It's Sunday. I'm packing my suitcases and bags for the trip. I will be traveling to Edmonton on the bus at 9:00 AM, Monday morning. Last November (2004), I purchased an International Student Identity Card (ISIC) for $16.00CA from my travel agent at the university. Holders of an ISIC normally receive exclusive travel discounts with companies such as Greyhound and VIA rail. The details on the card -- such as the institutional affiliation, birth-date, name, and the yearly expiration date -- are normally printed on a special holographic, plastic film. Unfortunately, the printer was not working at the travel office -- so the agent hand-wrote the details on the film instead. I should have said something at the time, because the card did not look very authentic in the end. Instead, I smiled and nodded as
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