From: Kiev.Lo@p0.f49.n134.z1.fidonet.org (Kiev Lo)
Newsgroups: k12.chat.senior
Subject: Top Secret!
Date: Sun, 15 Nov 92 22:19:10 PDT
Organization: FidoNet node 1:134/49.0 - The Student Exchang, Calgary Alta

  On 11 Nov 92  16:23:00, Caroline GILLET 
  was mumbling something to Kiev Lo 

 Hi Caro,

 CG> I'm happy and glad to meet a Canadian-Chinese born in HongKong and
 CG> living in Calgary. I've read a few of your messages before and it
 CG> sounds to me that you're a funny guy. Aren't you ?

 Am I?  Really?  I must've been on cheap drugs!  (just kidding)  It's
 just that very seldom people would relate me with the word "funny".
 Oh, now I remember!  You must've read my letters to Carolynne
 Trajcevski, right?  Yeah, I collect ladybugs (beetles) in the summer,
 they're nice pets.  All it requires is a little bit of grass,
 dandilions and moisture.  I released them all a few weeks ago since
 winter was starting back then.  I actually missed them very much!
 Talk about eccentric behaviours, huh?

 CG> What a lot of difficult languages you speak ! For myself, I only
 CG> speak French, a little English and I begin to learn Dutch. What
 CG> nationality do you have ? How old were you when you left HongKong ?

 Not bad for you too!  I only wish I could speak French.  Since one of
 Canada's offical language is French, most school starts teaching French
 in elememtary classes.  Therefore, sometimes I feel sort of left out
 when most of my classmate have at least a basic French background while
 I can't even handle normal conversational French efficiently.

 Well, our family immigrated to Canada on April's Fools Day (April 1st),
 1989, when I was 14 (my birthday is on April 11th, 1974).  So I've been
 here for roughly 3 and a half years.  I just became Canadian citizen on
 Canada Day (July 1st) this summer.  Therefore, I have 2 nationalities:
 both British (since HongKong is a British colony) and Canadian.

 CG> I like listening music too, particularly Queen. I also begin to
 CG> learn flute and also practice a few sports.

 If you were to ask me for my favourite singer, I'd say Sting has always
 been my first pick.  I'm always intoxicated by the poetic lyrics and
 imagery in his songs:

       "If blood will flow and fresh and steel are one
        Drying in the colour of the evening sun
        Tomorrow's rain will wash the stains away
        But something in our mind will always stay

        Perhaps this final act was meant
        To clinch a lifetime's argument
        That nothing comes from violence
        And nothing ever could
        For all those born beneath an angry star
        Lest we forget how fragile we are

        On and on the rain will fall
        Like tears from the star  Like tears from the star
        On and on the rain will say
        How fragile we are  How fargile we are"

        - "Fragile" from the album "Nothing Like the Sun" by Sting.

I hope I didn't bore you to death.  I usually get carried away so often
when I talk about his songs since I'm a "Sting fanatic".

 CG> Gee ! You've heard about Belgian chocolates ! They are the best in
 CG> the whole wide world :-)) ) ) What a greedy guy you are, it isn't a
 CG> way to become a slim person !!!

 There's no doubt about it.  I was addicted to it when I finished my first
 box.  So much so that I begged my parents for a one way plane ticket to
 Brussels!  (just kidding)  But seriously, I was really down for a few
 hours after I finished up the whole box by myself - I regretted that I
 ate it so quickly.  I'm glad that I don't have to worry about my weight
 since I'm pretty slim for my height and I play squash quite frequently.
 BTW, have you ever tried the LA REINE mint pastilles from France, they're
 pretty good too.  (chocalates and mints are my favourites)

 CG> Not really too bad ! I live in a little village (2 000
 CG> inhabitants), 3 Km from France and very far from big cities (200 Km
 CG> from Brussels).

 So you live at the border, how interesting!  I just took a look at my
 atlas and found that Florenville is at the very tip of Belgium and also
 close to Luxembourg.  Is cross border shopping popular in Florenville?
 It is quite popular here in Calgary since it's located close to the
 Canada-US border.  So once in a while, some of my friends go down to
 Monatana State to shop since most of the merchandise are cheaper there.

 CG> Please don't speak about weather ... 6 months of rain
 CG> and 6 months of bad weather and during the rest of the time, it's
 CG> really nice <grin> Seriously now, it become cold those times, we
 CG> recently have -6 degrees Cent.

 I heard about the rainfalls from my friends who went to Belgium.  I
 guess they went at a bad time since the other 6 months is supposed to
 be mild and temperate.  -6 degrees isn't all that bad.  Here in Calgary,
 the coldest weather can get down to -30 celcius!  But then again the
 normal weather is usually around -10 degress in deep winter.

 CG> Do you use your own computer or do you use one at school ?

 I use my home computer to type messages overseas, and my school doesn't
 have a BBS.  How about you?  Is "La GAUME" the name of your school's
 BBS?
 
 CG> Thanks, I'll soon send you a postcard of my place.

 Thanks a bunch!  When my friend was in Europe, she only sent me two
 postcards, one from Heidelberg, Germany and the other one from Versailles,
 France.  I'd be most happy to receive a Belgium postcard.  If you don't
 mind, you could leave me your address and I'll send you a postcard of
 Calgary.

 I saw your message to Dylan Wells and I'm amazed that you can watch Beverly
 Hills 90210 in Florenville.  Is it a dubbed version?  90210 is really
 popular in Calgary and all through North America.  They started the new
 season premeir this September and they're talking about their Senior (last)
 year in high school.  I guess that means there will be no 90210 anymore
 next fall.

 Is Halloween and Friday the 13th popular in Belgium?  If so, what did you
 do on last Friday?  I went to see Dracula (the new one) at the cinema, it
 was pretty good.  Yeah, I like horror movies.  I also like some French
 movies (with the subscripts of course, since I don't understand French
 very much).  Among the French movies, I like "Jean de Florette" the best.
 I also saw the second sequel "Manon Des Sources", but I think the first
 one was done better.

 I've written quite a lengthy message, I guess I better stop before you
 start snoring on me <haha>...


 Sayonara... ("goodbye" in Japanese)

 K i e ^
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... March 26, 1827. Beethoven begins decomposing.  

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