After The Weekend

What a whirlwind! We did so much this weekend that it would be impossible to list it all here, but here's a summary.

On the first day in Québec City, we went to Old Québec (spent a lot of time in that part of town), and we had lunch on the Plains of Abraham, one of the many ancient battlefields in the area, which I found out is a world heritage site. Other than that, we went to Chute de Montmorency, which is a waterfall that is taller than Niagra Falls. On day two, there was a big celebration for the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics near L'Assemblée Nationale, as the 2006 Canadian National Olympic Congress was there, so there was a free concert as part of the Star Academie (French version of Canadian Idol) tour, and afterwards found the group from Saint Élie, and we all went to Galleries De La Capital for Mega Salon de L'Été. It was a huge festival in the amusement park at the mall (it's a Québec version of West Edmonton Mall almost). One of the booths was for a boating school that was there to promote awareness of the "Pleasure Craft Operator's Card" which is basically a drivers licence for speedboats (now mandatory for operating a speedboat or other motorized pleasure craft in Canada). They were doing testing there, so I went in and did the test, and passed (narrowly, one more wrong question and I would've failed), so now all I have to do is pay the $40 issuing fee, and I am a licensed pleasure craft operator.

Myself and the other group members have tons of pictures, so I will be posting to my photo album site soon, watch for them!

WEEKEND!!!

I have quite the weekend lined up. Tonight we have free time, then tomorrow we leave during the morning to go on an overnight trip to Québec City. We have lots of great plans like visiting the Plains of Abraham, and seeing the Chateau Frontenac. I'll try to post pictures on my photo album as soon as I can.

You Know You're A Katima-Victim When... Updated Edition

You Know You're A Katima-Victim When... Updated Edition It's an old favourite, with holes filled in, and some items added. All credit goes to the original author, as I only added four entries to make the list amount to 210.

Three Weeks to Newfoundland

As of today (April 24), my group has about three weeks until we travel to Newfoundland for our final rotation for Katimavik.

I for one am filled with a sensation of surprise and excitement. I'm surprised that I have survived thus far, and we have only about three months left at this point. I'm excited as well by the fact that the program is almost over, and I will be able to return to my hometown and see my friends and family again.

Will try to post again later, but I can't promise anything, as Blogger has an outage scheduled later tonight, so I won't be able to get in to add any posts for a while.

Billeting Finishes

Billeting was fun, my family this time was really cool. My first night with them, they sent me to a Cabane À Sucre with the kids, which was really fun, ate a lot of food, all served with maple syrup (not that stuff that my family gets out west, the real stuff). I tried my hand at curling for the first time in two years. I failed miserably (at least in my opinion).

We did a lot of activities together, like game nights, and going out for walks, or travelling to town. It was definately a highlight of the rotation.

72 Hours-1 Objective

We started our 72 hours off last night, and for most of the group, we kicked it off by seeing Les Cowboys Fringants live here in Trois-Rivières. They are amazing live, if I get the chance to see them again, I would take it. But otherwise, the objective is to do as little as possible on our 72 hours off (around the house at least).

Since we are responsible for our own food, me and another participant went off shopping, and of course returned with as much processed food as possible, since that type of food is, by the standards of a Katima-Victim, a luxury item around the house. I myself plan to get a long overdue tune-up done on the house computer. It runs really slow sometimes, so with everyone out for the weekend, I should be able to have it fixed for when they come back.

I will post an update on billeting right away.

Cool... I Think...

Well, Billeting is almost over. I had a lot of fun with my family, going to cabane à sucre and just playing games at the house. But I also realized that there is but one rotation left in Katimavik for me. I'm amazed that I have made it this far, and I look forward to the end of the program (somewhat). It's not that this is a bad program, but it could sometimes drive one to insanity.