A crazy week ... *updated*
Wow, I have so much to tell ... and since a couple of weeks I'm a bit lazy in answering mails and updating my blog. Sorry to everybody, many answers are pending for a couple of weeks already ...
Saturday a week ago, Melanie invited me to a house party of another girl that lives close to my house. To my surprise, most of the people at this party have been to Switzerland. Actually, we were invited by a family with 5 children, and at least 2 of them have been to Appenzell. They worked there as au pair or as waitress and learned German ... must be *sweet* to hear English native speakers talking Swiss German with an Appenzell dialect :)
For all non Swiss guys reading my blog ... Appenzell is pretty picturesque town in Switzerland, the area is famous for it's mountainous countryside and it's cows and needless to say for its cheese production. You'll find the real Swiss guys there (including all the stereotypes) :)
At night we went to a Cuba social ... it was a fundraising event ... a Canadian working brigade is raising money for going to Cuba. The event had kind of a marxian touch ... life in Cuba is good and Fidel Castro is a hero fighting against Capitalism :) However, for sure we enjoyed the music and some of the dancing performances were pretty impressive.
Sunday I spent most of the time studying car ads and doing some homework (I was to tired to get off for badminton). I found a car that wasn't an accident car, looked good and was pretty cheap. Thus, on Monday I asked my roommate if he could give me a ride to the car dealer.
The car is a 2001 Chevrolet Cavalier with approx. 78,500 km, is nice to drive and pretty comfortable. Ok, honestly I prefer the Ford Focus (I had before), for the car had a nice and modern design. However, I paid less and the car drives fine, thus I think it still was good deal. And most important, I was ready for my road trips ...
The same day I got a mail of my friend who should travel with me ... bad news ... he cancelled his trip to New York, thus I had a serious problem for my parents will arrive in New York and not in Winnipeg and there were only 30 days left. I was upset about that, for I think it's not really desirable to bear the consequences for someone else decision.
The following Tuesday I went to an insurance broker in order to insure the car. Afterwards, I went for a test drive ... with the exception of small issues (one loud speaker and the light buzzer don't work) the car is in a good condition. At night I had to study for my management exam the following day.
On Wednesday I also had my last swimming class. For sure I improved my strokes; however, I still have to exercise a lot. At night I called the my welcome family and also the lady who kindly gave us a ride after the accident ... for I was now able to visit them by car :)
Thus, I visited this lady (Audrey) the next day and brought her a bunch of flowers. Audrey introduced her family and invited me for a cup of tea. We had a good conversation (about differences of culture and daily life in Canada and Switzerland) and I really enjoyed to meet this family. I also got two good hints:
On Friday I had no school at all. I had a good night's rest, did some homework, went for a run with my roommate (probably I will try the half marathon, my roommate almost conviced me) and at night, I enjoyed watching a movie together with Phil and Craig (roommates). The movie was a funny comedy, though I don't remember the title.
Saturday I worked on my flyer ... my idea was to find people at university who would be interested in joining my roadtrip. If you haven't seen the flyer yet, feel free to check the next blog entry. At night I met Mark, Sylvain, Emilie and some more guys for bowling. Unfortunately, all the bowling lanes were fully booked and we ended playing pool and foosball (it's actually the correct translation for "Tischfussball"). Sunday I mostly focused on my report.
The weather gets warm now ... the snow also started melting during the week. Moreover, some Canadian already started wearing Flip Flops :) Spring is coming soon!!!
Saturday a week ago, Melanie invited me to a house party of another girl that lives close to my house. To my surprise, most of the people at this party have been to Switzerland. Actually, we were invited by a family with 5 children, and at least 2 of them have been to Appenzell. They worked there as au pair or as waitress and learned German ... must be *sweet* to hear English native speakers talking Swiss German with an Appenzell dialect :)
For all non Swiss guys reading my blog ... Appenzell is pretty picturesque town in Switzerland, the area is famous for it's mountainous countryside and it's cows and needless to say for its cheese production. You'll find the real Swiss guys there (including all the stereotypes) :)
At night we went to a Cuba social ... it was a fundraising event ... a Canadian working brigade is raising money for going to Cuba. The event had kind of a marxian touch ... life in Cuba is good and Fidel Castro is a hero fighting against Capitalism :) However, for sure we enjoyed the music and some of the dancing performances were pretty impressive.
Sunday I spent most of the time studying car ads and doing some homework (I was to tired to get off for badminton). I found a car that wasn't an accident car, looked good and was pretty cheap. Thus, on Monday I asked my roommate if he could give me a ride to the car dealer.
The car is a 2001 Chevrolet Cavalier with approx. 78,500 km, is nice to drive and pretty comfortable. Ok, honestly I prefer the Ford Focus (I had before), for the car had a nice and modern design. However, I paid less and the car drives fine, thus I think it still was good deal. And most important, I was ready for my road trips ...
The same day I got a mail of my friend who should travel with me ... bad news ... he cancelled his trip to New York, thus I had a serious problem for my parents will arrive in New York and not in Winnipeg and there were only 30 days left. I was upset about that, for I think it's not really desirable to bear the consequences for someone else decision.
The following Tuesday I went to an insurance broker in order to insure the car. Afterwards, I went for a test drive ... with the exception of small issues (one loud speaker and the light buzzer don't work) the car is in a good condition. At night I had to study for my management exam the following day.
On Wednesday I also had my last swimming class. For sure I improved my strokes; however, I still have to exercise a lot. At night I called the my welcome family and also the lady who kindly gave us a ride after the accident ... for I was now able to visit them by car :)
Thus, I visited this lady (Audrey) the next day and brought her a bunch of flowers. Audrey introduced her family and invited me for a cup of tea. We had a good conversation (about differences of culture and daily life in Canada and Switzerland) and I really enjoyed to meet this family. I also got two good hints:
- There should be a good German bakery (Kohler Bakery) at the intersection of Academy Road and Centennir Street. In terms of good bread, I also discovered some good bread at Canadian Superstore ... the presidents choice bread is pretty good (for example the olive bread with a hard crust)
- There should be a good Japanese restaurant at the intersection of Broadway and Edmonton Street that serves a lunch special (incl. Sushi) for $12.
On Friday I had no school at all. I had a good night's rest, did some homework, went for a run with my roommate (probably I will try the half marathon, my roommate almost conviced me) and at night, I enjoyed watching a movie together with Phil and Craig (roommates). The movie was a funny comedy, though I don't remember the title.
Saturday I worked on my flyer ... my idea was to find people at university who would be interested in joining my roadtrip. If you haven't seen the flyer yet, feel free to check the next blog entry. At night I met Mark, Sylvain, Emilie and some more guys for bowling. Unfortunately, all the bowling lanes were fully booked and we ended playing pool and foosball (it's actually the correct translation for "Tischfussball"). Sunday I mostly focused on my report.
The weather gets warm now ... the snow also started melting during the week. Moreover, some Canadian already started wearing Flip Flops :) Spring is coming soon!!!
posted by Alain at 11:09
1 Comments:
down with walmart! long live value village!
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