Alright, I lied. THIS will be the last post of the blog. And I knew it all along. Despicable, I know. Just thought I'd do a little update after being home for sort of 24 hours.
Everything is more or less how I left it. A few new things around the house but that's it. I'm also now living in a house which will most likely be a renovation site for quite a long while. Great. It's a mess, but it's home.
For now I'm really happy to be here. It's the same but I'm not sure whether this will turn out to be a good or a bad thing.
One of the things I've noticed is that it gets dark exceptionally later than it does in North America. Ok, sure, it's winter there and summer here which is like, totally opposite and whatever, but like, it doesn't get dark here until like, 8.30! I'm not sure if you're aware, but the sun hates North America so much it decides to leave at about 4. Also, I've been driving a few times since I've been back and I'm getting a bit confused as to which way the cars/ my car is meant to be going. I'm not gonna lie, this scares me. I didn't think it'd affect me so much seeing as
A) I used to always look the 'wrong' way when crossing the road in North America. Still did till the day I left! and
B) I didn't drive there. Nor did I want to.
I've got a lot of coffee and/or beach dates in the coming weeks to keep me busy which is good. I also need to get a J.O.B too... but that can wait a few days.
It's a bit weird being in a place that's so warm too. I haven't worn less than 2 layers in months!
As you can tell, not too many 'deep' thoughts from me this time. I'm not really in the mood. Plus there's nothing left to say.
So this is REALLY it then. I swear. I just thought I'd do something similar to when movies have like, little extra bits near the end of the credits where only like, the 'dedicated' people (read nerds) stay and see it. I do this by the way, not at the movies though, but on DVD's. I always fast-forward through the credits just in case (NERD ALERT!).
So if you're reading this, thanks again. Now I know who TRULY follows this. Ha. Now please re-read the last paragraph of the previous post. Thank you. That is all.
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Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Thursday, December 11, 2008
"This is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning."
It's all coming to an end. The first four people in our little (or rather, large) exchange family have gone. Two aussie girls and the two English girls have returned to their respective homes and they've left a little void here for the rest of us in Toronto. A couple more have their last night tonight and the large majority of us have our last night in Toronto tomorrow. We're all going our separate ways but we'll always have Toronto. Always.
I may have mentioned it before but a reunion of sorts has been informally organised in Australia for June or July next year which would be amazing!
We've already done the 'you're welcome to come stay with me/ us whenever you're in ________ (insert country name here)' which will be handy in the future ahahahahaha. Of course, I've said the same thing, and I mean it.
I thought I'd be a lot sadder than this right now, but it just feels right. The time has come. It's not goodbye forever though, just indefinitely. The title of this post says it all. You can thank Mr. Churchill for that one. I'm pretty sure I'll see them again. It's not a matter of if, but when. Hopefully in 2010 after I become a fully trained Journalist! That's right! I've been unofficially put into the major that I wanted for my final year of Uni! (Final year?! Oh, god. It feels like I've only just started yesterday!)
I've also layed out a unconfirmed plan for my travels before my flight home which is cool. About time too. I have to book at least some of it by tomorrow before I leave for CUBA! Anyways, here it is:
http://tinyurl.com/5n79gj
Keep in mind that this is just a provisional plan and could change (though most likely, the dates will change, not the places). This seems like quite a lot to fit in to the time that I have left to travel but I think I'm up for the challenge.
That is all.
I may have mentioned it before but a reunion of sorts has been informally organised in Australia for June or July next year which would be amazing!
We've already done the 'you're welcome to come stay with me/ us whenever you're in ________ (insert country name here)' which will be handy in the future ahahahahaha. Of course, I've said the same thing, and I mean it.
I thought I'd be a lot sadder than this right now, but it just feels right. The time has come. It's not goodbye forever though, just indefinitely. The title of this post says it all. You can thank Mr. Churchill for that one. I'm pretty sure I'll see them again. It's not a matter of if, but when. Hopefully in 2010 after I become a fully trained Journalist! That's right! I've been unofficially put into the major that I wanted for my final year of Uni! (Final year?! Oh, god. It feels like I've only just started yesterday!)
I've also layed out a unconfirmed plan for my travels before my flight home which is cool. About time too. I have to book at least some of it by tomorrow before I leave for CUBA! Anyways, here it is:
http://tinyurl.com/5n79gj
Keep in mind that this is just a provisional plan and could change (though most likely, the dates will change, not the places). This seems like quite a lot to fit in to the time that I have left to travel but I think I'm up for the challenge.
That is all.
Sunday, November 2, 2008
November/ Our time is running out
It's November and to quote one of my favourite songs, yes, 'our time is definitely running out'. Not sure if you realise but this means that I only have about a month of uni left before the end of the year (not including exams). I really don't want this to end. I don't want to say goodbye to anyone here. It's weird but I can't imagine life without them now...
It's November which also means I've been here more than 2 months now. It seems an age since I left New Zealand and so much has happened. I was talking to one of my friends the other day and I told her that this was most definitely the best decision I've ever made in my entire life. God, just listen to me, I'm talking as it today were my last day! But seriously though, there's still so much I haven't done - I haven't been to that medieval restaurant (but I'm gonna try and convince one of the guys to have his birthday there ;) ) and I haven't even been up the CN Tower! I haven't seen a baseball game but I totally missed my chance for that I think and I also haven't been to a hockey match, or a basketball game! (None of which I really give a shit about but y'know, you wanna go just to see what it's like right?) ( Like, when am I ever going to come back?) (Soon I hope).
Anyway, that's about enough of that. In other news, I'm going to see Cute with Chris: Live tonight which is very exciting. If you don't know what it is then I suggest you have a look at it (theres a link over there ----> somewhere on the right). It's something you either like or don't though so...
Novemeber comes right after the end of October which, if you didn't know is Halloween time. For those of you who don't know, this was my first, like, proper Halloween so I was totally kinda amped for it. I dressed up as an Eskimo which, to be honest, was kind of a cop out - I just bought a big jacket (which I needed anyway - it's getting fucking cold out. Though today I was outside in t-shirt and jeans but that's neither here nor there.) a fishing rod and a soft toy fish.
Anyway, yeah, so there were pre drinks in my room which was pretty ridiculous. There must have been about 25 people in there and if you've ever been in my room (which I'm sure none of you have) you'll know that it's not really built for that many people. Possibly about 10-12 comfortably. And any more than 4 is considered a 'fire' risk. I'm surprised actually, that the security guys didn't come up and that I didn't get a fine for the noise. But yeah, there was a parade thing on Church st (which is in the so called 'gay district') which was amazing. So many people! Just imagine my room during pre drinks but instead it was a whole street (does this make sense? I would imagine it might not). After that finished though, the whole night kinda lost momentum. There were a few house parties going on apparently but with us being such a big group it was hard to co-ordinate them (like being back in Montreal!) So after a while I just decided to go back to my room and begin the clean up which actually, didn't take that long but I have like, brown marks on my duvet where one of the girls must have rubbed up against it (she painted hereself brown and went as a Rastafarian).
Saturday night was more of the same really, we headed down to Neil Wycik which is the other student residence just down the street for a kegger. And I'll tell you what, that place was WAY too small for something like that. So I decided to leave that early as well. So, overall, an interesting, yet uneventful Halloween. except for when my camera kinda broke. Now I have to go through all this insurance shit. I just want someone to fix my camera guys. Is that too much to ask?
Also, what the hell am I gonna do with this fishing rod and my now?
Oh, it was also daylight savings today which I wouldn't have know if my laptop hadn't changed automatically.
Oh, yeah, and it was also totally snowing the other day. It was absolutely amazing. I can't wait for winter!
I think that's all.
It's November which also means I've been here more than 2 months now. It seems an age since I left New Zealand and so much has happened. I was talking to one of my friends the other day and I told her that this was most definitely the best decision I've ever made in my entire life. God, just listen to me, I'm talking as it today were my last day! But seriously though, there's still so much I haven't done - I haven't been to that medieval restaurant (but I'm gonna try and convince one of the guys to have his birthday there ;) ) and I haven't even been up the CN Tower! I haven't seen a baseball game but I totally missed my chance for that I think and I also haven't been to a hockey match, or a basketball game! (None of which I really give a shit about but y'know, you wanna go just to see what it's like right?) ( Like, when am I ever going to come back?) (Soon I hope).
Anyway, that's about enough of that. In other news, I'm going to see Cute with Chris: Live tonight which is very exciting. If you don't know what it is then I suggest you have a look at it (theres a link over there ----> somewhere on the right). It's something you either like or don't though so...
Novemeber comes right after the end of October which, if you didn't know is Halloween time. For those of you who don't know, this was my first, like, proper Halloween so I was totally kinda amped for it. I dressed up as an Eskimo which, to be honest, was kind of a cop out - I just bought a big jacket (which I needed anyway - it's getting fucking cold out. Though today I was outside in t-shirt and jeans but that's neither here nor there.) a fishing rod and a soft toy fish.
Anyway, yeah, so there were pre drinks in my room which was pretty ridiculous. There must have been about 25 people in there and if you've ever been in my room (which I'm sure none of you have) you'll know that it's not really built for that many people. Possibly about 10-12 comfortably. And any more than 4 is considered a 'fire' risk. I'm surprised actually, that the security guys didn't come up and that I didn't get a fine for the noise. But yeah, there was a parade thing on Church st (which is in the so called 'gay district') which was amazing. So many people! Just imagine my room during pre drinks but instead it was a whole street (does this make sense? I would imagine it might not). After that finished though, the whole night kinda lost momentum. There were a few house parties going on apparently but with us being such a big group it was hard to co-ordinate them (like being back in Montreal!) So after a while I just decided to go back to my room and begin the clean up which actually, didn't take that long but I have like, brown marks on my duvet where one of the girls must have rubbed up against it (she painted hereself brown and went as a Rastafarian).
Saturday night was more of the same really, we headed down to Neil Wycik which is the other student residence just down the street for a kegger. And I'll tell you what, that place was WAY too small for something like that. So I decided to leave that early as well. So, overall, an interesting, yet uneventful Halloween. except for when my camera kinda broke. Now I have to go through all this insurance shit. I just want someone to fix my camera guys. Is that too much to ask?
Also, what the hell am I gonna do with this fishing rod and my now?
Oh, it was also daylight savings today which I wouldn't have know if my laptop hadn't changed automatically.
Oh, yeah, and it was also totally snowing the other day. It was absolutely amazing. I can't wait for winter!
I think that's all.
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
A quick update (cos really, nothing ever happens around here, lets be honest.)
Hey team,
Just a quick update about whats been goin on in TO and whatnot. This (hopefully) won't be a novel like all my other posts because honestly, nothing major has happened since the last one.
Lets start with the present day, then we'll move onto the past and then onto the future. Just because I want to.
Righto, well, last night I went with a friend to a live taping of MTV Live which was actually pretty cool. If you know me at all you'll know that last semester at uni I did a paper called Studio Production so of course I was interested in how shows like this were actually done compared to how we were taught in class. Surprisingly, it was very similar. The only difference was that everyone there knew what they were doing and we weren't really in a studio or anything - more like they just set up shop in a night club for the night. That place actually would make an awesome club. Anyways.... uhhh, actually, scrap that, I totally just lost my train of thought. I just got a call about organising accommodation this weekend (more on that later) so I kinda just forgot...what I was gonna...say.
Moving on. We went to see Brooke Fraser play live at the Mod Club last Friday night (cos you gotta support kiwi music right?) which was actually, to be honest was kinda disappointing. I'd never seen her live before but like, she didn't seem to want to be there that night. She also only made a fleeting comment about my flag (which I brought along - I mean, c'mon, wouldn't you?) and she pretty much just played her whole second album in it's entirety which I mean, is cool, I understand that she's trying to promote her 'new' album and whatnot but it would have been nice to hear some of her older stuff.... Anyways, after the gig I wanted her to sign my flag (I mean, c'mon, wouldn't you?) but apparently she left pretty much straight after the gig. And of course everyone we asked omitted this fact (except the one other kiwi guy in the band) so we ended up waiting around for like, 45 minutes for nothing.. The gig also finished just shy of 10pm which was kinda lame, but whatever, I wasn't really expecting an 11pm finish or anything like that. Most of our other friends though, were at another gig (Cut Copy and Presets) which didn't finish till way after ours did. So an early night it was. Which was fine, I mean, I wasn't really up for a big night anyways...
Saturday night we (attempted) to get into a rock club called 'tattoo'. I assume it was called this because of the tattoo parlour inside the club. That kinda fizzled out though, mainly cos we were still in line after midnight.... So I caught a taxi back home (aka the Primrose). Another uneventful night.
See? What did I tell you? Nothing much happens in Toronto. Also, uni work is starting to pile up for a lot of people now too which is understandable. I, for some reason don't seem to have much work to do and I keep getting the feeling that I actually might and don't know it.... You know that feeling right? It's not very nice. Not very reassuring.
And now onto some happier news. I finally have money in my Canadian bank account! Granted, it's only 13 cents but still! I'm happy. It means I'm making progress. On the advice of my wise sister, I set up two paypal accounts so I'm pretty much just paying myself money from my credit card into my Canadian account (which also means I get the true rewards dollars which is a bonus!). Anyways, this way I get to bypass all the security shit from my bank and it'll take almost the same amount of time to do it. Score. Thanks sis!
And now more happy news! We actually managed to get our shit together and this weekend we're headed to Montreal! All 20 of us... Man, I'll tell you what, it's hard organising 20 people but somehow we managed to do it. And, according to my calculations, it'll cost us a lot less than we thought to get there. We're looking at about $88 per person for travel and accommodation which I think is a bargain. But yeah, I don't think we're going out all of this week which is fine. It just means this weekend is gonna be huge. Huge like Canada.
Wow, ok, compared to my other posts, I think this one is a novella. But still, I'm sorry. I just get so carried away. It's one of my many flaws. Deal with it. God knows I do.
Just a quick update about whats been goin on in TO and whatnot. This (hopefully) won't be a novel like all my other posts because honestly, nothing major has happened since the last one.
Lets start with the present day, then we'll move onto the past and then onto the future. Just because I want to.
Righto, well, last night I went with a friend to a live taping of MTV Live which was actually pretty cool. If you know me at all you'll know that last semester at uni I did a paper called Studio Production so of course I was interested in how shows like this were actually done compared to how we were taught in class. Surprisingly, it was very similar. The only difference was that everyone there knew what they were doing and we weren't really in a studio or anything - more like they just set up shop in a night club for the night. That place actually would make an awesome club. Anyways.... uhhh, actually, scrap that, I totally just lost my train of thought. I just got a call about organising accommodation this weekend (more on that later) so I kinda just forgot...what I was gonna...say.
Moving on. We went to see Brooke Fraser play live at the Mod Club last Friday night (cos you gotta support kiwi music right?) which was actually, to be honest was kinda disappointing. I'd never seen her live before but like, she didn't seem to want to be there that night. She also only made a fleeting comment about my flag (which I brought along - I mean, c'mon, wouldn't you?) and she pretty much just played her whole second album in it's entirety which I mean, is cool, I understand that she's trying to promote her 'new' album and whatnot but it would have been nice to hear some of her older stuff.... Anyways, after the gig I wanted her to sign my flag (I mean, c'mon, wouldn't you?) but apparently she left pretty much straight after the gig. And of course everyone we asked omitted this fact (except the one other kiwi guy in the band) so we ended up waiting around for like, 45 minutes for nothing.. The gig also finished just shy of 10pm which was kinda lame, but whatever, I wasn't really expecting an 11pm finish or anything like that. Most of our other friends though, were at another gig (Cut Copy and Presets) which didn't finish till way after ours did. So an early night it was. Which was fine, I mean, I wasn't really up for a big night anyways...
Saturday night we (attempted) to get into a rock club called 'tattoo'. I assume it was called this because of the tattoo parlour inside the club. That kinda fizzled out though, mainly cos we were still in line after midnight.... So I caught a taxi back home (aka the Primrose). Another uneventful night.
See? What did I tell you? Nothing much happens in Toronto. Also, uni work is starting to pile up for a lot of people now too which is understandable. I, for some reason don't seem to have much work to do and I keep getting the feeling that I actually might and don't know it.... You know that feeling right? It's not very nice. Not very reassuring.
And now onto some happier news. I finally have money in my Canadian bank account! Granted, it's only 13 cents but still! I'm happy. It means I'm making progress. On the advice of my wise sister, I set up two paypal accounts so I'm pretty much just paying myself money from my credit card into my Canadian account (which also means I get the true rewards dollars which is a bonus!). Anyways, this way I get to bypass all the security shit from my bank and it'll take almost the same amount of time to do it. Score. Thanks sis!
And now more happy news! We actually managed to get our shit together and this weekend we're headed to Montreal! All 20 of us... Man, I'll tell you what, it's hard organising 20 people but somehow we managed to do it. And, according to my calculations, it'll cost us a lot less than we thought to get there. We're looking at about $88 per person for travel and accommodation which I think is a bargain. But yeah, I don't think we're going out all of this week which is fine. It just means this weekend is gonna be huge. Huge like Canada.
Wow, ok, compared to my other posts, I think this one is a novella. But still, I'm sorry. I just get so carried away. It's one of my many flaws. Deal with it. God knows I do.
Monday, September 1, 2008
Finally in my own space
Right now I'm sitting in my new room (which is amazing by the way) just waiting for my washing to be done. I'm pretty sure it's gonna take a while but that's cool. Today I'm just chillin which is a nice change. I don't really have a choice though cos today it's labour day in Canada. It's a good opportunity to unpack and get all my stuff sorted though. You have no idea how good it feels to finally just unpack all my things and just stay. Like, this is my home now (for the next few months anyways). So yeah, pretty much all my stuff needs to be washed which is kinda lame, especially since the washing machines here are kinda small and I don't have enough change to do another load.... (well, I do but I need a loonie and 2 quarters cos that's all it'll accept). I also didn't think about money for the dryer....
Anyways, here's a video of my new room. It's pretty sweet except like, my desk is slightly to big so the door of the cupboard in which my fridge/ freezer is concealed doesn't open fully. I had to move the desk across slightly (as much as I could anyway) so now my fridge/ freezer can open properly. It is also lame cos I have to open the fridge and freezer doors like, backwards so I have to lean over the door to get stuff....
Anyways, I thought I'd recap the last 10 days or so since arriving in Toronto (as much as I can remember anyways ahahaha). Ah, right, sorry, just had to check what my last post was about seeing as it's been so long since I did one. Ok, here we go.
So I arrived in Toronto on the train at about 8.30pm which was more or less right on time. I was kinda glad it was after stories I heard about it being as much as 12 hours late. On the very last day actually the manager I guess you'd call her told us that we'd be about 3 hours late because of a backlog in freight trains but apparently the engineers knew nothing about it so everyone was getting kinda antsy about that. It was ok though, it was just a mistake on the part of the dispatcher in Winnipeg.
Uhh, yeah, anyways, after picking up my backpack and meeting my sister at the station we headed down to the ferry to the house where we were staying for a few days. Our sister's friend and her boyfriend kindly let us stay for a few days which was cool. We were staying in the attic which was totally awesome except it creaked whenever we took a step. But this attic was like, the ones in the movies, y'know, like the ones with the pull-down stairs and everything! I was kinda scared going up and down the stairs though, mainly cos they creaked as well when you went up or down them as if they were going to break.
During the stay on the island we could'nt really stay out too late cos the last ferry was at 11.15 so we didn't really do much. We checked out the Buskerfest which was pretty cool. My sister and I also went to a Cirque du Soleil show for free and went backstage which was also amazing. It was the first one I'd been to ever so it was amazing sight to see. Apparently this particular show is one of the oldest running ones (like, 16 years) and now I'm like, super keen to catch another one the next time I can. We managed to score tickets and backstage passes because our cousin works for the show and we all happened to be in the same place at the same time which is kinda cool. Didn't manage to get a photo though which is kinda sad but it's cool I guess.
Oh, yeah, we also went to Niagara Falls which was simply amazing. The Maid of the Mist boat was probably the biggest highlight of the whole thing. The lowlight was most definitely the 'winery tour'. By that they mean a quick 15 miour of a winery's shop with a chance to sample either a small glass of red or white wine and an opportunity to buy wine. Lame. They whole thing was kinda quick though. 5 minutes in one place, 5 minutes in another. "Get on the maid of the mist and then come straight back to the bus - no time for looking in the gift shop. Just get the fuck out of there." (Ok, he didn't say that last bit exactly but y'know, thats what it kinda felt like). But as interesting as the history of the Falls is and how amazing the Falls actually are there are only so many photos you can take of itnute t! I must have taken one from every angle possible. We even decided to up the Skylon Tower which cost us an extra $12 dollars which was fine but like, we couldn't make up our minds about going or not (obviously we did). But working in a place with a tower back home we were all like (or I was anyway) 'You've seen one tower you've seen 'em all'. Which is probably one of the reasons I haven't been up the CN Tower yet (plus apparently it's like, super expensive).
Before and after the Maid of the Mist
My sister and I also went to visit some relatives who live close to Toronto. I'm not sure if I mentioned this before but originally I was meant to visit them on my own but I kinda dragged my sister into it as well ahaha. Take that, Lian! Nah, it was pretty cool actually. They were really nice and I finally managed to get rid of that bloody present I brought all the way from NZ. They took us out to dinner at this chinese buffet place which like, seriously kicks Fortuna's ass! Like, 6 rows of food and seats like, 600+ and chinese! We also went back to their place for haircuts which was awesome but we were there till after midnight and I was kinda tired. We had also missed the last bus back so they drove us back to our backpackers.
The next night their daughter and her husband took us out for dinner which was nice. They were supposed to be there the night before but had to take care of some things in their new house or something. Anyways, they were really nice too and were like 'if you ever want to go out or something then just give us a call'.
I think that was pretty much it until "frosh week" (aka O week) where I met a lot of other cool international students from all around the world (well, mostly from around Europe and Australia but y'know). I also managed to get all my uni stuff sorted which is good. After that things just turned into one big, 4 day party. The details of which I will not divulge at this point in time. So yeah, I've made friends already which is really cool. A lot of us are staying at the Primrose too which is REALLY cool. like, for those 4 nights I ended up crashing in my friend's room at the Primrose cos I was still at the backpackers until yesterday morning and it wasn't really worth going all the way to the other side of town to sleep. Also, the room at the Primrose is a LOT better than the backpackers anyways.
So today I'm just hangin in my room, catching up on everything and stuff. Might be going out later to a BBQ then going to see The Dark Knight again which will be cool.
Right, I think my washing is done. I'll catch you guys later
Anyways, here's a video of my new room. It's pretty sweet except like, my desk is slightly to big so the door of the cupboard in which my fridge/ freezer is concealed doesn't open fully. I had to move the desk across slightly (as much as I could anyway) so now my fridge/ freezer can open properly. It is also lame cos I have to open the fridge and freezer doors like, backwards so I have to lean over the door to get stuff....
Anyways, I thought I'd recap the last 10 days or so since arriving in Toronto (as much as I can remember anyways ahahaha). Ah, right, sorry, just had to check what my last post was about seeing as it's been so long since I did one. Ok, here we go.
So I arrived in Toronto on the train at about 8.30pm which was more or less right on time. I was kinda glad it was after stories I heard about it being as much as 12 hours late. On the very last day actually the manager I guess you'd call her told us that we'd be about 3 hours late because of a backlog in freight trains but apparently the engineers knew nothing about it so everyone was getting kinda antsy about that. It was ok though, it was just a mistake on the part of the dispatcher in Winnipeg.
Uhh, yeah, anyways, after picking up my backpack and meeting my sister at the station we headed down to the ferry to the house where we were staying for a few days. Our sister's friend and her boyfriend kindly let us stay for a few days which was cool. We were staying in the attic which was totally awesome except it creaked whenever we took a step. But this attic was like, the ones in the movies, y'know, like the ones with the pull-down stairs and everything! I was kinda scared going up and down the stairs though, mainly cos they creaked as well when you went up or down them as if they were going to break.
During the stay on the island we could'nt really stay out too late cos the last ferry was at 11.15 so we didn't really do much. We checked out the Buskerfest which was pretty cool. My sister and I also went to a Cirque du Soleil show for free and went backstage which was also amazing. It was the first one I'd been to ever so it was amazing sight to see. Apparently this particular show is one of the oldest running ones (like, 16 years) and now I'm like, super keen to catch another one the next time I can. We managed to score tickets and backstage passes because our cousin works for the show and we all happened to be in the same place at the same time which is kinda cool. Didn't manage to get a photo though which is kinda sad but it's cool I guess.
Oh, yeah, we also went to Niagara Falls which was simply amazing. The Maid of the Mist boat was probably the biggest highlight of the whole thing. The lowlight was most definitely the 'winery tour'. By that they mean a quick 15 miour of a winery's shop with a chance to sample either a small glass of red or white wine and an opportunity to buy wine. Lame. They whole thing was kinda quick though. 5 minutes in one place, 5 minutes in another. "Get on the maid of the mist and then come straight back to the bus - no time for looking in the gift shop. Just get the fuck out of there." (Ok, he didn't say that last bit exactly but y'know, thats what it kinda felt like). But as interesting as the history of the Falls is and how amazing the Falls actually are there are only so many photos you can take of itnute t! I must have taken one from every angle possible. We even decided to up the Skylon Tower which cost us an extra $12 dollars which was fine but like, we couldn't make up our minds about going or not (obviously we did). But working in a place with a tower back home we were all like (or I was anyway) 'You've seen one tower you've seen 'em all'. Which is probably one of the reasons I haven't been up the CN Tower yet (plus apparently it's like, super expensive).
Before and after the Maid of the Mist
My sister and I also went to visit some relatives who live close to Toronto. I'm not sure if I mentioned this before but originally I was meant to visit them on my own but I kinda dragged my sister into it as well ahaha. Take that, Lian! Nah, it was pretty cool actually. They were really nice and I finally managed to get rid of that bloody present I brought all the way from NZ. They took us out to dinner at this chinese buffet place which like, seriously kicks Fortuna's ass! Like, 6 rows of food and seats like, 600+ and chinese! We also went back to their place for haircuts which was awesome but we were there till after midnight and I was kinda tired. We had also missed the last bus back so they drove us back to our backpackers.
The next night their daughter and her husband took us out for dinner which was nice. They were supposed to be there the night before but had to take care of some things in their new house or something. Anyways, they were really nice too and were like 'if you ever want to go out or something then just give us a call'.
I think that was pretty much it until "frosh week" (aka O week) where I met a lot of other cool international students from all around the world (well, mostly from around Europe and Australia but y'know). I also managed to get all my uni stuff sorted which is good. After that things just turned into one big, 4 day party. The details of which I will not divulge at this point in time. So yeah, I've made friends already which is really cool. A lot of us are staying at the Primrose too which is REALLY cool. like, for those 4 nights I ended up crashing in my friend's room at the Primrose cos I was still at the backpackers until yesterday morning and it wasn't really worth going all the way to the other side of town to sleep. Also, the room at the Primrose is a LOT better than the backpackers anyways.
So today I'm just hangin in my room, catching up on everything and stuff. Might be going out later to a BBQ then going to see The Dark Knight again which will be cool.
Right, I think my washing is done. I'll catch you guys later
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