Saturday, September 24, 2005
London...Week 3 (4th Weekend)
Hello Everyone,
Sickness
I'm sitting in my room writing up in all my journals and getting caught up on my homework while 1/2 of the group is in Paris. It is kind of depressing to see them go, but hopefully if all goes right, I'll be in Amsterdam next weekend. My strep came back after I got off the meds last Sunday, but I'm starting to feel a little bit better now. I can't believe it--it's been practically a month since I've been sick!
Internship
I started my internship at the School of London for Girls. Mostly, I've been labeling and moving around equipment...But I did see how they run their system through RM and Win 2000 Server...Quite a headache if you ask me. I hope I'll start doing a little more high end work next week. I still have to write in my Internship journal (required for the credits). Stuart is the guy I've been doing a lot of my work under. He is the hardware guy of the school (like Steve Williams at Loras), and he is about my age. A pretty cool and easy to talk to, but he reminds me of a puke/gothic kind of guy. I get to dress casually, which is a big plus since I don't have many nice clothes. Also, on Sunday Night I learned (sort of) how to iron shirts...So I'll be looking good in no time :).
Class
I only have two classes still, and they are piling up the reading like crazy. I wonder how my LMU class will work out. My Advertising class would be my favorite, simply because he pertains to my major and a little closer to what I'm interested in. I'm still not in the full swing of things, partly because I don't want to be, and then because I'm still recovering from being sick. I still can't believe how late classes start over here...Quite different from the US.
Greenwich
On Friday, I went to Greenwich with the remaining members of our group that is left in London. We needed to go there to fulfill a journal entry. So We took a boat ride down the Thames and arrived in Greenwich about 45 min.s later. For those of you who don't know, Greenwich is where the Time standards come from, and it divides east and west hemispheres. We went to the Royal Observatory and took a few pictures, walked through the museum, and then went to the Marine museum a short hike away. After looking at the murals, drawling, water exhibits, and glass sections we went into the town of Greenwich (which is still apart of London...Just a different section of it since the city itself is made up of little towns). It used to be the old docklands, and it was the first to be hit hard during WW2. I posted pictures from it on the side link marked My Pictures. You should check them out!
That's about all for now,
Joe
Sickness
I'm sitting in my room writing up in all my journals and getting caught up on my homework while 1/2 of the group is in Paris. It is kind of depressing to see them go, but hopefully if all goes right, I'll be in Amsterdam next weekend. My strep came back after I got off the meds last Sunday, but I'm starting to feel a little bit better now. I can't believe it--it's been practically a month since I've been sick!
Internship
I started my internship at the School of London for Girls. Mostly, I've been labeling and moving around equipment...But I did see how they run their system through RM and Win 2000 Server...Quite a headache if you ask me. I hope I'll start doing a little more high end work next week. I still have to write in my Internship journal (required for the credits). Stuart is the guy I've been doing a lot of my work under. He is the hardware guy of the school (like Steve Williams at Loras), and he is about my age. A pretty cool and easy to talk to, but he reminds me of a puke/gothic kind of guy. I get to dress casually, which is a big plus since I don't have many nice clothes. Also, on Sunday Night I learned (sort of) how to iron shirts...So I'll be looking good in no time :).
Class
I only have two classes still, and they are piling up the reading like crazy. I wonder how my LMU class will work out. My Advertising class would be my favorite, simply because he pertains to my major and a little closer to what I'm interested in. I'm still not in the full swing of things, partly because I don't want to be, and then because I'm still recovering from being sick. I still can't believe how late classes start over here...Quite different from the US.
Greenwich
On Friday, I went to Greenwich with the remaining members of our group that is left in London. We needed to go there to fulfill a journal entry. So We took a boat ride down the Thames and arrived in Greenwich about 45 min.s later. For those of you who don't know, Greenwich is where the Time standards come from, and it divides east and west hemispheres. We went to the Royal Observatory and took a few pictures, walked through the museum, and then went to the Marine museum a short hike away. After looking at the murals, drawling, water exhibits, and glass sections we went into the town of Greenwich (which is still apart of London...Just a different section of it since the city itself is made up of little towns). It used to be the old docklands, and it was the first to be hit hard during WW2. I posted pictures from it on the side link marked My Pictures. You should check them out!
That's about all for now,
Joe
# posted by Joseph Trapani @ Saturday, September 24, 2005 
