We go to school at 7:50 am and I have a clase, then a break for 20 minutes and this repeats. (We have 1 hour for lunch) My clases include linguaje (Spanish for Spanish), math, chem, biology, english, religion, philosophy, and music. On Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday, school finishes at 4:20 pm. On Wednesday, school finishes at 3:20 pm and on Friday, at 2pm. The dias are long but with the recesses, they aren't terrible. Also, we don't have much homework, only one thing most of the days, if any. I can understand more in my classes like biology because the words can be only about this class. Then, I don't need to think of all the words in the world. Also, many words in English are very close to the words in Spanish, a little different in pronounciation or accents, but it spells similar.
La gente aquí son muy agradable. Pienso que aquí, he dado a personas más besos en sies días, que yo he dado en mi vida. El saludo es "hola!", entonces besamos en la mejilla. Todo la gente, esto inclue los profesores! Explique a una de mis compañeros cómo es diferente de los EEUU y ella estuvo sorprendida.
The people here are very friendly. I think that here, I have given to people, more kisses in 6 days than I have in my life. The greeting as well as goodbye are followed by a kiss on the cheek. Everyone, this includes the teachers! I explained to a classmate how it is different in the US and she was suprised.
Me ha preguntado si yo conocí Dracula. jaja Es porque Pennsylvania sona como Transylvania. En la clase de íngles, cuando estamos bueno, cantamos una canción y escribimos los letras.
Escuchábamos a Justin Bieber, "Never say Never", 8 veces!! Una cosa más, una pregunta popular es, "tienes un pololo?" Todo el mundo me pregunta este.
I have been asked if I know Dracula. haha It's because Pennsylvania sounds like Transylvania. In English class, when we are good, we sing a song and fill in the lyrics. We listened to Justin Bieber, "Never say Never", 8 times!! One more thing, a popular question is, "Do you have a boyfriend?" All the world has asked me this.
En mi casa, durante la semana, tenemos una persona como una criada. Ella cocina, limpia, lava los ropas para nosotros. Es muy agadable y alguno día, le quiere trabajar en los EEUU y estudiar en una universidad. No necesito hacer quehaceres...es raro.
In my house, during the week, we have a person like a house keeper. SHe cooks, cleans, and washes the clothes for us. SHe is very nice and someday, wants to work in the US and study in a university. I don't have to do chores...it's wierd.
Fortuito, pero interesante, es que en cartas, the ace se llama as en español. Pronuncia como "ass". Cuando estamos jugando cartas, es cómico para mi. The suit se llama la pinta.
Random, but interesting, is that in cards, the ace is called as in Spanish. It is pronounced like "ass". When we are palying cards, its funny for me. The suit is called la pinta.
Ahora, la mayor parte del tiempo, no puedo entender muchas palabras pero puedo oír una palabra solo en las frases. Cuando voy a dormir, es defícil a dormirme porque estoy pensando en español pero no sé mucho y repito las fraces muchas veces y me molesto. Pero es un parte más, acerca del sueño español. Y algunas cosas son más facil y más normal para decir en español ahora. Cuando voy a hablar en íngles a una chica del intercambio que no entiendo español, no estoy pensando y empiezo con palabras español.
Now, most of the time, I can't understand many words but I can hear individual words in phrases. When I go to sleep, it hard to fall asleep because I am thinking in Spanish but I don't know much and I repeat the phrases many times and it bothers me. But it is one part more, closer to the dream in spanish. And, some things are easier and more normal to say in spanish now. When I go to speak in English to an exchange girl that doesn't understand Spanish, I'm not thinking and I start with Spanish words.
El jueves pasado, mis compañeras y yo estábamos hablando de sushi y los tipos. Dije que tenemos sushi que es hizo con patas...pero patas son feet! jaja mi primer error grande! (es sushi con papas...potatoes)
Estoy aprendiendo a jugar voleibol porque no se tiene un equiop de fútbol para mujeres, solamente para los hombres. Saltamos mucho, como plyometrics, y es defícil pero bueno.
Estoy cansada más y más cada día porque es mucho trabajo para aprender y entender.
This past Thurday, my classmates and I were talking about sushi and the types. I said that we have sushi that is made with pata...but pata are feet! haha My first big error! (It's sushi with papas...potatoes)
I'm learning to play volleyball because they don't have a girl's soccer team, only for the guys. We jump a lot, like plyometrics, and it's hard but good.
I am more and more tired each day because its a lot of work to learn and understand.
El viernes, mi mama chilena y hermana chilena y yo fuimos al centro comercial (mall). Compré pilas para mi camera. El edificio está grande con diferente tiendas pero tiene mucho de las cosas como Sketchers y otras coasa al mismo también.
Friday, my Chilean mom and Chilean sister and I went to the mall. I bought bateries for my camera. The building is big with different stors but has many of the same things like Sketchers too.
Ayer, yo y otras personas de Rotary construimos una casa en Talagante para una familia del terremoto. Yo tenía mucho divertido, conocí dos otros estudiantes del intercambio y otros chicos, y hablamos mucho.
Yesterday, Other people and I built a house in Talagante for a family of the earthquake. I had a lot of fun, met two other exchange students and other kids, and we talked a lot.
El grupo y la familia:
The group and the family:
Antes:
Before:
Durante:
During:
Más fotos de mi año está aquí:
More photos of my year are here:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=165475&id=1388515239&l=e02f5bf2ca
Que bueno =]
Somos orgulloso de ti. -Patt y Kutztown Rotary
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