Sunday Funday!

Hello there! Today was quite a glorious day. To start it off, I didn't have anything to do until 4pm, so I got some much needed rest (yes, that jet lag is still killing me). Apparently it takes one day for every hour of time difference to be completely rid of your jet lag, which means that it should take me about eight days to get over this jet lag. But I do hope that it goes away sooner, feeling tired at odd hours of the day certainly isn't fun.

So today, at 4pm, the campus students had a church service in Central London at The Swiss Church in London. It was quite a lovely place, very small and homey. There weren't too many people at the church service, but it's always fun to attend smaller services because then you really get a chance to meet and talk to everybody. I got around to knowing some more campus students who were all, of course, extremely friendly and fun to talk to. The lesson itself was about exercising self-discipline and humbling ourselves before God – two things that I always strive to work on – so the lesson was perfect for setting my mind and heart right before diving into this internship.

After the lesson was over, they had tea and biscuits laid out for the congregation to snack on – how British! And after enjoying some tea and biscuits and talking to lots of people, the interns and I headed over to a Chinese restaurant called Wong Kei for dinner. Apparently the restaurant is really well known about London, but the reason for its fame might surprise you. The restaurant is know for its staff being rude – yes, you read that right. Londoners love the fact that the waiters are rude – they find it funny and enjoyable. Interesting, right? The food at the restaurant is good as well, so people don't just go for the rude waiters. But I didn't find the staff to be too rude. They were the usual "we want more customers, so leave as soon as you're done eating" rude. Perhaps I'm just used to it, because that's the restaurant attitude in New York as well. Nonetheless, it was a unique and fun experience.

After a good dinner with some great friends, I headed home on the Tube – I finally feel like I'm starting to get the hang of it! And with that, I am ready for tomorrow, for the true start of the internship – we have a very full day tomorrow as we are spending practically all day (9am-3pm) in Central London. Now I must get some sleep. I bid you a good night!