Exams.
The other day I was studying for my Global Markets exam and some friends and I decided to move the study session to Starbucks. While my friend was ordering a Mocha, I noticed that he said Mock-uh instead of Moke-ah. It seems that no matter how long I am here, random pronunciations still surprise me.
I had my first British exam this past Tuesday, and it was pretty intense. The exam was two and a half hours long and I was literally writing the entire time (most exams in the U.K. are essay format). My hand has finally started to recover– just in time for my Marketing Research exam tomorrow morning at 10AM.
I’m looking forward to these exams being finished, it’s so hard to believe that an entire academic year has passed by. I’m getting rather stoked for next year.. 
Cheers!..
Hallelujah..
Hallelujah cover (it’s only 60 seconds).. Hopefully I will finish it eventually.. 
logannolin.com/music
Woah!.. Two posts in five days, and two songs in five days– I’m getting ahead of myself..
Cheers!..
One Direction..
So I was a little bored today and attempted to put together a remix-thing of One Direction’s single “What Makes You Beautiful” (they performed on Saturday Night Live this past weekend) I got tired of editing it, so it’s not perfect but I’m done editing, haha.. Check it out here: http://logannolin.com/music
In other news, I am finally done with the second semester and am on my Spring Break until finals begin in May. Hopefully I will be able to post more songs and travel.
21!..
I have been insanely busy lately but I figured that I should make a blog post.. A week ago, a few friends from back home visited for a week which was an absolute blast. I was able to go through the tourist destinations again (fun stuff, haha) and even saw Wicked again.
Yesterday I turned 21 and I had one of the coolest birthday parties ever. I hate when people post the sickeningly cliche Facebook status: “I am blessed to have such a great family and friends, blah blah” but honestly– I feel so blessed to have not only celebrated my birthday in London, but to have such an amazing group of friends here, and a phenomenal family and group of friends back home as well. Sometimes I become so caught up with Uni and coursework that I forget what an amazing opportunity studying abroad has been. I am so grateful for everyone that has made this year and the next possible for me.
Come What May..
Happy Valentine’s day, everyone!.. I think I sang Come What May with both my mom and step mom a million times when Moulin Rouge came out.. So this is for you two.. Happy Valentine’s day, mom and Jen!..
Go here:
http://logannolin.com/music
Click: “Come What May”
Cheers..
British Undergraduate Degree Classification..
I found this a couple of days ago, and my mom thought that it was nice to actually see it in print.
Basically- I’m sure it’s really strange to hear me say that I did well on assignment by getting a 68% or 75%. After all, according to the US grade system- a 68% is an “F” and 75% is a “D”– both of those aren’t exactly star quality grades. Well I’m here to set the record straight!.. My good, trusty friend, Wikipedia, has this fantastic page set up so that you can see proof that my “good” grades are actually in fact, “good”.
Follow the link and look under the heading: “International Comparisons”. Click here —-> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_undergraduate_degree_classification
Cheers!..
Weekend away..
Today while I was on the tube, I heard this little kid literally growling at him “mum” and shoving cookies in his mouth. He then proceeded to growl that he was the “biscuit monster”..
Shockingly, cookies don’t really exist over here- the British call them biscuits.. They have an additional name for graham crackers (which come in a long tube pack and are shaped like circles) and other “hard cookies”.. They are called- wait for it…………….Digestives. For some reason I just can’t bring myself to enjoy eating something called a “digestive”.
This past weekend a few friends and I were invited to stay with my friend Lani at her house in New Milton or Hampshire, England. Her house was amazing and was incredibly close to Barton on Sea, which is an awesome pebble beach facing France which is divided by the English channel. The beach is completely covered in rocks and seashells and there is even a castle just above the beach called Highcliffe Castle.
While in Hampshire, I had my first “cream tea” that consisted of English tea and milk (no sugar) and scones with clotted cream and jam. Clotted cream is really difficult to describe, but I will try my best. It is basically an insanely thick (think the texture of butter with some added flour) sweet “cream” that has surprisingly little actual taste- apart from the sweetness. There’s a link to it –> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clotted_cream
Getting out of the city was great for the weekend- particularly seeing proper grass and not seeing pavement everywhere I look..
In other news- it snowed for the second time in London this evening and I have pictures!.. (It snowed for the first time while I was in Hampshire and had practically melted when I arrived home)
Cheers, Santorum 2012!..
Beep, Beep!..
Turbo is officially paid off.
..great thing I’m living in the US to reap the benefits
“I love me some big mac’s after singin’ the national anthem in Texas”..
Let me start by saying that if you meet a British person that says that they can, “do an American accent”, 90% of the time you will experience this horrendously nasally deep DEEP DEEEEEEEP Southern accent, with a drawl that would make a country music singer cringe. AND the best part is that the phrase that they pick to say either involves:
- eating food ..in Texas
- doing something patriotic ..in Texas OR
- eating food whilst doing something patriotic ..in Texas
It’s such an amusing thing to hear..
Now that I’ve got that off my chest………
Classes are now underway and I was finally registered for my “option module”. I chose Global Markets. This module did not seem as though it would be very enjoyable; however, the class is actually proving to be pretty interesting. My updated schedule is the same as the last post (Tuesdays and Thursdays) with the addition of Wednesday for Global Markets. The other classes are also going well, I’m a little bummed that this semester will end with final exams, but I’m looking forward to the 5+ weeks of spring break starting the end of March!..
OH YA….I almost forgot!.. A few weeks back, I went to a free comedy night at a place called Archangel in Kensington with my friend, Sam. I was really excited to go, but was expecting that I might not understand a lot of the humor as I figured the “humour” would be British-based. This was an incorrect assumption. The comedians were really excellent and if the Americans in the audience did not understand something, they brought them up to speed (in comedic form, of course). I forgot to take pictures this time, but I will go again and I WILL take pictures..
I promise that I will do something interesting soon…..maybe go to the theatre or visit some new exotic place. I am sure that these posts are rather boring if I’m only talking about my classes. I was also considering starting video updates?.. That would be just specTACULAR, ya?..
Cheers!..
Semester Two..
Semester two has commenced this week and I have a pretty light class load. My current class schedule is:
Monday- No Class
Tuesday- Advertising seminar (4-5:30pm)
Wednesday- No Class
Thursday- Marketing Metrics and Analysis seminar (10-11:30am), Marketing Metrics and Analysis lecture (11:30-1:00pm), Business Research and Professional Practice seminar (2:30-4:00pm), and Advertising lecture (6-7:30pm)
Friday- No Class
I am missing one module right now.. I was planning on doing a Global Markets module on Wednesdays; however, there is an opportunity for me to be in a Distribution and Retail module on Tuesday from 9:30-11:00am (lecture) and either 11:30-1:00pm or 1-2:30pm (seminar).
The adjustment coming back to London has been much easier and faster which is nice. I have been working on a new cover song by Rihanna “We Found Love” and I will hopefully make a YouTube video to post soon. The concept can be found here: logannolin.com/we-found-love
Until then- cheers!..
