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Hello everyone… I hope all is going well for you… I am not sure where to start this report because many things have happened to me since the last time I have spoken to you last… I have recently started to experience Hungary to its fullest… My Hungarian parents help me a great deal by encouraging me and noticing all the positive things that I have excelled in, such as my language skills… I must admit that I am not the best…but I definitely have the motivation to become better… I have only just met and befriended another exchange student who attends my school and who has in recent times transferred into the senior class, the same in which I am apart of. (After having some complications with her original class). We both find that our experiences here are better spent together as we are trying to obtain familiarity with a country, which we once had no knowledge of before… I think that it is important to have another person with you during this experience so that you can obtain a mutual understanding of what is expected of you and also to develop a common idea of how to adjust to the different aspects of a typical Hungarian lifestyle… I realize that in meeting Malissa…I found someone to relate to as well as someone to share an opportunity with that will never be forgotten… We work together as a team, both transforming into people of maturity and of independence… … It’s funny how things alter themselves in such a short time. I say this because I sat in the library today with some classmates and listened to the words and sentences that were muttered amongst them, and I suddenly understood!!! … As many of you have already read in the guest book…I finally saw snow!!! It was the best day of my life and I felt as though I was 8 years old again…my host parents came home one night and called me to the door…saying “snow, snow!!!” I thought they were playing with my mind, but sure enough, there was snow falling…I was so overwhelmed and overjoyed I ran outside in socks, shorts and a sweat shirt…I realized this is not proper winter attire but at that point it didn’t matter so much to me. I am sure that many of you are laughing at me at the moment based on the fact that you have grown up with the blessing of snow, whereas I have only dreamt of it…and has just now became a reality… All the members of my family came over the next day excited for me, asking me of I wanted to play in the snow…which I did…I had too. My host brother and I had a few snowball fights…which was very amusing for me…and occupied my time for very long… … I attended another classical concert at a music hall close to the city where I live. I went with a friend from school and found the evening much to my liking. The performance consisted of the Szombathely orchestra. When ending after two hours, I found myself wishing to see more of it.
Malissa and I joined the gym a few days ago when we
came to an agreement that our ability to resist fatty food is non-existent
as well as our desire to eat healthy. It went well considering I needed
help to get out of bed the next day. I have a funny feeling that we wont
get much accomplished based on the fact that right after our workout we
stuffed our faces with two Hungarian pastries each…which I might add were
heaven sent!!!
Dori and I go to a Disco called ROM CAT quite
often. I think that we always have a great time there. I feel that I can
really display, Bahamian roots there through dancing. The last time we went
to ROM CAT, they had someone playing live drums along with soca and calypso
music. I FELT RIGHT AT HOME… To everyone…I am known as Bahamas…very
frequently at the disco I hear people yelling at me from way across the
dance floor…which I think is fresh (cool)… |