Well I might not know so much about the city and the people yet, but over a short period of time (one week) in October 07, I have come to know some cool people from Montreal that I still keep in contact with. Thought I might write this down cos I feel so grateful of this friendships and hopeful that the seed of friendship we planted last year will continue to grow in the future:
- I met Jenny on the plane (Seattle-Montreal) where due to a lack of customer service and organisation by a very prominent American airline; Pei, Beng and myself was sitting separately while travelling to Montreal (after being stranded in Chicago Airport for half a day). Anyway, she and I struck up a conversation and exchanged details, emails, texts, postcards, etc (We girls are so good in doing this). Can't wait to see her the next time we get to Montreal again.
- Tanya met Pei and myself at the bus stop while we were roaming around the city looking for a future place to stay. She is one of the friendliest face I've met and very eager to help... We still text each other until now.
- Nino is a family man we met at an awesome Italian AOG church (We sat at their bible study class). He gave us pretty interesting facts about living in Montreal that only locals would know (like the need to change of tyres according to season, the best Steak House in town, etc)
- Meeting Natalie is different. She and I met at Hillsong Colour your world conference (It's a women's conference by the way), in Sydney. She is a Canadian from near Toronto and was interested in studying in Montreal. Nat and Channy (another Canadian friend) came up to Brissie for a visit and stayed with us. It was an amazing story how we both met, and as I wrote this post, she is about to start her Uni also at McGill Uni, Montreal. Hope you two can be friends, Harry and Nat...
Well if any of my friends above are reading this, I am so glad we met, and look forward to getting to know you all even more when we're finally there.
Mellyana Widjaja
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