In 2 weeks and 1 day this time the university of Mount Royal in Calgary will be bustling full of backpack wearing eager eyed twenty something year olds preparing to embark on a one month journey to territory anew. It is almost here team
At the U of L we celebrated our last day of classes on friday with a huge party at the school bar a.k.a The Zoo. Now it's time for most of us to buckle down and finish up exams before packing up and going our separate ways for the summer. Now if you were to look outside here you would think "summer? Yeaah right!", but lucky for me if that snow is still on the ground in 2 weeks I can leave it behind :)
We finished up our soccer intramurals by winning the consolation round of the playoffs. Good job team! Maybe we will come back super soccer players from Brazil and clean up the Tuesday division next semester.
We have made our final payments, booked our tickets, and as soon as we have our passports and visa approvals back we will be ready to hop on the plane. Everybody is meeting at Grant Mac in Calgary for a two day orientation. All of the Calgary teams and the two Lethbridge teams will be crowded in res, cell phones and the outside world turned off. For all everyone else knows we are already gone by this point. We will be travelling straight from here to the airport together. I'm not sure what exactly to expect from the orientation apart from lots of interactive activities as well as learning sessions on world issues. Each team will have one dorm room to share with 2 beds, so it will be cozy with lots of team bonding. Cheers to spending a month together :)
I am in the library right now about to spend some serious time studying. So until next time..
Annessa Nina
Sunday, April 17, 2011
Monday, April 4, 2011
T- 1 month!
Last Tuesday we played our second intramural soccer playoff game and won this one. So we have one more game we get to play tomorrow before our "season" is over. I have a feeling this is my game to score a goal. I will keep you updated.
On Wednesday at the early hour of 9 am both teams gathered at a medical clinic here to watch a short presentation on travel safety and get our vaccinations. I was relieved to hear Sao Paulo is not in a high risk area for Yellow Fever so I didn't have to pay the two hundred and some dollars for that shot. That being said it would be pretty funny if I ended up yellow with fever! I got three shots, one flu shot, my third hep B shot and one that started with a T :) Needless to say my arms were sore for a while after!
So after were all vaccinated it was time to get everything ready for the silent auction in Calgary.
Now we were all assigned with the task of bringing goodies for people to snack on while silently auctioning away their lives. I decided friday night was a good night to stay in and try my hand at baking. Now that's just it, I tried. First up to bake were the brownies. I mixed the batter with the egg and oil put in some walnuts just like the recipe said... Put the pan in the pre-heated oven and, not thinking about how hot our oven gets, left them in for 30 minutes. I put marshmallows on top 4 minutes before taking them out and put candy on top with drizzled chocolate icing to top it all off... YUMMM Let me tell you, they looked delicious. I let them fully cool before cutting them in to squares.. well trying to cut them in to squares. My brownies were hard as a rock on the bottom and made a nice thud as I placed them on the cutting board. Although the most edible parts tasted pretty good, they were not good.
Sooo I made the most delicious non-bakable marshmallow squares with mini-marshmallows and butterscotch chips.. YUMMMM (for real this time)
On Saturday we were all to meet at the church for the auction at 130pm to set up and get everything ready for the start of the auction at 6pm. The weather in Lethbridge had been nice all week but decided to throw snow at us on Saturday. I carpooled up with 2 other GYN members and the roads were so horrible we were going 70 km/h the whole way. Luckily though everyone made it to the church safely for a smooth set up. After some pizza and a quick meeting it was time for the auction to start. Our members gave some great speeches, desserts got eaten, a well put together slide show played, and money was raised :) All in all a successful night followed by a celebratory beer at a pub close by.
Good job team . The night would not have been possible without the support of parents and the great work put in by our leaders annd everyone on the team. Awesome. Good job EVERYONE :)
Oh yeah.. Guess what?? ONE MONTH TODAY AND WE ARE GOOOOONE... What's next on the agenda? Stay tuned as the adventure is just around the corner! Cheers
Annessa Nina :)
On Wednesday at the early hour of 9 am both teams gathered at a medical clinic here to watch a short presentation on travel safety and get our vaccinations. I was relieved to hear Sao Paulo is not in a high risk area for Yellow Fever so I didn't have to pay the two hundred and some dollars for that shot. That being said it would be pretty funny if I ended up yellow with fever! I got three shots, one flu shot, my third hep B shot and one that started with a T :) Needless to say my arms were sore for a while after!
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| Waiting for everyone to get registered in the waiting room |
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| The room where it all happened, my team mates thought I was crazy for bringing a camera. Smile :) |
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| Checking what shots I need, "I don't need Polio I'm with team Brazil" |
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| Lets hope this works! |
Now we were all assigned with the task of bringing goodies for people to snack on while silently auctioning away their lives. I decided friday night was a good night to stay in and try my hand at baking. Now that's just it, I tried. First up to bake were the brownies. I mixed the batter with the egg and oil put in some walnuts just like the recipe said... Put the pan in the pre-heated oven and, not thinking about how hot our oven gets, left them in for 30 minutes. I put marshmallows on top 4 minutes before taking them out and put candy on top with drizzled chocolate icing to top it all off... YUMMM Let me tell you, they looked delicious. I let them fully cool before cutting them in to squares.. well trying to cut them in to squares. My brownies were hard as a rock on the bottom and made a nice thud as I placed them on the cutting board. Although the most edible parts tasted pretty good, they were not good.
Sooo I made the most delicious non-bakable marshmallow squares with mini-marshmallows and butterscotch chips.. YUMMMM (for real this time)
On Saturday we were all to meet at the church for the auction at 130pm to set up and get everything ready for the start of the auction at 6pm. The weather in Lethbridge had been nice all week but decided to throw snow at us on Saturday. I carpooled up with 2 other GYN members and the roads were so horrible we were going 70 km/h the whole way. Luckily though everyone made it to the church safely for a smooth set up. After some pizza and a quick meeting it was time for the auction to start. Our members gave some great speeches, desserts got eaten, a well put together slide show played, and money was raised :) All in all a successful night followed by a celebratory beer at a pub close by.
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| Finishing touches before the start of the auction |
Good job team . The night would not have been possible without the support of parents and the great work put in by our leaders annd everyone on the team. Awesome. Good job EVERYONE :)
Oh yeah.. Guess what?? ONE MONTH TODAY AND WE ARE GOOOOONE... What's next on the agenda? Stay tuned as the adventure is just around the corner! Cheers
Annessa Nina :)
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