Sonntag, 7. April 2013

Day 66

At the moment the gas (87 octane) is very cheap. Some weeks ago it cost approx. 1,27 CAD.



1,173 CAD ≈ 0,89 EUR

Day 65

Saturday we watched our first hockey matches. It was a company tournament of brose. I was surprised of the sporting level. It was very fast and ambitious. I'm pretty sure that a lot of the players are member of a club. Now I will watch a professional hockey match in the next months. Unfortunately Brose Canada lost the final 3:4 versus Brose USA. :(


Freitag, 5. April 2013

Day 64

Today we talked about the Zodiac Signs. The English word for "Widder" is Aries and a aries is a ram and I am a ram äh an Aries.

The characteristics for an Aries are:
You are adventurous and not afraid to try new things. You are always busy and never lazy. You prefer to work independently and don't have patience with people who are slower or less talented. You're not afraid to fight with others to achieve your goals. In your enthusiasm to get things done, you sometimes work too quickly and don't notice smaller points.

Those who know me can check, if it fits. I have never believed in Zodiac.


In the evening we watched the movie "The iron giant". I already knew the movie, but I always forget how good it is. 90% from me!


Donnerstag, 4. April 2013

Day 63


The snow is melting. On the picture you can see the last bit of our garden. Tomorrow it will be only in our mind!
Today in English-school I wrote my first weekly test and we talked about intelligence.

Howard Gardner developed the theory of multiple intelligences. In which types do you have high-level abilities?
- Visual and Spatial (creating and understanding art)
- Mathematics (working with numbers, calculating amounts, understanding statistics)
- Linguistic (playing with words and learning foreign languages)
- Musical (playing and understanding music)
- Physical (playing sports, good in handcraft)
- Intuitive (creating new ideas, sensing opportunity before other do)
- Interpersonal (cooperating with other people, communicating skills)
- Intrapersonal (completing tasks independently, knowing what your strenghts and weaknesses are)

Mittwoch, 3. April 2013

Day 62

I held my first presentation in English today. I think it was ok. I did one joke, all the people were laughing, so I did it! :)
Today we had the themes "Life changing events" and writing about a time travel into the past. I wrote a story about a time travel to the age of dinosaurs. When I finished my essay, I thought: What about writing about a time travel to 1939 in order to kill Hitler. So that the other students know, that I'm not a Nazi. But unfortunately the time for the task was running out. I have to save the German reputation in another lesson... ;)

P.s.: At the moment there are students from Saudi Arabia, Spain, South Korea, China, France and Poland in the course. It's very interesting to get some informations about so many other cultures.

Dienstag, 2. April 2013

Day 61

Topic of today: Conditional sentences and using participial adjectives as noun modifiers!
I'm really back to school: a lot of homework, many tests and tomorrow I have to hold a five minute presentation about the Royal Ontario Museum of Toronto ...

No time for more blogging! See you!

Montag, 1. April 2013

Day 60

First day at London Language Institute
On my first day I 've made an assessment test to determine my level of English. It wasn't easy and took 3 hours. After that I was quite exhausted. The result: level 7B, 9 levels exists. :)
In my class there are two men from Saudi Arabia, a woman from Spain, a woman and a man from South Korea, a man from China and a man from France. The topic of this day was "Travel hassles and experiences", express relief and regret and ask for a favor. Let's see what happens next ...
P.s.: Feel free and write a comment to correct my bad English. ;)