"I DID IT IN LONDON"

The last week couldnt have been better in London.
wait i cant even recall what i did for the last weekend haha
Thursday we had the Farewell Dinner and i loved it. Everyone was dressed up and the food wasnt that bad. A 3 course meal for free what more can you ask for. We also got shirts that said "I DID IT IN LONDON" we all wore them to ISH. It was the last thursday we would be at ISH and they moved the venue to downstairs in the gym it was sort of like prom style. Most of the place was filled with CAPA students and i couldnt ask for anything more. I brought my camera which was what i needed because I needed documentation of what was happening that night lol. It got a little crazy and i even have a pic of me in nothing but my boxers at ISH, i dont know how that happened

The next day i said i went to covent garden and hyde park. London has gotten so nice outside these past few weeks which makes me want to stay even more.

My roomates started to leave one by one and it just brought alot of diff emotions. I was excited to be going home, but as days got closer i got less excited to be going home and more sad on leaving. london has definitely grew on me and so has the people i was around. It also brought back my departure in Australia.
This is the second time i had got close with a bunch of people and a new country and new way of life and the second time i had to leave it all behind! It sucks
Studying Abroad is great and everyone says it but no one ever talks about the departure and missing everything you have done while you were studying.
I guess its true everything comes to an end

Good Bye Marriott!

Today was my last day for the internship. The past few months working was ok, i mean i wasnt excited about going to work sometimes, mostly because its hard to be motivated when you arent getting paid! I worked in the finance department with revenue control! It was two ladies that I worked with Bonnie and Lorraine. Bonnie is the income auditor so she does alot and Lorraine works under her and thats who i work with. There are daily revenue reports that need to be checked everyday and thats basically what i do. Theres a packet for each day and contains everything that affects the revenue. My Job is to make sure that everything contains a backup and everything thats in the system matches up with what we have received a hard copy for. Since im an intern i couldnt help with what Bonnie was doing which was more on controlling the revenue of the Hotel!
My Co-Workers were awesome, always there to help and always were up for a good laugh. The atmosphere was always good, even though the work was boring I enjoyed their company.

Overall, I had a nice time and got a chance to experience one side of accounting which was working with just one company. Will i go into that direction of just working with one company, probably not. If so, not in hotels!

Ádh mór de na Gaeilge

So me and 2 of my roomates Pat and Bill went with 2 girls Carrie and Sara Jayne to Cork, Ireland for the weekend. Well from Thursday to Saturday. This is probably one of the best groups ever assembled! Everything just worked out and nothing seemed to go wrong.
We booked a B&B (Bed and Breakfast) for 4 people and came with 5. The lady didnt seem to have a problem with it being 5 people, which was great and worked in our favor. The B&B was about a 20 minute walk from the city centre and about a 30 minute drive from the airport. The taxi driver that drove us name was Tony and he so cool and very chill. Dropping us off at the B&B, he gave us his card. We definitely used it the whole weekend haha
The B&B served us breakfast and we had the option of an irish breakfast which we took advantage of. An Irish Breakfast was bacon, sausages, eggs, toast, hash browns, tomatoes, mushrooms and 2 other things that i didnt have knowledge of so i didnt eat it!

We visited Blarneys castle, house and kissed the blarneys stone which suppose to give you eloquence! The whole day was sunny and just walking around Barneys was fun. It was alot of stuff to see from stones, to waterfalls. A bride and groom was also there taking pics as well.
we walked around looking for food after .. ALL which were EXPENSIVE!! IRELAND IS SOOOOO EXPENSIVE ITS CRAZY!!
we finally found a spot called "SPUD MURPHYS" its cheap and the guy Wade is nice and studied in the US at one point. He told us a few places to go out. The night after predrinking we didnt find one place he actually mentioned! Most places had a cover charge but we did get into 3 places i think which were fun! o of course we called Tony to drive us home lol
The next day we were leaving but visited a few places before the departure. St. Annes church, St Fin Barres Cathedral, Cork College University which looks amazing and of course visited Spud's as a last meal lol

Overall i had a good time in Cork and its good we only stayed the amount of days that we did because its a small town and theres not much to do!

LUCK OF THE IRISH!

> 3 weeks!

Its less than 3 weeks before i set off on Virgin Atlantic back to the good ol USA and i actually cant wait!
Im excited to be home , where i can watch TV, drive whenever and wherever i want and not have to rely on the likes of a bus or tube! EAT white castle, snow crab legs and wendys!
Cant forget about my momma! cant wait to see my lovely mother :)

DUKE!

SHOUT TO THE DUKE BLUE DEVILS FOR WINNING THE 2010 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP!!!

This year they were always in the top 10 in the AP Poll and a #1 seed in the NCAA tournament, YET everyone expected them to lose in the 2nd round! No one gave them respect and thought they would even get passed the sweet 16. Well well well looks like the Dukies proved them wrong!
Congrats to All the Seniors Singler, Thomas, Scheyer and Big Zou!!!
Also congrats to Coach K for winning a 4th title!

Sports Cafe

College Basketball isnt big in London but me and a few friends went to a sports bar in Piccadilly. We watched the MSU Butler game as well as the Duke WVU game!
This was actually the first time i went to a bar to watch a basketball game and i loved it. Food, Drinks and other fans just there chatting over a basketball game.
We met some alumni from MSU and also someone who was actually on break from Duke. Which i mean London is cool but i would rather be at the game cheering on the BLUE DEVILS!
the games started at 11 and 2am. The bar closes at 3am but allowed us to finish watching the game.
DUKE VS BUTLER in the championship lets see what happens
LETS GO DUKE!!

LOST.STOLEN? iPhone!

ON thursday i lost my iPhone at the ISH(International Student House) Bar that we go to every thursday. On thursday is karaoke and cheap drinks so the college students from CAPA and Westminster go there for a good time. My iPhone was in my coat and due to unfortunate events its now gone! I mean i didnt use my iPhone here only for WiFi. I have insurance but it doesnt cover iPhones, which is reaaaalll stupid! I mean whats the point of me having insurance if it doesnt work on the phone that i have! Ive like been going crazy without m iPhone, even though i only use it when i have WiFi, i use it for many things from listening to music, to facebook even seeing the London tube map.

Not having my iPhone has me thinking about how our society is so dependent on the internet and new technology. Im used to checking facebook multiple times a day and by having an iPhone stuff taht i would need to check multiple sources for is all on my iPhone. Thats good because its easy and a one step process but then again ive become dependent on my iPhone. In my econ class we talk about technology and how its still developing, sooner or later there will be machines and computers doing humans job!