50 dias até Alemanha

Oi gente,

So exactly 50 days ago I posted here for the last time and I'm really sorry for that. I don't have any excuse for that, time is just passing so fast and I couldn't tell anyone where the last few weeks have gone.

So here's a little resume of what happened in the last few weeks:

*My birthday hadn't been exactly the best day of the year because I've been homesick all day. I don't why it was that worse this day, but nothing could make it really better: not having lunch in the city with my friends and not the little party with my family at night.

This was on my birthday :)

*Over Carnival we were at our "Roça" and just relaxed there.

*My host family and I have visited my older host sister two times in Itajubá where she's going university. The city is really calm and beautiful, I liked it a lot. Just the traffic there is more than bad.

*My host uncles bought two horses and I love horses! One of them is really wild and fast, so no one except my host uncle himself can ride it. The other one belongs to my host cousin and is a lot more
calmer, so I got the chance to ride it too.

*I got my Brazilian ID Card and I'm so proud of it :D

Sou brasileira agora :D

*One of the English schools in my city had a little party at St. Patrick's Day and I've been invited to do some propaganda for my organisation AFS because they need new host families. It was a pretty cool evening and the kids have been really nice and interested.

 

A little bit luck is good for everyone

*We had a math project/competition at school. My group had the exercise to play (math) games with 6th year (Ensino Fundamental) and it really went well. We won our part, but all in all the 3rd year (Ensino Médio) won.

Amo vocês!

Amigos ♥

*On the Saturday which was planned to be the day of the math project we got the news that one boy from the 3rd year who had cancer died this day. I haven't known him, but I started crying too because all my friends had been so sad. There have been three days of mourning after that.

*Last week I came down with a really bad cold. I felt really bad, so had to go to the doctor. Thursday afternoon Friday I slept nearly the whole time, but Saturday I've already felt better again. To get a cold here is very easy because of the weather. It's autumn now and so the mornings/nights are really cold, but during the day it's still getting hot. So you never know what clothes to use.
This week it started to rain a lot and it was cold the whole day. Anyway it's really strange, because the chill here is worse for me than the chill in Germany (and it's getting a lot colder there).

Chuva, chuva, chuva

*My first "Bimstre" (part of the school year) 2014 and third overall ended this week. I'm proud because I passed in nearly every subject without getting the "exchange student bonus". Just in História, Filosofia and Literatura I got some points more than I reaches myself.

*Tuesday my last and not even complete "Bimestre" is starting and it's making me really sad. Now that I understand almost everything at school and I really like the most subjects. Just math, physics and chemistry are making me crazy, because we're not allowed to use calculator here, but I'm used to it.

Another exchange student here in Brasil posted this picture on Facebook some days ago. It really made me think about it and for me I'm sure the second one is a lot harder than the first one. I built up a life here in 10 month and soon I'm going to leave it (forever?). And even if I come back some day, I won't be same again. At the moment I'm part of my host family, my circle of friends and my class at school. When I'm coming back I'll just be a visitor.
And that's why I'm getting scared and sad of my return to Germany...
When you decide to go on exchange, you really can't imagine how hard it will be to leave at end (anyway for me).


So I think that's all I have to tell you at the moment. Next weekend we have our (last) AFS weekend in Belo Horizonte. I'm looking forward to it, even it will be the last time I see some of my AFS friends.

Happy Easter, Feliz Páscoa & Frohe Ostern!

Sandra

100 dias até Alemanha! (Em Português)

Oi gente,

Hoje eu vou fazer uma coisa nova: eu escrevo em português. Eu não fiz isso antes, porque meus amigos nas otras partes do mundo não entendem e a tradução de português para inglês ou alemão com Google tradutor é horrivel!

Mas esta nota não é tão importante e é mais para as pessoas eu conheço aqui no Brasil.

Hoje são exactamente 100 dias até eu estarei na Alemanha de novo. Eu não acredito isso! Onde estão os outros 207 dias? O tempo aqui passa tão rapido...

Nos últimos 207 dias conteseu muito, eu não tudo foi perfeito, mas no conjunto foi mais positivo.
Eu já aprendi muitas coisas  e eu acho que eu murdei também. Eu fiz coisas que nunca imaginei e sei alguns assuntos mais claros agora.

E o mais importante: eu encontrei novos amigos e achei uma segunda família.
Meus amigos são os melhores e eu não quero imaginar os últimos seis meses sem eles.
Eles me ajudam com o português e quando eu tive outras problemas.
E claro, eu me diverti muito com eles também!

E a otra parte importante: minha família aqui.
E murdei pra cá espontânea, mas eles me receberam com um parte da família da primeiro momento.
Eu sinto tão bem aqui e sou muito agradecida pra isso, porque eu sei que não é evidente.
Mas minha família não são só meus pais e minhas irmãs, são também todos meus tios, tias, primos e todos os otros membros da família.
Eles são totalmente uma segunda família pra mim. Eu não tenho só um irmão, eu tenho mais três irmãs agora :)

Quando eu volto pra Alemanha, eu vou sentir muito saudade da todas essas pessoas!

An meine Familie und meine Freunde in Deutschland: Ganz viele Grüße und bald bin ich wieder da!:)

Abraços pra todo mundo,

Sandra

Começa do ano letivo & data do retorno pra Alemanha

Oi gente,

So yesterday after over two month my school started again. It was horrible waking up at 6am again, but I looked really forward to go to school again.
This was until I saw my timetable... I've school until seven o'clock in the evening every Monday. 12 hours!!! That's just too much!
(I will never ever say something against school until 5pm in Germany again!)

My time table - not nice!

But it was really nice to see my friends again and some moved to my class now and that's just great. I can't believe I just got 4 month left... They will pass so fast and then I have to leave this all behind. I don't wanna think about this!

My books and my Portuguese periodic table

That's because I got my date for my return to Germany today for sure. It's the 6th of June, one week before the world cup... So I will have to watch it in Germany, not like I expected in the host country :(
I tried to stay longer, but AFS doesn't allow it this year. That's sad, but I can't change it.
But of course I'm also looking forward to see my German family at 7th of June at the airport of Frankfurt.

Two days I ago I completed the half year in Brazil and that's unbelievable! Where did the last six month go?
Time's passing so fast....

I don't have much other news and I don't think it will change soon, because I have my Brazilian everyday life back.

But I'm looking forward to my only Brazilian birthday at the last day of this month :)

Até logo,

Sandra

Momentos especiais

Oi gente,

Hopefully you all had a good start into 2014.
In this post I'm going to tell you about four special events that happened in the last time:

• The graduation of my oldest host sister
• Christmas
• New Year's Eve
• The first birthday of youngest host sister

I'm going to start with the graduations which happened the week after my trip to Foz do Igaçu.
It began with a church service on Tuesday where all the graduates and their families took part.
Going to church here in Brazil is a lot like in Germany, even I just went to catholic churches here and I'm Protestant.

On Friday there was the surrender of the certifications which happened to be a lot like the one in American High School movies.
They also wear these clothes like in the movies and throw the hats into the air at the end of the ceremony.
I loved that because it's a lot more interesting than in Germany. I'm sad I'll never have a graduation like that...

The highlight of all the graduation celebrations this week was the dance on Saturday night. Everybody wore elegant dresses or suits.
The graduates danced waltz with their mums/dads and after that the party started.
Nearly all the people danced and had fun.
It was a great night and I'm really thankful for the opportunity to take part in an event like that.

The week after this it was Christmas.
On the 24th of December we went to one of my host aunts' and spent the evening with all the family there. Of course there was delicious food! :D
Christmas in Brazil begins not until midnight and there's only on public holiday, the 25th of December.
I think Christmas here isn't that important like in other countries in Europe or the United States. A reason for that it's in summer here, I think. But it's a day to spend with the family here too and that's really nice.

Nossa árvore do Natal

New Year's Eve we spend "na Roça" where we had a little party with the whole family and some friends.
There was a big fruit buffet which I really loved! Fruits here are so good, especially the ones like mango or pineapple.
At midnight we had a little firework, but because we were outside the city, it wasn't that big.
All in all it was a calm night, which ended at 1am for me because I had bellyache.

Frutas *-*

My youngest host sister became one year old at the 3th of January and because it was the fourth birthday of one of my host cousins too, there was a big party on the next day.
Children's birthdays are really important here in Brazil.
The party decoration was amazing with lots of balloons, princess dolls, two cakes and lots of other sweets.
The two birthday girls had "Tinker Bell" costumes and looked really sweet.
It was a great evening and I love that I got the possibility to take part, because I already saw photos of parties like that.

So I've still holidays and enjoying the time when i didn't have to get up early because it will start again too soon. But I'm also looking forward to February and the start of the new school year, because then I can see my friends every day again.


One thing that happened one week ago: HALFTIME!!!
I can't believe half of my time here is already over. The time I've been here feels like some weeks, not like 5 MONTH!
In 146 days I'm already going back to Germany... Of course I'm looking forward to see my family and friends again, but I love my life here and it feels so normal to be here, like it has been like that all my life.
But everybody say the second half is the better one, so I'll enjoy the last month here as good as I can.

I'm planning on writing some post about themes like food, the school/university system etc. in the next week. If anyone of you has an idea for it, just write me and I'll look if I can write something about that :)

Até logo, Sandra