Natural History Museum

Today I visited the Natural History Museum. From the outside it looks amazing but the inside is rather disappointing. The exhibitions present, although creative and amazingly well-done, are disappointing if you've completed 5th grade. A very cool place to take the kids to but if you're looking for an actual museum where you can learn something new, look somewhere else.

King's College - Strand Campus and Maughan Library

Here are some pictures of KCL's Strand Campus and the Maughan Library. Enjoy!

Strand Campus Strand Building Hallway

Strand Campus King's Building Hallway

Strand Campus Cafeteria

Maughan Library

Dubstep - It's crazy!

  By complete happenstance, I was invited to go to a club called East Village for the launch of Dubstep Vol. 3, an album of (obviously) dubstep music. It was pretty much the first time I was exposed to it in an actual dancing environment, as opposed to simply listening to it in the comfort of my own home, and I have to say that it is a genre that inspires you to dance in all sorts of crazy ways.

  The club itself was packed but the drinks were cheap and the ambiance was great. If you like dubstep and a good night out, check out East Village on Great Eastern Street. Keep an eye out for special events they may hold, which allow you to get a free ticket if you text them!

Strange Recipes #1 - Smoked Cheese and Cherry Tomato Omolette

If you feel too lazy to cook but too hungry for cereal, here's a quick, delicious, healthy and comforting recipe that should hit just the spot!

You will need:

• 2 eggs
• 1 slice of smoked cheese
• 1 cherry tomato
• 1 nugget of margarine/butter or a bit of cooking oil.

Mode of Preparation:

1. Take the eggs and whisk them until they become foamy.
2. Start heating the pan.
3. Dice the cheese slice into small bits.
4. Cut the cherry tomato into fourths, remove the seeds and dice it.
5. Drop a nugget of butter/margarine into the frying pan and dissolve it or pour some cooking oil into the frying pan.
6. Mix drop the cheese and the tomato into the bowl where you've whisked the eggs and make sure to mix it good.
7. Drop the mix into the pan. Once the underside is solid, fold it in two. Then when the whole thing seems even more solid, flip it over. Once done, it should look like this.

Let it cool just a bit because the cheese inside tends to be hotter than the egg crust, and then enjoy!

Yummy!

Leicester Square

 Today I visited Leicester Square. It's a lovely place, to be sure! It has large sections that are pedestrian-only so you can walk around, see all the lovely restaurants and cinemas and plays around and, if you're a bit of a geek like me, there's also a comic book shop called Orbital Comics. Take the tube station's Exit 3, look to your right and you'll see it. Just don't you buy the Promethea books - those are mine! Heheh.

 So if you want to grab dinner and a show, Leicester Square's the place! There are also ice cream parlors, a couple of parks where you can sit and relax for a while or maybe enjoy some good old fast-food!

Beware (?) The Fauna - Part Two

If you see a fox (as I just did) don't be afraid. They're common and more afraid of you than you can possibly be of them.

I mean, come on, they're so cuuuuuuute!

Transportation in London

Public transportation in London has a lovely feature: the oyster card. A simple, unassuming white and blue card, it allows you to top it with whatever amount of money you wish so that you can pay for any kind of transportation, be it the tube, bus or train. The money charged when paying the fees with the oyster card is also much less than that of buying a ticket, so it's a win-win situation for you. Also, it lets you put passes in it, so it's a train/tube/bus pass, all in one!

The unassuming oyster card hides many perks!

You can purchase it at any station, but there are also shops that sell and top off the oyster card. If you need help finding one, check out one of the many bus stops. Places that sell and top off oyster cards are usually marked down on the bus stop maps.