So I definitely have not updated the blog in awhile so here goes...
21st Birthday celebration was amazing! Went shopping the day of (last Saturday) with Daisy to find something new to wear that night and found the most adorable purple patent leather ankle boots for £6! Shopping in London is crazy because most of the better (and more student friendly) shops are on Oxford Street near campus so it's always a madhouse to get from one place to another. Primark was where I found the shoes and its basically a mix of Target, Forever 21, and Walmart with pushier people and better deals so the queses are always filled and there is no point trying clothes on, which is great when you're just shopping for footwear. Daisy is a great shopping partner...haha. I ended up wearing the boots with a pair of shiny leggings and a t-shirt dress.
That night we got dinner with a few of our housemates, went to the local package store to pick up beer and began the nights festivities with a celebratory game of beer pong/flip cup (the brits call it flippy cup) and everyone insisted that I needed to be a little more than tipsy before we left to go to the bars.
I was finally handed a glass of white rum which was about enough to do me in before I insisted everyone drink some so by the time we left the flat, got to the tube station, took semi drunk pictures, and arrived in Piccadilly Circus we were all a little beligerent. :)
Since it was the dreaded Valentines Day, after we all showed ID the girls were given tiny locks and the boys got keys so naturally we all went around trying to see who open whose locks. One of my flatmates Teddy opened mine.
We met up with a few more friends at the bar as the night progressed and one of my friends from the rugby team, Romain brought a few of his friends, one of them bought me a double shot of Jack Daniels which was wonderful and awful since I couldnt even taste the alcohol by then. The rest of the night, as I remember it, consisted of hanging out with the girls in the bathroom, dancing with my housemates, getting a shout out from the DJ wishing me happy birthday and then witnessing people throwing up outside the club...I'm still surprised I wasn't a part of that. The next morning I woke up with the worst hangover of my life (we rolled in around 5 am). I spent the day drinking lots of water and had a three hour brunch with Daisy and Jackie as we tried to recall memories from the previous night. It was a good relaxation day and when I got back to the house I got some work done. Alexander and Olivier offered beer pong later that night but just the sight of a beer can was enough for me to say no...haha.
Last week was basically just focusing on schoolwork and going for runs in the park. I already have two papers due in a few weeks for my Area Development and Internataional Security Studies classes so I needed to start on research for those, especially since the week they're due Liv and Ange are going to be here so that needs to get done pronto!
Thursday and Friday was just barhopping with the mates and 2 other friends, James and Joey. We stayed mainly in the Soho area before ending up at O'Neils in Leiscester Square for some live music and cheap student rate drinks where a pint can cost only £1.50!
Saturday I went for a run in Hyde Park which was loveley since the sun finally decided to come out and that night I went out to a Shishah (hookah) bar with Clenton, Mable, Brit, Jaz, Whitney, and Theo and met up with some others who live in a differnet dorm, Alun, and Ross. They brought along their friend James who is probably the most hipster looking guy I have ever seen, could give some people in Pittsburgh a run for their money. We all had a great time just smoking and people watching, James bought me a beer and afterwards we headed out to a 24 hour coffee shop.
Sunday was spent doing more work, I didnt get out of my pajames all day save for food shopping with Jackie and I just finished a lecture about an hour ago. Probably going to head back to the flat in a little while to get some more work done...blah. I'm pretty sure I'll be staying in all week so I can focus on my papers..maybe I'll go out Thursday but we'll have to see.
love,
al
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