Monday was one of the most "eye opener" days during my stay in Canada. Early in the morning I went walking and what not, went to a bookstore, etc. But the real good thing happened at 2:30 when I meet two guys from the graduate department of computer sciences in the UofA (University of Alberta), they were really nice and fun, and so they told me a lot about what goes on in there... (they were john and nathan). At 3:00 pm I had a meeting with Pierre, who was Daniel´s supervisor, and who showed all of his projects... wow... I couldn´t believe there was such a place, it´s like the convergence of art and technology all in one place, a "somewhere" that allows a singer to make her thesis about how virtual characters react to her voice, and things of the sort... so much about virtual reality, inmersive worlds, intellingent characters and mazes... all!... I had a great talk with this guy, to be honest, now I feel like studying a masters is not such a bad idea after all. He gave me about and hour, so at about 4:00 I joined John and Nathan again, and they showed me all of the facilities, and everything that goes on in the department...
the walk back to the apartment was, of course, on filled with thoughts...
then I went with Sandra to the West Edmonton Mall... Some say it´s the largest in America, I will just say it´s pretty darn big. It has it´s own Chimulco inside... (yes, a great acuatic park), it has several places with live animals like flamingoes, a huge artificial river with all sorts of cool things (like pirate ships and stuff), and you can go in an underwater ride through it, by a submarine of course. Over there I bought some stuff for my family, and had a pretty nice talk with Sandra. So nice actually that we came back when we realized it was 9:00 pm!!!...
Back at home we meet with Daniel, had some dinner, chatted, and saw a movie called "hero"... very good movie, with a decent story, but an amazing photography... that´s what makes it worth watching.
On tuesday I went to buy some books, to the univertisity to ask for information and forms, and then I had lunch with Daniel with some guys from BioWare. This guys are the ones that are in charge of the combat sistems, the cameras, collisions and things of the sort. It was great to meet them, talk to them, and realize what is it that they did to end up working there... I feel like I have so much inside info!!!... During the meal they talked about all this problems, and it was fun to see all the things hey have to deal with, and try to come up with solutions in my head.
Hmmm... after the meal I had a nice coffee with Daniel, and then we went to BioWare, there Daniel had a couple of gifts to me!!!... yay!. One of them being an art book, but the coolest part was that we went to meet a bunch of the artist who did all that stuff, and had them sign it!... yay!. he he he... I felt like such a little kid (just as happy).
What did I do afterwards?... yes!... I went back to the apartment, and then with Sandra to visit Mariel, Omar and Gabriel... that was nice and fun, gabriel is a fun-cute little baby... he he he. A little later I meet up with Karyn, emmanuel's wife, and she drove me to the movie theater were we meet Daniel and Emmanuel. It was so much fun!!... the drive over there was cool, she is a very fun interesting woman, and when we got there it got even better. Emmanuel makes me laugh so much, he has such a keen black humor... he he he. So we saw spiderman 2, BioWare bought the entire display for the company so the room was filled with guys from over there (an odd bunch they all). After the movie we went to Daniel´s apartment where we meet sandra, and had a pretty nice dinner. We all cooked creppes, (they are not that hard to cook at all!), and had a nice talk and some good laughs.
After some time Emmanuel and Karyn left, and so Daniel, Sandra and I were left to say our goodbyes... **sigh**... On wednesday I woke up early in the morning and took the shuttle that was going to take me to the airport... Daniel walked me over there, and well... it was a nice good bye.
The travel back home was good and without much hassle, enough time to transfer and all...
It was a great trip... so much in my mind... but all good.
I LOVED IT... (thanks Daniel!... thanks Sandra!).
Now let´s see what happens next.
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