Day 363 - Quiet One

Oh my was a quiet one needed today. I haven't really drank that much this year and it really showed when I woke up with a melted brain and stomach.

After getting a grip, I mustered up the courage to eat. Looks like all I needed were carbs and caffeine. Please note that all the food below wasn't mine. I just had the almond cappuccino and cannoli. Which Janie, if you're reading was amazing. So glad you introduced me to those wonders last summer.

Day 362 - Completion Ceremony

The official culmination of our year here as Mountbatten interns, took place tonight. The awards/completion ceremony, held at the Union league club signed of on what has been a 'glorious' year.

A rather formal event, we listened to various speeches from representatives of each main body. The staff, the academics and of course the interns. The  speech read out by the dutiful Rob Martin, hit on a few points that were closer to the wire than some of the listeners would have liked.

After all the interns had collected their certificates from Dr. Dennis Garritan we sat down for the awards ceremony. I am very happy to say that I won two awards; the William. S. Ball Award for Entrepreneurship and the Earl Mountbatten Award for Global Vision. I was also nominated for the Board of Trustee's Award for Workplace Achievement.

After the ceremony, we moved upstairs to the dining hall. While the 'starved' interns were eating up, there was a slide show that rotated round with various photos of intern exploits throughout the year.

After the meal and a double check that all the wine had been consumed, we moved onto The Ginger Man (11 East and 36th St).

A fantastic night to end a fantastic year

Day 361 - Shoe Shine

After walking past this place on most days into work, I finally caved and paid the $4 to have my shoes shined.

Usually this task is both extremely messy and takes me forever. This chap did both my shoes in less than five minutes, a better job, and still managed to comment that I had very wide feet. Which got me thinking whether he was leading up to asking me for more money due to the extra land mass that he had to cover with his brush.

Apart from him stating the obvious about my plattypusitis, I might have to see if I can fit in one more polishing before next Thursday.

Day 360 - Breaking Bad

It is hard not to pay attention to the hysteria around certain events or new shows out here. The latest buzz is around Breaking Bad, as it has entered into its final season.

Curious as to what all the fuss is about, I watched a few episodes on Netflix. 

A few episodes have now rolled into a full blown addiction into the trials and trepidation's of Walter White and Jesse Pinkman.

Better call Saul!

Day 359 - 10th & Willow

On 10th and Willow in Hoboken, you can get all you can eat wings for $5...

Typical that I would find this place with just over a week to go!

Day 358 - Staten Island Yankees

To add to my collection of baseball viewings, I went to see the Staten Island Yankees today.

Although baseball has grown on me over the last year, it wasn't the main reason why I caught the free ferry over to Staten Island. With our $22 ticket we got; entry to the game, all you can eat food, all you can drink soda, a hat, a jersey, a baseball bat and a ball. Not a bad haul for my first time on Staten Island.

Day 357 - Rounders

To start my Saturday I had a (not so) hearty breakfast, that was entitled Eggs in a Saddle. It consisted off a foot long panini, with two fried eggs, steak and chips. This was washed down with a few jugs of Mimosa.

To burn of this breakfast, we headed to Prospect Park to play rounders, get sun burnt and talk about how breakfast was a glutinous mistake.