PUDERSNÖ I REVELSTOKE
SANNERLIGEN, JAG SÄGER ER: DEN SOM TROR HAR EVIGT LIV
Later on today I will go with Norma to meet their first exchange student from France, thus I shall be translator. I'm almost eccessively excited to talk french. The canadian french is very differnet from the french french, if french french was swedish, the canadian french would be gotländska. On the rare occasionw when I speak french with Lisa through skype, we both laugh at each other. Her french is of course the "real" french, but I've gotten so used to this one so I find her french cute and almost silly, compared to this englified and harsch french.
Since school started again after christmas we've had a load of homework. It seemed liked the teachers were trying to make up for everything we didn't do this fall. Because this is exam week. I hade my first, dance, this friday and so tomorrow, tuesday and wednesday it's the other subjects. I'm quite looking forward to starting my new subjects, but I am gonna missmy art class. It was the calm time of the day, and my art teacher is just so good. I think that's the subject I've learned the most in this semester. Madame helps us in a way that makes us better whitout even knowing we're improving kinda. We've also talked a lot about the difference between voir et percevoir. I see things differently, notice things I would never have noticed before. Details, the way the light creates shadows. It has it's backside too I guess; I can't watch a tree without analyzing it's structure...
I've also learnt the entire lyrics to Oh Canada and in french you actually only sing oh canada once, even though I at first thought you sing it like four times.
Yesterday me and Ann went with STS on a tour in the Parliament in Ottawa, organised by a host dad working there. There we learned amongst other things the the workd parliament comes from the french verb parler (to speak), since that's mainly what you do in a parliament. Also, they had the prettiest library I've ever seen. All around the walls, everywhere, there were these flowers carved into the tree. Not one identic to another.
We also saw the house of commons, of senators and the peace tower. In the house of commons there were some students having a debate, so we couldn't go in there, we did go into the senators. In the peace tower the ceiling was super cool, it was like golden yellow plastic pieces all over the place creating a glow. There was a nice view from up there too.
After the exams, Ann and I are going on a skiing trip to Revelstoke, visiting my host brother and his girlfriend. I am very excited for this and thankful for this amazing opportunity! We're coming home late on sunday, so I'll probably not update here until monday, just so you know...
Wish me luck on my studying, I need it; it's never as clean as when I'm supposed to study...
TILL MINNE AV MORFAR
Det är vackrast när det skymmer.
All den kärlek himlen rymmer
ligger samlad i ett dunkelt ljus
över jorden,
över markens hus.
Allt är ömhet, allt är smekt av händer.
Herren själv utplånar fjärran stränder.
Allt är nära, allt är långt ifrån.
Allt är givet
människan som lån.
Allt är mitt, och allt skall tagas från mig,
inom kort skall allting tagas från mig.
Träden, molnen, marken där jag går.
Jag skall vandra -
ensam, utan spår.
- Pär Lagerkvist
WALKING IN MY WINTER WONDERLAND
Lately, I've not been writing in the mornings, but quite frankly, it's just not woth getting up half an hour earlier... Anyways, today after philos (the sunday brunch restaurant) I went over to Em's place to help unpack Ann who has finally gotten a permanent family, so we were all a quite excited. Fun!
As for the rest of the week I've done next to nothing, I've slept a lot though... And watching hair tutorials on youtube making me wish so badly for thicker hair. After trying a couple hair do's on Ann and Em I got the proof, it is my hair that's the problem...
Oh, and I cuddled with the cats, gosh I love those cats. Mooooom, do you wanna get a cat? (a)
So since I don't really have anything else to say, I'll tell you about my cats! (So if you don't like cats, stop reading haha...)
So this is Flash! She lives in my room so I literally sleep on her, she keeps taking my pillow... Flash is the the most stranger friendly of the cats, she's the first one who came up to me. She looks like a big kitten and she's just adorable. She keeps moving around a lot though, it's not like Phoebe. Once Phoebe sits somewhere, she stays there, like a warm living bundle, mmmh. (Next picture) Now, we may not call her the word beginng with f ending with t, it might hurt her feelings, but chubby might just be an understatement. Phoebe is the mother cat, she's ten years old and the dogs respect her a lot. If she's standing in the doorway, they wont go past her. She does have some anger issues though, pet her in the wrong place, and she bites. Phoebe also has the habit of whenever she's feeling lonely just making weird miaaau's to make someone come pet her. (Must admit, it works on me...) Phoebe's sounds.... First time, I thought someone was dying hahah
Third and last cat, Nina! She's the living room/kitchen cat, she only goes downstairs to eat. Sit in the sofa, two minutes later there's Nina. She's the one that gives me the impression of actually hugging me back. She'll climb up put her pawns by my neck miauing in my face, aaw. (Yes i love my cats....)
Coming up next, the three dogs!
(Just kidding, but one day, for sure)
