Ow, ow, ow...

First, I can be one of those people who can legitimately use the phrase "Ahhh! The light! My eyes, they burrn!" because ouch, my eye hurts. As does my head and now my neck behind my ears. (edit and my back shoulders...)

Second, went to Montréal in the NWAN (nation within a nation) of Quebec today and spoke 90% in French. Oh lord I must seem incompetent. Oh well, I guess that's what 10 years in an English-speaking province can do to you. I think I'll comfort myself with the fact that at one point an time before the move I could speak French like it was no one's business. In fact, there's a video of me talking with Santa back in '95 and I sound like a typical French kid. I say 'Barbie' in a Francophone trying to speak English manner too.

Also, I discovered the amazingness that is Simons. I never really bothered much for it (tragic, I know) but I thought "Well, I need some winter clothes", went in, was shocked by how many people were in there and found myself two turtle necks and a warm pair of pants.

Though, I was saddened by the fact that Le Faubourg is being rennovated into something much smaller than it used to be. It used to be so bustling and busy but now I'm sure that in a few years, Concordia can own the building entirely. I enjoyed eating outside on the balconies right beside this old stone building (I think it's Concordia property too now) :(

Should've taken photos of the Christmas decor at Ogilvie's. So...elaborate. There's like a moving model and such. And Place Montréal Trust is crazy with it's giant crazy giant decorations "tree". The Bay is insane. And other bad news, the 'Santa Village' that was always set up at Place Desjardins is no longer a village with a train for kids and family to go around the lower gallery of the 'shopping mall' in. That made me sad. I remember back in the better days where every year mum and I would go and ride this train with the 'elves'. And it would run in the lower area and such (But now they built a food court so much of the original space has been taken up--plus, I bet they did it for the sake of the Jazz Festival so that people can just enter the mall, get a drink, shop etc.)

I wish I went to Concordia. The new buildings are snazzy and very modern and such. Also, vive the proximity of a 24hr Second Cup to the campus which is right across from the "Intergrated Visual Arts, Computer Science and Engineering building" (there's a few of them in Montréal.). Mind, there's one right beside Sir George Williams Campus too.

Also, Simons is very, very, very big. Omar de Serres (aka Loomis) is like, an artist's heaven.If I could, I'd live there.