My Belated Introduction

Well, I've been here for a few months now and I think it's about time I properly introduced myself!

My name is Alain, it's a french name (I prefer to be called Al in order to avoid it being butchered ). I am of Acadian descent and I live in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. French is my first language, so if you speak french do not hesitate in saying hello . I currently attend the University of Windsor on academic scholarships and am majoring in psychology and criminology.

I love travelling, reading novels (the last three I read were "Brave New World", "'Salem's Lot" and "Oryx and Crake") and am also an avid snowboarder. Last winter I travelled to the French/Swiss alps on a snowboarding trip with a friend.

I have two brothers, a niece and a loving mother and father. My eldest brother is a professor at the University of New England in Armidale, Australia. My other brother is an air traffic controller in London, Ontario.

I am currently unemployed (or as I like to say: "not a slave to society" ), but I did work part time selling automotive parts at Canadian Tire for two years during highschool.

Well, I think I've typed enough!

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Hello

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Bonjour and welcome to MoFo….

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And a belated Welcome.

Im also an avid snowboarder.

I ate it big at the X-Games Qualifiers last winter. I think ESPN might have showed it once. Uhhg....

If you were at the X-Games qualifiers I'm certain you're a better boarder than me .
Sorry to hear about your luck though.

salut monsieur

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So what is your brother a Prof in at Armidale? I have had a few friends who did their degrees by correspondence through New England Uni.

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He teaches psychology, although it is more of the biological perspective.

HeLLo!!!! Shaolin

Hi!
I've enjoyed talking with you. Don't feel bad about waiting 2 months... I was here a year before I introduced myself. Welcome!

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Hey Shaolin. I've enjoyed your presents on the boards and look forward to more. Acadian, is that the same decent as cajuns in Louisiana? Oh and BTW Eraserhead is a great flick.

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Thanks everyone. Yes, Cajuns are the result of the deportation of the Acadians in 1755. It's an evolved mispronunciation of Acadian.

Oh I see, I am into that myself, I am a counsellor,

That's great

What kind of education is required for that in Australia?

I did it a funny way around, I did general and psychiatric nursing degrees, also a graduate diploma in Science Mental Health, did many courses, I have worked in psychiatry for 30 yrs, most of that time in the community working with people in their homes, I now work for myself, getting most of my referrals from local GP's.

My hsb is a psychiatrist, he loves forensic work.

hey shaolin..nice to meet you...