Hey, what's up? :)
I've done A LOT Since you heard from me last time ;)
I've been swimming every day and tomorrow is our last swim Meet - districts. We will leave school at 9:15, go to IHOP (International House of Pancakes ), After that, the rest of the day will be spent at the rec.center.
Sooooo, what has happened?:
Well, there's been a Mid-Orientation with YFU, where we Discussed how to be a good kid and solve Possible problems.
That Sunday I also went to the movies with Quinci, we saw "Perks of being a wallflower" - weird, but nice movie! Talking about movies, there is commercials showing a trailer for a movie called Identity Thief and I KNOW That i have seen the trailer a long time ago, before I went here. But I can not find any information about it being on in Sweden before.
The Friday after that was our last real swim meet, Which included a senior - goodbye - thingy: P where They also included me and Stine since this is our last (and only) season too. We got a pink rubber duck, a t-shirt and a sign with my name on.
The Weekend After that, two weeks ago, Stine and I spent at Bennie's house. We watched "The One Act" shows, Which are 35 minutes shows That students from different schools the student has directed and comp things . Tallwood Reviews Reviews Reviews Reviews Ranked 3rd place and missed the chance to go to districts and continue comp things. We spent the night playing games (for the rest of the year).
The Sunday we spent with our Area Rep, Sandi and her husband, looking at the musical "Frog Kiss", Which was GREAT - I LOVED IT! great dances and songs, and it reminded me of my beloved ones back home <3 and, you are what you think you are!
Last week we had Monday - Martin Luther King Jr. and friday - Day-and-staff , off. sooooo NICE: D The Monday we tried to find dresses again, without any luck .... Gosh it's hard to find the right dress, in the right color, shape and price.
Friday Mum, Stine and I rented a car and drove to Charlottesville, where we on Saturday had an orientation with the exchange student in the northern part of Virginia, met some Finish girls and disproved Their stereotype about Swedes, Which was a bad stereotype. It is interesting how little we, or at least I know about Finland, eventhough it is our neighbor. Did you know They have to learn Swedish for at least 3 years Because an agreement so a long time ago? That is Crazy! and did you know That They do not use spices, so their food it kind of like tasteless ;) - well you learn something new everyday!
well Well, after the orientation we and about 20 other exchange students and host family members went to the mountain, Massanutten, for skiing. IT WAS AWESOME! we skied for about 5 hours and it was just great: D
Sunday we left early for a wonderful lunch at The Cheesecake Factory and a birthday lunch for Jenna.
Today we had a interesting class In Drama, we Talked about what makes a Woman and Zoom makes a Man and we saw a great clip on Youtube (down here) That explains EVERYTHING! or what do you say Emil? ;)
OH The weather is sooooo bipolar here, one weeks its snowing - YES I SAID SNOWING, only a few inches but it was still white on the ground ;) but the other week its really hot, and the changes given me colds .. . : (I miss the Biostrath Mommy <3
I've done A LOT Since you heard from me last time ;)
I've been swimming every day and tomorrow is our last swim Meet - districts. We will leave school at 9:15, go to IHOP (International House of Pancakes ), After that, the rest of the day will be spent at the rec.center.
Sooooo, what has happened?:
Well, there's been a Mid-Orientation with YFU, where we Discussed how to be a good kid and solve Possible problems.
That Sunday I also went to the movies with Quinci, we saw "Perks of being a wallflower" - weird, but nice movie! Talking about movies, there is commercials showing a trailer for a movie called Identity Thief and I KNOW That i have seen the trailer a long time ago, before I went here. But I can not find any information about it being on in Sweden before.
The Friday after that was our last real swim meet, Which included a senior - goodbye - thingy: P where They also included me and Stine since this is our last (and only) season too. We got a pink rubber duck, a t-shirt and a sign with my name on.
The Weekend After that, two weeks ago, Stine and I spent at Bennie's house. We watched "The One Act" shows, Which are 35 minutes shows That students from different schools the student has directed and comp things . Tallwood Reviews Reviews Reviews Reviews Ranked 3rd place and missed the chance to go to districts and continue comp things. We spent the night playing games (for the rest of the year).
The Sunday we spent with our Area Rep, Sandi and her husband, looking at the musical "Frog Kiss", Which was GREAT - I LOVED IT! great dances and songs, and it reminded me of my beloved ones back home <3 and, you are what you think you are!
Last week we had Monday - Martin Luther King Jr. and friday - Day-and-staff , off. sooooo NICE: D The Monday we tried to find dresses again, without any luck .... Gosh it's hard to find the right dress, in the right color, shape and price.
Friday Mum, Stine and I rented a car and drove to Charlottesville, where we on Saturday had an orientation with the exchange student in the northern part of Virginia, met some Finish girls and disproved Their stereotype about Swedes, Which was a bad stereotype. It is interesting how little we, or at least I know about Finland, eventhough it is our neighbor. Did you know They have to learn Swedish for at least 3 years Because an agreement so a long time ago? That is Crazy! and did you know That They do not use spices, so their food it kind of like tasteless ;) - well you learn something new everyday!
well Well, after the orientation we and about 20 other exchange students and host family members went to the mountain, Massanutten, for skiing. IT WAS AWESOME! we skied for about 5 hours and it was just great: D
Sunday we left early for a wonderful lunch at The Cheesecake Factory and a birthday lunch for Jenna.
Today we had a interesting class In Drama, we Talked about what makes a Woman and Zoom makes a Man and we saw a great clip on Youtube (down here) That explains EVERYTHING! or what do you say Emil? ;)
OH The weather is sooooo bipolar here, one weeks its snowing - YES I SAID SNOWING, only a few inches but it was still white on the ground ;) but the other week its really hot, and the changes given me colds .. . : (I miss the Biostrath Mommy <3
After 5 months here I can say that I haven´t really had an extreme homesickness period, of course I have cried some times and I think about my family every day.
The hardest questions I have to answer here are: how's life in Sweden? And Do you like America? or Is America or Sweden beast?
I mean, how is life in Sweden? boring? different for sure ! somewhere you mind your own business, should not think you are better than anyone else, but I have a little bit of a feeling that most people actually do, they just don't say it.
Of course I like it here, but it is different. The culture, the social life, the laws and rules, the morality: for example the "older is always right", do not curse in front of older and younger people and preferably not at all, America is freedom - but we do not really know how other countries has it, lets put as many rules as Possible so That Teenagers knows what to do, NE - dont tell Them what not to do and what to do at the sametime, teenagers wants to be trusted, if you treat Them They like kids will behave as kids and not follow the rules!
Okay NOW I AM GENERALIZING & TAKING IT OVER THE TOP, choosing the most extreme things from different types of people, far from everybody/anybody is like this!
And if I would choose, I think I would choose to live in Sweden. I WOULD NEVER EVER HAD IMAGINE SAYING THAT 6 MONTHS AGO, 6 months ago I was so tired of Sweden, Vellinge and just wanted to get out of there. And now when I'm out, I miss it and will appreciate so much when I come home. I have a perfect experience about the quote "It's the people who makes the place"- ish- thingy.
And I really have to go to bed now!
Enjoy your day ! I will add pictures tomorrow :)
Good Night :* ! / Ida
The hardest questions I have to answer here are: how's life in Sweden? And Do you like America? or Is America or Sweden beast?
I mean, how is life in Sweden? boring? different for sure ! somewhere you mind your own business, should not think you are better than anyone else, but I have a little bit of a feeling that most people actually do, they just don't say it.
Of course I like it here, but it is different. The culture, the social life, the laws and rules, the morality: for example the "older is always right", do not curse in front of older and younger people and preferably not at all, America is freedom - but we do not really know how other countries has it, lets put as many rules as Possible so That Teenagers knows what to do, NE - dont tell Them what not to do and what to do at the sametime, teenagers wants to be trusted, if you treat Them They like kids will behave as kids and not follow the rules!
Okay NOW I AM GENERALIZING & TAKING IT OVER THE TOP, choosing the most extreme things from different types of people, far from everybody/anybody is like this!
And if I would choose, I think I would choose to live in Sweden. I WOULD NEVER EVER HAD IMAGINE SAYING THAT 6 MONTHS AGO, 6 months ago I was so tired of Sweden, Vellinge and just wanted to get out of there. And now when I'm out, I miss it and will appreciate so much when I come home. I have a perfect experience about the quote "It's the people who makes the place"- ish- thingy.
And I really have to go to bed now!
Enjoy your day ! I will add pictures tomorrow :)
Good Night :* ! / Ida