Saturday, 13 October 2007

So I had my interview yesterday and it seemed to go really well. I was completely at ease, and the interview ended up being just a nice conversation with two women- one American and one British. The building and office was REALLY impressive. The building is only a year or two old and is super trendy and fancy. It also houses the UK Google offices and is located just down the street from Buckingham Palace! I hope they pick me!! *crosses fingers*

Jen and I will be moving into our new place tomorrow. We've decided we're going to make two trips with our stuff instead of trying for one (Jen just about broke her back lugging her things from Heathrow to Egham).

There was a happy change with the housing- the Japanese girls decided not to live in the house, so we're taking their room instead for an extra 10 pounds a week per person. Our new room is actually the house's living room, so it's huge and has a fireplace and built-in cabinets. It also has a couch and a TV! Our former room is about one-third the size and wouldn't have had a TV, so we're really excited about the upgrade, especially since our house doesn't have a common room. I don't know how we would have watched British TV otherwise.

Jen and I went to Royal Holloway's on-campus club last night. It was Hogwarts-themed, so everyone was dressed up like Harry Potter. They also had a guy dressed like Hagrid up on stilts wandering around the dance floor, which was pretty cool. The music was super cheesy (I'm told all the themed nights are like that). The highlight of the music was when they played the Saved by the Bell theme song followed by Huey Lewis and News' "Power of Love" (from Back to the Future).

Well I need to take care of some online business before move-in tomorrow, so this will be it until I have internet again! Wish me luck with the job!

1 comment:

Darcy said...

You should post pictures of yours and Jen's room once it's all set up. In my mind, you both live in the Griffindor common room.