Sunday, November 4, 2007

VICTORY IS MINE!
-text message to my dad after succeeding in getting a ticket for the museum.

Heya folks. Hope you all had a good week. mine was…interesting to say the least.

So, on Thursday I went up to see the Terracotta Army exhibition at the British Museum. I had to be at the museum for 9:15 AM in order to get one of the 500 tickets they release each day. I seriously underestimated the great British public on both the trains and in the museum… I arrived slightly late because the trains were packed with the morning commute, and there was already a HUGE queue waiting for tickets when I got there. Luckily I managed to get a ticket to the exhibition. I have no pictures of the exhibition, photography was not allowed, but it was awe-inspiring. If you don’t know about the Chinese Terracotta Army, you should look it up, its quite an interesting story. The basic thing is that over 2000 years ago the country of china was split into 5 different warring states. The king of the state of Qin (pronounced Chin) managed to conquer and unify China, dubbing himself the First Emperor of China and the Universe. For his burial tomb, he had his entire Kingdom re-created underground, including a life-size replica of his army guarding the tomb in perfect battle formation armed with real weapons and each and every one slightly different from the rest. This tomb was the size of a small city and completely forgotten in the ravages of time until some farmers in 1979 discovered the army quite by accident.

That’s the gist of the story, but it is truly amazing. What really is astounding is seeing these figures, made out of clay but with superb detail and craftsmanship, and thinking: these were constructed over 2200 years ago… 200 years before Christ is said to have lived. And yet here they are today, silently standing guard, doing what they were meant to do. And the public have the privilege of being able to see these artefacts up close… it really does put things into perspective…I’ve been alive 20 years. These guys have been in existence 110 times that amount. 110 of my ENTIRE life back to back… its mind boggling.


Anyways, I’ve also managed to bag myself a job! I was on the way home from London when I got a call from Forbidden Planet, asking if I could come for an interview. (Forbidden Planet is a huge comic book/sci-fi/anime store, and I love it to pieces and have always wanted to work there). Then when I got home, I got another call from the place I went to interview at before I went on holiday, the Cotswolds Outdoor Store. And they offered me a job! So now I had to choose between a guaranteed job, and a potential job in a place I have always wanted to work.
So I went to the interview for Forbidden Planet anyway, and then when I got home, I learnt that I didn’t get it. but that was ok; I just turned around and accepted the Cotswolds job. But if I had succeeded in getting the Forbidden Planet job…well, I would have had a massive decision to make… ^^;;;

And then a bookstore called me this morning wanting to know if I could go to an interview. ^^;;;;; I swear, you hear nothing from these people for ages, and then three job opportunities come along at once!!!



Whilst I was up London, I did a bit of shopping. I bought manga: Junk vol 4. and I bought anime: Gundam SEED Destiny vol 7 (though I have yet to find vol 6). And I bought Gundam model: SD Gold Frame Astray… XD and I bought a book called “Great British Wit” which I am finding to be quite a funny read. XD

Yesterday I had to help my parents and brothers in the garden…we have several apple trees and my mum wanted us to pick the apples. We didn’t have a big crop this year though. We ended up doing a lot of clearing work too, a whole chunk of the garden has overgrown, so we spent the morning chopping it up and clearing it out. I still have thorns in my clothes…

I’ve written quite a lot today, so I am gonna leave you with a few pics and then next week, hopefully I will write up a little bit about my holiday in Weymouth.

Here’s a few taster pics:



This is the place we hired for the week, “Old Beams”. Its pretty sweet, although its pretty noisy... the floorboards all squeak and there’s no sound proofing…I was on the third floor and my parents called me on my cell phone from the ground floor to ask if I wanted a drink, and they could hear my phone ring! Lol



The double bed I had all to myself. XD



This is the view of the town Fourtuneswell on the Island of Portland, just around the coast from Weymouth (which would be on the right hand side of the photo right on the horizon almost). And my older brother. For your enjoyment. Yah.


So, I hope I have whetted your appetites for more Weymouth piccies. Hopefully I’ll have em up for Wednesday!

Till next time!

“I am no longer a “lazy worthless burden on society”. I have been downgraded to merely “Lazy”…” - myself after learning I had got the job at Cotswolds.

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