Go Underdogs!

The season is now over for our intramural hockey team The Underdogs and it's true we didn't really get off to the best start... by which I mean winning a total of 0 games the whole time. We blame this on the fact that 'ball hockey' in Canada is different to 'field hockey' in England and we didn't think to look up the rules before we signed up - that and we were pretty rubbish. 

Nevertheless we still were able to participate in the playoff championships and managed to get to the final! Of course it was our plan all along to not win a game all season and then to win the important ones at the end - True Underdog style. 

So last Tuesday was the final, not very exciting, we got thrashed. But still, we got to the final! We celebrated by going to see Puss in Boots 3D which was sooo good! (I know you don't like cats, mum, but this was brilliant!!) 

This week has been really busy. I had my final midterm yesterday in Music History which went well, everything I wanted to come up did and the things that I wasn't sure on weren't on the test so I was pleased. I also had another Conducting assessment yesterday which also went well as I was given the two exercises I felt I was best at! Quite a lucky day really. 

Tonight we are going downtown to see a local ice hockey match, The Niagara Ice Dogs (I think). Really excited for that as it's something that Canadians seem to be crazy about.

This weekend we were supposed to head to Toronto but unfortunately the person who we were going to stay with isn't able to go this weekend so we'll go another time. Sabrina and I were thinking of going during the time between our last exam and our flight as we'll just be kicking around for 5 days. 

Things are still really good here, it's getting much colder, although they said they don't think they'll see proper snow til January which I won't be here for. 

Love and miss you all lots! Only five more weeks to go :) 

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P.S Hope everyone is super excited for the new Twilight film coming out tomorrow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Today was cold

Very cold.

NYC

Really sorry I haven't posted in a while. Been really busy here with assignments, presentations and midterm exams!!

Here are some pics of my New York trip that me and a couple other girls from Keele went on a few weeks ago. It was such a good four days and we saw so much. From Central Park to the Statue of Liberty and going to the top of the Rockefeller Centre, we were so exhausted after each 10 hour coach journey both ways but it was so worth it:

Last week I had my midterm exams, went really well and hopefully I'll get the results back this week.
This weekend their have been many parties and events for Halloween which is really big out here. Last week we went to Canada's Wonderland which is a massive theme park with loads of thrill rides like rollercoasters, for Halloween they put on lots of special attractions like haunted houses, they also had people dress up and jump out and scare people as they walked pass. This resulted in me being chased down the street by a half-dead woman brandishing a very convincing fake axe. Was a really goodnight, we were all terrified! I don't have any pictures of Wonderland because it was a night time thing and my camera didn't take very good pictures, was a brilliant night though.

Lots of things to do this month as its the last month of classes before the exam period begins on the 1st of December, my last exam being on the 16th, then I'm back home on the 22nd! Not long to go now :)

Missing everyone loads, Love You I'll promise to blog more often!

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DeCew falls

It won't let me rotate it :(

view from the top of the falls by the old mill

Sabrina and Ryan just about to go down the steep hill

This much steeper than it looks

More Waterfalls

Hey, once again sorry I haven't posted in while, I've been really busy with class and everything I just haven't had time.

So at the moment I'm in my third week of classes and I'm still finding them really interesting which is good. There is quite a lot of work to be done, I have a presentation next week and I need to write a thesis for an essay too, I completed my first assignment this week which I handed in today for Music Psychology which was basically about how music is a form of intelligence on its own, as well as survival benefits of music and how music is important in and infant's dependency on its parents, things like that. Think I did a good job on it :)

I also got 100% on my first test! ... it was only a five question multiple choice quiz worth 2% of my final grade but it's still 100%!!! That was for Music Psychology also, I had another test on Conducting yesterday which was much longer but I think I did ok, although I know I got Wagner and Weber mixed up. My Conducting class is really really interesting, its mainly practical and I get to play the piano during class. Nothing exciting just a melody line from a textbook. I had to do the exercise in front of the class yesterday and it went well, even though I was really nervous and my baton was shaking in my hand LOL. We're being assessed on that technique on Monday which will go towards our final mark, there's a lot more to it than I expected. It looks easy but it really isn't.

Last weekend was so good. Court 1 of my residence had a schedules hike to De Cew falls, even though Sabrina and I are from Court 2 we managed to tag along. It was mostly us from Keele (Me, Sabrina, Laurel, Jess, Anastasia) that went anyway except from two Canadians, Ryan (who looks just like Taylor Lautner) and Chris. Was such a good day, we started off leaving Brock along the Bruce Trail. The trail just goes through these woods just off campus and around this lake, I was amazed at how blue the water is in the lakes here, it's so pretty. On the way we passed the remains of De Cew house, which was built by John DeCew, Captain in the 2nd Lincoln Militia during the war of 1812. The house is remembered as the destination of heroin Laura Secord's celebrated journey to warn the British of a planned American attack - a bit of history there for you. By the time we left the house we were on the opposite side of the lake to Brock and you could see the Brock Tower peaking over the trees. A short walk through some more woods we came to DeCew falls and the old mill that's still there. The guide then decided to tell us that the only way to get to the pool at the bottom of the waterfall was to climb down this vertical cliff face whilst holding on to nothing more than tree roots! The pictures I have don't make it look as big as it actually was but it was rather scary!! Good fun though. Afterwards we swam in the pool under the waterfall, was so cold but you got used to it. I remember the force of the waterfall hurting as you go through it, but being behind the waterfall was definitely worth it. During that day I fell over a lot... you had to walk up stream to the pool and lost my balance a few times haha. Definitely the best day here so far, think we're going back again this weekend :)

Most evenings I spend my time either with the girls in my house or Sabrina, Jess and Laurel, we usually just play chords, just chill out really, they're really good fun to be around. Tonight we were supposed to be going to that club in Port Dalhousie but for some reason the event got cancelled so we'll probably be doing the same tonight.

Hope all is well back home, miss you, love you and I'll put some pictures up :) xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

HI!

Sorry I haven't posted in a while, have been mega busy! Will write properly later, love you all xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Niagara Falls

So yesterday the international students had a free trip to Niagara Falls!! We left Brock at 10am on a couple of  those yellow school buses you see in films and I was surprised that its really not that far away! When we got there we were just told that we could go off and do whatever we wanted as long as we were back at the buses by 1pm. I was with friends from Keele, Sabrina, Laurel and Jess and we went straight to the Maid of the Mist boats! The falls were amazing we got really good views from the top of cliffs and again whilst we were making our way down to the boats. I never seen anything that big before it was unreal! Especially when we got on the boats and got so close. Before we got on we were given these blue poncho raincoats and how we needed them! We got absolutely soaked from the spray - still got some great pictures though. After the boat tour we just wandered around the area looking in shops, got some lunch. Then at 1pm we got the buses and went to Niagara on the Lake, which from what I saw was just a little town... not really sure why we went there but it was a really nice place :) we bought ice creams and I got sun burn :( 

Today was Brock's annual residence games. My housemates and I got all face-painted up and had to dress in green for Village Residence. Was SO SO SO hot and I got more sun burn :/ but was really good. We didn't stay til the end though because the heat was just getting too much. There were games there with inflatables, waterballoon toss, relay races. Every residence had their own colours and everyone kept talking about TEAM SPIRIT.... was a really Canadian afternoon.... 

Afterwards, Sabrina and I went to the Mall and got caught in a storm coming back... got soaked again. Right now its 19:32 and I'm sitting in bed watching this week's Doctor Who for the THIRD time.... yes, it was that good. :) 

Pictures below

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