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6.02.2008
Last week
There was a holiday last week starting for me on Monday after I finished my last exam on that day – Physics. I had lots of plans to do, but it all went kind of differently.In fact my friends and I spent most of the time at the airport saying goodbye to our friends who were leaving after the first semester. We were sort of camping there; the only thing we were missing there was a tent. There is a cool room designed as an inside of a plane from where you can observe the planes landing and taking off. We found there a free wheel chair here. It's pretty interesting to ride and you can't even imagine how soon your hands get tired.
There was a snowstorm in Toronto, so lots of flights were delayed or canceled. One of our friend's flight was moved to the next day, but he still had to stay overnight in Toronto. Exactly the same also happened to our german friend with the only difference that her first flight was postponed. It sucks that if there is a problem due to bad weather conditions, the airlines will say it's out of their control, so they won't pay you anything nor they will cover your expanses for a hotel.
After we left the airport we always did something together – went to a mall (sounds crazy, I know, but what can you do if it's -30 outside), skating or to a friend's house. However, we didn't go to sleep before 1 o'clock :)
I've learned some interesting stuff this week. Firstly, I always thought that the Czech word "cus" comes from the German "tschuess", but my friend from Germany told me that the Czechs weren't the only ones who screwed a foreign word – the Germans in fact screwed the Italian word "ciao" to form "tschuess" and after that Czechs screwed "tschuess" to "cus". Secondly, I've seen some really funny videos. Here is one of them: Silence! I kill you! The guy is just perfect – he doesnt move his lips at all. Thirdly, I experienced to coldest weather in my life – the windchill was -47. I guess it's a record for this winter... so far :). Finally, it's amazing how fast some of the new students learn. I was explaining something to my new home stay brother from Brazil when I was interrupted by a different new Brazilian student. Although it was his 5th day here, he already had incredible knowledge about how the buses work, where to go shopping and so on.
We've also decide to go to Brazil with my friends one day. The plan is to make some money and go. Let's see how soon will this happen, but we're going for sure!
In the next article, I'm gonna write about how the final exams looked.
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