get the pluck out!

So... today i was at my first Hockey game!

felt so Canadian, Drinking Molson beer and watching the Habs playing.

though they did loose. 

so it did felt a bit like Israel. watching Macabbi TA. 

missed Itamar a lot- he's the one usually taking me to games.

the arena name is "Bell center" which is a phone company, just like Nokia stadium. only Bell has at least 30 bathroom stools for the Ladies - and that is just on the area i was sitting in.

buying beer though was approximately the same. i think i paid 25$ for 2 beers and chips. not out chips, lays chips, in a bag kind. not with ketchup.

so, yeah, instead of my original plan of going to the gym after work (cause i didn't wake up early enough today), i drank 2 beers and ate chips. make sense to me.

the atmosphere was great! but i think macabbi game has more ruach (רוח) to them. i just really missed the prgan and actually knowing what's going on. well, some would say i have no idea there either.

all in all it was a great experience, Ben and I had a great time being not Canadians together.

what else is there to tell?

i'v been to TO this weekend. i just love writing this. TO. lol. Toronto.

Israel short cut is not that much fun - IL. boring.

that was a lot if fun. a big city, like a big city should be. i can't wait to go back. Angela- wait for me!

Felix, Maayan and Netta were being tourists with me. always a pleasure.

i'm just spending so much money, as if i'm on a long vacation. but i'm working as well. so i think i can afford it! the most extravagant thing, which as far as i know TA don't have yet, was the Zombie walk. i might import it when i go back.

putting on make up and pouring blood on myself was so much fun!  and the best part is- the worse you look, the better it gets! loving looking ugly!!

oh- and i FOUND myself rain boots. for this season, i'm not sure for how long they could serve me. but just look at them- can i walk by and not get it?! mom- i think it's a first, i didn't call you asking you what you think...

and now, time for bed. lets see if i will wake up for the gym tomorrow.... i am paying for it after all....

After the holidays...

This is one of my favorit frases in Hebrew.

"After the holdays" it can be very spesific thinkg and much vage at the same time.

and boy, did i say it alot this holiday period of time...

   after the holidays i'll start working out.

       after the holidays i'll plan some programs.

         after the holidays i'll start bringing food to work and not buy.

            after the holidays...

I can just keep going...

it stands for things i will definatly do after the holidays and for things i am most sertin would never really happen. which one is which? i'm not sure.

in the mean time, the holydays themself are going great!

i'm meeting more students, there are a lot going on at work and in the same time- so many days off it almost feels like no work at all.

i spent the horrible days in california. what made them not so horrible after all ;)

i managed fasting, which wasn't so hard after all since all i had to do is just not eat the plane food. yes, yes, i was flying on yom kipur! but i fasted! so i'm good.

The whole week was a "FestiShira"! my birthweek!! i was tring (and succeeding with a lot of help from einat and aya) to make it feel like home, and even better! doing it Shira style.

San Francisco was amazing. it was raining a bit the first day, but eating clam chouder on the pier kinda made it better. the rest of the trip was sunny. i walked around in Berkeley- amazing campus. and we had a road trip to yosemity!! i was navigating the whole way! the GPS made it easyer, but they don't call me GP-SHIRA for no reason!

well, we did get lost a bit, but found our way eventually.

the hike the next day was intense, but we made it back safe and sound. (i can never understand that frase. safe i get, but what is the sound? i can't hear nothing!)

anyways, i can tell many funny stories, but all i can really say is that it was exactly what i needed. some good friends, good times and good wine.

got it all.

i came back to montreal with a smile on my face, a real one. more relaxed, with energy to keep rolling!

and then, it was actually my birthday. the date. october 17th. the pick of Festishira.

i was expecting it to be really hard, and i did miss all my family - our usuall black october celabration. my friends - our usuall getting wasted celebration.

but it ended up really cool! i went for a short drink, to raise a toast at midnight the night before. the day itself i had signs in the office saying "happy FestiShira" and i got a cake. probebly the best one i had in a long time... and then we had sushi in the suka - sushi making event. and i got another cake! so i blew out the candles twice! i hope i asked two different wishes. i keep forgetting what i wished for the second the candles are off!

so, that was that, and at night i stayed up late to watch live broadcast from Israel. Gilad Shalit was in his way home. couldn't leave the TV until 4am and woke up at 7am to go set up a screening at the hillel. it was emotional, but in the same time, i felt a bit disconected. couldn't not wonder what is it like to be in Israel right now. would i be more saecastic, less caring?

which bring me to my next question, what are my limits? i'm asking questions about Israel, politics, religion, life. do i have an answer? do i have a go to save place? should i have one? how far away will i be from myself after this two years. will it be for better or for worse?

only time will tell.

for now, i'm just trying to exploit my time here. travelling around, visit friends, have friends coming here. this time i will only talk about it after it will happen, so i won't be disappointed.

one thing is for sure- i'm going to enjoy it!

toronto this weekend and then we really are going back to life, back to reality!