Désolé pour les lecteurs francophone. Je me rend compte que si je prend le temps de tout traduire, je ne mettrai jamais a jour mon carnet.

I know, there is not enough update on this blog. Maybe because the burden of translating everything was too much. I then decided to write this post in English only.

I can’t believe I’m 5 days away of coming back to Quebec city. I really feel at home here, and I am a bit sad to think that I have to leave this place. People are really friendly in Belleville.

I had an interview for a job this week. They where really sad that I was not back until September. They did not said it on those words, but I think they would have hired my for the next day on a full time job if I where staying in Belleville for the summer. I was exactly what they where looking for: a computer literate person, with a pleasant voice, that know how to explain things in a simple way, that knows how to handle angry people on the phone, and that can work on a bilingual position. I think I have a job this September! It will just be weird to switch from a 30$/hour to a 10$/hour job. Well, I don’t know the exact salary here, but I doubt it is more than 15$/h!

Last Thursday, I went to Alexandra’s cottage with Natalie, Ryan and Victoria. Well… I say cottage, but it is actually bigger than my parent’s house. We had a crazy party, and I had a lot fun. And I really mean. The cottage is in Coe Valley, an hour and a half north of Belleville. It is actually in the middle of no where. In Quebec, when we take an isolated road to go to an isolated place, we are use to look for dears. Between Madoc and Coe Valley, things are a bit different. You have to look for turtles. Yes, turtles. North of Madoc, a 30-50 cm turtle can be regularly seen crossing the street or laying eggs on the side of the road. Around 10 was seen on our way up, and 3 on our way back. This is really amazing and exotic!

I went to Toronto yesterday. God I love this city! I really laugh at ethnocentric French Canadian – Mostly from Montreal, I should add -  who say that TO is a dead cultureless city. Only people who have never been there can say that! Toronto is a colourful ethnic bustling city. The Chinatown is amazingly alive, Kensington market is a formidable place to hang on, Queen street is fabulous with all the street artists who sell their things, and the street hot dog are the best in the world! God bless Polish sausages!

I primarily went to Toronto to pay Henry a visit. No, Henry is not a buddy of mine. It is the biggest camera store in the country. I bought a new tripod, and a photojournalist belt and harness. I kind of look weird wearing that, but it is really handy. I also bought 2 umbrella kits, Unfortunately, my 550ex flash cannot remotely trigger my 420 on manual mode. I guess I will have to buy a new 550 or a 580 if I want to use a 2 umbrella set up. Oh! I also still need a flash/light meter. For those of you who are not familiar with camera stuff: I apologise for the lingo.

I am giving the last touch on 2 big assignments. One of them is a photo essay for the “photojournalism” classes, the other one is a feature story for “writing for newspaper”. Thanks to fast track, teachers asked to do both assignment on the same subject due to time pressure. For those assignments, I spent a couples of hours at the Quinte human Society - It’s like the SPCA in the rest of the country - to document life in a animal shelter. I promise to show you that when I’m done. Ironically, I’m happier with the text that with the pictures. I spent a lot of time beefing it up, and I think it is pretty good. Draft is due tomorrow.