MELISSA VIGNEAULT &
MATHIEU BERGER

 
  
 
 
   
   
 
 
   
   
 
    
 
 

ur first experience in British
Columbia was the
rain...and, unfortunately,
it lasted for five days! However,
we experienced many other things,
such as a visit to Whistler, a tour
lof Victoria, a lot of mistakes with
he bus schedules and an

ncounter with the police in east
astown! Besides that, our

urpose in coming to New
estminster was to increase our
nglish skills, which was a big
hallenge for many of us. It’s
mazing how this language can be
wful to learn: the worst of all
ere the verb tenses. So, after a

lot of effort, we are
finally improving our
English and that’s
because of the classes,
but also because of our
homestay families and
friends who are patient
and helpful, correcting
us to make us realize
our mistakes. This
newspaper is the proof
of our improvements. It
shows that different
ethnicities can work as a
team to build up this
newspaper. Hopefully,
you will enjoy it!!! (You
better too!)

  

Melissa and Mathieu psyched and ready for action.

  

 

 

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aved by f

NNE GENEST

ou dream of submerging your
teacher in the water? Oh! Bad
guy you are! But do you know
hat? A short time ago someone had
ig fun to see their friend being thrown
to a small icy pool. I can hear you;
u are wondering who are those cruel
ople? I’m still hearing Mike's laugh
en Hiroshi was plunged in the cold
ter. Okay, I'll be sincere with you,
ople less frenetic than me will
derstand that I’m talking about the
nk tank. Yes! You know the famous
e that created a mess at the last
ouglas College barbecue.

“Watch out!” I said to myself when
eard that a barbecue party was
nned for the next Friday. “Again one
those organized evenings,” I

ught. Furthermore, the advertise-
nt said that we had to wear colour
thes according to our team. “Wow

e dunk tank machine

what a kitsch rainbow we will look!” I
said to myself. Already I imagined
myself... I will be direct with you, I
didn’t enjoy the idea of wearing a
banana suit...

But I was wrong. It was so funny to
see all those people trying to put on
the most colour that they could! Make-
up, shiny stickers, painted nails, colour-
ful hair, there were no limits to the
game. Well, I have to confess, it was so
beautiful to see all those colours.

But wait a second! I’m not writing
this article with the goal of describing
the clothes that everybody was getting
into! I want to draw your attention to a
game that was very famous that
evening: the dunk tank.

Perhaps, like it was for me, this is
your first introduction to this attrac-
tion. So let me explain it. A dunk tank
consists of throwing three balls at a
target to submerge someone in a pool.

If one of your balls hits the target, the

  
  
    
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   

person who is standing on the platform
falls down into the water. According to
Sophie, one of the poor casualties:
“Sometimes it takes so much time
[before the target is hit] that the victim
gets blue feet and fingers!” ‘
Anyway, the dunk tank made the
barbecue party a success, Getting the
most points possible were some people
who werent shy about getting into the
freezing pool more than one time.
Jonathan was not only the first one to
break the ice, but he was also the most
masochistic.... And concerning the
dance that was supposed to follow the
barbecue, I think that I don’t have to
say anything. Trying to dance to music
that comes from speakers the size of an
apple is just good for “Gramma par-
ties!” So, yes we can say that the barbe-
cue was successful. Seeing our friends
and monitors suffer had several of us

laughing.

SLBprogram August 1998