Enticing Deutch Odyssey

After 12 hours of flight, other AFS-ers and i arrived safe and sound in Frankfurt airport... 18th Feb 2006 8am (German time) The volunteers were waiting for us at the arrival terminal then brought us to the waiting lounge to wait for our train.. They prepared drinks n sandwiches.. First culture shock, they dont drink water... They drink carbonated water, some said it tasted like panadol soluble.. so .. :) Boarded the train to Göttingen at 10:30.. Travelled up north west.. Upon reaching the station, i was greeted by my host family's siblings... They were very nice ppl.. Travelled another 1 hour by car to their village (where im living now).. Its called Gittelde.. 2000 inhabitants only.. :S But the surroundings are nice.. mountains.. very impressive... My host parents greeted me at the door then everyone settled down at the dinning table for tea.. Host mother, tina, baked a welcome cake for me.. How sweet..I rested then packed my room... Was still jet lagged, so was pretty tired.. After dinner, went to bed..

19 Feb 2006

The next morning, afer breakfast, tina explained everything bout my stay there.. do's n donts.. etc.. It took up about 2 hours... Hehe.. Heres the nice part.. After that, they brought me to the Hartz (mountain region.. popular in the north west) to sledge.. Was very beautiful indeed.. Had a great time...The mountains covered in snow etc.. Heres another shock, i saw a lady skiing, uphill.. (=.=' sweat) with her husky chained on to her, pulling her uphill... At night, went to an Italian restaurant for dinner.. Ate pizzas.. These ppl really can eat.. Inagine almost 2 large pizzas to yourself.. Aiks.. I ate a quarter half.. the best i could do... The remaining, da bao.. hehe.. apparently its quite common here too...

20 Feb 2006

The first day of school... It was cool.. Joined my host sister's class temporarily as the headmistress wasnt free.. The people were very friendly.. The first lesson i participated in was german class.. They had group discussions.. Topic: The girls are:??? n the guys are:??? Haha.. Very interesting.. I joined the guys group and was blessed to befren a guy by the name patrick as he speaks english well, comparatively.. The guys were saying girls are stupid, throw up faster than guys when they drink, die younger etc... The girls claimed guys are also stupid blah blah..... haha...Many of my classmates were ammuused as i could write n speak chinese.. They were like WOAHHHHH!!! haha... Later on, we were starting to communicate, with a lil german, a lil english, and plenty of hands n feet... Classmates started pointing out which teacher was BABI SIAO, which teacher was play-able, who in class was what.. I like the class... However, i have to change my class as it isnt advisable to join the same class as your host.. in my case, my host sister's class... At night, i tried to come up with chinese names for all of my classmates, but i couldnt haha... Just managed to complete some... Not all! Now i know where i stand in my chinese.. haha... Oh yea, and i have to say, now i know how lili feels.. Here, im small, short etc... sniff.. haha.. sorry lili, welcome me to the gang? Haha!

21 Feb 2006

Gave them their chinese names.. They were impressed! haha... Im blogging frm the school.. Now computer class.. Erm, at home, there is only 100 hours of internet time a month, so i cant use it frequently.. So ply bare with me replying late, but i will reply! :) Will post some pictures later... Gtg.. Chao!