Random Thoughts from today

For some odd reason, I notice two random things about London-town (in my Kanye voice) today.

1. People don't litter here. What makes this more surprising (well at least to me), London doesn't have a lot of trash cans (rubbish cans). London is really paranoid about bombs, so the don't have to many trash cans on the streets as a precaution. So, where is all the trash going........

2. I have yet to see a fat British person. Maybe because the portions over here are so small and the food isn't heavily seasoned,or maybe people care more about there health in general. I don't know what it is, but I didn't realize how out-of shape America is as a whole until I got here....

Amsterdam

Ok, so you know by now that I took a visit to Amsterdam. If you ever intend to go, here are a few things you should know:

1. Everything is LEGAL !
2. The Coffee Shops don't sell coffee, all mary jane (well maybe a little coffee too)
3. All the street names are crazy long and all sound the same
4. Don't get caught taking pictures of the protitues in the Red Light Distirct or else (we managed to get one though :-) )
5. If you want to take a picture with the street preformers, please tip them, or it will get ugly fast
6. If you stay in a Hostel, sleep with all your clothes on
7. Always be on the look-out for your passport
8. The Red Light District is acutlally surrounded by Red Lights.
9. If your into the whole paying to have sex thing; you can choose from a row a prostitues. It's like going to the store almost (50 euro min) (No I didn't do it, I just asked one what was the price)

Tourist Moments : Amsterdam

Here are a few pictures from my visit to Amsterdam. I can't post them all because......... but here's a few......

How I'm Living....

So I decided to make a video of how I'm living over here in the UK. I hope yall enjoy....

YouTube Virginity

This is the first video I ever saw on YouTube. It's still hilarious to this day.

Thoughts on Death

"......seems at the end of every young black life it's this line damn him already. Such a good kid, got us pouring Hen already. Liquor to the curb for my n***as up above when it cracks through the pavement that's our way of showing love. So give BIG a hug and tell Aaliyah I said hi, until the next time I see you on the other side...." - JayZ

They say everything happens for a reason, whether we can see that reason or not, but at times like this I question that ideology. Maybe sh*t just happens sometimes for no reason at all. I can't begin to understand why someone took such a genuine person's life. Dennis was a good dude and this just proves that no matter how good of a person you are, or how you live your life, your tomorrow is never promised. Dennis, I will continue to keep your friends, family, and the Mu Psi Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc in my prayers. Until the next time I see you on the other side.....

It will be soon before long ......

Sorry guys and girls for my lack of new posts in the past few days. Its been a rough few days. From taking my first ambulance ride to the hospital to coming down with some type of British flu. Don't worry though, I'm slowly but surely recovering. Plus I have loads to talk about, so bare with me.

BLACK HOUSE !

So our president is BLACK and I couldn't be more proud. Thank you to all the Obama supporters who believe and realized that change was necessary. All I ask is that we give this man a chance. Everything isn't going to change over night and maybe not even in one term. Also, STAY informed. Now that Mr. Obama is officially president, don't lose touch with what's happening. I for one never been more in-tune with the politics until now and I intend on staying that way. To you Mr. Obama CONGRATULATIONS and I KNOW you will do well. " YES WE CAN" soon to be " YES WE DID"

Tourist Moments: London

Here are a few random pictures of my trip so far, plenty more to come......

Day 1

Just finished my first day of classes after about a month and a half long break. I kinda look at this semester as a vacation because of how relaxed I made my schedule. I only have classes on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday mostly in the morning...... So what am I gonna do with all that free time?......Mack and hang of course.......But just sitting in class today was kinda of amazing and a real break from the norm. For the most part I have been surrounded by BLACK people my entire life; I can pretty much count on my fingers the number of non-BLACKs that I've ever shared a classroom with. Now I love my people but we can be a handful at times so the break is kinda nice...well at least for the moment. As I listened to everyone introduce themselves in class I today, I was taken back by the large number of nationalities represented. I mean students from all over, Poland, The Congo, Zimbabwe, China, and The Middle East just to name a few. As far as class went, it was really typical, PowerPoint, lectures, and me fighting to stay awake......looks to be a very interesting semester to say the least.

Random things I've already noticed about the UK.....

1. Everyone has a scooter ! I've never seen so many people driving around on a scooter, as specially in December. While I was on the bus to my campus from the airport I was watching this person on a scooter weave in-and-out of traffic like he ( I just assume it was a guy) was filming the "Biker Boyz" Sequel, the UK version and I am thinking to myself, this must be one cocky dude who just don't give a f***. He was cutting people off like it was nothing. I'm like if this was DC he woulda been got hit or flipped the the bird or something, but Naw it was a young lady driving the scooter and all the people she cut off didn't seem to mind or was just use to it.

2. London is definitely not for the claustrophobic. It is a lot more compact than the US, well at least from what I seen so far. The cars are smaller and the streets are really narrow. I think people just like to be close to each other here in general.

3. So the sinks here have a separate hot water and cold water fountain....So what do you do if you want warm water? I don't have the slightest clue, I'll let you know when I find out.

4. The streets here are definitely not like your typical city. They don't go north - south like most cities. These streets curve and whine in a types of directions. On top of that, there aren't any street poles. It took me like three days before I realized that all the streets signs were on the side of buildings, and fences.

5. The cars drive on the opposite side of the road. Probably not a big deal to most people right?....Wrong, I never realized how natural it is to look in a certain direction when crossing the street until I got here and always end up looking the wrong way. I saw this random statistic on how the leading cause of injury to most tourist in the UK was car related and I really didn't pay it any attention. Like you gotta be stupid to get hit by a car....... Well after almost being hit by a car like 5 times, I look in every possible direction before I cross now.

Now Let's Start The Show !

First and foremost WELCOME ! I want to THANK YOU for stumbling across my blog and taking the time to read a few posts. So who am I……Well it’s your boy Tay B, I’m currently a college student at THE North Carolina A&T State University (AGGIE PRIDE!!!) hailing from PG County Maryland. Why the name?....Well it kinda speaks for itself; I am a cool nerd pretty much. What to aspect?...Hmmm…This blog will act as a chronicle of my life while I adjust to living in the UK for the next 3+ months first. Then, I hope it just grows and evolves as I grow,mature and try to pave my way through this beautiful struggle that is my life. You should aspect to hear my unbiased truths (well mostly unbiased), and my views, opinions, and random thought of all types of stuff, so I hope you enjoy. So with out further a due, I now present to you A Nerd In A Cool Kid’s Body……..