Monday, November 7, 2011

More of London


I am truly gaining so much from my experience here in England. My Most recent major experiences consisted of helping out at a Halloween Event for children in the community and visiting Cambridge.
The Halloween Event was sponsored by and hosted at Richmond The American International University in London. I was able to dress up, help out with decorations and prepare pumpkin seeds to be baked and served as a snack for the children. Halloween seems to be slightly less celebrated in in London as in the United States. The advertising for it is not as fragrant as in the States. Therefore, I feel that this holiday is not as serious of a staple event to buttress an increase in revenue from a business perspective. As for the social aspect, it seems that it is more of a children’s holiday here rather than a widely celebrated holiday observed by all the generations to some degree as is seemingly practiced in the United States.
As for my visit to Cambridge, about a week ago, I went to Cambridge with Dr. Pelosi. She gave me a wonderful tour around Central Cambridge. I was in absolute awe at how beautiful it is there. Each of the college campuses have such an enchanted feel. When I explored the different sites, I literally could say that I saw my envisioned novel settings actualized in real life. She toured me through the Business School, the Theatre and Arts School, the Mathematics school, and the Law school. She also showed me a church called the Round which she used to attend. They definitely live up to their name in visual expectation too. As for businesses within Cambridge, there are definitely more stores with shopping products rather than convience products. It is an expensive area to live in and the people there seem to be mostly of higher caliber and have resources to keep the elite businesses sustained. Cambridge is a classy city but definitely a busy city none the less.
Throughout these two experiences, I was able to visually and from an interactional standpoint observe some other categories of value systems and economic realities. Overall, I am loving it here and continuously learning.

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