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September 30th, 2009 No comments

It’s hard sitting down and trying to remember everything that has happened in a period of time. These snippits of life seem to pop into your head as if they were queued on a film roll. Just a moment ago a memory of how my schedule for freshman year gave me a break after a class to watch Top Gear every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Clarkson and the bunch would always lead me into a nice mid-morning nap. This little flashback has somehow reminded me that I needed to do something work for tomorrow so here I’m typing this up while Abra is doing some maintenance to itself. So while it’s doing that I’m sending out a few words.

It’s quite often that something small will remind me of something large from my past experiences. When this does happen I can’t help but smile to myself. Pictures are great, material objects look good but ultimately it’s the memories that I’ve found to be important. That is something that can’t be taken away, no matter what happens. These experiences shape who we are and I’m proud to have quite a few significant experiences under my belt to guide me.

Speaking of reflections, what was a doing a year ago from now? Well, I was having an American Day at ASDA! It doesn’t seem like that big of a deal since everyday is an overly American day now. Just a year ago it was. Surround by a completely different culture for less than a month, some Walmartesque signs become a big deal! Have a read on what was going on 30 September 2008:

An American Day

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An American Day

September 30th, 2008 1 comment

No class on Tuesday? Find something to do! That’s just what I did. A friend and I decided to take a mini day trip to the very east side of London to a small town called Leyton. This town housed a remarkable place called ASDA. It’s a very odd name. In America is means WALMART!! Well not exactly, but when you are 4000 miles away from the nearest Wally World it will do. The chain is actually owned by Walmart and it does bear a striking resemblance to a Super Walmart. My big purchase of the day? A bag of Doritos, Cool Original (because these people don’t have Ranch!). 

ASDA 

After that, a late lunch at Pizza Hut to round out this American(ish) day. I’m still waiting on Pizza Hut pictures. So until then…

Two more days until Scotland!

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