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A lot of people are getting on my back about not updating.  One post in the past 2 months is pretty bad so here goes nothing.
How should I structure this?  Should I just write about what I did, what I’m thinking… ahh, lets do all of the above in point-form to make things easier.  Go [...]

This weekend was thankfully a long weekend, go go Bank Holiday! My roommates went to Madrid and Paris, respectively, while I went to work. It was a blast spending my Sunday and Monday reading and trying to figure things out! I’m really wishing I took more relevant courses during my previous school [...]

Can’t sleep. Gah!
You know what sucks? The British Personal Banking system. I set up a new account last week and I still can’t withdraw my money without going down to the teller. I’m waiting to receive my debit card, my savings card, and my credit card in the mail. I [...]

Short explanation: London + Sivji-ism = London-ism.
Yesterday, Andrew (one of my roommates) and I hit up Asda (aka the British Walmart) to stock up on snacks and supplies.  Since we bought way too much stuff, we decided to wheel our shopping cart home…. big mistake.
British shopping carts have sensors which automatically lock one of the [...]

I laid down 25 pence after getting a drink at the pub and got the strangest look.
British Rando #1: “What’s that for?”
Sivji: “Uh…. the tip.”
British Rando #1: “You can take it back”
Sivji: “O….k….”
So I guess they don’t tip in England…
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I opened a bank account with Barclays and apparently I will be getting my debit card in the mail.  [...]

First things first… pictures are up.
I arrived in London around 8:30 this morning.  One thing I learned: I’m not made to sit down in a plane for 7 straight hours.  Not to mention that I probably had the worst seat in the house: middle aisle right in front of the projector.  I couldn’t even stretch my [...]

- I decided to buy a Macbook and will be placing my order sometime within the next 2-3 days.  I never thought I’d buy a Mac, but I plan on primary booting into either Vista or XP so its not like I’m really making any sort of switch.  Bootcamp for the win!  At least I’ll [...]

Just came back from seeing KWLT’s production of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead.
Got cheap tickets from Eric Logan, who happened to be playing Tragedian #3.  All in all, it was a good production of a great play.
Speaking of plays, I totally forgot how much I love all this ‘cultural’ jazz (and, yes, KWLT does qualify as culture in Waterloo).  I [...]

UW’s co-op system finally came through for me as I landed an offer for what can only be described as my dream job. I will be heading “cross the pond” to work for an investment bank in London as a Fixed Income Trading Intern. I’m gonna try to leverage this four month co-op into a [...]