So I have not been up to much since my trip to Toronto. I did go to a friend's place for dinner last Saturday. It was hot and sunny, so hot even I had to move out of the sun. A couple of times I have gone to sit in the sun, but the mosquitos and black flies are horrendous! To sunbake you would need to put repellant on rather than sunscreen! I was out at midday last Saturday and the mosquitos were really biting. So I think that's out!
I have just been working and hanging out. I had culminating assignments due on Monday, and my only exam was Wednesday. I have marked everything and handed in my reports, which is good. We have a week with no students, then its summer holidays.
There has been no excitement except for the fact that someone got hold of my credit card number and has been spending up in New York, or New Jersey. So fun times on a Saturday working out what to do. Fortunately Fraud dept had cancelled my card, and I can place myself at school, so I don't have to pay. Man though it is a horrible thing though, you just don't feel safe.
Anyway that's my lot. I am sure I will have some further news in the future, and be able to keep updated on my summer holidays. Hoping to go Kayaking tomorrow at a friend's if the weather is nice! Finger's crossed, as it was meant to be nice, and its been raining all day!
Saturday, June 20, 2009
Friday, June 19, 2009
Dave Matthews in Toronto
So I am slack and this is really late after the fact, but better than nothing.
Susan dropped me off at the airport in Timmins at 8am! Yeah, I got to wait at the airport til my flight at 10! I did at least get to catch up with some tv shows on my ipod. So I have Tuesday 9th and Wednesday 10th off tp mosey on down to Toronto and watch DMB! I leave at 10 am and arrive at 12pm. I catch a bus to the hotel, check in and enquire about a Thai restaurant, as I am really missing ethnic food. Timmins has Italian and Chinese! So I wander around and a while, through this underground PATH system, and make my way to Teaopia - where they sell some fantastic Chai tea leaves- even I can't stuff up the making of it! So went there then hit the Ivory Thailand had the best Penang chicken curry. I then went an shopped in the Eaton Centre. Looked heaps but bought not a thing!
I met Keryn and Steve, another exchange couple, for dinner. It was to catch up and talk to another Australian, they just get it and you don't have to explain things. We were able to compare and contrast what is happening. So very fun!
I then took off in a taxi to the concert - At the Molson Amphitheatre. What a stupid place. It is an open air thing - like Southbank, and it was really, really cold - very windy! Despite this fact DAVE MATTHEWS ROCKED!!!!!! Getting out of the place was a nightmare. The amphitheatre is heaps far from PT and 17000 people had to exit through 1 exit! Pretty shitty - took me 2 hours to get back to the hotel. But got there, slept.
Woke up and went shopping, tried to look for books, didn't buy much, pretty well behaved. Went and had lunch again at the thai place - omigod it was gooood! Then went and grabbed a Chai tea, and hit the road to the airport.
Gotta say I loved being able to access everything so easliy. Lots of fun. Kim picked me up and we had dinner, then I got home and crashed hard. All fun and games!
Susan dropped me off at the airport in Timmins at 8am! Yeah, I got to wait at the airport til my flight at 10! I did at least get to catch up with some tv shows on my ipod. So I have Tuesday 9th and Wednesday 10th off tp mosey on down to Toronto and watch DMB! I leave at 10 am and arrive at 12pm. I catch a bus to the hotel, check in and enquire about a Thai restaurant, as I am really missing ethnic food. Timmins has Italian and Chinese! So I wander around and a while, through this underground PATH system, and make my way to Teaopia - where they sell some fantastic Chai tea leaves- even I can't stuff up the making of it! So went there then hit the Ivory Thailand had the best Penang chicken curry. I then went an shopped in the Eaton Centre. Looked heaps but bought not a thing!
I met Keryn and Steve, another exchange couple, for dinner. It was to catch up and talk to another Australian, they just get it and you don't have to explain things. We were able to compare and contrast what is happening. So very fun!
I then took off in a taxi to the concert - At the Molson Amphitheatre. What a stupid place. It is an open air thing - like Southbank, and it was really, really cold - very windy! Despite this fact DAVE MATTHEWS ROCKED!!!!!! Getting out of the place was a nightmare. The amphitheatre is heaps far from PT and 17000 people had to exit through 1 exit! Pretty shitty - took me 2 hours to get back to the hotel. But got there, slept.
Woke up and went shopping, tried to look for books, didn't buy much, pretty well behaved. Went and had lunch again at the thai place - omigod it was gooood! Then went and grabbed a Chai tea, and hit the road to the airport.
Gotta say I loved being able to access everything so easliy. Lots of fun. Kim picked me up and we had dinner, then I got home and crashed hard. All fun and games!
Friday, June 5, 2009
Joseph Boyden
Yesterday we were lucky enough to have author Joseph Boyden come visit the school. He has written a few books, and I have read the first "Three Day Road." The book is awesome! His second book "Through Black Spruce" won the Giller Award, which is huge here in Canada. Worth a bit of money too - $50000!
Anyway, read 3 Day Road and enjoyed it alot, was stoked to find out it wasn't some crusty old man, but a youngish hottie!! Pity he's married.
So he came to THVS and spoke to the Native kids and it was fantastic. He chatted and read an excerpt of the book. He has an awesome reading voice as well. It truly was a bonus that he came to visit the school.
He originally came to Timmins todo an appearance at an event at Northern College, and we had tickets to that. It was a local authors type thing, and Joseph and his wife (Amanda - also an author) were a huge attraction. They were good - Jospeh great- but the local authors part was long and tedious. I do know that the school visit was the better visit, as he got to talk, and it was more intimate. I had the best day!
Anyway, read 3 Day Road and enjoyed it alot, was stoked to find out it wasn't some crusty old man, but a youngish hottie!! Pity he's married.
So he came to THVS and spoke to the Native kids and it was fantastic. He chatted and read an excerpt of the book. He has an awesome reading voice as well. It truly was a bonus that he came to visit the school.
He originally came to Timmins todo an appearance at an event at Northern College, and we had tickets to that. It was a local authors type thing, and Joseph and his wife (Amanda - also an author) were a huge attraction. They were good - Jospeh great- but the local authors part was long and tedious. I do know that the school visit was the better visit, as he got to talk, and it was more intimate. I had the best day!
Camp Bickell
So somehow I got roped into going to camp with some student leaders. Anyone who knows me KNOWS I do not camp. It was an interesting weekend, the kids were great. The food was ok, the other teachers were good especially one of the teachers from Moosenee. Nice people. The guy that organised it was incredible.
There was this weird game they played called Buck Buck. Talk about litigation waiting to happen. If you want to see video email me and I will send it. There was these twins there and man, chalk and cheese, they were hysterical! They did have this rule though, that if they forgot to say their name they had to spell it with their butt!
It was a long weekend and I am soo tired still, even after a week!!
There was this weird game they played called Buck Buck. Talk about litigation waiting to happen. If you want to see video email me and I will send it. There was these twins there and man, chalk and cheese, they were hysterical! They did have this rule though, that if they forgot to say their name they had to spell it with their butt!
It was a long weekend and I am soo tired still, even after a week!!
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