Day in the life

As I ate my college lunch and pondered life, I thought about how lazy I've been with updating my blog. And then I opened my fortune cookie, which are available to us every day at meals.

It is better to get something done late than never.

Pretty sure it was a sign from a higher being.

We get a pretty sweet deal with the meal plan here. You walk into this area, and you can choose which bay you'd like to go to. There's the Burger/GrilledCheese/Poutine area, the grilled wrap/sandwich/roll/panini/bagel place, the noodle/stirfry/rice place, the place that changes it's hot food daily (different pastas, hot meats, baked/mash potato, roast), the salad area which changes daily, then two different soups every day which are always amazing. It's all you can eat so you literally can get one of everything.
I just wanted to rub it in for the New college kids :P Today's lunch -

This is Poutine - a Canadian creation and staple food. They're very proud of it. I tried to find a pretty picture of it online, but turns out even the experts can't make this food look classy. It's literally chips, chunks of cheese, and gravy.

While we're showing pics of food, baskin robbins is amaymay!

Last week the international kids of Concordia hosted a party at probably the most amazing club in Montreal. It's called club 737, and is on the very top penthouse floor of the highest building in Montreal.
As Lilly and I arrived the the club, we walked past a line of no kidding probably 200 people. We walked straight past, right to the front of this monstrous queue, flashed our vip tickets and were escorted immediately to the lift and to the top.

As we walked in, the light stench of vomit assaulted our senses, along with pounding music very dark lit room and a packed dance floor equipped with poles and stages everywhere for people to make use of. (Lisa and I may have made use of the poles later. May.)

LUCKILY this pro club also has a ridiculously over-sized terrace, where we quickly moved to after acquiring our $2 double shot drinks in our classy red cups.

Check the amazing view. Then imagine looking down while being off your tits. That's how crazy it was :)

As it was a gross rainy day the other day, I was reluctant to go to class. But then I remembered that this AWESOME university connects ALL of it's buildings together by underground tunnels!

So I can spend a day at Uni, going from class to class, building to building, without EVER taking a foot outside.

This is primarily for use when the whole place is drowning in snow, but still is amazing and convenient and I feel a little like a hermit. The novelty has yet to wear off and I don't think it will anytime soon. UNDERGROUND TUNNELS GUYS.

Montreal is actually known for having the largest underground city around. As an example, today I went shopping at the Eaton centre. Then I went shopping at Complexe Les Ailes. Then I moved to Place Versailles. Coincidentally I also spent about $200, but that's besides the point.

I went to these three different shopping centers without going outside. They are all connected underground. Pretty impressed, myself.

Double shot lime margarita, probably the best thing I've tasted ever.

NOTES

• Planning on a day-trip to Ottawa, should be cray. My Toronto weekend trip is also coming up, and there's a Boston trip planned on the horizon.

• For my first proper Thanksgiving, my friends and I (omg yes I do have them) are thinking of hiring a car and driving to Quebec city and spending the night wooo. Wish me luck with driving in these back to front cars.
• OMG they don't have chicken salt here. They think I'm crazy and gross when I mentioned it.
• I've been told Australians put 'fairy' in front of everything. Fairy floss (CottonCandy, they say), fairy lights (christmas lights), fairy bread ("what is that..?"). In my care package Trip/Cobalt, put in hundreds and thousands?! Apparently they've never experienced the glory of fairy bread.

So I'm a bit in love with my campus.

It's just so obnoxiously pretty.

 

 

 

The atmosphere is just so nice. It's so spacious, barely any crowds, and really quiet. There's squirrels running in circles around your feet, playing and chasing their tails. I'm not even joking, they're more common than birds here.

The make such an effort on aesthetics, and nearly every concrete necessity like stairs are surrounded by blossoming flowers to make up for the unsightly cement.

 They casually have vines and greenery growing up the buildings. This is the Psychology building.

Wall stickers are taking over my room. I missed the presence of cats, so took things into my own hands.

I went on a CISA pub crawl, and oh gosh Australia o-week really has nothing on the craziness of this 'frosh' week. Apparently Concordia Uni is known as a party university, who knew? No complaints.


The pub crawl had us split up in to all different groups, and we each had a list of tasks to complete to earn money (Monopoly money.) We versed other groups in flip cup, beer pong, scull offs (did you know sculling isn't a word here?? Another sneaky Australian word. They just look at me blankly. It's 'chug', here ) and other such shenanigans.


Kiss the bartender. Kiss a cop. Kiss someone of your own sex. These were all tasks and very easily completed.


There may or may not have been a topless human pyramid here and there.


Despite being the only Aussie in my group, our group chant was Aussie Aussie Aussie!, Oy Oy Oy!

 The above blurry photo was taken BEFORE any drinking began, so you can imagine the quality of the rest of the night.


I feel like I've really said nothing in the post. There's just too much to put into typing! I'll update next week with better content, promise.


Other notes:

• I finally got my industrial strength hairdryer to work. However, due to power-points here only being 120v instead of Australia's 240v, it's strength rivaled the puffs of hot air that my laptop supplies out the side. Fml.
•  As Australia fashion seems to be a year behind everyone else, I may or may not have impulsively spent $300 online shopping to update my fashion sense. I regret nothing.
•  Wine averages $8 a bottle! I'm never leaving this place.
• Asos is having a 25% off day for students! OMG HURRY IT ENDS TODAY