cheers!!
Saturday, February 7, 2009
Friday, February 6, 2009
fish n chips
me and justin made a journey out to get some fish n chips this afternoon. we ended up stumbling on a place called mr. chippy. we entered with smiles and left with stomach cramps. i wouldn't really recommend fish n chips.
the cute little ketchup packets you see below cost 25p each, thats about 40¢ each.
i've realized that people in england love salt and vinegar. they load this stuff on their fish n chips and most of the potato chips around here are salt and vinegar flavor.
the aftermath:
the cute little ketchup packets you see below cost 25p each, thats about 40¢ each.
i've realized that people in england love salt and vinegar. they load this stuff on their fish n chips and most of the potato chips around here are salt and vinegar flavor.
the aftermath:
Thursday, February 5, 2009
thursday
nothing much to say today. woke up for devotions, went shopping for a few random school supplies and LOTION. my hands and face are already starting to dry out bad and i now look like i have a rash on the tops of my hands. this is probably my favorite thing about being in any place other than hawaii for an extended period of time :). today was the 2nd day of intro to hebrew language class and i am pretty lost. i am not used to classes where i actually need to sit down and memorize information.
it has been snowing off and on again today, its kinda fun!
i need to find a bike to ride around, hopefully something works out.
i think i will attempt to put together a video tour of my flat and post that on here. maybe that will be my goal for tomorrow.
it has been snowing off and on again today, its kinda fun!
i need to find a bike to ride around, hopefully something works out.
i think i will attempt to put together a video tour of my flat and post that on here. maybe that will be my goal for tomorrow.
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
$2.99
i just had to spend $2.99 to download the latest office episode because both hulu.com and nbc.com do not allow videos to be played outside of the US :)
i had I&II Samuel class this morning, i am excited for that class, already sounds like it is going to be very interesting! the only problem: two 10-12 page term papers. that is definitely bad news for me.
this afternoon i have apologetics class, i will update on how that is, but sounds like it will be very interesting as well.
its so funny to hear the different phrases and expression people use here and how we get so accustomed to saying certain things that don't necessarily make sense but have become such a common expression that the original meaning essentially disappears... around here people always ask "are you alright?" in place of such phrases as "hows it going?". the first few times i heard this i kinda just stared at them and smiled. i couldn't figure out what i was doing that made them wonder if i was not feeling good or lost or something hahah.
alright my computer is about to die so i will sign off now.
good morning everyone.
i had I&II Samuel class this morning, i am excited for that class, already sounds like it is going to be very interesting! the only problem: two 10-12 page term papers. that is definitely bad news for me.
this afternoon i have apologetics class, i will update on how that is, but sounds like it will be very interesting as well.
its so funny to hear the different phrases and expression people use here and how we get so accustomed to saying certain things that don't necessarily make sense but have become such a common expression that the original meaning essentially disappears... around here people always ask "are you alright?" in place of such phrases as "hows it going?". the first few times i heard this i kinda just stared at them and smiled. i couldn't figure out what i was doing that made them wonder if i was not feeling good or lost or something hahah.
alright my computer is about to die so i will sign off now.
good morning everyone.
updated entry
scroll back down to the entry entitled "sunny day". i finally found some time [and internet connection] to add some captions to the photos that probably made absolutely no sense before.
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
contacting me, part 2
here's an update.
email: sethgoodnight[at]gmail[dot]com
AIM: sethgrom
skype: seth.goodnight
the old fashioned way:
Seth Goodnight
10 Barbican Road
York
YO10 5AA
England
if you miraculously decide to send me a package, make sure you fill out the customs declaration form and mark down that it is a gift so that no customs charges have to be made.
email: sethgoodnight[at]gmail[dot]com
AIM: sethgrom
skype: seth.goodnight
the old fashioned way:
Seth Goodnight
10 Barbican Road
York
YO10 5AA
England
if you miraculously decide to send me a package, make sure you fill out the customs declaration form and mark down that it is a gift so that no customs charges have to be made.
M-I-A
missing in action.
sorry to everyone who has been waiting to hear from me. the wireless internet router at the college has been down for about 2 days straight already, i guess they just found out today that they blew the router and need to replace it, hopefully that will be done ASAP because the time difference alone makes it hard to keep in touch with anyone. i was able to track down a borders nearby that has wireless internet access so i will take advantage of this for a little while to update everyone on the last couple days. this will basically end up as a random list of jumbled information as i am rushing to type everything that comes to mind.
it snowed off and on for about 2 days here, it was so colddd! today is sunny and pretty much all the snow is gone now. heres some pictures of the exciting weather and a short video also. i have been pretty busy so i haven't been able to get too much pictures and stuff but heres what i got :)
some other notes...
coffee at the church's coffee shop is amazing, met lots of cool people.
yorkshire tea is also great.
today was the first day of classes, definitely a complete change from engineering... should be an exciting semester!
i went grocery shopping last night, thats definitely an interesting experience. i never realized how difficult it would be to shop in a different place where there are no familiar brand names and its almost impossible to tell if what you are buying is cheap or ridiculously expensive. at the grocery store here you bag your own grocery as the clerk slides it down the counter and then when everything is complete you proceed to pay for your purchases. that is definitely a humbling experience. try counting out 70-something cents when you can't tell a 1 pound coin from a 5p coin... i think i found out how to pay for things here, carry around large bills so you never have to worry about counting out coins, i think i am going to collect alot of coins by the end of this trip :)
our flats are pretty nice, my room is definitely a little cramped, i will be rooming with 2 guys from california, justin and brandon, both of them are about 18 or 19 years old. i think we all have alot in common so it should be fun. our flat has about 12 or 13 guys in total, its a 3 story building. our kitchen is kinda a disaster, it will be interesting trying to not starve here. i cooked some eggs for breakfast and the pan we have is so old and destroyed that i think half of my eggs ended up burning to the pan before the rest was cooked enough to eat, that and the fact that i have no idea what to buy because nothing looks like it does in the US.
i haven't had much of a problem staying warm here, as long as i am bundled up in my big coat with a hoodie underneath and jeans and shoes on i think i can survive...
the classes i will be taking are intro to biblical hebrew, 1,2,3 john, 1&2 samuel, and apologetics. in addition to those classes we daily morning devotions and worship, 4 hours a week of work depending on what job we get assigned to, and weekly men's discipleship group. i think i covered everything in that list...
for my 4 hours of work a week (labeled M199), i signed up for coffee shop as my 1st choice and maintenance as my 2nd choice, so we will see where I end up getting assigned to.
theres a slight possibility that an optional trip to israel might be in the works sometime during the semester, totally excited if that works out!! i guess its about a 4hr flight from here to there and im sure it would be an awesome experience!
hmm i think that about covers everything i can think of right now. hopefully internet is back up in the flats within the next day so i can uphold slightly higher levels of communication with the rest of the world. my roommate justin got here in the middle of the internet outage and still hadnt told his parents he arrived safely until today (about 2 days after he got here) hahaha i bet they were stoked to here he is still alive :)
-seth
sorry to everyone who has been waiting to hear from me. the wireless internet router at the college has been down for about 2 days straight already, i guess they just found out today that they blew the router and need to replace it, hopefully that will be done ASAP because the time difference alone makes it hard to keep in touch with anyone. i was able to track down a borders nearby that has wireless internet access so i will take advantage of this for a little while to update everyone on the last couple days. this will basically end up as a random list of jumbled information as i am rushing to type everything that comes to mind.
it snowed off and on for about 2 days here, it was so colddd! today is sunny and pretty much all the snow is gone now. heres some pictures of the exciting weather and a short video also. i have been pretty busy so i haven't been able to get too much pictures and stuff but heres what i got :)
some other notes...
coffee at the church's coffee shop is amazing, met lots of cool people.
yorkshire tea is also great.
today was the first day of classes, definitely a complete change from engineering... should be an exciting semester!
i went grocery shopping last night, thats definitely an interesting experience. i never realized how difficult it would be to shop in a different place where there are no familiar brand names and its almost impossible to tell if what you are buying is cheap or ridiculously expensive. at the grocery store here you bag your own grocery as the clerk slides it down the counter and then when everything is complete you proceed to pay for your purchases. that is definitely a humbling experience. try counting out 70-something cents when you can't tell a 1 pound coin from a 5p coin... i think i found out how to pay for things here, carry around large bills so you never have to worry about counting out coins, i think i am going to collect alot of coins by the end of this trip :)
our flats are pretty nice, my room is definitely a little cramped, i will be rooming with 2 guys from california, justin and brandon, both of them are about 18 or 19 years old. i think we all have alot in common so it should be fun. our flat has about 12 or 13 guys in total, its a 3 story building. our kitchen is kinda a disaster, it will be interesting trying to not starve here. i cooked some eggs for breakfast and the pan we have is so old and destroyed that i think half of my eggs ended up burning to the pan before the rest was cooked enough to eat, that and the fact that i have no idea what to buy because nothing looks like it does in the US.
i haven't had much of a problem staying warm here, as long as i am bundled up in my big coat with a hoodie underneath and jeans and shoes on i think i can survive...
the classes i will be taking are intro to biblical hebrew, 1,2,3 john, 1&2 samuel, and apologetics. in addition to those classes we daily morning devotions and worship, 4 hours a week of work depending on what job we get assigned to, and weekly men's discipleship group. i think i covered everything in that list...
for my 4 hours of work a week (labeled M199), i signed up for coffee shop as my 1st choice and maintenance as my 2nd choice, so we will see where I end up getting assigned to.
theres a slight possibility that an optional trip to israel might be in the works sometime during the semester, totally excited if that works out!! i guess its about a 4hr flight from here to there and im sure it would be an awesome experience!
hmm i think that about covers everything i can think of right now. hopefully internet is back up in the flats within the next day so i can uphold slightly higher levels of communication with the rest of the world. my roommate justin got here in the middle of the internet outage and still hadnt told his parents he arrived safely until today (about 2 days after he got here) hahaha i bet they were stoked to here he is still alive :)
-seth
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