Kitchener-Waterloo GAF |OT|
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Crystal Palace. Get deep fried milk + crispy rice with tomato sauce. Never found those anywhere else
I've always liked Dragon Court better.
AlphaTwo00
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A distinct lack of UW iconic images in the OP disappoints the UWAlumni in me.
My partner and I are working on moving to the area sometime in the future here. She went to college at Laurier/UW so she's familiar with the area, but I might come ask for some advice.And a line on any good jobs haha
I think I'd move back too if something fell in the right place.
AlphaTwo00
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You and I know enough people to know that question. I'm not going to out people in this thread unless they want to.
This thread will go far.
That said, I've always enjoyed perusing the Pawn shops downtown looking for classic 16-bit games.
A friend of mine owns Games Exchange. Also that new place that opened up where that buddhist pawn shop used to be seems promising.
I could post a photo of the football team with a vial of steroids beside it if you like.
AlphaTwo00
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We had a football team? We had sports?
:lol I drove by this place and boy does it look dirty from the outside!
I'm sure some Guelph girls go there too.
WHAT?! Hmm, I might be.
Use code VGLWEEKEND to save $20 off the middle priced tickets(Normally $56.50)*
*Not valid day of show
Your arena name is stupid now. I can't help but think of Duff Gardens.
I know, I don't know WTF they were thinking when they did that. ;\
DreamMachine
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Hey kw gaf life long kitchener living here wass up!
A little windy with lots of rain but that's about it so far. A good chunk of Waterloo went without power for 3-4 hours last night too.
King St and Weber Street go North, South, East, and West and cross 3 times. How is that confusing?
Sunlife and Manulife will hold the fort down.
As someone that works at a company in London that has a strong focus on IT/Dev, I'm concerned with the flood the job market is going to have as people are let go from RIM.
What's your field of study?
I'm not sure what the exact English name is, but it's a mix of CompSci and Electrical Engineering.
Edit: Well, they call it "Computer Science and Engineering"
Waterloo's computer engineering program has a great reputation. You should consider an exchange!
I'm less worried about academics, what's life like there?
I mean, the location seems pretty good.
Oh well living here is great!
Edit: Your profile says your from Germany. Lots of Germans here in Kitchener/Waterloo. We have the largest Oktoberfest festival outside of Munich.
Any particular questions?
Uh, I dunno :-D
One thing that's always pretty important to me: How easy is it to get around without a car? Toronto and Buffalo are pretty close, how would I get there?
Is the campus within the city or outside? (Yes, I could probably google that one ;-) )
How well do exchange students mix? Some friends of mine who went for a student's exchange almost exclusively in contact with other exchange students, which I think is rather disappointing.
And of course, how high are the costs of living there? Exchange students get a scholarship from some German exchange organization, but I don't think it would cover all my expenses.
Grand River Transit is decent. All U of W students ride for free on the Bus. All you have to do is show your WAT card(U of W Student card) and you can get on for free. Most of the main routes run every 30 minutes 7 days a week. It's not as good as large cities with Subways and LRT or anything but it's totally managable. I don't have a car and have managed to get around just fine my who life without one.
As for Toronto and Buffalo, you can take a Greyhound Bus. Greyhound has buses to Toronto almost every hour from 5am till late in the evening and the last bus back to Kitchener leaves Toronto at 11:30pm every night. That's another thing I use frequently. You can easily get to Toronto without a car. Buffalo takes 2 buses. One to Toronto, Then another to Buffalo. Ticket prices range from $10-$20 each way depending on how early you book and there may be student discounts I'm not aware of.
Student life, I'm not sure about as I never attended that school. Maybe someone else can answer that for you.
As for Cost of living. I pay $850/month for a 2 bedroom appartment with Utilities included. I believe student residences near the universities run around $500/month per room or so.
I am in Computer Engineering and since the cohort pretty much stays the same from the beginning, the class will generally know each other very well and I guess this could make it a bit harder to fit in. This is assuming other schools aren't like this, I always had the impression that this was a unique aspect of this school's program. Of course, since you are new you will stick out a lot more and people will probably strike up a conversation out of curiosity. I myself noticed some exchange students in 3rd year, but never managed to go talk to them. I'm pretty shy, though.
Usually group work is involved so you will be forced to get to know at least somebody.
A lot of student clubs as well.
Ha, cool. So I'm definitely in the right place here if I have any more questions.
Thanks!
I was in town recently and I was shocked to see an EA logo. Is there an office in Kitchener?
Right above the Shoppers Drug Mart downtown? Yeah I've seen that too. I think they do mobile games.
firehawk12
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GUELPH AM CRY.
GUELPH AM CRY.
How bout them Storm?
firehawk12
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Better than the Leafs?
zephervack
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So whats the best not-super expensive restaurant around, my favorite is Ben Than, cheaper than fast food.
Way to set your standards high.
Brick used to to gangbuster business when they were the only beer store in town open on Sundays.
DreamMachine
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any fellow potheads here? lol