CCNA/CCDA/CCDP/CCNP renewal, Fort Lauderdale FL, Day 5

Hello all,

Well, then end of day 5.  I wish I could say the end of a week.  We have school tomorrow and Sunday too.  There aren't any weekends or time off.  22 days of straight classes, 10 hrs in class and 5-8+ hrs of studying out of class.

Our class is fighting being sick.  Some got really sick; I am about in the middle of the pack.  I have dropped 5 lbs in 3 days and haven't been eating.  Yet, things still seem to be coming out of me.  I think, hope, and pray that we are all coming out of it. 

Class was good today.  We went through some VLSM, EIGRP, OSPF and other things.  We got our class picture taken at the end of the day.  I'll be getting that online as soon as I get it.

I'd like to share a few observations I have made, as a Northerner coming to the south.  Things I would not have even imagined had it not been for being here.

1.  If you don't speak Spanish, you are in the minority.  Now I do know I mumble quite a bit, but I have never been asked to repeat myself so many times, "W h e r e   i s   t h e   t o i l e t..."  Now I know to just say "Banjo".
2.  No matter how long you run the cold water, COLD water never comes out of the tap.  Thus, I believe, the reason for water coolers EVERYWHERE.
3.  Where I am staying and as far as I can see, this whole area is within 2-3 feet from being completely below sea level.  The largest change in elevation I have seen in the past 5 days is a curb!
4.  In the North, you can tell that a car is getting old because it begins to rust.  In the south, vehicle age is determined by how many smashed or missing body parts there are on a vehicle. 
5.  All the street signs are in English; I think that is why nobody follows them.  THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND!  25 MPH means nothing.  Down the busy road, it has been common that we take off from the stop light as fast as the car can go; reaching 60-70 mph, so that we can be first, 1 mile later, at the next stop light.
6.  "Pool closed do to cold weather".  It got down to 58 degrees today.  Not that I was planning on using it, but, it is a heated outdoor pool.  Just sayin. 
7.  Nobody says "come with" or "bubbler"; as in "You going to come with to the bubbler?"
8.  Florida isn't really the "south", it is more like Cuba-North.  I have been looking for southern sweet tea on menu's and nobody serves it.  They do serve all these Mexican drinks though. 
9.  Isn't Florida where they grow fruit?  None of the places that cater-in sell any fresh fruit sides.  I am going through withdraw not having ANY fruit.  Did have some fried banana like thing today.  Still not fresh fruit.  Being sick, I don't want anything heavy.  I did rice and beans today, with a chicken hot pocket for dinner.
10.  And this might be a Northern thing....Yogurt is NOT a meal...it is a SNACK!  Being sick, however, yogurt has been friendly to me.  :)

We have a test on Sunday afternoon.  We have class still tomorrow, study time on Sunday morning, and then the test.  I'll keep you all informed.

Tom