08.30.06
Posted in Education, Life at 09:38 by krikkert
I’m sure you all want it badly. So, here goes:
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Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
| 9AM |
Political Science 1000
9:00-9:50 |
Critical Thinking 1000
9:25-10:40 |
Political Science 1000
9:00-9:50 |
Critical Thinking 1000
9:25-10:40 |
Political Science 1000
9:00-9:50 |
| 10AM |
Philosophy 1000
10:00-10:50 |
Philosophy 1000
10:00-10:50 |
Philosophy 1000
10:00-10:50 |
| 11AM |
|
History 1000
10:50-12:05 |
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History 1000
10:50-12:05 |
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| 12PM |
Liberal Education 1001
12:00-12:50 |
Liberal Education 1001
12:15-13:05 |
Liberal Education 1001
12:00-12:50 |
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Liberal Education 1001
12:00-12:50 |
I finally got Philosophy moved from a 15:05 slot to a more proper 10:00 slot. Hooray for me!
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08.08.06
Posted in Life at 01:16 by krikkert
Saturday, August 5th.
Woke up around 11. Parents in a fuss, thought I woke up too late. So I had to do some emergency packing while my mother packed food. She didn’t trust the food abroad. And I asked for it. Around 1 o’clock, we realised that I had gone and done some confusion — I had calculated with a check-in time of 5 o’clock. I was wrong — the plane departed at 5 o’clock! So, in other words, pick up Erik (who is here with me on two weeks of vacation) and rush to the airport. We got there in good time (roughly 2:30), and there was a short goodbye with my parents and my middle brother. We don’t have sentimental goodbyes in my family. A rough hug from my mother, shook hands with my father, and nodded to my brother. Then it was off. Fast-forward to London, where we were rushed through passport control and met oot (or Ghostly Weasel), who joined us for our flight to Manchester. We arrived at 10 o’clock British time, and met Ociros, a friend of mine. The four of us spent the night fighting (in the case of me and oot), watching The Gladiator, reading papers, and half-dozing off. Such was the night spent, and morning arrived.
Pictures: Me and oot at Heathrow
Sunday, August 6th
Another friend of mine dropped by for breakfast(-ish), LoonyPandora (Andrew), a friendly guy who’s into Macs and whom I’ve known for roughly four years or so. Around 7AM, we were checked in on the Canadian Affair flight to Calgary. Andrew was late and didn’t drop by to talk before roughly 8:30, so we had half an hour. 9 o’clock, the security checkpoint was passed, passports were duly controlled, and we were on our way. The flight was rather uneventful, and we got a rough few hours of sleep. I was woken up every half hour or so by the person in front of me trying to ram the back of his chair into my knees. Erik slept like a child. After what seemed like an eternity in an airplane, we landed in Calgary around noon local time. I went through Immigrations with a curious American in front of me (she said she and her family were fleeing the US and applying for political asylum) who kept asking about my studies and what I was going to be doing afterwards. Behind me in the line was an elderly British couple who were unfortunate enough to be booked for a return flight exactly six months and a day after their arrival. I got quickly through immigrations, no fuss about my paperwork, and got a few helping tips in case I wanted a work permit.
After a four-hour layover (two lunches) and meeting Techi870 — great guy, by the way — it was time for flying the home stretch into Lethbridge. In a propeller airplane. After I had managed to catch up on some Zs, that is. To be honest, I was scared like heck when we went up, but it went rather well. I even managed to sleep a(nother) bit there on the plane. Once down on the ground, I was greeted by Mike (the property manager) and his mother (his mother and father are my landlords). We had a short dinner (meatballs and mashed potatoes, just like home… well, nearly) before I and Odd-Erik fell asleep.
Monday, August 7th
The day begun well, I woke up roughly 8:30 and went about having a (cold) shower to make sure I was awake. Once I was back, I took the liberty of sneaking in a few pictures of my lovely room. We were then taken first grocery shopping at Safeway (I also picked up a Safeway card for discounts), before Mike woke up and it was decided we should go get some furniture. At this point, I should express how grateful I am for my landlords — Vera, one half of them, drives a van and stayed to help this Monday so I’d be able to actually transport furniture back home. We made two trips, first to Staples where I acquired a laptop and later a desk (Odd-Erik and I had a lot of fun assembling it), to a cell phone store to get me a cell phone (number available on-request) and then to United Furniture Warehouse where I ordered a twin bed and a mattress for roughly $300 CDN. It felt weird, getting one for that cheap — it’s like I robbed them and went out with a receipt for the robbery.
Mike then asked me if I could sign for a new fridge that had been ordered, it was scheduled to arrive on the 12th and he would be working the graveyard shift.
Anyway, it’s a quarter past one and I’m tired. krikkert goes sleepy-sleepy.
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08.03.06
Posted in Life at 02:14 by krikkert
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