Oops... here I am again. Haven't written in days. It's always go, go, go here! Summer classes are easy, but it's a lot to do all in one month. These classes are usually 4 months long! Reading 100 pages for class every night is getting tiring, and blogging has taken the back burner. But no fret, because I'm still writing and haven't given up!
So Monday... after class, Allen and I went to Thai Square down the street for lunch. It was wonderful! Their lunch special comes in a bento box with little portions of soup, vegetables, curry, rice, a little egg roll and a corn cake. It was super cute and delicious as well! Chelsea met us half way and the three of us went to the National History Museum. It was actually really cool. They had loads of information about the earth, planets, solar systems, stones, fossils, animals, and human biology. It was really interesting and the facilities are beautiful. After the museum we were off to mystery dinner. Mystery dinner is something that Pepperdine does every now and then where there's a list of 6 different cuisines on the board in the lobby and you get to chose which one you'd like to go to. You aren't told where you're going, but just what kind of food. I signed up for Indian... wooo! Big surprise there. So Chelsea, Allen and I all went to an Indian restaurant with about 7 other of our classmates. Jenny, the program's assistant director was taking us all. When we got to the restaurant, my first reaction was, "okay... not a real Indian restaurant. This is definitely modern-posh-Indian." We sat down and I took a look at the menu. First of all, this place only had 3 curries! What?! What Indian restaurant only has three curries? Okay so we're all staring at this menu and then our waiter recommends the calamari. What... calamari? At an Indian restaurant? No. Everyone's looking as if they're trying to read a foreign language, which kind of, they are. All of a sudden, Jenny looks at me and says, "Nina, why don't you just order for the whole table." What... Me!? I'm the whitest, Indian person I know! I'm like an Indian impostor! I'm not a real Indian! Okay. Well. I ended up ordering for the whole table - 3 chicken tikka masalas, 2 daals, 3 chicken tikka kebabs, 2 seekh kebabs, 5 garlic naans, 5 plain naans, 2 rumali rotis, etc. etc. etc. The food came and my immediate reaction was, "What the heck are these portions right now?!" The naans we're square, not even round and puffy and buttery. They were delicious, but not your typical naan experience. The food ended up being delicious, although I was worried at first. It was a fun time and everyone thanked me for ordering afterwards. Phew. Crisis averted. Thank goodness everyone liked everything.
On Wednesday, we went to The Making of Harry Potter. This place was pretty awesome. Every set, costume, prop, and creature from the movies are all in one place in this wonderful Warner Brother's Studio. We got to walk through everything, seeing the great hall where the Hogwarts students sat and ate and were put into houses by the sorting hat, Snape's potion room and Dumbledore's wig and costume was super cool. I almost wish I was more of a fan because I felt that I would have appreciate it more - however, as a non-Harry Potter fan, I was really impressed by how captivating it truly was. I didn't expect it to be that great or fascinating but it really was! I don't have much to say about it other than that I really appreciate film work much more now. The sets, the props, and the amount of detail that goes into each and every piece of the film is so incredible. There was a room of the sketches of the set of Harry Potter and what it was envisioned as by the book. These sketches were so detailed and so beautiful that in themselves, they were pieces of art. And to see them be recreated on such huge scales and to be used for actual filming in this studio was incredible. Overall, it was a wonderful trip and I'm really glad I went.
We don't have class tomorrow, Friday, or Monday - so this is a 4 day weekend! Woo! I'm really excited to truly experience London night life and visit both Oxford and Cambridge on Saturday and Sunday.
The weeks are flying... it's pretty insane that I just took my second midterm today. I never want to leave this place!
So Monday... after class, Allen and I went to Thai Square down the street for lunch. It was wonderful! Their lunch special comes in a bento box with little portions of soup, vegetables, curry, rice, a little egg roll and a corn cake. It was super cute and delicious as well! Chelsea met us half way and the three of us went to the National History Museum. It was actually really cool. They had loads of information about the earth, planets, solar systems, stones, fossils, animals, and human biology. It was really interesting and the facilities are beautiful. After the museum we were off to mystery dinner. Mystery dinner is something that Pepperdine does every now and then where there's a list of 6 different cuisines on the board in the lobby and you get to chose which one you'd like to go to. You aren't told where you're going, but just what kind of food. I signed up for Indian... wooo! Big surprise there. So Chelsea, Allen and I all went to an Indian restaurant with about 7 other of our classmates. Jenny, the program's assistant director was taking us all. When we got to the restaurant, my first reaction was, "okay... not a real Indian restaurant. This is definitely modern-posh-Indian." We sat down and I took a look at the menu. First of all, this place only had 3 curries! What?! What Indian restaurant only has three curries? Okay so we're all staring at this menu and then our waiter recommends the calamari. What... calamari? At an Indian restaurant? No. Everyone's looking as if they're trying to read a foreign language, which kind of, they are. All of a sudden, Jenny looks at me and says, "Nina, why don't you just order for the whole table." What... Me!? I'm the whitest, Indian person I know! I'm like an Indian impostor! I'm not a real Indian! Okay. Well. I ended up ordering for the whole table - 3 chicken tikka masalas, 2 daals, 3 chicken tikka kebabs, 2 seekh kebabs, 5 garlic naans, 5 plain naans, 2 rumali rotis, etc. etc. etc. The food came and my immediate reaction was, "What the heck are these portions right now?!" The naans we're square, not even round and puffy and buttery. They were delicious, but not your typical naan experience. The food ended up being delicious, although I was worried at first. It was a fun time and everyone thanked me for ordering afterwards. Phew. Crisis averted. Thank goodness everyone liked everything.
On Wednesday, we went to The Making of Harry Potter. This place was pretty awesome. Every set, costume, prop, and creature from the movies are all in one place in this wonderful Warner Brother's Studio. We got to walk through everything, seeing the great hall where the Hogwarts students sat and ate and were put into houses by the sorting hat, Snape's potion room and Dumbledore's wig and costume was super cool. I almost wish I was more of a fan because I felt that I would have appreciate it more - however, as a non-Harry Potter fan, I was really impressed by how captivating it truly was. I didn't expect it to be that great or fascinating but it really was! I don't have much to say about it other than that I really appreciate film work much more now. The sets, the props, and the amount of detail that goes into each and every piece of the film is so incredible. There was a room of the sketches of the set of Harry Potter and what it was envisioned as by the book. These sketches were so detailed and so beautiful that in themselves, they were pieces of art. And to see them be recreated on such huge scales and to be used for actual filming in this studio was incredible. Overall, it was a wonderful trip and I'm really glad I went.
We don't have class tomorrow, Friday, or Monday - so this is a 4 day weekend! Woo! I'm really excited to truly experience London night life and visit both Oxford and Cambridge on Saturday and Sunday.
The weeks are flying... it's pretty insane that I just took my second midterm today. I never want to leave this place!
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