made the journey into deep love? I did risk my heart, and I did get hurt in the end, but the way I see it is that it was all worth. The good times will always outweigh the negatives, and I cherish all the memories equally. So was I deeply in love? Love is such a complicated subjective matter.
What’s my age again?
Sometimes I feel like I was born in the wrong decade. Maybe it’s just because sometimes I feel like I am older than my age actually reflects. Ever since I was 5 (when my younger sister was born), I feel like I’ve been trying to act older than my actual age. In middle school I felt like I should already be in high school. In high school, all I could think about was college. In college, I’m already thinking about my future. Marriage. Family. Even middle-age activities I want to do before I get too old to do things.
I’ve always been a meticulous planner. Plan, plan, plan. It’s kind of my hobby, in a nerdy sort of way. I like knowing what I’m going to do, where I’m going to do it, and how things are supposed to work out. I don’t think it’s right to plan out your entire life, but isn’t it good to have a general idea of what you want? Even in relationships, I eventually conclude whether or not I can see anything proceeding in the future; to marriage, to kids, to a life together. I know I go overboard at times, and sometimes I even scare myself. I’m only 21 and I still have MANY more years of youth, fun, and excitement left in me, yet I am so much more comforted by the thought of finding someone to settle down with, to begin building a life with. I have so many things I want to do, places I want to go, and what better way to experience it all with the one person who fulfills you? About one month ago, I thought I had found that person only to be proven that the search must still go on. Sigh, I am a ridiculously hopeless romantic.
The beginning
I’ve been meaning to create an active blog for some time now, but, as most things I plan to do in life, this idea was neatly put away in the filing cabinet of my mind titled “To Do Later”. Finally, my recent thoughts have motivated me to the extent of creating a blog.
I’ve had blogs before: Xanga and Blogspot (for when I studied abroad..that I never used), but (har har har) I feel like those were constructed in a more premature time of my life.
The purpose of this blog is not to share my thoughts with the big bad world, but to keep my thoughts organized and documented. So with that being said, here are my pennies of thoughts. (I will be rich one day)
