Wednesday night (oct.5) was the campaign speeches. The Female VP's to speak ahead of me wrote long lists and read from them. They seemed very smart, but had no spunk! My speech was short, and I don't think many people took to it too well. I should've done something mroe original and funny. Like one girl dressed in a rugby kit for her role, and another girl rapped! Oh well, I guess I'm not that creative. I was told later that people were grumbling when I mentioned Halloween pumpkin carving. I know now that here they see Halloween as one guy puts it an "American commercializ'n." Needless to say, I did not win Female VP. At least I didn't get the lowest votes! :D lol. Buuuuut, I did manage to become Treasurer! No one else ran for the position so I took it! It's quite funny, because I don't know how I'm supposed to make a budget estimating in British Pounds! I can barely do that in Canadian dollars! I will have to take a course for Treasurer I've been informed. Everyone kind of laughed at that, but I see it as a way to learn more about writing and balancing cheque books, which I will need to know how to do anyway sooner or later. I'm quite looking forward to it! :)
That night I went out with the other Canadian at Tetley, Sarah. She's from Barrie, but goes to Carleton in Ottawa I believe. We "escorted" drunk Cecilia down to the Old Bar (on campus pub) where all the hockey (field/ashphalt) players were having a pub night. It turned out to be a lot of fun!! I've never been in a room w/ so many good looking people before! Sarah and I ordered the ever-so-popular drink "Snake bite". It's half lager, half cider, and a bit of black current. It tastes great!...probably because it doesn't taste like alcohol! I wonder if people know about it in Canada. Cider is HUGE here! Everyone loves to drink it b/c they says it's cheap alcohol. The weird thing about England is that everyone goes out for the strict purpose of getting drunk, no ifs, ands, or buts. Purely to get shit-faced, and less about the taste, good social conversation, and food like in Canada. But I do have to give them redit for cheap alcohol! I've paid max. 1.5 pound for a drink...that's $3! I'm used to paying $5/drink in Canada! WOOO HOOOO for me :)
After the pub, everyone received free entrance to "Gate Crashers" where there was disco-like floor!!! It was soooo cool! It light up and everything! OMG, and they played my favourite song, "Jump ofr my love" by the Pointer Sisters! hhahaha, oh the day that I heard that song in a club....things definitely are backwards here.
For instance...they have 2 taps at every sink, 1 that gets extremely hot, and the other cold. There's no medium! I have to wash my hands under the cold, and then quickly under the hot water to feel luke warm. I've burned my hands a lot b/c of that stupid tap! ONE GREAT THING ABOUT ENGLAND, is that there are no taxes!! (well at least when purchasing items. When the product says 1.37, well they will charge you 1.37!! You don't have to worry about that %15 always added on. I love it!
Me and Ceclia @ Gate Crashers! aka. Discotheque on the second floor.
eccentric dancing guy, me, some hockey player, Ceclia, and Jack
Dance it up Ceclia! Sarah and other girl in background. Sorry! I don't know her name!
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