Friday, 23. November 2012
feleti, 17:12h
My alarm clock was supposed to wake me at 8 o’clock and it would have done so, if not Bonnie (a german shepherd) came down into my room and jumped on my bed licking my face. As I got dressed and went upstairs, Emily asked me what I wanted for breakfast and made some toast with honey and tea for me. After we dropped my sister and brother off at their grandparent's, we made our way to school. I finally got to see the place where I will go to school for the next 5 months. I took a look around Burnie before I came to Tasmania via google earth, but I wasn’t able to see the school. And at that day I understood why: The school is made of many buildings, not just one like I was used to in Germany. There is a building for every grade and additionally one for Performing Arts, one for Art and one for IT. And of course the sports hall. Especially the Performing Arts building and my home rooms caught my attention. And I was impressed! In 2009 there had been a fire in the school so a part burnt down. The damaged buildings have been replaced by new and very modern classrooms. When we came alongside the Year 10 home building the principle introduced me to a boy, Harry, who, she said, would be in my music class and is in the school council.
Our home building is also great, kept in bright colours and you don’t feel like in school, but like you are in a nice, modern (and quite big) flat. After, I guess 1 and a half hours we finished and the principle left me to the secretaries, telling them I would take the obligatory subjects and Art, Music and Maths Methods, since I could choose 3 subjects additionally. We got an enrolment paper, we should hand in back on Monday. I was amazed by this school and on our way back, Emily and I talked about the differences I realized and how she experienced school. After we picked up the kids we went to visit Emily's mother and especially her sister, who still lives with her parents and had just come home after she toured through Asia and Europe. They welcomed me and so did their dog Wallie while we looked at some pictures on the TV. She had done some amazing things, like riding on an elephant. I got really tired and I almost fell asleep on the couch if Shyla would not have been there to keep me busy by wanting to play with my phone. When it was finally 3 p.m. I called my parents in Germany and had a brief talk with them about the school, how the flight was and just everything that has been happening so far. The rest of the evening was relaxed; we watched a bit of TV and ate dinner. That was delicious: We had some oven potatoes with sour crème and salad. Oh, and shrimps. I have never really liked them before, but Emily’s are incredible. I went to bed early still being very tired.
Although the first days were all very special, you cannot write that feeling down, that you got. I at least can’t! You take so much in – so many things that are different and some things that are similar or even the same as in Germany. So, from that perspective of course everyday had something very special to it. But to write about it… We were ‘just’ getting some groceries and then meeting up with my host grandparents and the other exchange student. I had some vegetable ‘Quiche’: Never eaten it before and not sure if it is written the right way, but it was good. There they first told us, that we would be going up to Cradle Mountain for the week-end. I had no idea what or where it was, but, hey, I would love to find out! The one thing mentioned most in context with Cradle Mountain was snow. We would/should see some snow up there! When we finished, we went on a small shopping spree to get some things more or less desperately needed, like some cash, or an Australian SIM-card as well as some black shoes to wear to school. We were just leaving the shopping centre when Dianne and Pernille wanted to look around in another shop; Emily, my new siblings an I waiting outside for what seemed like an hour. And my phone rang. Well, it was about 3 p.m. again. Happy to hear their voices, even my brother’s in the background, I just blurted out everything that came into my mind. This time I even talked to my sister, since she was back from her holidays. Though we agreed on continuing later (for me in the evening, for her at about midday). We, of course, had another fantastic dinner and I talked to my sister, me talking about my new school, mainly, and her telling me what she got as birthday presents. But apart from that, Friday just went by.
Our home building is also great, kept in bright colours and you don’t feel like in school, but like you are in a nice, modern (and quite big) flat. After, I guess 1 and a half hours we finished and the principle left me to the secretaries, telling them I would take the obligatory subjects and Art, Music and Maths Methods, since I could choose 3 subjects additionally. We got an enrolment paper, we should hand in back on Monday. I was amazed by this school and on our way back, Emily and I talked about the differences I realized and how she experienced school. After we picked up the kids we went to visit Emily's mother and especially her sister, who still lives with her parents and had just come home after she toured through Asia and Europe. They welcomed me and so did their dog Wallie while we looked at some pictures on the TV. She had done some amazing things, like riding on an elephant. I got really tired and I almost fell asleep on the couch if Shyla would not have been there to keep me busy by wanting to play with my phone. When it was finally 3 p.m. I called my parents in Germany and had a brief talk with them about the school, how the flight was and just everything that has been happening so far. The rest of the evening was relaxed; we watched a bit of TV and ate dinner. That was delicious: We had some oven potatoes with sour crème and salad. Oh, and shrimps. I have never really liked them before, but Emily’s are incredible. I went to bed early still being very tired.
Although the first days were all very special, you cannot write that feeling down, that you got. I at least can’t! You take so much in – so many things that are different and some things that are similar or even the same as in Germany. So, from that perspective of course everyday had something very special to it. But to write about it… We were ‘just’ getting some groceries and then meeting up with my host grandparents and the other exchange student. I had some vegetable ‘Quiche’: Never eaten it before and not sure if it is written the right way, but it was good. There they first told us, that we would be going up to Cradle Mountain for the week-end. I had no idea what or where it was, but, hey, I would love to find out! The one thing mentioned most in context with Cradle Mountain was snow. We would/should see some snow up there! When we finished, we went on a small shopping spree to get some things more or less desperately needed, like some cash, or an Australian SIM-card as well as some black shoes to wear to school. We were just leaving the shopping centre when Dianne and Pernille wanted to look around in another shop; Emily, my new siblings an I waiting outside for what seemed like an hour. And my phone rang. Well, it was about 3 p.m. again. Happy to hear their voices, even my brother’s in the background, I just blurted out everything that came into my mind. This time I even talked to my sister, since she was back from her holidays. Though we agreed on continuing later (for me in the evening, for her at about midday). We, of course, had another fantastic dinner and I talked to my sister, me talking about my new school, mainly, and her telling me what she got as birthday presents. But apart from that, Friday just went by.
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