Cheers, dahling

I’m starting to think in an English accent. I think that means my cultural adaptation to London is nearing completion.

This is where I work

I started work this past Monday and decided I could definitely get used to working at a magazine. The employees dress in everything from suits to chuck taylors to strapless dresses and sky high heels. My desk is right in the middle of the editorial room so I’m surrounded by noise and action all day long, which keeps things interesting. After organizing several boxes of press kits, I was given some test-run pess releases to write up. My supervisor was impressed and immediatley published them to the website, then gave me a story to chase up for the fall issue of the magazine. I was also sent on an errand to do a mystery shop at a jewellery store so I can write up a review about them for the mag’s next issue. Not bad after three days’ work.

Aside from work here is the past week in highlights: sang

At the Absolut Ice Bar

karaoke while eating bad sushi, freaked out en masse over Michael Jackson’s death, wore a parka in a bar made of ice, laughed until I teared up with Prajakta while paying for a delicious Italian dinner, elegantly sipped champagne in a glamorous Soho champagne bar, finally ate AMAZING Indian food, choked on masala Coke, and got Pooja’d. Seriously, it’s been quite a week.

 

 

 

Riding in style to Stonehenge/Bath

We went on our first excursion to Stonehenge and Bath. It was moving to see Stonehenge in person and wonder about its origins. (My theory of a giant’s assistance was not seconded by the rest of the group.)  Bath was absolutely gorgeous and totally took me back to the times of Jane Austen novels. The ride through the famed English countryside was also enjoyable–dozens of shades of green, flowing flower patches, cows, sheep, pigs, cottages and the like! 

IIA at Stonehenge

 

A few things I’ve continued to discover about London:

• “Are you alrigh’?” is another form of saying how are you, even though at first I thought I must have looked like something was wrong.
• It is not uncommon for the tube to be delayed “due to a person stuck under the train” as tube operators so subtley announce over the intercom. 
• One cannot access Hulu, select YouTube videos, or tv shows on American websites from the UK due to copyright regulations. Major buzz kill but I think I’ll survive.