i came back from Montreal last nite, 6:15. we were an hour early. what's ironic is that throughout the entire trip we've been on time only once.
aaanyways, it was amazing!! even though it was really expensive and we had to pay for lunch and i got my thing, i can say that it has been one of the most memorable trips i've ever been on. let me tell you what happened:

(the first day) Wednesday: -got on bus
-went to Athens High school to perform
-ghetto school -practically everyone was smoking and stuff, but you know, there was this one hot guy...
-after, went to montreal
-had lunch
-i totally forgot what we did...
- that night, we watched the Montreal Symphony. They were soooo good!!
-i roomed w/ tracy (adrian's gf) amy and this other girl i just met, lina. they were all gr.12's but we became really close.

(a bad to good day) Thursday: -went to This elementary school to perform. gawd, they were soooo adorable!! whne mr. lum was conducting, they pretended to conduct, so then mr.lum taught them all how to conduct "floor, wall,wall, ceiling" and ms.walsh did some clapping excersises w/ them while other ppl set up. the best part was at the end- they loved us so much that they were asking us for autographs! hahaha! so there we were, signing and taking pictures. they were so cuuute!!
-ate lunch around olf montreal and walked around
-went to the notre dame cathedral, had a tour. the women who guided us (we were in 2 different groups) came on the bus w/ us, and we drove around old montreal like a bus tour, w/ that woman telling stuff. we went to this one church, or temple place, and only me and rachel got out to take pictures, from our bus. (there were 2) i think it was becuz it was rainy and not a very nice day.
-ate dinner at this really loud bar w/ tons of smokers and loud music and TVs. it was horrible. i felt horrible but...(next point)
-that night was the sole purpose (well, one of the sole purposes) why i came on this trip. we watched Cirque Du Soleil. now, how can i decribe this? it was in a big blue and yellow tent, much like the one you see near STC sometimes. another tent was for souveniers and snacks. inside the performing tent there there cords and stuff hanging and long sticks bunched up to one side where the performers can climb up. the main character (i think, cuz he kept coming out) was an angel, who had his wings stolen, and went from extremely graceful and beautiful to very weak. the acrobats were simply AMAZING, and everything was totally wonderful. i can't even describe it. the angel, the first moment i saw him, i knew he was a hot guy, and when i bought the program (cuz you have to buy them, it includes a cd rom. 12$) and i saw him, i was right! everyone agreed w/ me.
there were these 3 kids who did one act w/ these spinning things, and gosh, they were so cute! they were like, little and stuff. i think they're about 10 years old or so. i can check the program, but it's not w/ me at the moment. me and veronique each got a jester hat. it was expensive, but if i didn't get it, i would regret it forever. i know it.
the last act was w/ this wheel thingy and that was THE BEST!! i can't really describe it cuz you had to be there!! and when it finished they all came out and bowed, and we were all on our feet clapping and screaming and i was telling ppl how great this one guy looked with a six pack. oh baby..lol but of course, i like the angel the best! i mean, c'mon!! when we left, i was walking w/ nique, and we had the best time! it was sooo hilraious! we were like cracking jokes and everything! and then i tripped on a step, and almost fell!
-arrived at the hotel at quater to 12.

(a very interesting, scary and eventful day...)Friday: -went to the hard rock cafe for breeeakfast. it was sooo much fun! we danced a lot and laughed and took pictures! all the waiterrs we like, dancing. one of them was hot! i took a pic of him. heh heh heh!
- went to this musem place with lots of old buildings. (what's that word...?) we got this tour, in 3 different groups, and this indredible story of how that building came to be. it was mostly underground, cuz over a long period of time, ppl kept building stuff on top of it. like, walls and homes, and cemetaries. and everything was original! after that, we went to the biodome. i actually went there before, so i knew what was there, but it was fun all the same. the penguins were sooooo cute!!! i was with adam smits, right? and gosh, did he ever took a long time with the fishes! geez. well, i guess it's good for him, cuz he really likes it (we want to be a marine biologist) so i guess...that's good. but after a while i ditched him cuz he was too slow. lol well, he told me to go anyways, so that's good. mr. lum bought all these toys od penguins. it was really cute. lol he's such a kid, but it's allll good. im like that too.
-and then we went to this stadium place, i forgot what it was called, but we had to ride this thing up to the top, and it scene was really beautiful, cuz we were really high up and the sky was sunny and all. when we were there, we took lots of pics and looked outside. everything was small!
-and then we went to an Insectarium. me and mrs walsh were making up all these"tariums". she's like, "and then we will go to the poopytarium, and then the kittytarium" lol she's so funny!
-after the insectarium, which featured a couple of bugs havin sex, lots of tarantulas, one bug at the process of eating another bug, and trying to catch it (that one was SLOW! we didn't even get to see it catch, and we were there for like 45 minutes!) we went to eat dinner. it was at this chinese buffet. very nice.
- and so...we were allowed to have 3 hours of free time (from 6-9 pm) around old montreal and some other parts of it, i forget. but coincidently, the summit thing was also at six. and knowing me, i wanna know what was happening, so my group (me, jonathan yu, amy, and joanna) went to this store (Garage Clothing) which was located right in the middle of everything. holy shit, we were stuck there for an hour and a half, which was alright w/ me cuz that's my fav. store. but all these prtesters were right outside the window! there must've been like two hundred! and garbage were all over the road, people running around, and then suddenly people all started running in one direction!! 40 or 50 riot police were actually chasing them!! they were wearing helmets sheilds all those protection gear. it's lie a scene from television, only this was real. and omg, i actually witnessed two ppl lift up an innocent person's car, and turned it 90 degrees, rear facing the road. a couple of minutes later, the whole thing was on the other side! one guy was jogging by, and he actually stopped and graffitied the window of our store! i saw him!! and then ppl started running again, and the police chasing. it was actually scary! one of the ppl working in the store was practically yelling (or speaking loudly and very sternly), to get away from the door. anywho, after it cleared up a bit, our group decided that it was safe to to leave. so us four went really far, to this mall. we felt safe in the mall cuz there were other stores surrounding us, and...well, you know. we passed by our coaches on the way. they were in a HUGE traffic jam. when we were inside we called mr. lum to tell him we wre alright and stuff, and he said we were gonna meet and the same time same place. so we just stayed there til like 8:30 and went to the meeting place. ppl were still outside! all these police cars were there as well as some firetrucks (the two near where we were left after a while). i actually took a picture from joanna's camera. souvenier, you know...
rachel and shelby and...this other girl were there already, and rachel told me that their group was actually running with the protesters! it was freaky...but honestly, and i know this isn't the right thing, but i can't deny it, i kinda wish i were with them instead. it sounded really exciting. but i know, safe is good. after, we were heading to our bus, cuz apparently everyone else was there. i heard that the rioting ppl were like telling the police to dance and stuff, and this one guy actually took the police's helmet and shield and started dancing. and then he mooned the police, and then he jetted cuz the police were chasing after him really quick. and then there's this other guy who had a microphone. but i dunno what he was sayin in it.
-when we got to the bus, many ppl weren't there. our first concern was Aquila and Paulanne. apparently, they were just late. and then it was Nique. i think she got lost or something. i'm not really sure, but we were all really concerned. and then finally, she turned up. lastly, elliot was missing. nobody knew his cell phone number and stuff. after what seemed like a really long time, he showed up. he took a wrong turn or something and he got lost and had to make this big circle around the whole place, or something like that.
-that night, it was really fun becuz i was at adam's room, and they were playing yuker (sp?) with mrs. walsh, brennen, lina (my room mate!) and...yeah. and they were all watching the hockey game. it was pretty different cuz the other two nights, we were just i our own rooms, and me and tracy talked really late into the night. the second night, we talked til almost 4 in the morning! but it was really nice, talking to her. we got to know each other quite well, and she's a really great advice giver. =) anyways...

(the last day) Saturday: - ate at the hotel again. checked out
- i almost died at breakfast cuz i had really bad cramps!
- drove to this underground mall place where we could shop for about 2 hrs.
- when we were at the underground mall, i took group pictures with all those ppl i hung out w/ the last 3 days, plus brennen and adam. hehehe adam's my puppy! lol anyways, it was really nice. but the weird thing came right after we took the pics. adam pulled me away and said he had to talk to me about something. i'm like, okayy...and then we wouldn't tell me, he's like, "later" so i'm like, okay, and then we separated. our shopping trip was really fun. it took my cramps away. most of the time. joanna said chocolate would make it better, so i popped some Lindt in my tumy, and off we went again. i didn't buy anything cuz i spent lots of money already. but i had fun. after our two hours, we went on the bus again, and headed home. stopped once (where i bought lunch cuz i didn't know we could've bought it at the mall). and then we headed home for real. i didn't see adam til a little later after we got off the bus, and our instruments put away (well, not mine). so i went up to him (and rachel and lina cuz they were there.) and we chatted a little, and then rachel went away and then i'm like to adam "so you have to tell me something?" and he said "yeah, but...later" so i gave him that weird look, and said okay. right now, i'm dying of curiosity. i wanna know!!!! =(
oh well, i'll ask him tomorrow at school.
so..yeah. what i learned from this trip was plenty.
- alicia is a bitch, and she wastes a lot of food. i can't stand her!!
- mr. caruana is a totally differnt person away from school...hahha he's funny. and...well...he swears casually.
- adam and michael sampson are such puppies! haha you know, their hair at the back? it's really short and fuzzy so...puppies! lol
- i'm pretty sure shelby and jonathan sum are going out. it just happened, like on the 3rd day of trip. really weird...
- there's more, but i don't think i should really say it...all in all this trip has been a wonderful experience. totally! i loooved it!!!! now i have to go to stupid school again. pooh.