Es tut mir Leid (i am so sorry in german)
I have not blogged for a while because well for 2 months to be exact.. The reason, long story short, my computer crashed and for a while did not have the time to sit and share my thoughts and blog. Today I made it a BIG point on my "list of things to do", to write on my blog.
Anyways.. so since I last wrote:
- I was able to see the other exchange students here in Austria again! We had a "christmas and goodbye to the oldies (the exchange students who had already been here for a year and were getting ready to leave) gathering" it was fun but in the end I was sad to say goodbye to people who made impacts on my life. I hope that I will be able to see these people again
-I had Christmas and New Years here in Austria..:
It was my first time away from home for christmas and New years.. It was hard but I had a great time here..
-I said goodbye to one of my best friends Sarah Berger as she went to study 6 months in France. I was so sad to say goodbye to think that I might not be able to see her again. It gave me a little taste of what it will be like to say goodbye to all the people I began to love here. Luckily for me and for her that she will be here in 3 days for 2 weeks!!!!!!!! and then she has to go back :( but I am so happy that I will get to see her again before I leave Austria.
- I went to my first Matura Ball (it is like a prom) with my Best friend Stephanie. I was told, before i went, that a Matura Ball is like a prom. And it is NOTHING like an American prom. At the Matura there was parents and kids of all ages for the first part, which was a show put on by the Matura classes (the kids who are graduating), there was girls dressed in really (i mean REALLY) fancy dresses and then there was girls dressed in not so fancy dresses. The second part of the night was "the disco". It was another room in the same building. It had a DJ which was playing good music, there was a bar (which would never be there in American proms. I enjoyed the Matura Ball a lot but when someone says that you are going to a "prom" in Austria just remember that Austrian proms are COMPLETELY different from American ones. haha
- I recently stumbled upon a great opportunity to participate in a musical company. My friend Clara, from my class, told me about the musical they will put on and invited me to one of the practices. I went and had a great time. They dance, they sing and they act. The director of the program pulled me aside after the practice and asked me to help choreograph for the "cheerleading" group in the musical. I was so shocked, happy and proud that I had been asked such a outstanding opportunity. So I told him of course. Things are going well but kinda stressing out for the deadline.
-Another thing that I have been and still am able to accomplish is getting super duper fat! woohoo... oppose to in the U.S. when I stress myself to not eat so much and constantly work out, here I eat and eat and eat because I stress so much that it makes me hungry.... and makes me snack a lot. In the United States we are all used to getting our bread (mostly white) from our super markets and in plastic bags. Here in Austria on the other hand they get their varieties of daily, fresh baked bread from Bakeries. The meals vary depending on the families you live in. In some families they have a small breakfast, a big lunch (containing the meal, with some type of salad or vegetable on the side, and a dessert. Some families have a small dinner or called "Jause" here, contain of cold cuts, cheese, some vegetables and bread. In the family I live in we have a fairly big breakfast containing: bread, marmalades, honey, and yoghurt. For lunch I come home to the babysitter who makes a big lunch with usually potatoes, meat, and vegetables. For dinner, we usually have a big dinner as a family and it varies every night. All in all the food here is very good and very filling.
- School is Okay, I feel like people don't take me seriously when it comes to school. I try very hard to understand the things the teachers are talking about but since there are specific topics in german that they are taking about its like impossible for me to keep up with the class. It seems to help out that I write almost everything the teacher writes on the board in my notebook. I not only learn new words but also learn how the german language flows together. I seem to speak more english in the environments that I feel more comfortable and in the places where I am nervous and new to I speak more german. For example: at school and at home I speak a lot of english and when I am out with friends and when I am alone at a bank or looking for something in a store or need ask for directions I speak a butt load of german that I never knew I could speak. Since everyone around me wanted to learn english and became used to speaking english and me speaking english.
