Hillside beats

I’m sitting here listening to French music and it sounds so nice. The window is opened and the spring breeze is sweeping through the apartment. I can hear the traffic humming off in the distance.

Vonn left this morning and I am a little sad that he’s gone. I had so much fun hanging out with him and wandering the streets with him. Kristy and the sibs and I had a good week. We partied at the university bar on the night of the elections for the Student Union. We partied in a bookstore for a bit that night, which was an interesting environment to be drinking in. There was also beat boxing and free styling. It made for a unique party and a good way to spend my time.

On Tuesday Mulli and her friends and I went to a bar called Jello. It was Rastarific! There was live music (motown), we were sitting with the band and their friends. The lead singer wants me to make him a bracelet like the one I have. So next Tuesday I am meeting him back there (he plays there every Tues.) and he's bringing the beads and I'm bringing the hemp and I am going to make him a bracelet. To ensure that I do this he gave me one of his bracelets (made of wooden beads) and 2 pinky swears!! So, of course I will be going back there to live up to my promises.

Wednesday night was a wrap party and a preview of Vonn and Jay’s movie that they made last summer. It was held at a bar/restaurant. The night ended up back at Jay’s house and the four of us played UNO for hours, it was the never ending uno game, it was full of lots of laughter and fun.

For a short time Vonn was my travel companion and now he’s gone home. I still had a good day in spite of missing his presence. I walked down to this place at the bottom of the mountain (the mountain, being the only mountain in Montreal, which is in the center of the city… it’s actually a really really big hill, if you ask me, but hey, if they want to call it a mountain, by all means…). It is a large park full of grass, trees, baseball diamonds, soccer fields, beach volley- ball courts and bush. At the base of the mountain is a monument and around that monument on Sunday afternoons is an event called Tam Tam. Today was the first of the year, because it is finally warm enough to chill outside and enjoy the weather. Tam Tam is an event where tonnes of people get together with their hand drums, tambourines, and other percussive instruments and they have an all day jam session beating their drums and dancing and sitting and playing. There are spectators all over the grassy mountain- side listening and hanging out. Some people dance, some others lay and read, others throw a football around or a Frisbee, others puff a dubie and others have brought a guitar and are sitting there playing their own tune… it was an experience that I wish I could have again, but this is the last Sunday I am here, so it was my first and last experience for a while, I’m glad I caught it.

I am now certified to teach English as a second language! I received my certification last weekend, which was the last day of my course. One of my classmates is already set up with a job in China! So, that was fast. I’m not going to start applying for a job overseas until I get back from Europe in May.

I’m going to go and read my book, bye for now!