Soixante-deux..

Hello again!

Let's see.. I just had a normal week of school. It seemed really long though, because it was my first five-day week in a while since I've had so much vacation time.

Monday I had my presentation about Antonio Vivaldi, which I was surprisingly not too nervous for. I think it's probable that living 10 months in a place where every time I open my mouth I risk making a fool of myself has helped do away with any fear I might have of talking in front of people. And now I feel very empowered, because I feel that if doing a presentation in French is such a breeze, then now whenever I have to do one in English it will seem doubly easy! So all in all, though it sort of sucked preparing my presentation and everything I am glad I did it. It was a good experience. I had to talk about three facets of Vivaldi so I chose la création de ses oeuvres majeures (the creation of his major works), son influence dans la musique (his influence in music), and la redécouverte de sa musique et "la renaissance Vivaldi" (the rediscovery of his music and the "Vivaldi renaissance.) All in all it went well! Other than that Monday was super uneventful.

Tuesday I had two tests, one in chemistry and one in IT. The chemistry one I think I did okay on.. at least, I answered all the questions, so that already counts for something. We'll get that back this week I think. The IT test was on Excel and it was not that hard except too long so most of us didn't have enough time to finish.. but it doesn't really matter. I also got my biology test back, and I got 4.8! I was happy and surprised about that. We had gym in the afternoon and we continued (yes, still) our unihockey/soccer/volleyball tournament.

Wednesday was normal.. we're still working on the same project in art class (Tintin and Titeuf.) Next week is the last time we'll have to finish so I had to work on it for a really long time this weekend.

Thursday was super uneventful and I don't even recall what happened. Oh yeah, I had three hours of study (the first because the others had a French test, the second because they had German class, the third because everyone had study.) I studied for the geography test the next day.

Friday like I said, I had a geography test. I feel I did so-so on it. I also had two hours of study in the afternoon so I did all my math homework. It's my last Friday two-hour study of the year! (Next week I have a Chemistry lab, and the week after we'll be done with school.) Friday night when I came home I worked on my art project for two or three hours.

Saturday morning I didn't do much. In the afternoon at 14h00 I left to go to Fribourg. I got there around 15h00 and then went to buy some things. Around 16h00 I went to the vieille ville, down by the river, to meet up with some AFS friends (Sakshi, Fernando, Carlo, Marianna, Sara, and two volunteers is all.) This was for the "Bye bye party" that AFS had planned. We made a fire in a fire ring on the edge of the river, and grilled sausages, as well as eating various salads, cakes, cookies, chips, etc. Around 19h00 it started to rain so we headed to the center of town. We split up- I stayed with Sakshi and Fernando and we went to get a coffee and talk. Around 21h30 I went home. I didn't get to bed until maybe 01h00.

Today I woke up around 08h00. I showered, ate breakfast, and then worked on my art project for another two or three hours (Just two hours of art class this Wednesday and I'll be finished.) This afternoon I am going to Fribourg because there is a music festival. At 16h30 my history student teacher is playing a show and so Andréanne, a bunch of my friends in my class, and I are going to see it. (His Myspace music page is here, but I should warn you that he's a better teacher than singer.. in my opinion..)

I am starting to think about lots of things.. packing (and how much crap I have to get rid of or send in a box), getting to the airport, how to fill up all my spare time with things so I don't waste any of it. I have something planned for all the last weekends (of which there are only three.. it's so surreal!) Also, my last full week in Switzerland (I leave the following Thursday) I am going to Zürich with Sakshi for three nights/two and a half days. It should be fun!

This next week I expect to be long and pretty boring.. Tuesday I have two tests, and those are the last for the end of the year. After that we will probably not do anything in school.. so if my next blog post is not very detailed, sorry in advance!