Wanted to speak with him about choosing a topic for my dissertation. Prepared a list of topics actually. But didn't get a chance to show it to him. It was quite a learning experience for me nonetheless. He gave me some ideas on what to do. All in the course of our conversation and I think I have a topic in mind at the end of the session. It was nice and easy talking to him. But it does take a lot of getting used to - talking to your supervisor like colleagues, rather than a teacher-and-student relationship. I guess it's rather like how I tried to be with my own students. Talk to them like equals and hopefully, gain their respect by giving insightful and useful advice when they need it.
In the evening, was supposed to meet up with quite a number of new friends I made in this first month here in London. But in the end, most of them dropped out for various reasons and I ended up going to the Globe with one of my hostel-mates. And when we reached the Globe, we were told that the 700 standing tickets were sold out! Amazing! In fact, ALL the 700 standing tickets for each of the shows that weekend were also sold out! Guess we just have to wait a couple of months till they re-open next April!
So, Akiko and myself took a walk along the river to Tower Bridge and back. It was another good stroll. We talked about our lessons, I talked about my love for Jap food and she recommended me a cheap and good Jap restaurant near Leicester Square. On the way back to our hostel, we passed by the Krispy Kreme outlet and I decided to splurge on some donuts. Yes, splurge! On 12 donuts! Hearing that Akiko liked donuts, I gave her some. She only took 2. I was never going to be able to finish all 12 donuts by myself anyway. So I was more than glad to have the chance to share the indulgence with her. Yum yum!!!
It's amazing how, despite the donut craze some time back home, Krispy Kreme still doesn't have an outlet in Singapore. If I remember correctly, it's some warped decision by the Asian franchise owner. But then again, the craze didn't last very long. With our limited market size and the competition from the many copy-cats that sprouted up overnight, I guess he did make a sensible decision.
Akiko said that it was her 2nd time having Krispy Kreme. Apparently, there's also a donut craze in Japan and there's a perpetual looooooong queue at Krispy Kreme. So, she only managed to try one when she saw a friend in the queue and asked him to help her get a piece. I then related my story of how it was also my 2nd time having a Krispy Kreme. The first time I had it, my friend actually stopped a stranger in the streets of Hong Kong to ask her where she bought her box of Krispy Kreme donuts. Then, we had to make our way up many flights of stairs (the escalator only brought you up halfway up the hill) to the top of Soho where the outlet was. Guess it helped the customers feel justified at buying the donuts because they had used up a decent amount of calories climbing up to get to the outlet. *grin*
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