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Foooohh, a real long getaway!! 2 months i suppose...I'll roughly tell you what's up so far......

It's the first summer of my life. The weather here is not much different from what I experienced back in Malaysia. Hot, and HUMID.

My 2nd year in Mississauga flipped by and I am entering third year soon. I used to complain how slow time had been for me, but now, I would like to slow it down a little bit. Guess humans are always like that. I have just entered 2nd semester of summer school. If you are wondering what course I am taking, it's Chinese and Management.

And people will usually wonder why I would want to take Chinese. I'd like to read and write, though i doubt I'd be able to recognise characters on PPStream after this. Maybe 20%....or less. But, nevertheless, the class is fun.

My boxy chinese characters

I am volunteering for Bikeshare (an organization on campus that provides bike rentals to UTM students) and I also biked a little. I will do more these few days before it starts getting cold again. I also volunteered for Canadian Cancer Society in June for Relay for Life. It was tiring as I didn't sleep the whole night, but it was nice to see people fighting for their loved ones, who are suffering, had died or recovered from cancer.

The luminaries in memory of...

I also went to Missi's Carassauga Festival, all about diversity and the cultures of multinations. Too bad they didn't have Malaysia this year. The best would be Hawaii with their performances in coconut shells.

And also, it's the first BIGGER celebration for wei wei (my housemate) on her birthday too.

The oreo birthday cake

I also went to Centre Island in downtown Toronto for Dragon Boat festival, but ended up visiting the booths that were there and later in the evening, crammed into a karaoke room in Toronto.

In a dragon boat on display

In a mini theme park on Centre Island, Toronto

Malaysian Murtabak on Centre Island

Super Junior's Sorry Sorry Chinese Version

Panorama of Toronto from ferry

In short, summer courses are fun and relaxing, as compared to fall-winter school time when the timetable is packed full.

Summer time is also a time where I learnt a lot of things, where I find my long lost self, at least the person that I once knew still exists.

There are more to come. Canada's wonderland, for instance. I hope I can overcome my fear of height and speed and take Behemoth, Canada's biggest, fastest and tallest roller coaster. Even a ferris wheel ride used to freak me out (or probably still does). Well, I'll have my fingers crossed for now.