i was in dublin last weekend.  not that great of a city.  it made me appreciate amsterdam more.  wish i got a chance to get out of dublin cuz ireland is supposed to b beautiful.  however, i did see da book of kells for free and go into st.patrik's cathedral for free!!! i also had da best food ever.  i went to this pub called o'neills and i had irish stew which was absolutely amazing and u get potatoes too.  gawd if i wasnt krn i'd b irish.  potatoes!!!

i went to the guiness factory and that was cool but da heineken factory is much better.  at da top floor of guiness factory u can see all of dublin which was great.  guiness is pretty good but i like murphys better.  i had some Smithwick's too. 

we went on a pub crawl that sucked but we did try to get into the smallest pub in dublin and it was pretty small; we couldnt get in.  and we went to soem other crappy pubs/bars and then we went home. 

oh yeah i almost forgot about da ppl who i wanted to kill from the hostel.  we were sharing a room and they were loud and obnoxious when they were leaving early the next morning.  and i was afraid they were going to have sex bc they went to bed practically naked but thank god they didnt. 

so london is coming to an end and i am frantically trying to fit in everything.  but we'll see. 

oh yeah thanksgiving.  we're celebrating it and kate one of my roomies is crazy.  she has it organised to da last min.  for ex, 1:00 turkey in oven, 1:01 cook da corn, 1:02 start stuffing. 

oh yeah and my internship is great.  i got farted on, sneezed on in da face and hit on.  special ed is awesome!

i jus got bak from amsterdam!!!  did u noe that amsterdam had CANALS??? like venice??? i had no freakin clue.  so wen i left the train station and saw water everywhere, i was shocked, confused, flabbergasted!  so i consult my map and theres blue lines everywhere which indicate water.  just another "there's mangoes in india?" moment for me. 

in ams, we went to van gogh museum.  that was cool.  i like his brighter stuff  better than his darker stuff.  then we went to da heinken factory.  we paid 10 euros and got three little beers and a heineken glass.  with two hrs of sleep and no food in ma belly, three beers = lots of fun.  after that we went to a pub and jus ate food and had some more beer. 

on that day, we had a WAFFLE.  the waffles in ams r absolutely AMAZING!!!  on da waffle was chocolate and nuts.  while there i've had two or three.  the dutch noe how to do sweets.  i also had an apple turnover thingy and that was also very good.  i had a piece of kate's donut and that was amazing.  krispy kreme got nothin on rene's! (da place we got da donut)!!!!  and one more thing is amazing in amsterdam.  FRENCH FRIES.  omg they're good.  so recap.  i was there sat, sun, mon.  three day.  and i had SEVERAL helpings of waffles and french fries.  this means major bloating and not bein able to poop.  but i still wanted more.  MORE WAFFLES!!!

another amazing thing about ams.  theres prostitues everywhere.  my friends got there fri late afternoon and they told me this.  i assumed theyd b workin da streets.  nope.  dead wrong.  all along streets there are glass doors.  behind those glass doors, the prostitutes.   at first i didnt realize they were prostitutes cuz there were so many of them.  i jus assumed da beds in those rooms were decorations?  i dunno wat i was thinking.   as to wat they charge, 50 euros for 15 mins.  how do i noe this?  i knocked on one of their doors and asked.  hahahha jus kidding!!!! my friend told me.  how did she noe?  i have no idea. 

somethin else that was fun was this little fountain wit a penis on top wit rotating balls. 

i wanted to get (im not namin names) the person who writes killer stories and the person whos last name is pronounced totally different from its spelling, anal beads but i was too scared to enter the numerous sex shops.  i dunno wat it was but it mite have been all those neon dildos starin bak at me, porn movies, handcuffs, and S&M outfits.  like i sed i dunno.  u tell me. 

i dunno wat else to add bout amsterdam cept i liked it there but its not a place i HAVE to go bak again.

all of last wk, i was in italy by the way.  rome florence venice in that order.  lots of walking. lots.  i dunno which city i liked da best.  it would either b rome or florence.  im tired of talking bout them so im not.  but i am going bakpaking through the world.  kelly too!!!

alrite u... gnite!

ps i dont have scabes!!! its jus allergies!!! my first allergic reaction!!!

guess wat im doin.  i'm riting a paper on HIV in da UK.  suprisingly theres not that much HIV/AIDS here. about half a million.  not bad.  there's lots of gay or effeminate men here but i guess they dont realli get it on.  oh wait... i forgot.  HIV/AIDS is not a 'gay disease.' 

did i tell u?  I WILL BE IN ITALY ON SATURDAY!!! im goin to b in rome first then florence then venice and then i will b bak in london.  next week we have da whole week off.  i always told myself i would never go to a country where i didnt noe da language so im a bit nervous.  all i can think bout is da food and all da carbs i will inhale while im there.  i wont have to cook other ppl will do it for me SCORE! 

these days everyone seems to think bout their friendships wit others.  i still hang out wit ma HS friends but we've been losing peeps every summer.  friendships r two way streets.  lots of times i feel like im a bad friend but wen i do i decide that since im not doin stuff fo them unconsciously mayb dat friendship isnt worth it.  if i force maself to talk to a 'friend' or i feel like i have to buy them a birthday present i hate that.  presents dont mean anything anymo cuz lots of times its forced.  its jus u have to.  i dunno where this shit is comin from. 

the other nite (or should i say 4 in da morning) i talked to jane and during our convo i asked her this question that was buggin me this whole summer.  if it's human nature to feel greed, lust, anger, jealousy, etc.  y does God want us to deny our 'nature' and make it impossible for us to b da way he wants us to b?  after talkin it thru i think i figured it out.  he wants us to try and b da way we were meant to b.  how does that sound?  i dunno im not very good at expressin maself in words (obviously)  ive been thinkin bout him a lot. 

i noe im realli random but i love london weather.  its fun.  it'll b a beautiful day wit couple clouds in da sky.  u walk a block away from da flat to go to class.  it begins to rain. jus a sprinkle.  wen u go  bak to da flat to get umbrella and go ouside again, guess wat... it stopped raining.  da weather is like playful or something.  i dun have anythin else to say cept i need to go rite that paper cuz its due friday... buh~bye

againnnnn... im supposed to b writtin da paper but its not gettin written!!! instead i turn to xanga... how sad.  i need to write two papers with 3000-4000 words!!! who does that? i'm PT damnit! i havent written a real paper since junior yr HS!!! yeah i am hyperventilating (not realli, im eating a bounty ice cream bar - its coconut vanilla icecream dipped in chocolate- wonderful!)  london junk food is great.  cadbury is awesome and da most awesomes item in da biscuits aisle (cookies = biscuits in london) are McVitties Digestive Biscuits in Plain Chocolate!!!!!! dont let da name fool u... imma bring a suitcase full of these wen i come home. 

sorry that this entry isnt very interesting. i dun have much to say except im spendin waaaaaay to much time and money in da supermarkets here.  My second home is Tesco's and Sainsbury's hahhaahaha... ive bcome addicted to roaming da aisles in search of a good deal or jus staring at all this food i've never eaten.  for example, my roomie jasmin eats this stirfry wit turkey and green beans in olive oil and garlic.  have i ever eaten this in my korean food-only home?  NOOOO... but its realli good.  wat else... my thoughts are consumed wit thinking bout wat to make for dinner hahhahahha i never had to worry bout this b4. 

wat else shall i ramble on about???hmmmm... im listening to bjork rite now. shes crazy.  she needs to take her swan-dressing ass to a mental institution. WHY oh WHY am i procrastinating???  one thing i dun understand bout this program is that they expect us to do work wen there is no desk in this flat.... where r da desks?  where?  on one hand im glad but rite now im sittin on my bed typin this shit out... did u notice that this and shit are the same jus rearranged?  isnt that funny?  ma flatmates say im random i guess its true but i neva realized this bout maself.  bak to ma bed.  doin work on ur bed will lead to insomnia.  not that i will ever have this prob but still!!!  this is ludicrous!!!

one night we were talkin bout auras bc at this club we sed that this boy was molesting our flatmate's aura.  hahahhahahhaha... cuz he was jus standin behind her but not even comin up to her and waving his arms around her head. hahahhaha  so my aura is purple... i dun think of maself as a purple person.  i must b noble... alice means of noble birth... interesting...The color of mourning for widows in Thailand... thats great too i guess... no one thinks i look like an "alice" either.  Lauren, one of ma flatmates, sed that i was an alice cuz she thought i was mute wen i first met her but not anymore.  r u still readin this?  i hope not. im awfully boring rite now...

i went to a class called body attack this week and wat can i say but that it was named very well.  its been two days and im still sore... i cant walk down stairs and thats wat i need to do everytime to go home.  i went to an opera yesterday.  it was funny but some of da singing put me to sleep.  surprise surprise! my narcolepsy affects me still.  Tricia, one of ma flatmates, is an insomniac and im da narcoleptic.  now im listening to jamiroquai... i like him he makes me want to dance.  now i cant think of anything to write cept.... haha im jus kiddin.  im realli out.  PAYCE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i am home alone or should i say flat alone... wow by myself here... da girls went to the globe theatre; i already went.  so im realli realli busy writing a paper obviously...  i was bored so i'm riting in here. can u tell?  what else can i rite bout. except im sad that im goin to b leavin here in like three months... i dun eva wanna leave!!!!!! i heart london.  hehe.  thats wat one of ma flatmates sez.  i heart this i heart that.  personally, i heart ma flatmates.  couldnt have asked fo mo.  theyre all so awesome and we get along so well.  sometimes b4 i go to sleep i think bout everyone in boston and wonder how how ya'll r doin.  i also think bout God.  he always pops in somewhere u noe?  well wat can i say cept that God's been way too good to me and i worry bout wat he wants from me.  isnt that a weird worry?? i truthfully cant think of da last time i was realli upset/sad/depressed or anything.  i jus forget bout it and then i think bout all da times he's been good to me which is way too often.  we'll see i guess...

one thing thats botherin me rite now is that I DONT HAVE MY INTERNSHIP PLACEMENT. da woman in da office doesnt noe wat shes doin.  argh.  oh yeah wen i was at globe theatre i was talkin to my friend and this middle aged man asked me if i could shut up and i called him an asshole.  asshole.  i should have shoved my fist into his face in front of his wife.  asshole.  sorry talkin bout globe theatre reminded me of him.  wat else. there's construction goin on in my block and the construction workers neva say anythin to me.  all da girls complain how da construction workers say somethin to them but they neva say anythin to me.  hahhahaha... should this bother me.  hahahhaha this is funny i crack myself up. wow this is da longest entry ever. 

i talked to my mom yesterday.  at da end of every summer she wants to kick me outta da house and send me bak to college and now she wants me to hurry bak on home.  hahahha this always happens.

oh yeah and some of ma flatmates are amazed at my culinary skills.  i told them i neva cooked in my life which is true but i make like curry and spaghetti and stuff.  yeah food network channel!!!

im sure u guys all noe by now from stephanie bout all da vaginas and boobs and penises i've been exposed to in the three wks ive been here so far.  brit tv is crz.  first there's a show called cosmetic surgery live and i've seen couple boob jobs, vagina tightenings, hymenoplasty, total face changes etc.  then theres a part of da show where viewers send pics of themselves that they wanna change.  lets jus say that i was temporarily blind for a couple mins.  wat else another show called tasteful tv and another show where they were talkin bout sex ed and i saw like masturbation and other crap it was funny and screaming.  yes screaming is now an adjective.  check da dictionary.  ok thats it bak to work.... adios!!!