Travel Research

On January 7th, I went to a library with the lovely Ang. I planned on going there to find some books on learning the Korean or Japanese language as I am quite interested in learning them. Unfortunately this library was not much help. It just had journals, sociology articles and stuff like that. Mostly things for students in Ang's area of study which is Journalism. Ang showed me some books that I would be interested in. She showed me a book on what I think was all the anime movies that have been made if not all, then it was all the major ones. She also got me another book that she was told was really good. When  first walked in I saw an area that had some books that I thought I would be interested in. Ang took me to a room so we can sit down in quiet and read. I put my books down and went to that area to see what I can find.

I looked for maybe 5 minutes for something interesting until I found the best book that I can possibly find at this time. Its called "Working your way around the world". It talks about getting jobs in different countries all over the world. It also talks about what is need to get in the countries like getting a visa and your vaccination shots if needed. It explains about what seems like every area that to work in. There are numerous links and contact info given for each area of work as well.

This book really has everything I was looking for and need to know before I go out and explore the world on my own. I didn't have much time to read all of this unfortunately and have not been back since. With me being the genius that I am, I did something that I think is illegal. No, I didn't steal the book. I took pictures of as much pages as possible on all the main places that I wanted to go. This way I can read the book whenever I wanted to.

I highly recommend giving this book a read. It is extremely informational.

Speaking of breaking the rules, Ang and I broke every rule in that room.

No eating - We ate my apple
No drinking - We drank my water
No stereos - We played some music
Phones off - We both were using our phone

I didn't know this until Ang showed me the rules that were posted above my head. LOL

Exploring Cardiff Part 1

This must be the most horrific thing
I have ever seen here
 

Possible PK area

Pretty cool looking church

loved the lighting

A really cool looking building IMO

If cars only, who is going to drive them?
one of life's mysteries i guess

Cardiff Streets are clean

Don't forget to recycle.

These are recyclable trash bags. If you don't put the right items in these bags you can get a fine from what i have been told

Most residence are built like siamese twins.

Bus stop with times of arrival. Telling you when
it will be there down to the minute. (ie. will arrive in 2mins)

Ohhhhh so here is where all the trash is.

Loved the lighting again.

Lil night pic 

You will not find this kind of parking in
Bermuda

A tiny Car that is pretty popular as I have seen a few.

I love the sky had to take this pic.

This pic does not show how foggy it gets at night.
Love the spirit of this park.

First hair cut in the UK

I have been really skeptical about going to get my hair cut here. I just was not sure if barbers out here are use to cutting a black person's hair as it is not the same as other ethnical groups. Nor do I go to any Barber.

I usually get a hair cut every two weeks but a month goes by and I have yet to go to a barber. I went scouting I think the second week I was here, just never went. With a month of hair on my head and face I felt horrible and looked horrible as you can see below.

I felt like a prophet
with all this on me.

So I finally decided to a recommend barbershop that I looked up on my iPhone app. As I was walking I saw this place. I was thinking to myself at this point whether or not I should go here or to the place I looked up. On one hand you have someone thats familiar with your hair texture and on the other you have a recommended place.

I figure I would see what this place has to offer. I got there and there was only one person and he was in the chair. I didn't have to wait to long.

Got in the chair and was comfortable and not worried bout it. If anything happened I would just wear a hat for the next week. My hair would be long enough to fix with this hair grease I got. Makes your hair grow fast and healthy with all natural products. After he finished I scouted to ensure that it was satisfactory in the mirror. I noticed some parts that still had uneven hair lengths. He went over it and fixed it. It cost me £8 for the hair cut and facial trim. The final result is below. Not bad though he didn't do what I told him with the sideburns. He gets a 7/10.

MUCH BETTER!!!

Mission to boulders

Click to check their site.

Back in that place that I grew up, I did rock climbing/wall climbing. I knew I wanted to continue it so I looked on the net for the closet place to go. I found a place called 'Boulders'. It has taken me over a month to get off my lazy ass and go look for it. I had nothing to do the other day and tons of time to kill. Boulders is 1.7 miles away. Now I know your thinking, "Well thats not that long really." It's really not, but in my mind it was. It was going to take e me 45 minutes walking to get there and 13 minutes by car. I thought of taking a taxi to go but than I would be depriving myself the opportunity to explore Cardiff finally and know where different places are. Packed climbing shoes and set out for the long walk.

YAY!!!
I see my destination in the distance.

Hmmmm!
How do i get over there???

YAY!!
I found a way with my ninja skills (crossed the bridge)

Got two pairs of climbing shoes but brought the
right foot for both.

The Bouldering Area

The grading system for the colored routes.
I finished 3 moderate routes.
There is a white route but it's not on this chart.
Finished a few of those.

The Boulder Routes

Top rope and lead Belay routes

Traverse Wall

Campus Board
Place you strengthen yourself or warm up