In Praise of Slow

I haven't read Carl Honore's 'In Praise of Slow', but I'm honoring the principle. This Friday is my first class (Conflict Management) but before that I'm hanging out, reading (the goal for 2006 is to read more books than in 2005, which means at least 34 books), walking through London, NOT shopping (no money), and going through museums. That's one of the things I love in London, there are so many good museums, some of which are free. Today I walked down from Marylebone where I live to the Tate Modern, which is housed in an old powerstation on the South Bank and houses the modern art in the Tate Collection. On the way I snapped the picture on the top left of St. Paul's Cathedral.

I like these days... taking it slow, nice and easy. No pressure, no assignments, lectures, rushing around. But I realise all too well that I only like these days because they contrast with the days of lectures, assignments and rushing around like a headless chicken.
Things are slowly getting back to normal again as friends are coming back from their xmas breaks, and we're slowing starting to meet up again, and I'm even thinking about doing some Finance reading this weekend!

[edit 1: the picture on the right was snapped using my mobile phone, and is Rachel Whiteread's structure in the Turbine Hall, called EMBANKMENT].
[edit 2: ok, one more picture, I took my digital SLR back from its hibernation at my parents, so now I'm a happy snapper again].