My Birthday Weekend!

It has been snowing so much lately. University was even closed on the last Thursday morning because of the snow storm we had. It was my birthday on that Thursday so it was really good present for me to be able to sleep late as all the morning classes were cancelled. I still had a one class on the afternoon and after that I went to the Kickboxing with my friend Fern. I am not sure if I have mentioned that she is the girl who came here with me from Bournemouth University. On that moment I didn’t have a clue what was going to happen later on.

The plan was that all the exchange students are coming to my lovely little flat to celebrate my birthday and after that we would have gone where ever the wind had taken us.

Suddenly I got a text message from Fern saying that she wants to give my present to me before the party will start. I went to see her and she got the best present for me: Tim Hortons French vanilla coffee powder. My favorite drink here.  The story get even better as then she said to me that taxi will come to pick us in a second and I am not allowed to ask anything if I do not want to hear any lies. Being totally clueless I took to the taxi with her and ended up outside a one house. I still didn’t know what was going one. One of the exchange students opened the door for us and as soon as I stepped to the dark living room (in this moment I knew what was going to happen) I saw the candles and light was switched on and everyone was shouting happy birthday to me! My first surprise birthday party I have had. It was amazing night. French students had made their traditional “pancake” food which was delicious. They also showed all the messages they sent to each other when planning my party and I was amazed how many messages they actually sent to make my day so special. All the exchange students here are a really good reason to be here.

Once again there is a snow storm here. Rest of the day university is going to be closed and it is impossible to see anything if you go outside. I am also getting a bit ill now. It is really bad timing to be ill as next week we are having our midterm exams and I should be studying a lot but I am just not feeling too good. I will try to rest today and do more work tomorrow and hopefully I will feel better soon. 

So next week I will have two exams and after that we are having a short break. It looks like snowboarding is going to take place during that time. I cannot stay in Canada without snowboarding even once! But that is everything this time.