Archive for April, 2009

Strike stroke.

After six full weeks of strike, the professors agreed to the university’s offers. It’s my second strike in three years and I can now say that I’ve lost almost a semester’s worth of time because of strikes. Last year we were on strike for two months and this time they were on strike for six [...]

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Conference: the Local Church

Montréal was hosting Mark Dever from Capitol Hill Baptist Church in Washington D.C. with his team of three preachers (Greg Gelbert, Jonathan Leeman, Matt Schmucker). They taught from Thursday night all through the last session on Saturday afternoon on the local church. The majority of people who attended were local pastors and pastors-in-training. I was [...]

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Yoko loves you

The messages we’re used to hear in the metro are either the names of the metro stations “McGill”, “Côte-Vertu”, etc. or the operator saying something about people blocking the doors. Now Montréal Public Transportations decided to broadcast a short message every once in a while in the metro. Here it is:
“Hi. This is Yoko! It’s [...]

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Bride

Once upon a time, I went to university almost everyday, now that the professors are on strike and my student association too, I don’t get to go as often. Only once a week to vote against the strike and continue to work on a team assignment on the same day. When I went to school, [...]

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Rejoice

I guess I’m stuck with jujubes.
Our third roommate is getting married, needless to say that she is leaving. She’s not only leaving us and leaving with all the furniture and stuff that is hers, but she’s leaving us with the task of finding someone to replace her. I don’t like making important decisions, you know, [...]

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