Murder and mystery in the city

This past week we started our internships. Walking onto London Wall in the City of London I had no idea what to expect. I knew the ins and outs of London Music Masters but I didn't know what they were expecting of me.


Now, I had never worked a 10-6 (9-5) job before where I had to sit behind a desk for hours upon end staring at a screen. I'm used to running around after autistic kids or even sitting in the sun splashing water in a dirty pool with Wayne Hall for hours. I don't think I've ever been more exhausted in my life. With an hour commute one way just to get to the office, I had no idea that sitting and doing computer work could be so exhausting. Also, I was so used to walking around so much before this that it's like not moving around is making me tired.


Although at times I feel like Anne Hathaway in the Devil Wears Prada in the beginning of the movie where she's juggling Hermes scarves, I was also given a lot of responsibility which is pretty cool and makes me feel pretty honored. First, I'm doing the LMM Recommends, which is basically like what LMM suggests their followers to do in London for music every week. This is a cool job because I have to research what to do for music, and it gives me insight on what's going on in the London Music scene. Also, I get to do blog entires, and although mine this week is about #Operablog and not that exciting, I'm sure once I get to go into schools and start doing real LMM stuff it'll be more interesting to the readers. And finally, LMM basically said to me, 'we're starting a new summer camp this summer for the Bridge Project kids. One Week, limited budget, plan it....go'. I was really excited about this, probably had too many big ideas and, got way too ahead of myself too quickly. I can't wait to really start to get my hands dirty with planning this camp and make it great for the kids. 


Monday after class Yasin and I were walking back after wanting to claw our eyes our from the most dry political lecture of lives, and we stopped at our favorite off license and Yasin got a somosa and a Smirnoff Ice. On Thursday we had a Murder and Mystery tour walk around the city of London where our tour guide gave us creepy insight onto the Tutor time period and how they used to torture and kill people. Our tour ended at a pub where FIE (my school, aka my tuition) bought us a pint of blush cider, which was one of the top contenders of the best cider I've had so far. 


Oh, last thing. So I'm working in the City of London, which is basically Wall Street of NYC. So it's 85% men. In suits. When I walk down the street I'm SO the minority of women. When I'm walking to the tube station after work the pubs around Liverpool Street Station are just POURING out of men drinking pints. It's a beautiful thing. I gotta start taking full advantage of this hand served opportunity. 
I'm half kidding.