Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Monday, June 28, 2010
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I remember, remember
I'm young but I'm old, I speak French and practice English. I am a minority in a big country, but I am among the majority of mine. I heart to my tongue, my mind a dream forgotten by a generation, an unfinished project by my predecessors.
I do not forget where I come, I do not forget our builders. They never came out victorious, and, surprisingly, even the language we speak today. Let us be proud, strong talk, so we never forget.
Blade Montcalm verve of Bourgault through the humility of Levesque, our path emerged. Our roots they have watered the tree and pushed. Yours to reap and to sow the seeds, because today if you speak with difficulty, I feel it in my veins.
Remember where you came from, remember the Fleur de Lys. This flag is ours, time and again trampled, but stayed, is a symbol of our pride. Although buried in the bottom you, the idea just waiting to resurface, the lily needs to be watered.
I'm young and inexperienced, I'm the laughingstock of the other side, but until I hear them and understand them: they laugh, they laugh, but they do not understand our speech and our ideas. They call us dreamers and extremists, I give unto them the finger and say this:
I'm blue and francophone Quebecers and I am proud, I yell like Peter and you look like René. I have the river and the maple, I have nothing to envy you. I knelt to not get killed, so that my children can live, so my children can continue where I stopped. I learned your language, I have worked for you in the sweat from my forehead and now I'm found! I almost forgot, I was nearly assimilated! You can laugh, you can ridicule us well, but truth is we have won.
Now I tell my brothers, my sisters, the people overseas who have joined us and the first nations who have gone before us: the earth has a story, an epic which is far over. Perhaps we never shall have a country, but in memory of the past, present and future, remain standing and remember.
Happy St. Jean Baptist!
Shawn Sirois
And no, it's not me:). In fact, I found this nice text in the student newspaper at the University of Sherbrooke. Not only is it pretty, but it also summarizes pretty well the mentality Quebec vis-à-vis the Canadian Anglophones.
All this to say that June 24 is St. John, Day Quebec as well say that was not a time to release a red flag and white maple leaf. And that day in Quebec, there is a huge free concert on the Plains of Abraham. And there was!
Except that, the concert was June 23 ... June 24 is the feast with the family. We still had a wonderful weekend, but I'll tell you this in another post!
Finally, some explanations to understand the text:
- Montcalm: General French having defended and lost, Quebec City, and thus of New France. The battle is held on the Plains of Abraham to make English General Wolf and is reputed to have lasted only 20 minutes.
- Pierre Bourgault and René Lévesque: politicians arguing for Quebec independence. They are the initiators of the PQ ... (PQ ^ ^). It was René Lévesque, then 1 st Minister of Quebec, which organized in 1970 on 1 st referendum on Quebec independence.
- Fleurdelisé: Quebec flag showing a white cross on blue background accompanied by four lilies.
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There are two weekends of this, the lab at a barbecue. A place (a park beside a river) and ideal weather (sun), made this afternoon a beautiful day. Program: beach volleyball, Frisbee, board games, and of course barbecue. It's been really long since I had not eaten such good burgers. Suffice to say
my life is very hard now: D
Finally, the unusual photo of the day, or the history of man making bike with two iguanas:
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
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... We visited the observatory of Montreal Olympic Park and the Biodome, all under a blazing sun.
The observatory is a beautiful ... building with elegant curves and surprising when you consider that two thirds of the tower are concrete. Overlooking the Olympic Stadium from the top of his 175m and its 45 ° inclination, the observatory offers a panoramic view of Montreal and its suburbs.
From left to right: St Laurent, dominated by its 3 bridges, the old town, the new city with its skyscrapers and finally Mount Royal.
Once downstairs, we headed to the Biodome. This converted former velodrome is home to five natural areas restored. We walk the jungle so to Antarctica through the forest as a group of Canadian kids raving to every creature. We have stayed a quarter of an hour watching the penguins play. We had great fun! However, I have a thought for the Lynx, who must find her life very small space (one hundred square feet or less).
I'd end this triptych by this quote from the Montreal General
Vive Montreal! Vive le Quebec! ... Vive le Quebec libre! Long live French Canada! And vive la France! "
Signed
A tramp air ladle.
PS: you can also find the story of the weekend here
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During this long but beautiful day we could cross things as diverse and varied. So watch:
- A Chinatown
- Spiderman (I'm a fan)
- cafes glasses
- An endless stream of Porsche, Ferrari, Viper and other Corvette (Grand Prix requires)
- A limousine Humor
- Rally Austin Mini
- poutines
- a tap dance routine
- Another hip hop
- A fireworks
- A panorama of the night Montreal
- An old clock
- A quarantine in Hawaiian shirt and sailor hat singing the Beatles
And all this starting day at noon, it is strong!
Some evidence:
Finally, brief moment of nostalgia. 6 years ago I was at the same place with my family. Same place ... and even photo. I well said I would return one day!
The photo in question:
Monday, June 21, 2010
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It starts like a funny story. This is one Italian, one Japanese and one in Quebec City Montreal ... But nobody really knows how the story ends. And nobody wants to see her finish it seems.
There are now 1 week and 1 day of this, I had to move to Montreal on Friday to complete the paperwork. It seemed like an opportunity to spend the weekend exploring the city and review the three Montrealers. Fluke, the same weekend unfolded the Francofolies de Montréal, the Canadian Grand Prix ... and the birthday Billy!
All these adventures may take place. History to let you breathe a little, I cut the Schmilblick in three acts. First of all, the evening of Friday evening.
To enjoy the Francofolies, we started the evening with two shows a different style but equally sympathetic: Hugo Lapointe with his acoustic guitar and his songs text, then WD-40 with its punk-rock to the text ... uh ... I'll let you judge.
Preview selected: (Remembrance of Amos)
We talked a long time it is
Of these intelligent animals
like your albino beaver
Pogne by Trappers Amos
What, therefore, should eat before
To put the straw in
I liked the hole in your pants
For fans, looking for the song "case 12.
To finish the evening, we went to a bar to rumors promising: the Saint Sulpice. On arrival, the place seemed crowded, the terrace beyond. Does not form an illusion too, we come to try our luck anyway. And then, surprise, the place is immense. The bar is actually located throughout the house: cellar, maid's room, terrace interior balconies. There are three stages in all over the terraces outside and inside. The place is really cozy atmosphere with its student party in a mansion with antiques.
Statue 2m long overlooking the magnificent wooden staircase:
Finally, a nice evening in Montreal the night.Saturday, June 19, 2010
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Today, I decided to make pancakes like this, on a whim. Once the design phase is complete, I noticed that the dough an unusual color. It seems I did not buy good flour. Come what may.
Evidence of testing of my cooking skills:
Once the 1 st completed version of my dinner, I tasted. It's not bad but seems Quebecers. It's a little less light than usual with a taste tends toward the pancake but it is really tasty. I therefore turn to the implementation phase. Fifteen pancakes later, it's time to eat. And all of long, Celtic music in the background, I am even surprised to outline steps from Breton dance.
Image of a double pancake egg, cheese and tomato. All sprinkle a pinch of salt and pepper:
ago as a whiff of Britain on Sherbrooke ...
And besides, it's raining tonight.
Thursday, June 17, 2010
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Three small stories that say a lot about Quebec society.
During my trip to Sherbrooke, then I galérais un peu dans les escaliers du métro de Montréal, quatre personnes ont proposées de m'aider (et aidées donc). Ce n’est pas à Paris que ca serait arrivé ça...
Toujours pendant mon voyage. Je devais prendre un bus pour aller du centre ville de Sherbrooke à l’université. Ici, les chauffeurs de bus n’ont pas de tiroir-caisse, juste une borne à tickets. Cependant, je me suis aperçu à la monté que je n’avais pas la monnaie exacte pour un ticket (deux pièces de 2$ pour un ticket à 3,75$). Le chauffeur ma proposé de mettre ce que je pouvais et de compléter à mon prochain voyage.
Enfin, au cours a bus trip, a teen style ouesh ouesh "crossed all the bus to go take a paper in the bin at the front of the bus.
I would add to that, here, the streets are clean and that transport does not contain any tags or prints.
We, the damned French, we would do well to take seed.
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
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Continuation and end of my trip to Sherbrooke, Quebec with the party this time.
The aircraft landed on the runway. I am in Canadian territory. I begin to wait to have some place to go out, I take this opportunity to watch the unloading of baggage by the door. The transition between the aircraft and the baggage train is a start of 2m by hand. Quite reassuring.
In search of a wicket:
Once off the plane, I still have to queue for half an hour at customs. There a dozen positions, ca advance quickly. But the worst is still ahead of me, I have to go through immigration. In a small room, I found the last of a girl holding two dozen French. He has only two windows, and each person remains 10 minutes. It really advance, but then really, no. A third window finally opens, we begin to hope. But another closes! Then another. Until the last window still open farm too! There are still a dozen people in the room. Out of spite or desperation, everyone starts to sit down. In good French, it criticizes the administration. We're not out of place at least. A few minutes later, the service resumes at a rate of two wickets. The worst is that three employees will not stop beating around the office, sit down, turn on the PC to request an information to a colleague, then start nowhere.
3h after my landing, I finally get out of the airport ...
In search of a dwelling:
But I have another problem. It is more than 21h or too late to join Sherbrooke. So I have to find accommodation in Montreal. I know that my three colleagues from Polytech ', arrived a few days earlier, had an apartment on the island of Montreal. They warned me not to hesitate to contact needs. Good thing I have a big need there (no bad puns ^ ^). Have neither their address or their phone number, I only have the internet to find them. Wifi airport is paying, I decided to take a bus to downtown. After questioning the inhabitants, it tells me that I could find a wifi access to the bus depot. I do not know why, or common, but Greyhound buses emit free. So here I am sitting on a bench in the bus station in Montreal, laptop on his knees, then with an internet connection (Yataaa \\ 0 /). However, I must be quick, because if it goes, I lose the connection!
So I send an email to the three housemates to ask them to connect to MSN or Skype. In good geeks, I think there are necessarily one of three just surfing. Indeed, a few minutes later, here they are connected. They accept and welcome me!
20 minutes later, here I come to the meeting place. Thibault expects me to guide me to their apartment. Strange situation than to meet a familiar face in a completely empty subway station on the other side of the Atlantic. But it is frankly fun too!
After a travel day, I can finally ask me a bit and spend a pleasant evening with Montreal.
End?
After a restful night I must move on. Sherbrooke but not far off. After 2 hours of bus, then 20 minutes by bus to university, I finished by 15 minutes of walking.
Here I am finally home! The adventure is over, or rather begins ....
Thursday, June 10, 2010
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Small interlude before the rest of the story of my trip to Sherbrooke (the best part is yet to come, even if you can read spoilers in other corners of the blogosphere, and the crafty j'enfume me say that a sphere has no corners).
In my package, I had thought of everything, yes everything. At least I was convinced.
- My laptop, check
- My cell check
- The battery in my laptop, check
- sure the battery operates on 110V, check
- The battery of my cell phone, check
- sure the battery operates on 110V, check, then indirectly
Big mistake ...
I have not checked the operation of the battery with 110V since I had already used last year in Ontario , and it works very well. Except ... there's always a but (a "except that" in this case). Well yes, the problem is that I lost my battery in late summer. So I had found another. But obviously, this one does not work with 110V
... So now three days one of my roommates nice knock on my door every morning to wake me up.
Here, shops close at 17h. Knowing that I rarely leaves the lab before 16:30. I have not yet been able to go buy an alarm clock.
But today is the big day. I can finally go buy another way to wake up only three hits to the door and a "Albert! . So my tour of Dollarama (or any store is less than 2 U.S. dollars) in search of the beast needle. Nothing. I've been around the Super C, I know there's nothing. Remains the kind of store fourretout I do not accept name. I go around. Nothing. Just before leaving the store I see a miniature electronic objects area of 3 * 3 m. I scan. I found piles of computer equipment, telephones, ... And finally, miraculously, I see a few lines in a corner of clocks!