So Sunday after all of us waking up around 1:00pm (it was a really long night for us all) we decided to go to the Natural History Museum. we saw the Charles Darwin exhibit showing the evolution of man and then a whole bunch of different animal evolution and genetic make up. Fact of the day I learned (Textbook wise) whales evolved from a land based animal which would swim out into bodies of water to get food..... interesting fact. Other fact that I learned which is more cultural British parents let their kids run around and touch everything. I remember when I was a kid I'd have to either hold onto the stroller or hold onto someone's hand but these British parents were just like "Sure go wherever just stay within eye sight" Of course to the kids this means run around everywhere weaving in and out of everyone that is trying to walk around the museum.On top of that they were making sound effects and yelling. I didn't mind it too much but could tell others around me were getting agitated. Funniest part was that this kid (which reminded me a lot of myself.... boundless energy) eventually ran straight into a plexiglass wall that he didn't know was there. We were walking through the dinosaur exhibit and the last bit is through a darkened room where you had to weave back and forth sort of like an S around all the different displays. Only the displays were lit up which was the only lighting in the room (enough to see where you were going). Well there was a model dinosaur guarding it's eggs or something that had about a 4 ft high plexiglass wall around it and the kid naturally wanted to run up and play on it and ran straight into the wall and fell straight back. Other than that we saw mammals, sea life, a giant sequoia tree trunk which was probably 3 times as tall as me (in diameter). All in all it was a good trip and best part free to get in.
On a completely separate note Monday some had to begin their internship/classes all I did was sat around and went grocery shopping. Today was my first day of work and classes. Work was fine cause I got to leave at 1 pm cause so I could go to class also the boss was in Ireland, so it was me and 2 other co-workers. All I had to do was go through their database and through their even files and familiarize myself with the company. Then I got to watch an hour and a half long video that the company made that said what they did and for who and a whole background story (actually pretty good video). For those who don't know I'm working for The Ireland Fund of Great Britain which is a not-for-profit charity organization that raises money to help support the impoverished Irish elderly. These people moved to england in the 60's and 70's in look of work because there were no jobs in England. It was calculated that around 3 million euro's were sent each year from those working in England to their families back in Ireland. The workers were mistreated and hated back in those day and due to the poor living/working conditions coupled with low pay they never could escape poverty. They are now retirement age and are no longer able to work and support themselves so the Ireland Fund helps put them in assisted living and helping them live a healthier life.
Class was a normal class nothing too exciting there. Well I gotta get up early tomorrow for more work so I'm going to go watch a football game (soccer) then go to sleep. Until next time!
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