Free Paninis, Oh Boy!

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Day’s Verse:
Because Your lovingkindness is better than life, my lips will praise You.
Psalm 63:3
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First, here is Chris’ blog and Mike’s web site and Ryan’s blog.

Second, I navigated busses and got to Commonside just fine today! The day went quite well; I spent nearly my whole time there at a booth we set up at the launch of a program for “lone teen mums.” I got to play the American student who was visiting for an indescribable reason; I ate delicious free food (strawberries! and “biscuits!”) and sat around looking clueless. We intended to use my laptop to play a DVD they had made, but it stopped working halfway through; even so, I worked on the MQP on paper, in my lap, most of the time. Tomorrow I will start putting it into the computer. I also got to know Selena, the Commonside manager who is originally from Malta, and two new hires, Rebekah and Jenny, better. Everybody is very nice, and I like them a lot. Hopefully they like me as much, or at least find my work helpful. The worst part of the day was the commute: not its confusingness, because I did that without any hitches, but its length. No matter what route I take, it takes about an hour and a half from here to there or there to here, so by the time I get home dinnertime has nearly passed despite the fact that I am starving. Ah, as they say: it’s a hard knock life. Continue Reading >>

Things I Don’t Understand

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Day’s Verse:
For You have been my help, and in the shadow of Your wings I sing for joy.
Psalm 63:3
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Why don’t grocery stores open before 8:30?

Why don’t busses and bus stops have maps of their route on them?

Why are £1 coins smaller than 50p coins? And why aren’t there £1 notes?

Why did the Post Office charge me £3 to cash my traveler’s checks that were in pounds?

Why do they drive on the opposite side of the road? (I notice they also walk on the opposite side, so I have to constantly think about walking with the flow of traffic, not with what’s natural for me.) Continue Reading >>