hello friends! today i poured milk over my oatmeal only to discover that my not-yet-expired milk had actually expired. yuck. it´s somewhat strange that this is the last day of july and that tomorrow will be august and that that means that school is starting very soon. starting from where i left off last time, the vetiver concert was awesome and fabulous and extremely fun. and i bought a nifty bag and the concert hall that it was in was air conditioned. thursday i had my presentation on cloning and it went very very well. the rest of the day was spent working on a newspaper project with a gal from saskatoon named erin. i took a break and watched 'l'auberge espagnole' with audrey tatou. it was a fantastic movie and i would highly recommend it. friday after class i went shopping to h&m and village des valeurs (value village) with some friends. later on in the day, i got to visit with jennyrae and aaron (friends from church) as they stopped in montreal for a few days before heading over to jamaica for three years. it was very excellent to see them. after that visit, i went for greek food with a gal from sherwood park named suzanne. the food was excellent and inexpensive. i tried moussaka. saturday i got up early to meet for the trip to ottawa. it was a 2 and a half hour drive. i think i slept most of the way. i also tried to read harry potter en francais but it´s not as enjoying as it is en anglais. we toured the parliament inside and out. the library was my favourite, favourite part. after that we went to the national gallery of canada. i was expecting to be bored, but fortunately it was an excedingly excellent art gallery. and they had many paintings by alfred pellan. i very, very much enjoy his work. then we voyaged back to montreal. i was planning to do something that evening but i was tuckered out so i watched day after tomorrow with stefanie. sunday morning i called home, watched crash for the first time. i very much enjoyed the movie. that early afternoon we went for lebanese food - the best wraps i have ever tasted in my life. and then we went to this event called piknicelectronik. it`s a huge huge mega large dance party that happens every sunday during the summer in this park on an island right next to montreal. it was so so so so much fun and the dancing was great and the music was highly enjoyable and everyone was having a good time. it was grand. that evening i met with my group for our group presentation monday afternoon. i went to bed slightly early. it was lovely. monday i had school in the morning and afternoon. our group presentation was awesome and excellent. after school i watched a bit of oprah. bill gates is on this mission to save the american schools. then we went to go eat at a greek restaurant but for some reason this restaurant closed at 7pm. strange. so we ate at mcdonalds instead. the cheese burgers were delicious. i also ordered poutine because it´s likely one of few times that i will be able to order poutine at mcdonalds. then we went to go see C.R.A.Z.Y. in a huge park. but a few minutes before the movie began it began to pour. crazy. immense flooding and rain. so we were soaked and so we left. and we were wet and my food was soggy. then we came home and did laundry until 12.30 in the morning! hip hip. tuesday we had school and then we went for food at the place that we had tried to go to the day before (arahova). i had a chicken gyro. it was delicious and they made their own tzatziki sauce. it was filled with garlic goodness. then our intention was to go to a maze/labyrinth game in a warehouse. but when we got there it was more expensive than anticipated and it looked like it was a place better suited for an 8 year-old. thus we left and went walking around old montreal. but then the temperature was 47 degrees with humidity. and we were slowly dying. thus we got a iced coffee and went to andrea´s uncle´s hotel where there was intense AC = redemption! then because it was still so so so sickly/grossly hot, we went to the `underground city´ which is this huge network of tunnels and passageways underneath the downtown area of montreal. so we shopped and explored. then we came home. and there was a huge storm. lots and lots of lightning. and wind. and rain. but it was entertaining. and we had a good view from our 19th floor common room. today is wednesday. it´s lunch break right now. oh man. big news. lately i´ve become a huge sudoku fanatic. but the ones that i have tried have always been too tricky. and so today. i completed my very first sudoku grid. hip hip!!! i think tonight after school i´m going grocery shopping because all i have in my fridge is cheese. and after i will hopefully check out the contemporary art museum. we are wolves are here on sunday and i hope to see them. hope all is well in edmonton. salut!!  ¶ 4:42 AM