So this is for the Past two weeks that I have been here. As well as a small note on the things that I kind of miss right now and things that I don't miss right now.
The things I miss Part 1.
1. Oliver and Brutis my dogs and Voodoo my cat.
2. My family.
3. Being in good walking distance to everything.
4. Subway at any time.
5. Being able to drive.
6. Mountains
Things I don’t really miss Part 1.
1. Non paved roads with construction happening in it.
2. Having to pay for gas
Ok so here’s a small recap of the week before October.
The week was like most of the rest but I did get to try the Cooper test in Gym which I can right now rule out that I don’t think it should have ever been made up. The Cooper test is where you have to run around a soccer field for 12 minutes with One minutes of walking in the middle. It wasn’t that bad but right after the walk your body really doesn’t want to keep going. Plus add how much some people have to bike in the day you as a person just end up really tired by the end. Other than that schools slowly starting to get a bit better. I’m slowly but surely making a couple friends (I think hehe). Life here is great but sometime I feel that I’m not doing enough or that I may not be smart enough to ever get the Language but I know everything comes with time.
Friday/Vrijdag 1st Oct/ Oktober
Today I didn’t go to school since I was heading out to Zeeland for my Rotex weekend.
It took around 3 and half hours to get there due to the fact that Robbert and I kept stopping for different things like a different car, Veggies, Juices, and food for him. We finally made it to Zeeland but again we had to stop at the train station to drop me off for like 15min so that him and this other Rotex Girl could go shopping for food. After being picked up again we finally went to the place where everyone will be staying for the next 3 days. After 2 hours everyone had arrived and we could finally start the party. We all talked for a while about how are stay is so far and how our Dutch is coming and it seems that everyone is in the same place which isn’t very far in the language. After dinner two other girls and myself helped clean the dishes which was probably the grosses thing that I have ever done. Spinage is not nice to clean up. Finally after an hour and half of clean it was done and we got to join everyone in a game of cluedo which is a fun game but I don’t think people were very interested in the game. After a while my roommates and myself went to bed.
Saturday/Zaterdag 2 Oct/Oktober
Today we woke early for breakfast and at breakfast I was give a big surprise by an old friend. My friend Koen America came to visit which was great to see him and talk to him after he left Canada to go back home. Around Lunch time we headed off to see and learn about the dikes here in the Netherlands. It was pretty interesting but I was still really tired from the day before so I was kind of falling asleep as well. Then we toured around and went on a boat ride. Everything was fun except when my friend from Brazil and I were leaning against the wall when the wall started moving on us and that’s when we realized the wall that we were leaning on was no wall but a kind of door to the boat so all in all almost went for a swim. Once back on land we saw a couple different buildings that had pretty cool things like a wind tunnel, sea animals. Later we went on this slid thing and that was supper fun till was started to crash into people. All in all the day was good.
Sunday Morning
At around 3am my room was woken up by like 10 people screaming and talking and the a bed matrices went flying as well, so the excitement never seems to end here.
Sunday/Zondag 3Oct/ Oktober
Today we went sailing which was pretty cool till I got hit with the mast but other than that it was fun. We got to watch other boat with nobody on them go overboard. After that we finished parking and then sun tanned in the amazing warm sun. it was so nice to have the sun out since the day before had rained for the most part. Sadly everything has to come to an end and in which it did we all had to go our own ways . I arrived home tired and kind of hungry so I was happy for dinner that night.
there was a down side for going to this event and that was not being able to attend my annual Rotary dinner the only happens once a year. Also i missed my host sister horse computation and a textiles art gallery showing that was happening in Wognum. But if i look back I don’t think i would really change it for anything i did have a great weekend.
The next week mini recap
The next week I didn’t have school since it was test week and I don’t partake in test so I thought it would be good to go on a couple adventures. Well when it came down to it, something out there in the world had another plan for me since I came down with this horrible cold so I could do everything I wanted to do. I still went horseback riding but I think the horse felt the same way as I did well till it saw food then it was happy. I also went to a Rotary meeting were they talked about the Rotary Youth Award. Around the end of the week I started to feel a bit better and I got to go help in a village called Twist with carving pumpkins. The day was good for the most part but the morning was pretty bumpy due to the fact the I rushed myself and ended up sort bring it out on my host father. I also lost my bike key twice but I found it both times. In the end of the day I was happy that it was all over. The day was still really good and I'm glad I got to help out, even if I was happy that it was over.
"Your life feels different on you, once you greet death and understand your heart's position. You wear your life like a garment from the mission bundle sale ever after -- lightly because you realize you never paid nothing for it, cherishing because you know you won't ever come by such a bargain again."
The things I miss Part 1.
1. Oliver and Brutis my dogs and Voodoo my cat.
2. My family.
3. Being in good walking distance to everything.
4. Subway at any time.
5. Being able to drive.
6. Mountains
Things I don’t really miss Part 1.
1. Non paved roads with construction happening in it.
2. Having to pay for gas
Ok so here’s a small recap of the week before October.
The week was like most of the rest but I did get to try the Cooper test in Gym which I can right now rule out that I don’t think it should have ever been made up. The Cooper test is where you have to run around a soccer field for 12 minutes with One minutes of walking in the middle. It wasn’t that bad but right after the walk your body really doesn’t want to keep going. Plus add how much some people have to bike in the day you as a person just end up really tired by the end. Other than that schools slowly starting to get a bit better. I’m slowly but surely making a couple friends (I think hehe). Life here is great but sometime I feel that I’m not doing enough or that I may not be smart enough to ever get the Language but I know everything comes with time.
Friday/Vrijdag 1st Oct/ Oktober
Today I didn’t go to school since I was heading out to Zeeland for my Rotex weekend.
It took around 3 and half hours to get there due to the fact that Robbert and I kept stopping for different things like a different car, Veggies, Juices, and food for him. We finally made it to Zeeland but again we had to stop at the train station to drop me off for like 15min so that him and this other Rotex Girl could go shopping for food. After being picked up again we finally went to the place where everyone will be staying for the next 3 days. After 2 hours everyone had arrived and we could finally start the party. We all talked for a while about how are stay is so far and how our Dutch is coming and it seems that everyone is in the same place which isn’t very far in the language. After dinner two other girls and myself helped clean the dishes which was probably the grosses thing that I have ever done. Spinage is not nice to clean up. Finally after an hour and half of clean it was done and we got to join everyone in a game of cluedo which is a fun game but I don’t think people were very interested in the game. After a while my roommates and myself went to bed.
Saturday/Zaterdag 2 Oct/Oktober
Today we woke early for breakfast and at breakfast I was give a big surprise by an old friend. My friend Koen America came to visit which was great to see him and talk to him after he left Canada to go back home. Around Lunch time we headed off to see and learn about the dikes here in the Netherlands. It was pretty interesting but I was still really tired from the day before so I was kind of falling asleep as well. Then we toured around and went on a boat ride. Everything was fun except when my friend from Brazil and I were leaning against the wall when the wall started moving on us and that’s when we realized the wall that we were leaning on was no wall but a kind of door to the boat so all in all almost went for a swim. Once back on land we saw a couple different buildings that had pretty cool things like a wind tunnel, sea animals. Later we went on this slid thing and that was supper fun till was started to crash into people. All in all the day was good.
Sunday Morning
At around 3am my room was woken up by like 10 people screaming and talking and the a bed matrices went flying as well, so the excitement never seems to end here.
Sunday/Zondag 3Oct/ Oktober
Today we went sailing which was pretty cool till I got hit with the mast but other than that it was fun. We got to watch other boat with nobody on them go overboard. After that we finished parking and then sun tanned in the amazing warm sun. it was so nice to have the sun out since the day before had rained for the most part. Sadly everything has to come to an end and in which it did we all had to go our own ways . I arrived home tired and kind of hungry so I was happy for dinner that night.
there was a down side for going to this event and that was not being able to attend my annual Rotary dinner the only happens once a year. Also i missed my host sister horse computation and a textiles art gallery showing that was happening in Wognum. But if i look back I don’t think i would really change it for anything i did have a great weekend.
The next week mini recap
The next week I didn’t have school since it was test week and I don’t partake in test so I thought it would be good to go on a couple adventures. Well when it came down to it, something out there in the world had another plan for me since I came down with this horrible cold so I could do everything I wanted to do. I still went horseback riding but I think the horse felt the same way as I did well till it saw food then it was happy. I also went to a Rotary meeting were they talked about the Rotary Youth Award. Around the end of the week I started to feel a bit better and I got to go help in a village called Twist with carving pumpkins. The day was good for the most part but the morning was pretty bumpy due to the fact the I rushed myself and ended up sort bring it out on my host father. I also lost my bike key twice but I found it both times. In the end of the day I was happy that it was all over. The day was still really good and I'm glad I got to help out, even if I was happy that it was over.
"Your life feels different on you, once you greet death and understand your heart's position. You wear your life like a garment from the mission bundle sale ever after -- lightly because you realize you never paid nothing for it, cherishing because you know you won't ever come by such a bargain again."
