January 3rd, 2009

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It’s still strange to type 2009 :P

I woke up at 6 am today and stayed up until 10 am…then I thought I’ll go to sleep for a little while. That little while turned out to be 4 pm…ah, the beauty of student life when on holidays.

Nothing very special today, except we met a new student from Austria. L, A and I invited him to dinner since it was late and the grocery stores would be closed tomorrow (Sunday). We reheated some of the pasta, bread, and rice and made a kinda nice dinner. J (the Austrian student) brought a bottle of wine that he got when he travelled to Monttenegro. We had a chat for a few hours about everything imaginable… long distance relationships, cultural customs, yummy food, travelling, passions, organic farming in Europe etc etc. Josef is studying organic agriculture. He plans to go back to his family’s farm and start an organic farm when he’s ready. Apparently, in Austria, 15% of all the farms are organic! Organic farmers actually earn more than conventional farmers, although it involves more manual labour. Young people going into farming are well respected and there are many who choose farming as a career. Sounds like heaven compared to Canada…

L had a nice long talk with her parents on skype. I really should learn how to use that program…it seems amazing. Apparently you can even phone land lines.

Before J came, we watched Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanmo Bay. “Interesting” Not sure how I would rate such a sexist movie, although you can’t deny it does give some hints of they psyche of some males.

School’s starting in 2 days! I can’t wait to see who shows up in my flat tomorrow (it’s still empty except for me….)

Tip: check out eurolines.com for cheap bus tickets to everywhere in Europe.