so my first night here, i am jet lagged and all, so i wake up at around 5 in the morning. there is total day light, cause its england and its summer (sun goes to bed around 10:30). go back to sleep with a shirt over my eyes - manage till about 7. not bad for a first night. jet lag almost gone. so second night, i figure around the same. i got to sleep around 12:30 (went to a local pub, what else?). i had asked the guy next to me to wake me up when he gets up, around 7:15. i wake up around 5 again. so i go back to bed. i wake up again. check on my computer the time (of course i got no clock, especially no alarm clock...). it says 2:30 am. very nice. except that is california time. add the 8 hours. its 10:30. classes started at 9. and yeah, this is probably my first double digit night of sleeping of the year! but my new advisor is lecturing, and i am not sure this will impress him...
meanwhile i have been able to connect with the other foreigners by complaining about the food. i mean, the two catered lunches were sandwiches. sounds good, right? except they were awful. one was shredded carrots with shredded cheddar. that's it. some others - stuff that looked like meat (didn't tast much like anything). stuff that smelled like humus (not even talking about that). stuff that pretended to be egg salad. i mean, i was so desperate for somethign fresh to eat, i went back and ate all the green garnishes.
then today, they decided to give us essentially the same food, except let us make the sandwiches... at least there was fruit and tomatoes. i am getting worried.
but i did make friends with a guy from cypress just lamenting about this (hopefully i won't lose too many british friends... though the british girl that's here did say that the food was quite good... yikes.).
it might be a long three years...
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Missing classes and complaining already ....
ReplyDeleteWell, hopefully that brit is not your soul mate, cause the two of you are not food mates for sure. I think you'll find a few nice places in cardiff when you settle down that will have fresh veggies and food. The problem will be that they'll be expensive.
So you'll just have to sell your skills as a man who can drink more than a single ant, eat more than a dead rat, and count higher than a chimp rejected from the space program. I think at least one free sandwich a day!
i am so sad for you foodwise, you are going to need a first class kitchen, eat in every night, make many trips across the channel, etc
ReplyDeleteno sabor? neeeeeed mustard
ReplyDeleteI'll agree with the robot here ... Mustard will save you
ReplyDeleteyou've got me craving a carrot, tomato, cheddar sandwich
ReplyDeleteHillush'
ReplyDeleteOnce you get to settle down in Cardiff. Find a nice eating/drinking spot; a pub a cafe, a small restaurant and offer them your wonderful cooking skills (i am serious) for free for one night a week. You will get to eat well, at least an evening and make the place a bit your own. It is a nice way to acomodate coleagues and maybe young working/studying adults.
So what did your new advisor say about your jet lag?
How does your team look like?
How many nations are included?