May 5 – In a lounge-y mood
Today is Ascension, a national holiday. I’m not sure what it’s for, except that it’s religiously-related. Everything’s closed, so there’s no possibility for me to go out anywhere today. I’m just chilling at home, in my pajamas, listening to ambient lounge, watching the view outside, snacking on chocolate, and writing. I love kinder-bueno chocolate! It’s the kind with the hazelnut filling. Mmm. I also love Lindt milk chocolate. It’s like the Lindt balls with the melting chocolate in the middle, but in bar form. They always give the Lindt balls with a certain dinner at Swiss Chalet near Christmas time. I always go to Swiss Chalet just because of that. Yum! The grocery situation at my house is never dire until I run out of chocolate.
My taxes were due 5 days ago and I haven’t done them yet. I think I’ll do them today, because it’s causing me stress and ruining my lounge mood. I think I’m ok, because you only have to file by April 30th if you owe them money and I’m sure they owe me money.
I’m really sick of my clothes. I’m literally living out of one suitcase, because my snowboard counted as my other piece of luggage. I don’t regret bringing my snowboard at all, but I’m just tired of everything that I have. I still have another 3 ½ months to go! Sometimes I’ll think that I have the perfect thing to wear for a certain party, but then I realize that it’s at home. That just sucks. I don’t think I brought enough summer stuff, but at least it’s the cheapest to buy.
I realized that I spent so much in the last 2 months that I have to cut my budget in half for the next 2 months. Not fun.
The weather here is…confused. Yesterday, it dropped to below 10 degrees and it was cloudy in the morning. Then, it rained. Then, it was sunny and above 15 degrees. Then, it was rainy and below 10 degrees again an hour after that. Blegh!!!
The people are really friendly and nice here. When we were in Zurich, Cora asked a pair of senior citizens for a light, and they began a conversation on what we should see and do in Zurich! Yesterday, I was walking to class and I greeted an old man who was walking his dog. (It’s common courtesy to greet if you’re not in the city center.) He struck up a conversation with me about whether I was studying, how long I’d been here, what I was going to do after, and wished that I enjoy my stay here at the end of it! I don’t usually greet people unless they’re over 30, because some of the people on my street are students and they don’t usually greet you back.
I know that this perceived niceness is also a result of my attitude. I don’t mean to get all technical on you, but it’s partially the result of a ‘self-fulfilling prophecy.’ I’m not apprehensive about talking to strangers in the street here, so the whole exchange between me and said stranger is a lot nicer than if I were standoffish about the whole thing. If someone were to greet me in Toronto, I’d probably ignore them. Actually, it would depend on what they said. If they said “Good morning/afternoon/evening,” there’d be a better chance I’d reply than if they said, “Hi.” Plus, us city-folk just think it’s weird if a stranger greets us while we’re walking on the street.
My taxes were due 5 days ago and I haven’t done them yet. I think I’ll do them today, because it’s causing me stress and ruining my lounge mood. I think I’m ok, because you only have to file by April 30th if you owe them money and I’m sure they owe me money.
I’m really sick of my clothes. I’m literally living out of one suitcase, because my snowboard counted as my other piece of luggage. I don’t regret bringing my snowboard at all, but I’m just tired of everything that I have. I still have another 3 ½ months to go! Sometimes I’ll think that I have the perfect thing to wear for a certain party, but then I realize that it’s at home. That just sucks. I don’t think I brought enough summer stuff, but at least it’s the cheapest to buy.
I realized that I spent so much in the last 2 months that I have to cut my budget in half for the next 2 months. Not fun.
The weather here is…confused. Yesterday, it dropped to below 10 degrees and it was cloudy in the morning. Then, it rained. Then, it was sunny and above 15 degrees. Then, it was rainy and below 10 degrees again an hour after that. Blegh!!!
The people are really friendly and nice here. When we were in Zurich, Cora asked a pair of senior citizens for a light, and they began a conversation on what we should see and do in Zurich! Yesterday, I was walking to class and I greeted an old man who was walking his dog. (It’s common courtesy to greet if you’re not in the city center.) He struck up a conversation with me about whether I was studying, how long I’d been here, what I was going to do after, and wished that I enjoy my stay here at the end of it! I don’t usually greet people unless they’re over 30, because some of the people on my street are students and they don’t usually greet you back.
I know that this perceived niceness is also a result of my attitude. I don’t mean to get all technical on you, but it’s partially the result of a ‘self-fulfilling prophecy.’ I’m not apprehensive about talking to strangers in the street here, so the whole exchange between me and said stranger is a lot nicer than if I were standoffish about the whole thing. If someone were to greet me in Toronto, I’d probably ignore them. Actually, it would depend on what they said. If they said “Good morning/afternoon/evening,” there’d be a better chance I’d reply than if they said, “Hi.” Plus, us city-folk just think it’s weird if a stranger greets us while we’re walking on the street.
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