What was supposed to be a short little run this morning turned out to be...not so short. On my way back I thought let's cut trough this little group of trees, because I've done it before, but in the opposite direction. But like we say - genväg blir ofta senväg. After a while I realised this is not how it's supposed to look, so I decided to go back to the las point where I knew where I was, but mith my fantastic sense of directions... Oh well, the good thing is, I run quite far and I found another dirt track, which I will explore next time I go out running. Now I've pretty much just run up and down a dirt track, and it's more fun to run around. 

 

Anyways, this week. I have come up with a way to remember what happened during the week, so I wont forget anything essential when I actually write here, which has been the case - post-its. For example I was thinking of writing that jour 4 is my favorite day of the week, but I kept forgetting. Anyways. Yeah, this is gonna be looooooong... 

School is going fine, I’ve had a couple of chemistry tests, some that I knew we had and some that everyone else knew we had...

On tuesday I have a test in french, on the book we read and now it feels really good I did it overkill. In dance I have to make un échauffement of > 20 minutes. It’s mainly stretching and that kind of stuff but I should have to song with actual dance, so now I’m gonna take all the moves I can remember from my time at Friskis, hehe. And while speaking of dance, one of the girls asked me if I was an actual english person, because she thought I was so good. (I’m just gonna brag a little bit...) 

This week there has also been some games and your class has to be ”invited” to go there. All teachers don’t let you go and besides everyone wouldn’t fit in the gym. Anyways, I’ve been to half a game of basketball and the first ten minutes of volleyball, and gee, you’re not gonna believe this. So this is what they did, first they introduced the opponents, like this school lala, not too exciting. Then the lights go out and they turn a spotlight on the door from which our team was coming out. (By this point I start laughing, though discrete.) They shout out each number and name and follow them with the spotlight, when everyone is out lights turn back on. All audience stand up and the national anthem go on. (By this point I’m laughing so hard...)    

We also practised what to do when the fire alarm sounds. It wasn't too organized. The alarm went like ten seconds before the bell of the second class was about to ring, so the teacher said go find your first period teacher. I walked around on the grass and when I finally found Madame she tells me, no go back to the second period teacher... -.- 

Aaaaaaaand; I borrowed the first Harry Potter book at the school library, in french (and the rest of that day I walked around smiling stupidly at myself... ) and after that I will do as my sister and borrow Narnia and after that, well it’s a big library!

This friday there was no school so I went to the mall with Annunziata, the girl beside my locker. She’s also an exchange student, but from Austria. So we walked around, checking out the mall, and oh did we make a wonderful catch: free cupcakes! After that we walked around in Cornwall, asking random people for directions in French, but not too many people actually spoke french :( 

She stayed the night and we did our best to learn Oh Canada and on monday we’re singing along! And here’s the big news: she is my new sister! She was supposed to go stay with her area representative, but we kidnapped her instead (moahaha). Ok, not really, we talked to all the different people involved so it’s not actually kidnapping. 

Oh yeah, not to forget! The right answer to last weeks little task: Pinocchio and Prince Charming ;)

 So this is the lovely Annunziata from Austria. She wont come live with us yet for two weeks because of all the papers and stuff, but yes, this is my new sister. 

 

This friday was Jour du Franco, which meant we celebrated being french by walking around wearing all green and white. Some we're quite extrem and it was really fun to watch everyones outfits. My very nice frensh-canadian-ontario-flag-tattoo has almost washed away now though... But it was pretty while I had it, and I think we won some kinda weird thing, I don't really know what it was, but some boys in my chemistry class were like Do you have a tattoo? Come along then! And so I did, along with their green sock and whatever the third item was and then we walked back before I had time to figure out why we went. 
   So we walked a couple of laps around the school, sang songs, I didin't do much singing, it's a bit hard when you don't know the lyrics, but I caught the refrain pretty quickly: mon beau drapeau. And while talking about singing, I have not learned the canadian anthem yet. But I know a few words; la fleur en glorieuse, and all the oh canada which are every second phrase, and somewhere they sing terre...  

   After the singing we walked a bit more and after that everyone went out for lunch and then we were supposed to have the afternoon classes but maybe do some games. So I volonteerd to do games during chemistry but it turned out to be five minutes of rock, paper, scissors. The rest of that class we just sat in groups talking, doing nothing serious, it was nice but yeah, a bit waste of time. In art we actually did draw. We have now moved on to painting with brownish colours, it's called dessins sanguine.  

 

This week I have also broken my record of being away longer from home, thursday actually, and guess what? I will keep breaking that record every day!

   Actually I think I had a down in the U-curve", that STS kept talking about all the time. A bit subconsciosly though, but my locker friend told me I looked sad and I was like, hm...? So of course I had to find the source, and what I came up with was I heard this song that morning and that made me think of my friend and I guess I subconsciosly thought of home all day. It wasn't until yesterday though that I counted and realised that was when I broke my record. So yes, I'mma go ahead and think I'm a bit psychic!

   Also I occupy myself with dream interpretation whenever I can remember my dreams, since dreams are our subconscios's way of talking to our conscios. And yes, I think of Professor Trelawney and her chrystal balls... 

And that is two things I'm adding to my mental list of becoming! As for the flexible part, that might actually come true, because in dance class we keep doing these stretching exercises. This week Madame measured the distance between our legs, not kiddig she did, and she said she'll do it again in a couple of weeks to see how much we've improved. Watch out, I might even turn out more flexible than you Lisa! 

 

As for the other part, I've wanted to become ambidexter all since I read the Barnen Baudelaire-book where the ambidexter circus guy cuts one of Violets knots. Anyways, my art teacher had a long nice talk about Leonardo da Vinci, och apparently he was ambidexter. And since details have never been my stong side in painting, I figured it would take me more time if I tried to paint with my left hand. It shouldn't be impossible to train it up, should it?

 

Oh yeah and about school, did I mention there's adress code? No, I didnät think so. Anyways, there is. No too short shorts/skirts/dresse, that is to say nothing above mid thigh and all shirts must be at least three fingers wide over the shoulders. That's the rule, but well, rules were made for breaking, right? I've seen quite a lot of people who doesn't follow the leg part of the rule, but so far I've kept to the dress code. Considering how cold it is in school, it's not too hard. 

 

 

Right now it's sunday morning (obviously) and my family has as tradition to go out to this restaurant for brunch every sunday morning with a bunch of their friends, who all have one exchange student each. It's a really nice tradition I think. So I decided to modify my tradition, so instead of writing in the evening I shall write before going to brunch. It's afternoon back in Sweden anyways so and this way I hope I save at least one person from staying up all night waiting for me to write... (Känn dig träffad Johanna ;D)

 

Last thing to say about this week: I made meatballs! 

 

This week went by so fast. A girl in my schoolcar explained why they only have four days; it's because students don't concentrate as well on certain hours (monday morning, friday afternoon...) so therefore it should change so that it's not allways the same subject at those times. It makes sense, but it doesn't make it less confusing. And no, I'm not on the yellow school bus... :( I don't know why, there passes like five buses every morning but I'm not. So I'm riding in a seven-seat car instead. 

School is good, I'm starting the get into the habit and actually I almost now what subhects I have when. I've no idea what day it is though... This week I've started getting homework, in French class we have a 150 page book to read which wouldn't have been any problem if it weren't for the fact it's in French...I'm doing it overkill though and translates it with my dictionary and when I can't find it there I ask my all-french friend, very practical ;) In chemistry we give names, like NaCl - chlorure de sodium. Yep they write it backwards, but the teacher also taught a really good way to know how many of each. Say you want aluminium and chlor, you know Al is 3+ and Cl -, just switch the numbers - AlCl3! Really good!

Oh yeah and the teacher told a joke, and I figured you would find it amusing dad! 

One atom to the other;

- Oh no, I lost an electron!

- Are you sure?

- I'm positive! 

(Ok, I'll admit it, I do find it amusing...)

 

This week I've also tried something that's very canadian apparently, poutine. It's fries with gravy and cheese (och för din skull tog jag kort på det My!) It sounds weird, and I guess it kinda is, but it was good really.  

 

I figured how to write under it, ha! (too bad i didn't need too...)

Yes, that's the name of my school, and yes, I did survive the first week!

For this semester I chose french, art, chemistry and dance. I couldn't take english, because it was on the period as french and I figured I need the french more. I'm taking both next semester though.

As for the others I figured the french in art and dance shouldn't be too hard, and it's okay really. "Un, deux, trois, quatre, cinq, six, sept, huit", well even I can understand that ;)

Chemistry I took because I could fit it in my schedule, but I'm happy I did take it. Chemistry is the same in every language, H is still väte and E still stands for energy, and the teacher is really good, he reminds me a bit of my father actually. Chemistry used to be my favorite subject but I'll have to admit last year it wasn't.

My two subjects besides french and english for next semester is drama and physics. 

 

The school is nice. It's not as big as Nösnäs, but since everyone (and then I mean everyone) is out in the corridors at the same time, it seems huge. School here is really different. I have all my four subjects every day, but in different orders. There's only four days though. So all mondays isn't jour un, no, sometimes they could be jour deux. I've only had one week so far, but it's a bit confusing really. The most different thing though is the locks. It's these combination locks, first clockwise then counter-clockwise, an extra lap and clockwise again, and you've got to get the right number at once, or you'll have to do it all over again. Not only are these locks hard to open, they also don't have a key. So every now and then I go like "oh no, where did I put my key" and by the time I'm starting to freak out 'cause I can't find them, I realise I don't have any. 

 

(Well I don't understand how to write under the pictures, so I'll just write about them up here...)

The first one is the view from the garden. It's so peaceful out here, and you can see so many stars at night. 

The second one is one of the cows (if you didn't see that...) but I must admit I don't know her name. They all have names though!! 

Och den tredje, den är till dig Anna ;) Deras förra utbytesstudent satte upp den, så den sitter fint på min garderobsdörr.