tubes and corn

"The Circle line is delayed due to a body under the train. Service will resume shortly" ......... say WHAT? Monica and I looked at each other and couldn't stop laughing. There are some things they do in England that are VERY different than in Canada.

Take for example, their food court vendors. Whilst walking through a Canadian mall, you might smell the delicious aromas of Cinnabons and NY Fries. In the Lewisham Shopping Centre? It's "Magic Corn"! All you smell is corn-on-the-cob and melted butter. They sell you Styrofoam cups of corn and then put some flavouring in it. When I asked for a "regular version" the man looked at me like I was crazy and suggested I take the most popular option: Cheese. He the proceeded to pour some powdered orange cheese on it. LIKE KRAFT DINNER CHEESE. Now I have been craving some KD for the past week (mostly because you if you do find it here, its super expensive) so this definitely satisfied my craving. I thought it was very delicious. Monica didn't really enjoy hers though, so she will not be buying it again. Me however? It's nutritious (somewhat) AND delicious. :)

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This past weekend has been very busy and fun! On friday, we spent the night in because we were pretty tired from teaching all week. We decided to make it a wine-and-movie night. I jetted to the store to pick up the supplies (four small bags of chips---errr "crisps", some chocolate and white wine) and when I went to the cashier, the shopkeeper looked at my purchases and asked me: "Sweetie, are you okay?". Hahaha, apparently buying crisps, chocolate, and wine automatically makes me a candidate for "Bridget Jones 3". Priceless.

Laxmi (old giftie / LHS friend) was in town for the weekend so we met up on Saturday and did the stereotypical touristy things. I took them on the same route that James I went on when we visited in July. We saw Big Ben, Westminster Abbey (but unfortunately not inside - next time!), St. James' Park, Buckingham Palace, and Trafalgar Square. It was nice to see Laxmi and spend an afternoon with her!

At night we went out to Clapham with Jonny, his girlfriend Bethan and Bethan's friends. Clapham is a stereotypically "Aussie" area and since Tuesday is Aussie Day, there were a lot of things going on in Clapham that night. Apparently the thing to do in London is bar-hop (another thing different than Toronto), so we started off at a pub (I was sick there though so I ended up just drinking water and nursing the beginnings of a headache), next we went to a bar (great music, good mojitos and Allen, our other housemate, joined us) and finally ended up at a club called 'The White Room'. I had an okay time at the club, but I've come the conclusion that I only like house music in small doses. After awhile it feels like I'm dancing to the same song over and over again, and all I want to hear is some Biggie. We took a cab home and after some drunken skyping (its replaced my drunk dials apparently!), passed out.



Solid weekend in London town. :)