Hey all!
Thought I would update you on the goings on since yesterday. The day in the lab was reasonably quiet, I saw the secretary about my final paperwork bits and bobs, and have a meeting on Monday to finalize everything, get my ID card etc. I had a meeting with my fellow PhD student, and agreed our joint plan of action, and then met her supervisor together to talk the plans through.
We had to wait a while for him before the meeting, because he was running a younger grad students "preliminary". This is an exam they take at some point (after a year or two) where 3 staff members grill them on various aspects of astrophysics- a couple of hours of blackboard work. The guy failed, so will have to do it again in a few months. I can see how this produces good physicists, but dear lord I'm glad I don't have to do it!!!
Social wise, I got invited to a bar after work with a few of the guys- but i promptly forgot which bar!! I waited in the lobby for those guys at the alotted time, but they must have left already, in the social stakes that was a loss for me, Bears 1: Tim 0.
Today I got up late, and went for brunch. There I managed to sit next to a nice English architect, and a few other guys who invited me to a party tonight: 1-1!! I then went and got a simcard for my phone, so I now have a US number! Ask me if youd like it. I then got on the BART and went to target to buy some bedsheets.
Buying bedsheets/duvet etc should be simple, youd think. No such luck!! My mental list of what I wanted:
Duvet
Duvet cover
Pillow
Pillow cases
Bed sheets
Only one of these items exist with the same name in the states I found out!!
Heres what i got in an all-in-one set (in the same order)
Comforter
(w/ cover)
Pillow
pillow cases and shams (!)
flat sheet and fitted sheet
bedskirt
Now the duvet<->comforter, so that isnt hard to get. You cannot buy ANYTHING for the single bed I have, the smallest thing i could find was something called "full"- whatever that means! Its about my single +0.5
I have really worked out what the shams and bedskirt are for, so I am ignoring them. Ah the joys of a new culture!!
I am about to go buy some beers for this part tonight (which I have not forgotten the location of!), so I shall update you how it went tomorrow!
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That `preliminary` thing sounds SCARY, but a really good idea. I wish we could have gotten to Oxford to see you off. Instead, Lisa and I should take a trip to A-merica to see you. I think that's fair.
ReplyDeleteI hope all is well.
Sam
Oh hell yeah! Trip to Californ-i-a!
ReplyDeleteYou are all welcome, can crash at mine- free accommodation :P
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