Thursday, June 9, 2011

I knew this would happen...

I totally lost my momentum.
Voi voi.
Well, I'm too lazy to write what happened over the last month.
I'll just start with today :)
I started helping out at a children's sports camp this week, 10-2 mon -thurs, and it goes for another two weeks.
Hahahaha, thinking back, my first day I went to the wrong camp...
Me being, well me, I rocked up and asked the nearest stranger if they spoke English and where the camp leader was. They asked me if it was some extremely long finnish name, and I just agreed and they took me up to an office in the ice hockey rink. That confused me a little because I was meant to be at an athletic camp. I told them I was there to volunteer and that my host mother had talked to them, they didn't remember anything about that but they said that I could help out with the girls group when they came back from lunch. I helped in the kitchen then went with the girl group. That was pretty awkward. They didn't know why I was there at an ICE HOCKEY AND RINGETTE camp. Hahaha. I didn't even know what ringette was. Gosh.
After about an hour some of the girls tried talking to me, their ages ranged from about 6 to 12. The older ones were willing to try out their English, and I was interrogated thoroughly with questions like 'How old are you?''What are your hobbies?''What do they speak in Australia?'"Do you have a boyfriend?''What sport do you play?' Etcetcetc
It was actually pretty fun trying to communicate with them XD
They were so lovely, I was so sad when I realised I was at the wrong camp because I had made such good friends with them.
Tuesday Wednesday and today I've been at the correct camp and met some really lovely people too. We've been in the sun all day and everyday has been around 26-29 degrees which is seriously hot. I got so badly burnt on my back and legs, but they've gone this magical tan colour that I haven't seen in forever.
I biked with directions from my host mother with my friend to a lovely series of lakes in a place called Masku. It was so beautiful. They had little beaches everywhere and we went to a place I learned today was called the lagoon. Me and Kiwi spent hours just sitting on a rock in the water contemplating life and it's issues and joys. the scenery was so strikingly peaceful and serene. Because it was such a hot day the water was unbelievably refreshing. Little fish came up and kissed our feet - which was fairly daunting considering we didn't know what type of fish they were XD

So anyway, today after the sport camp, my finnish friend invited me to the same place in Masku, and we went there again! It seemed hotter today, and there were at least 100 people on one tiny beach at one lake. There must have been sooo many people all together at those lakes, but it would be hard to tell due to all the trees and hills around them. We went swimming in the lake, which became really really deep in the middle and stood on a really big rock underwater in the middle. Kind of like a resting place coz it was pretty far from the shore, then me and her other friend swam to a nearby bridge, jumped off it and then swam back. It was so lovely.
Now I'm living at my second host family and I think that everything is going so well. Being an exchange student puts you in quite a few awkward situations where you're not sure how to behave or what is expected of you.
Tomorrow I might be going to my host family's summer cottage for the weekend. Super excited :)

That, is all. (actually, not really, but my fingers are tired :P )
Hayley

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