Economics, Football & Polar Lights
Yesterday was my second day at university, I had my first economics lesson. And there was a big surprise, almost more than 50% of the students were females - and this in economics! Unbelievable! It looks like Canadian Women like Economics!
In the eve I went playing badminton at the sport facilities of the university. Most of the badminton players are from Asia, badminton is not really established in Canada. Afterwards we went to a party at the university and we had a lot of fun - people were dancing until the party was over.
Today I was watching a Canadian football match (see new pictures). Canadian Football looks to me a little bit boring, because there were to many breaks at all. But the ambiance/spirit is different, Canadian football is like a celebration for the whole family: Meeting and talking to people, drinking beer, eating burgers and hot dogs, free lunch (pizza) and t-shirts for the noisiest supporters ... After the football match many international students found together to play soccer, nobody has been hurt and afterwards everbody was beeing happy!
For dinner I tried to cook myself. I did some pasta and tried to broil (= "braten") some meat. First I damaged the pan, second I burnt my finger and third I had no time to eat dinner because I had to catch to bus - it was like a disaster. As you see my life is hard ... :)
Tonight we were out to Osborne Road, that's a street with some bars and pubs. There I met other international students and we had lots of topics to talk about. I tried two different canadian beers, they both were dark and I didn't like them much: Grasshopper Ale and Fort Gary Dark Ale ... Afterwards we took the bus to go home, for my last part of way home I took the taxi (it is cheaper than in Switzerland) because there are no buses on Saturday night on this route. When I arrived home I met my neighbours and we were watching together the polar lights! Another Canadian thing I don't want to miss ...
In the eve I went playing badminton at the sport facilities of the university. Most of the badminton players are from Asia, badminton is not really established in Canada. Afterwards we went to a party at the university and we had a lot of fun - people were dancing until the party was over.
Today I was watching a Canadian football match (see new pictures). Canadian Football looks to me a little bit boring, because there were to many breaks at all. But the ambiance/spirit is different, Canadian football is like a celebration for the whole family: Meeting and talking to people, drinking beer, eating burgers and hot dogs, free lunch (pizza) and t-shirts for the noisiest supporters ... After the football match many international students found together to play soccer, nobody has been hurt and afterwards everbody was beeing happy!
For dinner I tried to cook myself. I did some pasta and tried to broil (= "braten") some meat. First I damaged the pan, second I burnt my finger and third I had no time to eat dinner because I had to catch to bus - it was like a disaster. As you see my life is hard ... :)
Tonight we were out to Osborne Road, that's a street with some bars and pubs. There I met other international students and we had lots of topics to talk about. I tried two different canadian beers, they both were dark and I didn't like them much: Grasshopper Ale and Fort Gary Dark Ale ... Afterwards we took the bus to go home, for my last part of way home I took the taxi (it is cheaper than in Switzerland) because there are no buses on Saturday night on this route. When I arrived home I met my neighbours and we were watching together the polar lights! Another Canadian thing I don't want to miss ...
posted by Alain at 23:02
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