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-So there are a bunch of people who constantly play cricket in the back of our rez. i dont know if you have ever watched cricket being played before, but its annoying as hell. do not try it at home.
-the lack of foods here is really driving me nuts. we went to make burritos and we couldnt find refried beans, and no one wants to refry beans themselves. it made me miss sneaky dees. we found a store that sells american foods one night and all the north americans just clung to the window screaming things like "pop tarts!" and "aunt jemima!" i bought two cans of root beer (it doesnt exist here) for four euros (like 6 bucks). it was worth it.
-the school im at is so disorganized i will never bitch about the u of o again. they dont book a class then have a set amount of seats so only that many people register. they let however many people register and book a random class, so if there are 100 people more than the amount of seats, too bad. the classroom changes all the time, and not just like us where tuesday you are in one class and thurs in another. its more like, week 1 and 2, this class, week 3,4, and 5, this class. you have to register to take exams. why? no idea. you would think if you are in the class you will take the exam. but wait, some people arent in the class because after a certain date you cant register for the class on your own so the prof has to register you and they are too lazy to do so. classes instead of being an hour and a half are an hour 45 with a 15 min break in between. just get it over with! i dont needto break after being in class for half an hour! they treat us like highschool kids. instead of saying, ok you have a midterm, a project and an exam, they make you hand in shit every week to see how you are doing. im paying money to be here, if im not doing the work its my own fault. i dont need you to babysit me. ok, im done bitching. but not really. i miss uOttawa, thats all.
- at the same time, i have never been so relaxed in my life. six hours of class a week and then free time for everything else.
-i lost starla and darla (for all those who have met my beautiful twin rings). it was sad.
-i drink way too much vodka
-i went to see modest mouse and it was stellar. i also went to see the tragically fucking hip and it was 90 per cent canadians. i felt like i was at home. everyone in hockey jerseys drinking their faces off. and we were front row, which wouldn ever happen at home.
-my life consists of biking in the rain to school and sitting soaked in class. its actually becoming normal.
-so we have mushrooms fridays. and in amsteredam, dried mushrooms are illegal but fresh or not. there is also a crazy assortment. so one friday a bunch of us chewed and it consisted of 5 hours with 7 friends in a carved out hedge outside our rez. We even ordered pizza to the hedge.
-master’s classes are hard. especially if they are on german history.
-people are assholes. at school there is a mad rush to get the elevator to your class (cause the main building is 14 stories). one time, a prof was the last person in and it started beeping (cause there were too many people). so she said, i have a class to teach. a student replies, ya well we have class too. show some respect, asshole. everyone refused to move so i finally said fine, ill get off. and then i told my prof id be late for class (it happened to be a prof of mine). i hope i scored brownie points.
-we went on a roadtrip to dortmund germany to see werner bremen play borussia dortmund in soccer. 80 000 screaming germans and the home team won. on the way there i discovered that in europe you can drink in the car if you arnt driving. it blew my mind. and it was amazing. we went to the game, went and had a traditional german meal that was delicious, went to random bars, and slept in the car. and booze is so cheap. three 26ers of vodka and fin for 15 euros. see my pictures for the full awesomeness.
-flights have been booked for dublin for 12 of us and prague for a few of us. we are hitchhiking to fucking PARIS at the end of october as a contest to see who can get there first and this weekend we are going to munich for oktoberfest. FUCKKKKK YESSSS.
-we went on this weekend to something like leader action in the east countryside of holland but it was just for fun and not to learn in any way. the first night they dropped us in the middle of the woods at night in teams and we had to find out way back. drunk and lost, it took us four hours. i thought we were gonna die, blair witch styles.
-everyone had to bring a bottle of liquor from there home country. we had fourteen bottles and everyone sat around a table and did shots of each. seventeen from stuff like CC to finlandia to cinzano to southern comfort. drunkk.
- i won limbo after consuming all that booze. fuck yes.
-we had survivor activities during the day and our last was canoeing across a beautiful lake. at the end we all stripped down and went swimming in the freezing water. later that night (after the 17 bottles) we went back and lit a fire and had a beach party. crazy boys went skinny dipping.
-here is a video of one of our survivor activities. building a raft and going across a disgusting swamp, but gone very wrong.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idIIZPNAuPc
-the lack of foods here is really driving me nuts. we went to make burritos and we couldnt find refried beans, and no one wants to refry beans themselves. it made me miss sneaky dees. we found a store that sells american foods one night and all the north americans just clung to the window screaming things like "pop tarts!" and "aunt jemima!" i bought two cans of root beer (it doesnt exist here) for four euros (like 6 bucks). it was worth it.
-the school im at is so disorganized i will never bitch about the u of o again. they dont book a class then have a set amount of seats so only that many people register. they let however many people register and book a random class, so if there are 100 people more than the amount of seats, too bad. the classroom changes all the time, and not just like us where tuesday you are in one class and thurs in another. its more like, week 1 and 2, this class, week 3,4, and 5, this class. you have to register to take exams. why? no idea. you would think if you are in the class you will take the exam. but wait, some people arent in the class because after a certain date you cant register for the class on your own so the prof has to register you and they are too lazy to do so. classes instead of being an hour and a half are an hour 45 with a 15 min break in between. just get it over with! i dont needto break after being in class for half an hour! they treat us like highschool kids. instead of saying, ok you have a midterm, a project and an exam, they make you hand in shit every week to see how you are doing. im paying money to be here, if im not doing the work its my own fault. i dont need you to babysit me. ok, im done bitching. but not really. i miss uOttawa, thats all.
- at the same time, i have never been so relaxed in my life. six hours of class a week and then free time for everything else.
-i lost starla and darla (for all those who have met my beautiful twin rings). it was sad.
-i drink way too much vodka
-i went to see modest mouse and it was stellar. i also went to see the tragically fucking hip and it was 90 per cent canadians. i felt like i was at home. everyone in hockey jerseys drinking their faces off. and we were front row, which wouldn ever happen at home.
-my life consists of biking in the rain to school and sitting soaked in class. its actually becoming normal.
-so we have mushrooms fridays. and in amsteredam, dried mushrooms are illegal but fresh or not. there is also a crazy assortment. so one friday a bunch of us chewed and it consisted of 5 hours with 7 friends in a carved out hedge outside our rez. We even ordered pizza to the hedge.
-master’s classes are hard. especially if they are on german history.
-people are assholes. at school there is a mad rush to get the elevator to your class (cause the main building is 14 stories). one time, a prof was the last person in and it started beeping (cause there were too many people). so she said, i have a class to teach. a student replies, ya well we have class too. show some respect, asshole. everyone refused to move so i finally said fine, ill get off. and then i told my prof id be late for class (it happened to be a prof of mine). i hope i scored brownie points.
-we went on a roadtrip to dortmund germany to see werner bremen play borussia dortmund in soccer. 80 000 screaming germans and the home team won. on the way there i discovered that in europe you can drink in the car if you arnt driving. it blew my mind. and it was amazing. we went to the game, went and had a traditional german meal that was delicious, went to random bars, and slept in the car. and booze is so cheap. three 26ers of vodka and fin for 15 euros. see my pictures for the full awesomeness.
-flights have been booked for dublin for 12 of us and prague for a few of us. we are hitchhiking to fucking PARIS at the end of october as a contest to see who can get there first and this weekend we are going to munich for oktoberfest. FUCKKKKK YESSSS.
-we went on this weekend to something like leader action in the east countryside of holland but it was just for fun and not to learn in any way. the first night they dropped us in the middle of the woods at night in teams and we had to find out way back. drunk and lost, it took us four hours. i thought we were gonna die, blair witch styles.
-everyone had to bring a bottle of liquor from there home country. we had fourteen bottles and everyone sat around a table and did shots of each. seventeen from stuff like CC to finlandia to cinzano to southern comfort. drunkk.
- i won limbo after consuming all that booze. fuck yes.
-we had survivor activities during the day and our last was canoeing across a beautiful lake. at the end we all stripped down and went swimming in the freezing water. later that night (after the 17 bottles) we went back and lit a fire and had a beach party. crazy boys went skinny dipping.
-here is a video of one of our survivor activities. building a raft and going across a disgusting swamp, but gone very wrong.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idIIZPNAuPc