Pedal For Kids

I took this shot few days ago, at the corner of Maisonneuve and Guy streets. Every June, more than a thousand participants join together for 5 days of fun and fund-raising. Pedaling for their respective teams, valiant cyclists ride the Mighty Bike, which has become a familiar sight on the streets of downtown Montreal. Their goal: pedal, pedal and pedal to raise funds in support of excellence in pediatric care at The Montreal Children's Hospital.

Summer 1 Semester Will Soon be Over

I don't know if you remember, but I've taken a picture at the beginning of the quarter in this same student lounge of an old lady sleeping on the first day of school. Today is the last "official" day. The finals are to come, and once again, I get to see someone sleeping in here. Hum... it makes me want to sleep, I think that's what I'm gonna do today after today's final exam in ENGR 202.

Wok Cafe

Today I went to get something to eat for lunch in this restaurant. Located at 1845 Ste. Catherine W. street, it's a great place if you want to have a really bad lunch experience. Let me explain, first as soon as you get inside, there is only one waitress for the whole restaurant. She's got one of a look, with messy gray hair. Her pants kept going down, and each time she was walking, you could hear her form the other side of the restaurant with the noise from the coins she was carrying in her apron. Then, when time arrived to order the food, she told me they were out of salad. Also, they were out of something else I tried to order. Finally, they were out of some soda drinks ( I can't remember the name). At least they had silverware ! What a strange feeling when you want to order something and you get to hear three times that they are out of it. What I took was good, it was some cabbage with some pieces of beef on top. (To see a picture of my plate, click here.) To sum up, it's a great place to eat some Thai food ( if they have it ), inside looks nice, but don't expect to have a decent service.

Happy Father's Day !

Here in North America, it's father's day this Sunday. I took this shot this weekend in the Old Montreal. This fountain is located West of the city hall of I should say "Hotel de Ville".

Cafe Vienne

This coffee place is a nice place to take a breakfast. Located at 2153 Guy street, right at the corner of Lincoln and Guy streets. I enjoy going there in the mornings, it's on my way to school, and it's never too crowded. The service is descent, and the decor conjures up images of Renaissance Austria. I usually take a latte coffee with a mozzarella panini sandwich as you can see on the picture (I already took a bite in the sandwich before taking the picture). The summer 1 semester will soon be over and the final exams will start next week for me.

Bistro L'Aromate

What a great day today. First, my group and I are done with the project I talked about last week. After discussing for a while about which topic to choose, we finally chose to write our report about LCD ( Liquid Crystal Display ). Today at 1:00 pm we turned it in into the teacher's office. Later in the day, I went to get something to eat at Bistro L'aromate located at 1410 Peel Street( These two women were eating next to me). It's a really nice place to go. The ambiance is nice, and the service is descent. Later at night, I went to see the movie Hulk. It's a great movie, with nice effects.

Six Flags: La Ronde

Today I went to this amusement park called La Ronde. Owned and operated by Six Flags, it is the largest theme park in the province of Quebec and the second largest in Canada after Canada's Wonderland (Ontario). It is a 146 acre (591,000 m²) park located on Saint Helen's Island. I had a lot of fun today. I was a great way to relax after this busy week at school. A good thing to go there during a week day was the short waiting time. (I'm with the white t-shirt on the right side of the boat)

The Beauty and the Beast

I was walking on Crescent street last weekend, during the Grand Prix, when I saw these two, sitting on bench in a back street in between Maisonneuve and Ste. Catherine. Aren't they cute ?

Check out the Pimp

I was walking on the downtown campus yesterday when I came across this strange person. He's got everything of the pimp, the dressing style, and also the position in which he is standing. Look at the way he is resting his left hand onto his hip. The light just turned green for pedestrian, so I had to take a quick shot, before he change his position that is why the quality is not so great.

Paris Crêpes

Today's been very hot over Montreal. So hot so that when I came out of my math class at 9:00 pm, I started to feel dizzy. I started to sweat, and feel really uncomfortable in my clothes. I'm really no used to this kind of climate. Still I decided to go get some crepes from this place called Paris Crêpes located at the corner of Ste. Catherine and Crescent streets. The place looked more or less like a typical French Crêperie, except that both waiters were, I believe, Koreans. They still said "Merci" (Thank You in French) at the end but you could tell they were not fluent in French. Anyway, the crepes were good, with a vanilla ice cream on top, to help during this hot season.

Robert Kubica Winner of the Grand Prix du Canada

The Formula one driver Robert Kubica, form Poland, driving for BMW Sauber powered his way around the Gilles Villeneuve race track during the Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal. The Pole was lead by both BMW Sauber (Kubica and Heifeld), followed by Red Bull Renault (Coulthard). I was watching the Grand Prix in the Hard Rock cafe on Crescent street. The place looked empty, as well as most businesses around. It's like if the whole city stopped everything to watch the race.

Grand Prix du Canada : Interview

I don't know who this lady is, but I'm sure she's got something to do with the formula one race of tomorrow. I took this shot on Crescent street, in between Ste Catherine and Maisonneuve streets. I was among the camera men shooting this lady being interviewed. On the left there was a racing car exposed, probably from the Le Mans Series. Montreal is packed, and it will probably be, just for the weekend, the most crowded city in Canada. I really enjoy this atmosphere, where you get to see every body happy, having a good time with people from all over the world.