A Day at the Natural HIstory Museum

Previously:  I had received my Student Oyster Card and I went to fill it with some money.  However, the machine in the tube station didn't accept my card.  Naturally, I thought my card was locked.  My cell phone couldn't call the international services for my bank for reasons unknown, so I called customer care through Gmail.  As it turned out, my card is not locked, the machine at the tube is just silly.

In other news: I went to the British Natural History Museum today with my friend Oscar.  It took us a while to get there because he was so slow in getting ready.  So when he was finally ready, he said that he'll take me out to brunch so make up for it.  I am proud to say that two hours after a bowl of cereal and a banana, I nearly finished a plate of eggs benedict.  Which means my appetite is returning to normal.  My mood has also vastly improved today, which marks today a good day.

Here are some pictures of the museum:

More photos can be seen on my Facebook.

After the museum, I made dinner in the kitchen and Manu, Alice, and Vanessa came in.  I thought I lost my sauce pan for a little while, but it turns out it was on the eighth floor.  Glad I found it.  I also returned the fork I accidentally stole last night.  Then I went to the receptionist and reported that the stove on the seventh floor doesn't heat up.  The man wrote it on a post-it note (he couldn't find the maintenance request forms) and said that it'll be taken care of in a bit. 

Monday, I will see if a package came for me.  My friends on Emerald Street in Madison (Sarah, Sarah, Sienko, and Cory) ordered something from the UK and will have it shipped to me.  Don't think there's any post on Sundays, which means I'll have to check on Monday.  Tomorrow will be laundry day for me.

I was IMing Sarah on Facebook when I said you can call phones with gmail.  She was in the midst of textually freaking out about how cool that was when I called her cell phone through gmail and then I actually heard her flip out.  It was pretty cool.  I'll have to set-up the call forwarding for Skype so if you call my Skype you can call my UK mobile.  Won't that be cool?  Sorry, strangers, this is a luxury only for friends.

Mom gave me the bad news that she won't be able to send the package she meant to send.  The total cost was around $217 to send internationally.  Just sending the stuffed animal I wanted alone would cost over $100.  So Mom told me to buy what I needed over there because it's cheaper.  So if anyone knows a store that's similar to Wal-Mart in the UK, please post a comment about the name of the store and its location within London.  If you know how to get there, all the better.

And that was my day so far.  Until next time!