Warning: This article has no main subject, is not chronological, is neither funny nor sad, and is perhaps a bit nostalgic.
Nostalgia, I reserve for the grand finale.
Halloween Experience great, a true North American Halloween with pumpkins in front of every house, children ringing at the doors to get candy "Trick or Treat"
with Joan and Rachel (my two girlfriends Singapore) we had dinner with a Canadian family that evening, a young married couple who want to get to know international students, it was really fun, cooking all together and teach them to lay the pancakes, very good memories! Kendra and Tim (our host) gave us what we are going to dress quickly asking for candy from their neighbors, that's how I found myself butterfly (light, clear) A little later I donned my disguise true, I was supposed to be a French scary, but on reflection jfaisais not really scared actually! A baguette, a bottle of red wine, a beret: a disguise that has had some success, but when a guy is a little weird to come see me one evening to tell me that my costume was pretty offensive to the French: andouille cream, as my brother!
We finished the evening with roommates, digging a pumpkin together and they all told their best Halloween memories ... Their little eyes that shine when they talk about their childhoods respective I loved it!
Proud of my first pumpkin with my roommate Paul
front of our house with my roommates Elyse and Paul
A first presentation in English : Monday, 1:30 p.m., after have stressed throughout the weekend, it's time to present the readings of the day in English, I'm not alone, I worked with a great girl who made a powerpoint absolutely beautiful and looks more nervous than me! The time just before the class is full, the teacher describes the French invasion of Algeria and its consequences, and there he has a flash, he remembered me since we went to see him during the weekend to talk our presentation, he then said to the class something like: we are fortunate to have a French student here, could you tell us about the 4th Republic, please?
I had the good idea to put me in the background, then 49 heads are turned on me, but hey I'm starting, I mean 1 minute, he interrupts me to give my opinion on De Gaulle he just idealizing for 1 hour, and here I am everyone laugh by answering "Well, I do not really like this guy"
short, the next hour, we made our presentation, we ask questions at the end, all class participates, we wonder how in France we're talking about the war in Algeria and how are relations between the Algerian immigrants living in France and the French, they are really interested in the subject, they eventually we applaud (the they had never done to others) and come see us at the end based on "good job" and "thank you guys it was awesome" A largely positive!
pauline and I arrest you right away: no it's not because I am a PTA!
Joan crying: Well yes, in one month it will be already gone, it remains only half, it goes fast, it will already have to make farewell. So Friday night, she cried, almost 10 times, I felt like being in front of my sister! Someone was talking about snow or bagel and she was crying! It is sad to say does it starts now and I probably never shall see her here anymore anyway so it will never be the same! We still have 3 and a half weeks to enjoy it ...!
projects: Chicago and Detroit in two weeks
A busy month of December: from 7 to 17: New York and Toronto with Paul and Yves (days are years is too long to wait !)
17, Montreal here I come (again and again!) for 3-4 days with Sarah and Julie (who is in Calgary) who joined us on 20 we start exploring northern Quebec, it was found a place where you can sleep in an igloo, go dog sledding, snowmobiling (omg) and snowshoeing!
Christmas with the family of Sarah (which must surely be passing on this blog from time to time just to check if Sarah is alive due to the frequency of updates on his I take this opportunity to thank his parents and his brother for having agreed to be celebrating it together!)
Boxing Day, starting two days in Boston, Harvard behave yourself: I'm coming!
From 28 to 31: Washington: Julien I warn you I will be unbearably crazy before the white house!
The day 31 in the direction New York where you will find a lot of people to celebrate the passage in 2010 together, we stay in New York four days and then after a month on the road, it will be time to go London and begin the second half is happening much too fast ...
But especially this evening of nostalgia : Want kinders, eating bread and nutella at Grandma, want to see the whole loaf install a store in our 40B rue du Marechal French for Christmas so that we is that on November 10, tomato sauce Flunch home, play music Massive quiz with real opponents (ie Pauline and Florian), hanging out in Berkhout, see Matthew annoy everyone by putting out videos on YouTube, salad Buffalo want to hear the drums of Saint-Martin, eat a Trianon, the delicious fried 1260 rue Alexandre Dumas ...
You understand, I am especially in need of French food, real chips, real pastries, kinders who decided to be out of stock this year and just nostalgic here tonight with my family who I miss less and more and more at a time!
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