Full days...
So, I had a very good time yesterday and today...
Sunday
After I spent Saturday night without sleep (I still do not know why), I went to church in the morning. After the service, I and some other people volunteered to help one of our parishioners carry some boxes with books he had in his van to his house. So, we got to his place and started carrying. Man, some of these boxes were really heavy, but overall it was fun (I guess I have developed these masochistic tendencies after all...)
Anyway, while I was helping out, Moti left a message on my cell saying that he was planning to play frisbee at Mont-Royal with common friends. It was only after I finished moving boxes I realized someone had called me. So I called Moti back and told him that I would probably meet them later.
Having completed my good Samaritan deed, the guy who we helped offered to give me a ride back to downtown, so I asked him to drop me off at Mont Royal. When I got there, I met up with Émile, Moti, Josh and Ray and joined the frisbee activity. For a first timer, I did relatively well, although my passes were not good at all, thus I really exhausted people. But the weather was nice, there were just enough clouds in the sky to keep the sun away (for the most time) and we had a lot of fun.
At around 6, we decided to call the day off and started walking west on Mont-Royal. Josh had to leave while the rest of us decided to grab a bite in a falafel place close by. (I did not get anything because I had an upset stomach, probably from not sleeping). Eventually, we split up and at that time I decided to call my friend Panayiotis to see how he was doing. So, I ended up being invited to his place. As I was getting there, tiredness started kicking in (remember I was sleepless) and I almost fell asleep in the metro.
Anyway, as always, I had a great time with my friend and his girlfriend. Besides, they had these really yummy BBQ chicken legs for dinner which despite my stomach condition I could not resist to try....Eventually, when my friend woke me up at around 10.40, I realized it was time for me to leave. So I got home at around midnight and just... crashed on my bed, only to wake up almost 14 hours later. (I am getting old after all...)
Monday
Since I woke up just in time for it, I got to the department to attend a talk on an online Malagasy dictionary. I found the whole task very challenging and interesting; just imagine having a huge database where you can do a query for a word and instantly have links to many kinds of information about the word, strictly grammatical or not (like idiomatic phrases it is used, pictures etc.) Though there is a lot of work to be done, still this was a great job which reveals a certain amount of dedication to a cause. (I am just disappointed that a task like this is so difficult to get good (if not any) funding for modern Greek.)
Later on, Raph, I and Moti joined the profs for dinner at Leméac, a very posh restaurant on Laurier. Overall, the food was great, (I just wished there was more meat than fries in my plate) but expensive. Now, it was agreed that all non greatly-funded students will pay $20 but that does not really make me feel better.I guess next time we can try the after 22.00h option...
So this wraps about everything.
Summers in Montreal can actually be fun (!!!)
Sunday
After I spent Saturday night without sleep (I still do not know why), I went to church in the morning. After the service, I and some other people volunteered to help one of our parishioners carry some boxes with books he had in his van to his house. So, we got to his place and started carrying. Man, some of these boxes were really heavy, but overall it was fun (I guess I have developed these masochistic tendencies after all...)
Anyway, while I was helping out, Moti left a message on my cell saying that he was planning to play frisbee at Mont-Royal with common friends. It was only after I finished moving boxes I realized someone had called me. So I called Moti back and told him that I would probably meet them later.
Having completed my good Samaritan deed, the guy who we helped offered to give me a ride back to downtown, so I asked him to drop me off at Mont Royal. When I got there, I met up with Émile, Moti, Josh and Ray and joined the frisbee activity. For a first timer, I did relatively well, although my passes were not good at all, thus I really exhausted people. But the weather was nice, there were just enough clouds in the sky to keep the sun away (for the most time) and we had a lot of fun.
At around 6, we decided to call the day off and started walking west on Mont-Royal. Josh had to leave while the rest of us decided to grab a bite in a falafel place close by. (I did not get anything because I had an upset stomach, probably from not sleeping). Eventually, we split up and at that time I decided to call my friend Panayiotis to see how he was doing. So, I ended up being invited to his place. As I was getting there, tiredness started kicking in (remember I was sleepless) and I almost fell asleep in the metro.
Anyway, as always, I had a great time with my friend and his girlfriend. Besides, they had these really yummy BBQ chicken legs for dinner which despite my stomach condition I could not resist to try....Eventually, when my friend woke me up at around 10.40, I realized it was time for me to leave. So I got home at around midnight and just... crashed on my bed, only to wake up almost 14 hours later. (I am getting old after all...)
Monday
Since I woke up just in time for it, I got to the department to attend a talk on an online Malagasy dictionary. I found the whole task very challenging and interesting; just imagine having a huge database where you can do a query for a word and instantly have links to many kinds of information about the word, strictly grammatical or not (like idiomatic phrases it is used, pictures etc.) Though there is a lot of work to be done, still this was a great job which reveals a certain amount of dedication to a cause. (I am just disappointed that a task like this is so difficult to get good (if not any) funding for modern Greek.)
Later on, Raph, I and Moti joined the profs for dinner at Leméac, a very posh restaurant on Laurier. Overall, the food was great, (I just wished there was more meat than fries in my plate) but expensive. Now, it was agreed that all non greatly-funded students will pay $20 but that does not really make me feel better.I guess next time we can try the after 22.00h option...
So this wraps about everything.
Summers in Montreal can actually be fun (!!!)
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