TGIF

Its fri nite! HAHa. more like sat morning... well i have to re-iterate from the previous post how happy one can get when the weekend comes.. seriously...

Woke up late today...kinda the only day this week where i got the chance to do so... its been early wake-ups the past week, especially on tue/thurs @ 7! gosh.... well, i was kinda sleepwalking the whole day in school anyway.. so whats new;)

Hui qin & i planned to do laundry this morning.. kinda like my 1st time doing it?! ooops... she had to teach me how to separate the colours and all.. well, i taught her how to differentiate the dryer and washer... haha.. she mistakenly placed the clothes in the dryer thinking that it was the washer! ooops... well, our clothes turned out safe and nice-smelling anyway... so not too bad!

Then, we went to St Denis to do some walking. I love that place!!! i found the PERFECT boots at this second hand antique shop.. they've got lotsa such shops there anyway. i totally love that place.. and it looks perfect with the heels and height... and size! funny thing is... i couldn zip it up at my calf! i'd like to believe that the boots arent designed well rather than the fact that i've fat calfes. so yeah... and there's a couple of old record shops that sell LOTSA jazz/rock stuff?! in vinyl records!!! i found some QUEEN & malajube (thats the french band playing on my blog btw) vinyl records! i was soo tempted to buy... even though the fact that i dun really have something called a vinyl record player?! who cares... i can juz show them off;) haha.. well, being a rational purchaser, of course i didnt buy it... well, next time, we'll see how it goes;)

St Denis.. sorry, this pic isnt that nice looking... haha..
my vinyl records shop! i had to take a pic of it....

we were so tired from walking.. we found a place to have sushi! HAha.. freaking expensive sushi i've had in my whole life.. its montreal anyway, so yeah.. hahaa.. some pics of the SUPER EXP. sushi we had... we were so greedy we had 2 boxes!!! we had a long... lunch cum dinner.. juz sitting there and 'enjoying' what the montreal-ers would call their BEST weather but singaporeans the hot and humid singapore weather.
lunch-time view:D
sushih lunch! that costs CAD$10 btw... which is $15 sing!

our sushi bentos at the end of the day...

of course, we couldn end the day like that. i convinced the other peeps to go to a jazz place, despite Kent's incessant naggings that we've to (i quote) "take advantage of the weather". He was practically flipping to the weather network and quoting the temperatures. Basically he juz wanna bring across the msg that the weather is good and we shld stay outdoors! AHha.. well, didn regret going INDOORS though... went to the HOUSE OF JAZZ, this jazz bar... (http://www.houseofjazz.ca/) its good! at least better than what i heard in sing... they had this electronic keyboard in the band which was really cool... he was kinda incoroporating techno kepyboard into the jazz music... haha it blended in juz nice.. sweet... too bad we didn get to see the show cos we had bar seats... but it was all right.. it was good music for the ears:D i need to check out the drum playing the next time! the ambience was good too... a nice outdoor terrace for diners and indoor area with a cosy stage and BIG chandeliers.. big old school posters of jazz legends hanging up on the walls.... totally JAZZY ambience! (P.S. andre... you're gonna love this!)

well, of course, we ended up walking up SAINT LAURENT to check out the nite life. seriously, the whole of montreal seems to be outside! it was REALLY hyped up... hahaha... so yeah... it kinda reminded me of the last supper when everyone is juz doing last minute work be4 winter comes... and their happy humid and hot weather will be gone.... awww... but i guess nothing can stop these montreal-ers from partying... HAha.. not even the cold winds and hurricanes..

cars!

Finally... its the weekend! HAha... well... its friday, my school week ends on thurs! HAHa.. we went to this place where ALL the cars segregate and show off their cars with their powerful engines and parallel imported HONDA convertibles. We were kinda pretending that we understood how pretending that we knew how powerful those cars are... JUZ by looking at the engines... there was a silver PONTIAC, the one in TRANSFORMERS! HAHa.. well, we kinda only knew after Kent told us... HAHA... yeah... so here's a pic of the pointiac!




CIndy: hey.. i tried 'buying' it from the guy.. but he refused.. so i cant help it;)

start of school!

ok... started school yesterday.. it was totally tiring! i have lessons from 8-8.. well thats kinda cos i have a 2 days week...so i guess thats the sacrifice;) i was practically falling asleep by the 3rd class! so i guess its been affirmed that my 'sleeping in class syndrome' is not attributed by the external environment but rather be'cos of me... hHaha. .thats to all the AJ peeps...

well, was late for my first psych class: intro to Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. well, wasnt too bad. the prof is the PSCHOLOGIST in CHIEF of ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL... talk about credentials. HAhhaa.. i think its gonna be an interesting class cos its not taught in nus.. and its nice hearing from the profs their experiences about how they came along to where they are... which i haven heard from any nus prof for teh past 2 years...

Then, had another psych class: Deviations: child psychology. The prof was funny! HAha.. he reminds me of the greek preacher in hillsong Colours conference! the mr bean look-alike.. he practically spend 30 mins telling us his life story.. which was funny and entertaining. HAHha... Well, the 3rd psych class didn go so well... cos its behavioral neuroscience. HAHah.. she practially rambled throughout the lesson BIOLOGICAL terms about neurons and DNA you would think she's speaking alien language..... everyone in teh lecture was like.. whats she toking about!?!?

then had a couple of elective classes: natural disasters and issues to women's health... well, i 'm SOOO dropping the latter class. the prof is juz crazy! she's sooo enthu in giving assignments. i mean i'm a student, but exchange student kinda means 'dun need to study so hard but play more' huh?! HAHah.. well... this is kinda amongst the exchange students thing.

I guess it was a refreshing environment to study in... pple around me are gorgeous blondes and hunks, the prof speaks like Mr bean, and rambles like an alien.... and there's a nice field to lie down under the sun during breaks! HAha...

Rockaberry

Sorry... late post... this was supposed to be posted on 3/9... haha. but was too full from cakes. Anyway, i had a sudden urge to have cakes by evening (not surprising) and finally persuaded everyone to walk ALL the way to St Denis to have cakes at ROCKABERRY! HAha... well, it was a worthwhile walk. I had a cake (meufille. i THINK i spelt that correctly.. whatever) which tasted like a dozen Krispy Kremes in one piece of cake;) sweet....

our cakes! shared by.... 6 peeps. One ROCKABROWNIE is missing... hehe..
Thats mine! Meufille... its basically like custard cream or something that tastes like KK with thin crust in between... totally SWEET!
HQ's cheese pie... light & fluffy:D
Kent's 'banana split' which tastes nothing like that in Secret Recipe..

labour day in CAD

Its labour day today... another slow day... HAHa.. went jogging this morning with lewis for the second consecutive morning:D in my tights and hooded sweater. its nice to jog along the port and just seeing pple biking, feeding birds, sightseeing... Aha... sorry if that sounds old. As usual i was sleeping or walking half the time.. i cant keep up jogging with the cold air rushing into my lungs with each breath..!

I'd lie on the grass under some shady place after that to do some pilates stretching.. haha.. i've taught lewis well after a couple of lessons, i think... and i'll juz fall asleep there... enjoy the breeze and sunlight on my face:)

more videos....

hey.. sorry, missing videos from previous post:D you HAVE to check them out, especially the KK one...