Another typically boring week at work. So much so, I can't remember most of it. I do remember, however, the day the temperature plummeted to about 16! Hasn't improved greatly from that, I'm sad to report. Seriously - I have really acclimatised to the sunshine and warmth!
I'm still enjoying work. My poor supervisor must want to kill me though. He gave me a shite load of work on Friday and said it should keep me occupied until mid-next week. Yeah. It really didn't. By the time I finished for the day an hour and a half later, I'd done it all. His reaction was along the lines of, "By golly gosh! Have you really? Goodness, that was supposed to keep you going until the end of next week. I just didn't have the heart to tell you". Needles to say, I rolled my eyes. It was only cutting up Excel files and putting them in different orders and different files etc, then emailing them out to about 20 odd staff. Easy and not at all time consuming.
Oh, I know what I must remember to say...more for my own head than yours, but hey. Funniest thing I have seen here (maybe not really the funniest, but up there) was walking to work on e day and there was this priest came by on this old-fashioned black bike with a cane basket on front. He was in his full garb - collar and long black robes (robes? Is that what they're called). He even had on wee wire-rimmed specs. Looked like something from the ol' tele shows set in the long distant past (you know 1940 and before ;-) ). The funniest thing was that it was on Thurloe Place (Place? Street. Road - whatever) - in the heart of Knightsbridge. Not where I'd have expected to seen such a sight. I was still chuckling when I got to work (granted, only about 2 minutes away...).
On Saturday I had a great, relaxing day out with David & Alison. Started a bit earlier than I would've really liked, but I wasn't going to say anything - they were only in town for a short time! Went and had coffee at 9am, then we did some touristy things - things I most likely wouldn't have done on my own, so that was good. We went to an exhibition at the British Library - 'Sacred Texts' (see, really not something I would've gone to otherwise). It was actually rather interesting. It was sort of a comparison of Judaism, Muslim and Christian religions and texts etc. Admittingly, not all of it was my cup of tea, but just seeing some of the amazing texts - I'd never seen the Qur'an before and it's rather intricate - well, the writing, anyhow.
After this we went and had a look around Southwark Cathedral. They must've known we were coming - there was a choir practice happening there, and while I'm not into religion/choirs etc, I can and do appreciate the acoustics of the voices in the church. We then went and had a look at the Globe Theatre - didn't do the tour (but that's down on my list of 'must dos' for later on in the piece) and then up to St Paul's (another thing now on my 'must do' list - they charge to go in, but I reckon it'll be well worth it to go up to the roof and have a gander from there). Where to next? Oh, coffee at a little coffee shop, followed by a walk along the streets due to St Paul's station being closed and a certain someone (this time I'll remain nameless...d'oh) not knowing the area...but all was good. We went up to Hyde Park Corner so that David & Alison could have a look at the NZ war memorial there. Luckily, by this stage, the weather had improved and it wasn't as cold as it was at the start of the day (some idiot was wearing a t-shirt - no prizes for guessing who, either!). Then it was home time (about 6pm). Poor David & Alison had to be up early to get a cab to Marble Arch to meet their tour group around 5 or 5.30am! Luckily I didn't have to be up until about 7am!!! But that's for the next entry...
The next two entries will be about my exciting days - leaving London! - over the Bank Holiday Weekend.
Seeyabye
I'm still enjoying work. My poor supervisor must want to kill me though. He gave me a shite load of work on Friday and said it should keep me occupied until mid-next week. Yeah. It really didn't. By the time I finished for the day an hour and a half later, I'd done it all. His reaction was along the lines of, "By golly gosh! Have you really? Goodness, that was supposed to keep you going until the end of next week. I just didn't have the heart to tell you". Needles to say, I rolled my eyes. It was only cutting up Excel files and putting them in different orders and different files etc, then emailing them out to about 20 odd staff. Easy and not at all time consuming.
Oh, I know what I must remember to say...more for my own head than yours, but hey. Funniest thing I have seen here (maybe not really the funniest, but up there) was walking to work on e day and there was this priest came by on this old-fashioned black bike with a cane basket on front. He was in his full garb - collar and long black robes (robes? Is that what they're called). He even had on wee wire-rimmed specs. Looked like something from the ol' tele shows set in the long distant past (you know 1940 and before ;-) ). The funniest thing was that it was on Thurloe Place (Place? Street. Road - whatever) - in the heart of Knightsbridge. Not where I'd have expected to seen such a sight. I was still chuckling when I got to work (granted, only about 2 minutes away...).
On Saturday I had a great, relaxing day out with David & Alison. Started a bit earlier than I would've really liked, but I wasn't going to say anything - they were only in town for a short time! Went and had coffee at 9am, then we did some touristy things - things I most likely wouldn't have done on my own, so that was good. We went to an exhibition at the British Library - 'Sacred Texts' (see, really not something I would've gone to otherwise). It was actually rather interesting. It was sort of a comparison of Judaism, Muslim and Christian religions and texts etc. Admittingly, not all of it was my cup of tea, but just seeing some of the amazing texts - I'd never seen the Qur'an before and it's rather intricate - well, the writing, anyhow.
After this we went and had a look around Southwark Cathedral. They must've known we were coming - there was a choir practice happening there, and while I'm not into religion/choirs etc, I can and do appreciate the acoustics of the voices in the church. We then went and had a look at the Globe Theatre - didn't do the tour (but that's down on my list of 'must dos' for later on in the piece) and then up to St Paul's (another thing now on my 'must do' list - they charge to go in, but I reckon it'll be well worth it to go up to the roof and have a gander from there). Where to next? Oh, coffee at a little coffee shop, followed by a walk along the streets due to St Paul's station being closed and a certain someone (this time I'll remain nameless...d'oh) not knowing the area...but all was good. We went up to Hyde Park Corner so that David & Alison could have a look at the NZ war memorial there. Luckily, by this stage, the weather had improved and it wasn't as cold as it was at the start of the day (some idiot was wearing a t-shirt - no prizes for guessing who, either!). Then it was home time (about 6pm). Poor David & Alison had to be up early to get a cab to Marble Arch to meet their tour group around 5 or 5.30am! Luckily I didn't have to be up until about 7am!!! But that's for the next entry...
The next two entries will be about my exciting days - leaving London! - over the Bank Holiday Weekend.
Seeyabye
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