cerita hari ahad

the next day sunday it was mildly snowing. i could see snow sprinkling down from my window. the weather here is unpredictable (as they said) like hello snow in spring?

then later in the afternoon Valerie (my group leader) took me and william to Biodome somewhere near olympic stadium. biodome is like a mini zoo without big animals. or so i understand. i mean theres only small animals like birds bats ducks porcupines beavers and wait for it... penguins! i was so jakun seeing those cute waddling penguins! but sadly i could only see them from outside the glass. tapi sangat comel penguin tu jalan terkedek2 pastu terus melompat masuk air dan berenang dengan lajunye dengan bangga dan hebat.

i wish i could ride a bike

penguin berenang dengan laju! oh alphonse loved this!

oh ye. valerie brought her son along, Alphonse, 4 years old. subhanallah sangat comel boleh pengsan. but he only speaks french and doesnt understand english at all. so it was kinda hard la for me to main2 with him. since my french is very2222 limited its zero actually, every time he speaks korkof2 (in french) i only said like, oui oui (means yeah. pronounce uwi). and valerie was the one who tabah-ly translates him for me and translates me for him. and guess what, he likes me. haha. like ok we played hide and seek / run and catch even tho i didnt understand a thing he said. neither did he.pastu kalau jalan2 terus je die grab tangan saye instead of mak die wah sgt comel!!

tgh ajak main run and catch

^ haha alak ingat tak mainan ni? :p

theres one time he ran to get me and grabbed my hand and pointed at an aquarium. "l'aquaghium! l'aquaghium!" ok nasib baik la french punye aquarium sama mcm aquarium in english. pastu i remembered i used to eat filet o fish here (in french its filet de poisson, so fish = de poisson) (pronounce "pwason") (remember poisson ratio? in structure dulu2 mase belaja). and he said "de poisson! de poisson!" ok as much as i get headache listening to too much french somehow this kid makes it sound so cute :") pastu selambe je die ckp2 french ngan aku mcm la aku faham. aku pun mcm cakap melayu haha macamla die faham kalau ckp melayu ke inggeris ke.

die sangat suke bergambar same saye!

and on the way later in the car, he sang along his nursery rhymes. omg i wonder how french parents teach their kids to read in french. i mean the letters represent nothing because in the end you would read differently. like oiseaux (bird) is wa-zo. mcm susah2 tulis banyak2 huruf tengok2 bunyi lain. and alphonse has a book with his nursery rhyme lyrics and valerie played the cd in the car. i got migraine when seeing the words in the book sounds nothing like the song. and one of the song still plays in my head T_T

tat de riz, tat de rats
tat de ritz tentants
tas de rats tentes

and it sounds;
ta de ghi, ta de gha
ta de ghi tonton
ta de gha tonte

mcm membazir huruf kot kalau taknak sebut takyahla letak. haih. memang pening kepale sampai malam. tetibe jadi emotional pasal bahasa french.

next stop was mont royal. or i forgot the name of the mountain. but its like the spearhead of montreal like all the buildings built cannot exceed the height of this mountain. and from there we could actually see the whole montreal city. and it was super cold up there selambe je budak alphonse ni berlari2an. well of kos dia dah biase.

after that valerie drove us around her neighbourhood. and some streets which i forgot what their names are. then she sent us back at the hotel. when i was about to leave alphonse said smthing in french which i couldnt understand. valerie said, ohh he said he wants you to come home with us. wah sangat terharu! then i say la sorry i couldnt make it this time, but next time ok. then he pouts and mcm merajuk2 haha sangat cair aku! but still depan kamera masih mampu kontrol2 hensem.

merajuk pun hensem!

see the flag on top of valerie's car? it's Montreal Canadien flag, the local hockey team that everybody (literally everybody) is crazily raving about. its NHL fever now. hockey to canadians is like football to british. sangat hooligans. last night team ni mcm menang playoff ke apentah. boleh tak pagi2 tadi sebelum start meeting kat ofis diorang nyanyi ramai2 lagu team tu =_= pastu, at least around 50 people i saw today in the building wearing the team jersey at work, including the cleaners and cashiers =_= pastu, ada mcm projector kat ofis siap project kan logo team tu kat dinding =_=

ok tamat cerita weekend. banyaknye lah gamba, dah nak habis dah allocated space utk pics kat blogger nih so pasni kene rajin2 resize gamba lah ye.

ok wsalam.