Winter Update

With exams over, it feels apt to write another update here.

Every Canadian I meet seems to gain a certain amount of glee by informing me, ‘this isn’t the worst yet, wait till February,’ Now I think it is a sign of a particularly sadistic people that seem to enjoy the pain of others, yet the Canadians still present themselves as being like ‘America without the Americans.’ Just so you know, it gets so cold in Canada, that your tears freeze as they leave your eyes.

Work wise, it is worth stating two things about McGill. The quantity is harder, but the quality is not. To elaborate, there is more reading then Nottingham, quite a bit more actually. However, the quality of the work itself isn't harder. You just have subjects that are more broad. The harder thing to deal with is the second point, you have about a three day gap between the last day of term and final exams, meaning you really don't have time to do a lot of revision. So you can't slack on the reading during the term, or else you will have no hope for the exams.

The British Appreciation Society here is a good laugh, whilst I am abroad and want to meet predominantly Canadians, its nice to have a place where I can say 'mare' and people know what I mean. TO get my weekly dose of Canadian culture, I am going to see the habs (the Montreal Canadians - an Ice hockey team.) This city runs on hockey, so to get tickets is really fortunate.

So, that is all for now. I am sure I will update soon