So.. my posting may not be so frequent this time around. And since it wasn’t all that frequent to begin with, that’s not a great sign.

Things in the house have been pretty rough this week. Our new PL arrived, she seemed cool, then she withdrew and laid down a bunch of rules that we didn’t agree with (including no wireless internet allowed, hence my potential lack of posting and/or pictures in the future). Tension grew within the house.. this house is about half the size of our last one, it’s really only a one bedroom (for 11 people). There are 7 girls sleeping in the porch or what would probably be the living room area if we had a living room area.. as it stands we have a kitchen/dining room in one for common space, one bathroom, and then our own cramped rooms. Add the complete lack of privacy and space to the lack of freedom (between strict rules and being placed in a very small, remote community in winter) and people were getting understandably frusterated, taking it out on anyone in their way. I personally felt like I was losing it and considered going home (which I’m not) because three months of that would be unbearable.. we’ve since worked stuff out and life is still considerably more restricted than it was previously but.. there are either ways to get around it or deal with it. Hanh, however, has decided to leave the program, bringing us down to 9 instead of the original 11 in our group. I’m extremely sad to see her go.

So, that all said, I can’t actually post any of my falher pictures yet, until I find a good opportunity to sneak the internet back to my laptop. Unlike Truro, there’s no wireless to be found that I know of, and dragging my laptop around in the snow is not a great idea anyway. There are still pictures from NS though.. after this it’s all falher.

A random building in downtown halifax..

A very neat store called the Black Market, also in Halifax:

More Hali pictures & other stuff behind the cut:

Black Market again.

Someone had a neat idea..

A closer look at the top window..

Graffiti in a parking lot near the harbour..

Pier 21

I love fake boats. also at pier 21:

I also love fake people! This is part of a model of pier 21 when it was still open.

I randomly wandered onto these boats, until I was politely asked to leave..

The first one was pretty nice, the second one was a pile of rusty, floating junk. Seriously, there was a big pile of in at the front of the boat. This is when I was asked to leave.. it was dangerous to be on there. Little did I know.

This, obviously, is not a recent photo.. but it was taken in halifax as well, in the spring gardens downtown, and I just never posted it.

Oh, how I wish it still looked like this outside..

They used these plants to make up a bigger picture. And other plants too, of course, but I just really liked these for some reason.

Before we left, Mike put on a little ceremony of sorts for our going away.

Then.. we took all the furniture out of our living room, had a band playing, and a fairly big going away party with Canada World Youth. Best dance party to date.. I actually had blisters on my feet for a week from it (and I was barefoot the whole time, so it wasn’t from shoes). Probably one of my favourite memories in Truro. This was from when they first started.. before everyone showed up and filled the place.

Ilia turns me into a vegan sandwich, with the “toast” from the drum kit.

Many good times with the smurf aka “stroumph” (en francais) costume we found in the house.. I’m shocked Marc-Andre didn’t bring it with him.

And.. kayla being kayla, and by that I mean weird. Last post she was modelling seaweed, this time it’s a paper bag.

Anyway.. I am going to finish with that and try to keep this up. The good news is that I’m feeling a whole lot better about being here than I was a couple of days ago. Just gotta make the best of it (and know that I have Quebec to look forward to, if nothing else.)