I know it has been a long time since I have written something. To be honest I completely forgot that I had a blog so I will start from off in the last few months.
Nothing much happened in May, I was still with my first host family. Then june came and I change host families to the one I am in now. School went on the way school goes on everywhere for me. soon july and the begining of holidays came. I went to france for two weeks which was awesome. I really enjoyed it but I got bored sometimes because we stayed in the hotel for too long in one day.
When I came back I pretty much did nothing I was suppose to translate my presentation of Australia into german but still hasn't been done. I just have to read through it now though.
yesterday I went to watch a soccer game which was kinda boring although the crowd was cheery. I got a special seat because one of the rotarians is sponsoring the team and so he got season pass. So you can imagine that the view was pretty good.
have a nice day or night and hope your dreams come true.
so long
Gaby
Monday, 1 August 2011
Sunday, 29 May 2011
life as we know it
Guess What?I was planning on spending my weekend in a lake house with some rotarians and we would go visit places but my wonderful plans were ruined by a fever and a cold so I was forced to stay at home with no lake house or any tourings of anykind. i have to say i quite liked it. i got to read quite an interesting book and got to laze around all day. Quite nice.
Ok, now to the actual part of my exchange year. It is going exceedingly well. I am enjoying every part except the one of going to school because something about getting up at 6am doesn't seem very pleasant. All my teachers are making me do something which I sometimes don't like but obviouly I have to do it. I have applied to a summer camp and I got accepted so I hope I can go. I don't really have much to say because nothing much extra has happened apart from getting sick I haven't had much problems or difficulties. I am enjoying life which is what counts.
Oh almost forgot, I am changing families soon so Rotarians that are reading this, I am writing the report and you will receive it in the next few days before the next meeting hoepfully.
I don't know why I chopse the title like I did but then I don't know why i do a lot of the things that I do. Like going to sleep and leaving my computer on. Don't ask why I have decided to put this on here.
anyways bye for now but not forever
Ok, now to the actual part of my exchange year. It is going exceedingly well. I am enjoying every part except the one of going to school because something about getting up at 6am doesn't seem very pleasant. All my teachers are making me do something which I sometimes don't like but obviouly I have to do it. I have applied to a summer camp and I got accepted so I hope I can go. I don't really have much to say because nothing much extra has happened apart from getting sick I haven't had much problems or difficulties. I am enjoying life which is what counts.
Oh almost forgot, I am changing families soon so Rotarians that are reading this, I am writing the report and you will receive it in the next few days before the next meeting hoepfully.
I don't know why I chopse the title like I did but then I don't know why i do a lot of the things that I do. Like going to sleep and leaving my computer on. Don't ask why I have decided to put this on here.
anyways bye for now but not forever
Monday, 25 April 2011
About me
This blog post was not suppose to be about me complaining and it will most probably not be what you would think would be when someone says it is about themselves. Today when I went on facebook I saw some old classmates online and i thought i'd say hi so I did but I waited for their answer which never came and then I realiased that altough everyone said they would miss me or the class would be the same, well to begin with the calss is still the same. I never really had friends but that meant no disapointment or sadness when I realised that i was soon forgotten. I would be surprised if I returned home and they didn't realise i was back. It doesn't hurt me to find out that I never stood out enough to be remembered because even though they have forgotten there will be those who spend their time recreaing moments that I spent with them. Like my family and my closes friends. I have no need to spend my time wondering why oh why will they not speak to me and that is because I have friends who talk to me. If i have to keep chasing them for he friendship then it's not much of a friendship is it.
While I have been here, I have had the opportunity to see another opinion of how things are. I have notice my growth and change with in myself but I guess that is natural when you go to a place far from home. I sometimes really want to see my parents again and I know I will but not Until the year is over. I hoped that this year would help me improve in many ways and so far it is doing what I hoped it would. I enjoy being here but something keeps tied back home. I met someone form Mexico who is staying in switzerland and not going back once his year is over. This made me wonder, I know I have to back because of Rotary but what else keeps me tied to Australia or to the place I have grown to call home? Is it my family and my friends or is it because I am scared to start a new life somewhere else? My mum did it so why can't I? But so far the answer is yet to make itself clear. I also wonder whether I have had doubts. I don't know because I cannot remember any obivous moments of doubt but I am sure I have. I don't know if I am making sense in what I say but I don't really care because I am sure that someone out there will understand what I mean or what I say. I shall write soon again I hope.
Gaby
While I have been here, I have had the opportunity to see another opinion of how things are. I have notice my growth and change with in myself but I guess that is natural when you go to a place far from home. I sometimes really want to see my parents again and I know I will but not Until the year is over. I hoped that this year would help me improve in many ways and so far it is doing what I hoped it would. I enjoy being here but something keeps tied back home. I met someone form Mexico who is staying in switzerland and not going back once his year is over. This made me wonder, I know I have to back because of Rotary but what else keeps me tied to Australia or to the place I have grown to call home? Is it my family and my friends or is it because I am scared to start a new life somewhere else? My mum did it so why can't I? But so far the answer is yet to make itself clear. I also wonder whether I have had doubts. I don't know because I cannot remember any obivous moments of doubt but I am sure I have. I don't know if I am making sense in what I say but I don't really care because I am sure that someone out there will understand what I mean or what I say. I shall write soon again I hope.
Gaby
Sunday, 6 March 2011
hi.....
hello, I suppose I should tell you all how I am really feeling and rotarians most of my feeling come from the fact that the only people I have been able to talk to with out feeling hesitant has been my family and still sometimes I feel hesitant. I am the kind of person who is very closed in and having someone who I shared my tru feelings with is very difficult. I mean even my parents had trouble making me tell them what I really felt because I wouldn't let them in. So coming to a different country and having being told that I have to open up straigh off to a stranger who I have only talked to once or twice and who I only met when I arrived here is very difficult for me. I have problems even talking to my host mum about what I feel. So yesterday when I called my councellor because I wasn't feeling to well, he told me that I shouldn't call my parents because what can they do? They are on the other side of the world, can they even do anything? The answer that I gave him kept him silent for a few seconds and then he said it would have work too well if I was seeing him right?
My answer to his question was that they could reassure me because you may think it is useless to do such thing but you will be amazed at how much that thing helped me. On wednesday was worst for me because I had felt so lonely so I called my Dad. I know, I should have called my councellor but what could he have done? He would have said the words that would not help at all which would "homesickness is normal" or "Knowing the language will make you feel more comfortable" and quite frankly that was not what I needed. What i needed wassome simple advice from my dad on what do with my homesickness because I knew that by now he would have come up with an idea on how to slow down the feeling or controll it better. I also needed to hear his voice as much as any 16 year old girl in another country would want to. I also knew my dad wouldn't go bragging to the club or to my councerllor or to my host mum that I wasn't feeling too and quite frankly that was the feeling that gave me when I thought about talking to hannes (apart from the fact that we had only known each other for six weeks).
Okay so I will tell you how I felt on wednesday. My host mum was at a party, my host sister was out celebrating her final school presentation so I was alone with my host brother who was only on the computer. All he ever does is be on the computer. Hence I felt like I was the only at home. I could go outside because it was dark and very cold or else I would have. So the lonelyness build up and I started to cry. I cried and cried and cried. I could not stop crying. So I decided to wait and call my dad. I didn't think twice about it I just wanted to call him. When he answered, we talked I cried for like five seconds before he made a funny inside joke that made me laugh. Then he told me some good Ideas on what I could do to keep control of my homesickness. It helped. By the end of the call I was so much better. For once the crying had stopped and I had several ideas on what I could do to get control of my homesickness.
And I really only called my councerllor because I was invited to a party but I could go so I had nothing to do and my homesickness decided to start playing me again so I needed to get out of the house that was the perfect chance. so now you have a detailed recount on why I would call my parents first if it has to do with my true feelings. Other issues I can easily tell my host mum and councellor so chill OK?
with love but not much
gaby
My answer to his question was that they could reassure me because you may think it is useless to do such thing but you will be amazed at how much that thing helped me. On wednesday was worst for me because I had felt so lonely so I called my Dad. I know, I should have called my councellor but what could he have done? He would have said the words that would not help at all which would "homesickness is normal" or "Knowing the language will make you feel more comfortable" and quite frankly that was not what I needed. What i needed wassome simple advice from my dad on what do with my homesickness because I knew that by now he would have come up with an idea on how to slow down the feeling or controll it better. I also needed to hear his voice as much as any 16 year old girl in another country would want to. I also knew my dad wouldn't go bragging to the club or to my councerllor or to my host mum that I wasn't feeling too and quite frankly that was the feeling that gave me when I thought about talking to hannes (apart from the fact that we had only known each other for six weeks).
Okay so I will tell you how I felt on wednesday. My host mum was at a party, my host sister was out celebrating her final school presentation so I was alone with my host brother who was only on the computer. All he ever does is be on the computer. Hence I felt like I was the only at home. I could go outside because it was dark and very cold or else I would have. So the lonelyness build up and I started to cry. I cried and cried and cried. I could not stop crying. So I decided to wait and call my dad. I didn't think twice about it I just wanted to call him. When he answered, we talked I cried for like five seconds before he made a funny inside joke that made me laugh. Then he told me some good Ideas on what I could do to keep control of my homesickness. It helped. By the end of the call I was so much better. For once the crying had stopped and I had several ideas on what I could do to get control of my homesickness.
And I really only called my councerllor because I was invited to a party but I could go so I had nothing to do and my homesickness decided to start playing me again so I needed to get out of the house that was the perfect chance. so now you have a detailed recount on why I would call my parents first if it has to do with my true feelings. Other issues I can easily tell my host mum and councellor so chill OK?
with love but not much
gaby
Thursday, 17 February 2011
s'up
Hey everybody, who ever you are.
I am having an excellent time here in switzerland. i have friends at school arlready, although I am just beginging everybody is talking to me in german and it is AWESOME!!!!! I can understand after lots of explanation but I am getting there. I also build sentences in my head, it takes me a while but I get there eventually. I love it here and home sickness is out and into the streets!!! (By the way I have no idea what I mean by that so just give it your own meaning) I am loving everything and gues what?! I have joined a scoccer team! WOOOOOH YEAHH!!! i am really excited so yeah. any ways I shall talk later.
I am having an excellent time here in switzerland. i have friends at school arlready, although I am just beginging everybody is talking to me in german and it is AWESOME!!!!! I can understand after lots of explanation but I am getting there. I also build sentences in my head, it takes me a while but I get there eventually. I love it here and home sickness is out and into the streets!!! (By the way I have no idea what I mean by that so just give it your own meaning) I am loving everything and gues what?! I have joined a scoccer team! WOOOOOH YEAHH!!! i am really excited so yeah. any ways I shall talk later.
Monday, 31 January 2011
hey everyone!!
hi people
I really am not liking the fact that I have to stay in a two week camp with other students. Although, there are students who are nice and very kind there are also those you are just lame and very arogant. I don't like that. When one student from new zealand came a day later, everyone obssessed with her. they all went crazy and wanted to go see her and wanted to talk to her and so on and so on. Then there those who think they are better than everyone because they got a new computer or they know one more fact than everyone else. Although, once upon a time i use to be like, actually, I am still like that(someimes). I just want to be with my host family but I have to do this so I shall be strong. For those rotarians that may be reading this, I have absolutely no problem with being in the camp it is just the students because even the teachers are great. (that also includes the food, yum,yum and the host who are takng us around.) I have yet to fall into home sickness and I am hoping that it is not at the begining of my exchange. (when we fist got internet at the camp eveyone was about to cry after cheking their email. I just watched in amusement)*evil*. I miss people in australia but I have some philosophy that is helping me through, Mum I am not trying to insult you or your loving care towards me because you and dad are my world(this may occationally include my loving {cough, cough} sister) here is my philsophy:
Home is where ever I am.
If I am insulting any one please forgive but I am using it so I don't fall into deep dpression. I love you all and probably miss you all too.
I shall write again soon so keep checking for new posts.
Gaby
I really am not liking the fact that I have to stay in a two week camp with other students. Although, there are students who are nice and very kind there are also those you are just lame and very arogant. I don't like that. When one student from new zealand came a day later, everyone obssessed with her. they all went crazy and wanted to go see her and wanted to talk to her and so on and so on. Then there those who think they are better than everyone because they got a new computer or they know one more fact than everyone else. Although, once upon a time i use to be like, actually, I am still like that(someimes). I just want to be with my host family but I have to do this so I shall be strong. For those rotarians that may be reading this, I have absolutely no problem with being in the camp it is just the students because even the teachers are great. (that also includes the food, yum,yum and the host who are takng us around.) I have yet to fall into home sickness and I am hoping that it is not at the begining of my exchange. (when we fist got internet at the camp eveyone was about to cry after cheking their email. I just watched in amusement)*evil*. I miss people in australia but I have some philosophy that is helping me through, Mum I am not trying to insult you or your loving care towards me because you and dad are my world(this may occationally include my loving {cough, cough} sister) here is my philsophy:
Home is where ever I am.
If I am insulting any one please forgive but I am using it so I don't fall into deep dpression. I love you all and probably miss you all too.
I shall write again soon so keep checking for new posts.
Gaby
Friday, 7 January 2011
new year has arrived and I am about to depart
Hello to all my followers readers and any one who happens to stumble upon this miserable lonly blogg. I am 14 days before my departure to switzerland and I feel horrible. Not in a bad way. I have too much on that all.
I feel like every classic teenager complaining about her/his hormones whenever they get out of hand. of course most teenagersdon't go around saying " my hormones are out of hand please don't bother or I am going to send you to hell" no most just think they are in their normal cycle of life, blaming everyone they see in their path or just feeling plain miserable.
By now you would have relised that I am not in the best of moods to be trying to write something about my adventure as an exchange student. Right now I just want to be left alone in a corner so I can cry my eyes until they are swollen and fall out but of course this is very irrational. It is also socially rejected and if some does manage to be left alone and cry in a corner then it is seen as strange and weird and anit-social.
Anyway, back to what I was suppose to be writing, It is quite exciting that only 14 days are left but if you leave everything in the last minute it will get nasty. Like now. I left some things and thought "oh, it will all be alright" but guess what it's not.
I am not trying t put you off applying for an exchange, I am merely trying to prepare you for what ever the world of exchanges hold. any way I am sure you will hear from me blabber on about my experiences again.
I feel like every classic teenager complaining about her/his hormones whenever they get out of hand. of course most teenagersdon't go around saying " my hormones are out of hand please don't bother or I am going to send you to hell" no most just think they are in their normal cycle of life, blaming everyone they see in their path or just feeling plain miserable.
By now you would have relised that I am not in the best of moods to be trying to write something about my adventure as an exchange student. Right now I just want to be left alone in a corner so I can cry my eyes until they are swollen and fall out but of course this is very irrational. It is also socially rejected and if some does manage to be left alone and cry in a corner then it is seen as strange and weird and anit-social.
Anyway, back to what I was suppose to be writing, It is quite exciting that only 14 days are left but if you leave everything in the last minute it will get nasty. Like now. I left some things and thought "oh, it will all be alright" but guess what it's not.
I am not trying t put you off applying for an exchange, I am merely trying to prepare you for what ever the world of exchanges hold. any way I am sure you will hear from me blabber on about my experiences again.
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