home alone today. i went to a walk to river and it was amazing. all the trees are turning orange cos its fall but its still so hot. the river is really pretty and i got heaps of photos ill somehow get to nz. i was feeling pretty happy just chilling at the river when the church bells went off. it really struck me that im here in canada for a year. it was a lil overwhelming cos so far its been like a long holiday (with school), but for some reason sitting on a rock in the shade with my feet in the water and hearing the church bells across the river made me feel really privaleged to be here.

except the walk to the river and back was in the hot sun and over the only hill here so i got some good exercise...im probably gonna take the dog for a walk along beside the river tonite or flag the dog and go for a bike ride (i know im actually planning on doing exercise...shock horror ive lost my old procastinating ways)

friday i had no school so i spent the day with diane. we went for a swim and the pools are so different from in nz. they are quite small, and the lifeguards sit in high chairs on either side of the pool. the best part is the lifeguards are really hot and for their uniform they wear red boardshorts...and the girls wear the boardshorts with a white singlet...i think someone shoud get wcc to employ hot (younger than the current employees) lifeguards and change the uniforms so by the time im back in wellington i wont miss canadian pools too much.
after that swim i went to a really cool souvenir store. they had some very cool canadian stuff that some of you should watch out for...lol

that night i went to a protest for womans rights against sexual violence. it was funny learning french slogans. it was funny whenever we got to an intersection the police car that was leading us flashed the lights and used its siren. after i went to tim hortons for hot chocolate with my counsellor (no im not crazy its just the term afs use for our liason person). but i am now addicted to tim hortons....unfortunatley im too shy to order in french so i have to stick to having it with other french speaking ppl.