It's a Holiday in Canadia (best if sung to the tune of Holiday in Cambodia)

Yes, it is a holiday here in Canadia. Labor Day.

What I previously thought was a strictly American Holiday this time of year is shared by our neighbors to the North. Canada also has a Thanksgiving, however it's October 12. When I explained what Americans do on Thanksgiving (and from our Canada, Eh? culture breakout session during GALA events it sounds like it's the same in Canada) a Korean said "I want to do that." "That" meaning getting together with family and friends and eating lots of food until you can't move and watch American Football and then fall asleep.

so- great quote: "Life is like riding a bicycle... to keep your balance, you must keep moving." - Albert Einstein from Rebecca Pillmer-Lewis 

I met quite a few new people today- I helped them move. Moving sucks and having all the help you can is AWESOME. I always appreciate it so I am down to help as much as I can. I met a lot of bioscience majors. One guy, named Chris, (automatically off limits for dating despite him being intelligent AND attractive) is actually a pharmacology student doing work with ligaments. He was telling me how they have these pre-cursor ligament cells that are "immortalized" meaning they continuously grow like a cancer cell, sans the destructive element.  He was telling me they take these ligaments and inflict various injuries on them and then test different substances on them and record the healing time/effectiveness of the various drugs. Pretty cool.

I went to a BBQ for the residence and met some other med students (females)  in line. There is so much food here in Canada these first few weeks！But it is okay because I'm also hitting th gym and walking all over campus. I went to the gym at the commonsblock before the BBQ with Sally- a girl I met on my second or third day here. I think I've mentioned her before. She's really sweet. While at the gym I met a girl named Mayouki (I think that's how you spell it) she is from Japan and lives in my residence park. She was really cool and I hope to see her again.

After the BBQ I went back to my room to do some reading for my WMST 327 class (which was really helpful and easy- comparative to the dense materials of UCSC FMST classes). And spent some time playing Wii and Guitar Hero with Bert & Jackie.

A good day for the most part.