¡No puedo creer que ya han pasado más de 3 meses desde que salí de República Dominicana e inicié esta extraordinaria aventura de AFS!
¡He estado tan ocupada que este último mes parece haber pasado en una semana!
Mejor comienzo donde los deje la ultima vez: el final de mis vacaciones. ¡Esos días libres fueron muy divertidos! El tiempo estuvo delicioso, los días cálidos y yo pasé momentos asombrosos. El último sábado de mis vacaciones fui a Waiheke con varios amigos. Waiheke es una pequeña isla en los alrededores de Auckland adonde se llega por ferry en unos 20 minutos. Una amiga de la escuela tiene una casa de vacaciones allí así que decidimos pasar el día en la playa. Fue el dia mas soleado de las vacaciones.
Cuando llegamos fuimos a comprar algo de comida al supermercado para hacer unas tortillas que nos quedaron deliciosas y que acompañamos con guacamole, frijoles y limonada. ¡Fue el mejor almuerzo! Luego nos fuimos a caminar por la playa y hasta algunos valientes nos atrevimos a nadar en el agua helada. En un área de juegos para niños estuvimos dando vueltas rapidísimo en esos aparatos tan locos y divertidos que hay en esos lugares. ¡Era soooo dizzy! ¡Hizo tanto sol que aunque no lo crean conseguí un ligero bronceado! Por la noche pasamos un rato chulísimo donde una de las chicas del grupo. ¡En resumen que ese fue el mejor dia de las vacaciones!
Con la vuelta a clases ha vuelto también la rutina. Pero menos mal que se terminaron las vacaciones porque se me fue un poco la mano y gasté más dinero de la cuenta. Ahora ando super ocupada con la escuela y ya no tengo tanto tiempo para andar dando vueltas por ahí. Ya tenemos los exámenes encima y para mis amigos el tiempo sólo alcanza para estudiar. Claro que me las he arreglado para hacer algunas cosas entretenidas: Fuimos a jugar “pool” un viernes en la noche con un grupo de mi clase. Éramos un verdadero desastre jugando pero lo pasamos de lo mejor ya que como el lugar era agradable y había buena música, nos divertimos muchísimo. También visité el museo de Auckland con Georgina, mi amiga. Es tan grande que recorrerlo entero nos tomó todo el día. No sólo fue divertido sino que aprendí bastante acerca de la cultura y la historia de Nueva Zelanda, la geología y la fauna y la cultura maorí. El enorme edificio donde está ubicado es precioso. Esa noche, con todas las mujeres de mi familia, Karen, Georgia, Michelle (tía), Phoebe (prima), Nana (abuela) fuimos al ballet clásico a ver a una presentación impresionante de Cenicienta. ¡Los bailarines eran excelentes, la música encantadora, y el vestuario realmente muy hermoso! Simplemente grandioso.
Lo más difícil esta última semana fue hacer un discurso para la asamblea. La asamblea es como una reunión en el auditorio de la escuela. Es con los alumnos de los 3 ultimos anos. En el esenario se sientan la directora y los prefectos. Hay generalmente un discurso o cantamos la canción de la escuela. Todo es super formal. La directora me pidió que fuera y que hablara de mi país y de mi experiencia hasta ahora. Esto era realmente asustadizo. El auditorio estaba totalmente lleno, alrededor 900 estudiantes, más profesores. Cuando finalmente me paré, el corazón me latía tan fuerte que creí que se me iba a salir del pecho y se me quedó la mente en blanco, como si se me hubieran olvidado todas las palabras.
Pero había preparado una sorpresa, algo que nadie esperaba. Controlé mi nerviosismo y saqué un plátano que tenía escondido en el podium. Sí, UN PLÁTANO. Y déjenme decirles que me cercioré de escoger el plátano más grande que pude encontrar en uno de los mercados especiales que hay en Auckland. La cosa era enorme, medía como 40 centímetros de largo y 4 centímetros de ancho. Era definitivamente el plátano más grande que cualquier persona en mi escuela había visto nunca. La respuesta fue un "ohhh" como un clamor, seguida de una grandísima carcajada general. ¡Realmente me la lucí! Ahora todos me hacen bromas con lo del plátano y me han bautizado con un nuevo apodo: la chica platano. El discurso lo filmaron así que les prometo que tan
pronto lo tenga, lo pondré en el blog.
Bueno, ya ven, encontré plátanos aquí y yo, que nunca en mi vida había preparado mangú (puré de plátanos) ahora lo hice aquí y me quedó bastante bueno. Estoy muy orgullosa de mí. Espero que les haya gustado el resumen de lo que he estado haciendo
por aquí las últimas semanas. Déjenme sus comentarios porque de verdad los aprecio y me satisface leerlos y saber de ustedes. Pronto bajaré algunas fotos nuevas.
Los quiero
Chica Platano
I made this blog so that everyone could know a little of how things are going for me in New Zealand. I hope you like it!
lunes, 29 de octubre de 2007
miércoles, 24 de octubre de 2007
3 MONTHS!!!!!!!
I can't believe it has now been over 3 months since I left the Dominican Republic to start my AFS adventure! I have been so busy later that a month seems to have passed in a week!
Lets start from where I last left you: the end of my holidays. Holidays were going so great! The weather was great, the days were warm, I was having an amazing time. On my last Saturday of holidays I went to Waiheke with some friends. Waiheke is a little island in the Auckland area. You get there by ferry in about 20 minutes. A friend from school had a bach there so we would be spending the day in the beach :D. It was a beautiful day! So sunny and warm! When we got there we went to the supermarket and baught food to make tortillas. Once in the bach we set up to make lemonade, guacamole and beans. We had the greatest lunch ever! It was just delecious! We then took a walk to the beach and some of us even dared swim in the frozen water! We went to a kids sand play ground and turned really really fast in one of the weirds turning things you find there. It was soooo dizzying! The day was so great I even got a tan! That night we went to one of the girls house and had a nice get together. It was the perfect last day of holidays!
Back to school again life came back to a routine. This was rather good because I found myself spending so much money during the holidays! Days were now pretty busy with school so there wasn't much time to hang out. Besides with exams getting close everyone seems to have no time but to study. Nevertheless I've still been doing some fun things.
I went to play pool on a friday night with some friends. It was pretty cool. We were really bad but the place was nice and the music was great so it was heaps of fun. I also went to the Auckland museum with Georgina. It is such a big museum it took us a hole day to walk by it. It was still pretty fun. I learned lots about Maori culture, New Zealand history,geology and fauna. All in a beautiful gigantic building.
I also had an all girls night out with my host family. Karen, Georgia, Michelle (aunt), Phoebe (cousin), Nana (grandma) and I went to the ballet to see Cinderella. It was an awesome performance. The dancers were great, and the music was lovely, and the costumes were beautiful! It was simply great.
This last week I had to do a speech for Assembly. Assembly is like a reunion at school were all of the last 3 years sit in the hall and the head boys and girls and the principal take the stage and there's usually a speech or we sing the school song. It is all pretty formal. The principal asked me to go on stage and talk about my country and my experience so far. This was really scary. The hall was completely full, around 900 students, plus teachers. When I was sitting there I was dying of nerves. When I was finally introduced and got to the podium my heart was beating really fast and I couldn't find the words. But I had prepared a surprise, something no one was expecting. So out of the blue I pulled out a plantain from the podium. Yes a plantain, and let me say I made sure to take one of the biggest plantain I could find, because you can find them here in some secluded markets. The thing was like 40 cm long and 4 cm wide. It was definitively the biggest banana anyone in school had ever seen. Everyone said "ohhh" and then laughed so hard. It really made my day! Now evryone is making banana jokes and my new nickname is banana girl. The speech was filmed so when I get it I'll post it here.
So yes, I found some plantain here. I, who had never prepared mangu (mashed plantain) back home have now made it here and let me say it was pretty good. I am very proud of myself.
So that's a bit of what I've been up to these last days. Hope you enjoyed my summary! Please leave some comments because I do appreciate reading them. I'll upload pictures soon.
Cheers
Banana Girl
Lets start from where I last left you: the end of my holidays. Holidays were going so great! The weather was great, the days were warm, I was having an amazing time. On my last Saturday of holidays I went to Waiheke with some friends. Waiheke is a little island in the Auckland area. You get there by ferry in about 20 minutes. A friend from school had a bach there so we would be spending the day in the beach :D. It was a beautiful day! So sunny and warm! When we got there we went to the supermarket and baught food to make tortillas. Once in the bach we set up to make lemonade, guacamole and beans. We had the greatest lunch ever! It was just delecious! We then took a walk to the beach and some of us even dared swim in the frozen water! We went to a kids sand play ground and turned really really fast in one of the weirds turning things you find there. It was soooo dizzying! The day was so great I even got a tan! That night we went to one of the girls house and had a nice get together. It was the perfect last day of holidays!
Back to school again life came back to a routine. This was rather good because I found myself spending so much money during the holidays! Days were now pretty busy with school so there wasn't much time to hang out. Besides with exams getting close everyone seems to have no time but to study. Nevertheless I've still been doing some fun things.
I went to play pool on a friday night with some friends. It was pretty cool. We were really bad but the place was nice and the music was great so it was heaps of fun. I also went to the Auckland museum with Georgina. It is such a big museum it took us a hole day to walk by it. It was still pretty fun. I learned lots about Maori culture, New Zealand history,geology and fauna. All in a beautiful gigantic building.
I also had an all girls night out with my host family. Karen, Georgia, Michelle (aunt), Phoebe (cousin), Nana (grandma) and I went to the ballet to see Cinderella. It was an awesome performance. The dancers were great, and the music was lovely, and the costumes were beautiful! It was simply great.
This last week I had to do a speech for Assembly. Assembly is like a reunion at school were all of the last 3 years sit in the hall and the head boys and girls and the principal take the stage and there's usually a speech or we sing the school song. It is all pretty formal. The principal asked me to go on stage and talk about my country and my experience so far. This was really scary. The hall was completely full, around 900 students, plus teachers. When I was sitting there I was dying of nerves. When I was finally introduced and got to the podium my heart was beating really fast and I couldn't find the words. But I had prepared a surprise, something no one was expecting. So out of the blue I pulled out a plantain from the podium. Yes a plantain, and let me say I made sure to take one of the biggest plantain I could find, because you can find them here in some secluded markets. The thing was like 40 cm long and 4 cm wide. It was definitively the biggest banana anyone in school had ever seen. Everyone said "ohhh" and then laughed so hard. It really made my day! Now evryone is making banana jokes and my new nickname is banana girl. The speech was filmed so when I get it I'll post it here.
So yes, I found some plantain here. I, who had never prepared mangu (mashed plantain) back home have now made it here and let me say it was pretty good. I am very proud of myself.
So that's a bit of what I've been up to these last days. Hope you enjoyed my summary! Please leave some comments because I do appreciate reading them. I'll upload pictures soon.
Cheers
Banana Girl
miércoles, 10 de octubre de 2007
Stupid ALL BLACKS
This last week has been the most depressive week in the world. Everyone is talking about one thing and onthing only: the terrible result of the All Blacks. NZ was sure that this year was their year: the best team, ranked number one, the best coach, the world cup's favourite... yet the worst result NZ has EVER gotten in the rugby world cup. Some blame i on the referee (bad calls!!!!Whats up wih that yellow card???), some blame it on the stupid french that darkened their shirts so that the All Blacks couldn't play in all black (scared french, they were just scared, their blue is not that dark!!!) but the truth is that it was a lousy game! I mean they could have done better!!!!!!
Anyway, everyone here is sad and disappointed...
Now the really bad ALL BLACKS jokes thet everyone is saying:
-What is the difference between the ALL BLACKS and a tea bag?
That the tea bag stays in the cup longer...
-What is the difference between the ALL BLACKS and god?
That god doesn't think he's the ALL BLACKS.....
Anyway, everyone here is sad and disappointed...
Now the really bad ALL BLACKS jokes thet everyone is saying:
-What is the difference between the ALL BLACKS and a tea bag?
That the tea bag stays in the cup longer...
-What is the difference between the ALL BLACKS and god?
That god doesn't think he's the ALL BLACKS.....
domingo, 7 de octubre de 2007
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