i have now completed all my exams and papers and everything for l´école de francais. and i`m getting mega pumped for NYC but at the same time, it`s weird leaving montreal and saying adieu to people that i`ve been living with everyday. picking up from where i left last time i wrote, tamtams were a fantastic experience. after that i rushed home and left to watch the national ballet perform in a park. by national i mean quebec. i have found that people from quebec refer to things in their country as national. they also call their premier premier ministre, or prime minister. strange. anyways, after the ballet we went to this poutine store where they had over 20 varieties of poutine. it was scrumptious. monday was school and then our class headed to `jardin nelson´ for a farewell dinner. i had this delicious veggie pizza and then for dessert i had this cheesecake crepe. amazing. then i walked around old montreal. in the evening i relaxed, watch some good old oprah and dr. phil and then i made this amazing dinner: rice, sliced avacado and sliced tomatoes, lemond juice, cilantro and cottage cheese. amazing! wonderful! delish! the rest of the night was spent on msn, talking on skype and watching the rest of high fidelity. tuesday morning i accidentally erased my pictures from my camera by reformatting which i did not realize erased pictures. i was sad but fortunately i had just switched my card on sunday so i only lost pictures from sunday on, but still. it was mega frustrating. after school i went to the jardin botanique and insectarium and saw lots of flowers and plants and green. in the evening i went to see bon cop, bad cop - this quebec movie that is crazy popular here. it was entertaining but cheesy in a way that only canadian movies can be. wednesday i worked on my oral final (that was on thursday) and in the evening we went to andrea and stef`s uncle`s loft for crepes. i stayed up late that night finishing my oral presentation. thursday was oral presentation and then andrea`s uncle drove us to st. sauver - a ski town just 1 hour outside of montreal. it was very quaint with lots of neat shops. for dinner i had kir, french onion soup and an espresso and our waiter was philippe: the gael garcia look-alike. party! anyways, that brings us to today, friday. i just had my final exam and i`m going to head back to the residences to pack for a bit. i`m off to NYC very early on sunday morning. hopefully the border won`t be too crazy. 2 weeks until i`m home! salut!!  ¶ 6:15 AM