Hello, from London! Since I haven’t blogged in a week I figured this might be a good time to update you about what has been going on! Let’s start with Monday..
Monday morning I got news that I didn’t get the job with the design firm I was talking too, but after talking with my placement manager about other options she got right to the phone and her computer to find me something as soon as possible. Thomas Keen, a London designer, emailed an inquiry for my CV and portfolio and the next day I had an interview. The interview went well as I started on Wednesday! I work at Sabotage Design Ltd. “We do everything,” Tom would say. Everything from products, to interfaces, to the web, and more. For example, I helped him this week with presentation boards for a printer server design and furniture design. He will be going to the States to present their concept this week I believe. My commute is only 30 minutes, if that, so not bad, and I am going in the opposite direction of traffic so I even get to sit on the Tube (a rarity when during rush hours)! There are only 6 people in the workspace, including myself, and we all sit in a L shape formation working on our computers. Tom says London is such a big city full of designers that when he needs help when he’s busy he just calls up someone. Networking people, I believe in it and always will. For example, for the printer server he is working with another designer, they were skyping for a half an hour back and forth trying to finalize their design by drawing pictures back and forth and making changes to the 3D modeling.
Ok, ok enough about my job, though if you want to check out Sabotage’s website it is: http://www.sabotagedesign.co.uk/display/51/Thomas-Keen/
After the exciting news about my job, we had to celebrate of course.. so why not a pub crawl? Three boys, Charlie, Charles, John and I set off to area: Westminster. Besides the great tasting beverages, it was really interesting to see the variety of pubs and how relaxed they are. We also got to see the city and talk to a few locals; we even went to the original pub: The Red Lion!
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| One of the pubs! |
Wednesday and Thursday were both 9 hour work days, man it’s a long day I think I’ll stick to the college lifestyle for now (don’t worry dad, I’ll “try” to graduate in 4 years..). After two long work days I was extremely tired and rested up.
Saturday was our next big adventure! We had heard the markets in London were good, but I was not expecting what we saw. Holy moly, I was in heaven.
First tip, don’t come full to one of these markets.. there is a ton of food and it is fresh so take advantage of it! And you name it, there was everything there including fruit, meat (like ostrich eggs), fresh bread and cheeses, sweets, smoothies, wine, beer, etc.
I have seen nothing like it in the States. My roommates and I want to go back sometime because there was so much to soak in at once! We then hopped on the Tube to go back to the flat but decided to get off at the stop for Harrods; little did we know it wasn’t the stop, but instead we were in Oxford Circus which is like Michigan Avenue = shopping heaven (until you convert it from pounds to dollars). It was just fun to go in the same stores as America, but they are extravagantly decorated. After shopping we did some grocery shopping and went to a laundromat to do some laundry. Well there is a for my first time for everything, right? What an experience..
Couple of things to note, you can only use pounds or 20 pence coins, the dryer’s get really hot so watch out for shrinking, don’t ask the lady for help, she’s not a happy camper doing everyone else’s laundry that pays her. But hey, now I have clean clothes, sheets, and towels and it wasn’t that bad!
Today, was a great day and still going! After figuring out the best places for breakfast in London, we headed out early to go try one of them. Thank goodness we got there when we did because the line started to get really long but oh was it good. Just see for yourself:
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| When we left the line was super long.. glad we got here early! |
We then headed to the Marylebone Summer Fayre. You want jewelry, clothes, more food, drinks, music? Perfect, you would have been in the right place. It was a free fair that they closed off streets for, many vendors were there and the fair was to support teenage cancer treatments. I even got to bargain and almost saved 10 pounds, but opted out of paying for the dress. Though I bought a print! I love it; I can not wait to hang it up in my room back home.
Well this was a long one, sorry! But now you have an update! So what’s to come? A super great week. First Wimbledonstarts this week so we are going to try to go after work one week and buy tickets from someone leaving. Also, I am going to see the musical Dirty Dancing! On Saturday we are going to Stonehenge/Salisbury and Sunday we are going to afternoon tea! Well till next time..
Oh yeah, and happy father’s day daddy!
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