Just in case anyone was wondering, it is impossible to eat a banana leaf. You know, just in case you were thinking of going out today and looking for something new to eat, a banana leaf wouldn´t be a good choice. Even if you are served a banana leaf, don´t be fooled. It´s a trick. What you are really supposed to eat is what is wrapped up inside of the banana leaf.
ooooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhh.................... that right there would be my favourite saying.  
ooohhhh...... i see..... so you´re not supposed to chew this tasteless green rubber for 5 min and try and force it down your throat......

Anyways, it´s a good thing to take note of.

Yesterday I also had a very interesting experience. I went with my Spanish friend Miriam to her English intonation class. Maybe I´m just a nerd but what they learn about fascinates me. Did you know that the way we speak in English can by analyzed so that with every different pitch we use we change the meaning of what we are saying. It´s so crazy. They were all so intent on analyzing everything that I said. Miriam told me that a native English speaker here is very precious and I was like a treasure. Yup, thats right, I´m a precious commodity here. Ha I dunno if I can use that word. I´m getting to accostumed to speaking with people who are trying to learn English so that anything I say is taken as correct because I´m the native Canadian.
 IT was really hard in the class thought because I would be given a sentence like "WHere do you come from?" And I would have to say it naturally. The first time I could say it naturally but if I tried to say it again I always changed it and raised my voice at the end because I was seeking confirmation that I was doing it right.  I didn´t come up with that explanation by myslef by the way. DId you ever notice that when we ask questions in English sometimes we are hiding a command in the question and when we do that our voice goes down at the end of the sentence and not up. Like if you ask someone to pass something at the dinner table. There were a lot of things she explained that I had just never thought about and was like hey, ya, thats true!  Sometimes I would disappoint her though when she would ask me to say something naturally that I wouldn´t normally say, hence I can´t say it naturally. Like "goodbye." If you think about it you probably don´t ever really say that word. I say "bye" on the phone and when I¨m leaving somewhere I always say "see ya" The SPanish people find "see ya" amusing because in spanish you are saying "chair" - "silla."


Well that will have to be all because I am supposed to be studying for my Spanish exam! Ya no sé estudiar!