Hello again. I don't actually know if anyone reads this, so at times it feels strange writing it, kinda like an online diary. If you wanted to, you could comment on it, make me feel a little bit less silly.
So I've been going to school for three weeks now, and I've been in Venezuela for almost two months. It's been pretty great, school is good. Class is quite boring, but everyone is really nice to me. I feel bad when someone says hi to me and I don't know their name. It happens quite often The teachers mostly just dictate information to the class to take notes. English and Chemistry are the easiest subjects, I've already studied the stuff they're doing in Chemistry, so it's still quite boring, but for different reasons than the other classes. Having school for eight hours a day is really tiring, but not having school on Fridays almost makes up for it.
I went to the movies again to see Transformers. I don't know how long it's been at the cinemas here, but it seems Venezuela is quite far behind when it comes to movie releases. The movie is pretty awful, and really long. I've also discovered that going to the movies is much cheaper here. It cost me 20 Bolivares to see Transformers, which is less than five dollars.
The Sunday after that I went to a couple of beaches and this National Park where we took a ride on a boat through this thing. I can't even remember the name of the National Park, and I don't know how to describe how it was. Kinda makes it pointless that I'm even writing about it, I don't know why I am.
Tomorrow I have an AFS meeting thing. I have to do a brief presentation about New Zealand and bring some New Zealand food. The presentation thing is easy, but the New Zealand food thing isn't. Even right now, the only New Zealand food I can think of is a Pavlova. I would make a Pavlova, but it takes so much time and effort. So I googled New Zealand food, and I know that you're thinking I should have found this stuff out before I left New Zealand, and, you know, that's a good point. I guess I just forgot, but is there even such a thing as "New Zealand Food"? You know, Italy has Pizza and a bunch of other stuff, but what does New Zealand have? Yeah, it's because we're really just a British country, and you'd like to say Fush and Chups, but that's British, at least Fish and Chips are. Umm, anyway, I googled New Zealand food, and it turns out that Afghan Biscuits are from New Zealand. I don't know if you knew that, you probably did, but I didn't. So that's what I'm going to make, I hope it'll be acceptable. Biscuits aren't much of a meal, but biscuits are easy to make, so I'll make those tomorrow.
I should apologise about the lack of pictures on here and Facebook. Right now I need to get an adapter to charge my camera, and the photos I have already take ages to upload. I need to make them smaller and then upload them. I promise I'll do that before the end of the month. I'm sorry.
That's pretty much it for now. I'll update in two weeks or less.
Friday, October 21, 2011
Friday, October 7, 2011
More Stuff
Hi, it's been a while since my last post, sorry. There hasn't been that much to write about though, so it's not my fault. I guess I'll describe the events of the past weekish in Chronological order, that makes sense.
So last Saturday was my first AFS Margarita meeting. It was fun. The other AFS students hosted in Margarita (A swiss guy and two Italian girls, I don't know if I've mentioned that) and I were taught how to make Arepas, one of the traditional Venezuelan foods. Venezuelans seem very proud of their Arepas, almost every Venezuelan has asked me if I've tried one and react with amazement when I tell them that I think they're alright, and not super duper fabulously awesome. The meeting itself wasn't really a meeting. It was just everyone gathering to talk and hang out, quite different from the meetings of AFS Waitakere.
The following Monday was my first day at school. I got up at about 6 in the morning (obviously in the morning) to get ready for school. I'm pretty sure all schools here have the same uniform, I think it's a government thing. They use different colours for different age groups. The high school aged students wear a beige polo shirt, long dark blue pants and black shoes. When I got to school, I realised how super tiny it is. I think the school could fit into Avondale College at least twenty times, probably more. People are pretty amazed when I tell them that the school I went to in New Zealand has almost 3000 students. I think my school here has about 200 students, maybe that's over estimating. Anyway, so everyday here starts with the students of the school gathering to sing the National Anthem and listen to some teachers say something. On Monday I had school from 7 to 11.30ish, but usually on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday I have school from 7 to 3. On Thursday from 7 to 1ish, and I don't have school on Fridays. Not all schools have the same hours though. Other schools might go from 7 to 12, five days a week, and others might go from 8 to 4, four days a week. It depends on the school. I've been getting a lot of attention. It's a little overwhelming at times, having like 15 people gathered around me asking me questions in really quick Spanish. Fortunately there are a few people in my class that can speak English that are helping me out. The school is quite close to my house, so I walk home everyday, but get a ride to school in the morning. I can't think of anything else to say about school.
And last night I went to the movies with some friends from school. We saw Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes, it was pretty good.
There's not much else to write about, so that's pretty much it. I haven't put photos up yet, I will eventually, my goal is to put some up before the end of the month. Everything is going pretty well, it'll probably be at least two weeks before my next post. Maybe that'll be my schedule, an update every two weeks. Ok, so check back in two weeks.
So last Saturday was my first AFS Margarita meeting. It was fun. The other AFS students hosted in Margarita (A swiss guy and two Italian girls, I don't know if I've mentioned that) and I were taught how to make Arepas, one of the traditional Venezuelan foods. Venezuelans seem very proud of their Arepas, almost every Venezuelan has asked me if I've tried one and react with amazement when I tell them that I think they're alright, and not super duper fabulously awesome. The meeting itself wasn't really a meeting. It was just everyone gathering to talk and hang out, quite different from the meetings of AFS Waitakere.
The following Monday was my first day at school. I got up at about 6 in the morning (obviously in the morning) to get ready for school. I'm pretty sure all schools here have the same uniform, I think it's a government thing. They use different colours for different age groups. The high school aged students wear a beige polo shirt, long dark blue pants and black shoes. When I got to school, I realised how super tiny it is. I think the school could fit into Avondale College at least twenty times, probably more. People are pretty amazed when I tell them that the school I went to in New Zealand has almost 3000 students. I think my school here has about 200 students, maybe that's over estimating. Anyway, so everyday here starts with the students of the school gathering to sing the National Anthem and listen to some teachers say something. On Monday I had school from 7 to 11.30ish, but usually on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday I have school from 7 to 3. On Thursday from 7 to 1ish, and I don't have school on Fridays. Not all schools have the same hours though. Other schools might go from 7 to 12, five days a week, and others might go from 8 to 4, four days a week. It depends on the school. I've been getting a lot of attention. It's a little overwhelming at times, having like 15 people gathered around me asking me questions in really quick Spanish. Fortunately there are a few people in my class that can speak English that are helping me out. The school is quite close to my house, so I walk home everyday, but get a ride to school in the morning. I can't think of anything else to say about school.
And last night I went to the movies with some friends from school. We saw Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes, it was pretty good.
There's not much else to write about, so that's pretty much it. I haven't put photos up yet, I will eventually, my goal is to put some up before the end of the month. Everything is going pretty well, it'll probably be at least two weeks before my next post. Maybe that'll be my schedule, an update every two weeks. Ok, so check back in two weeks.
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