je m'amuse
May. 31st, 2008 01:45 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rubahFirst week done!
I'm glad some of you decided to read the stuff at WILT. I guess I could crosspost them, but then what's the point of having made the blog? anyways, at least that will make it easier to write my report when I get back (for having used my fellowship money on study abroad, they want a 2 page report. On what, I have no idea)
anyways, this is how my days have been going
Wake up about 8:20 or 9:20 depending on if it's MWF (LMV) or TTh (MJ).
Talk to stu before he goes to bed for a little while (this whole being in europe's time zone is just wow, frankly. All my emails come at the wrong times!)
Get dressed, go potty, eat a small petit-déjeuner (chocolate spread has been discovered, I was kinda dismayed when I poured the 'demi crème' (half and half, I think x.x it's definitely not regular lait. they keep it in a cupboard) and it just dissolved. The other american staying with my family was eating some sort of cocoa puffs and it hought this was teh same thing, but nop.
then jeff (pennsylvanian) and I walk the three minutes or so to the bus stop and wait for the 5 bus in the direction of Planoise. (one hour on a bus here is €1,15)
There's another family with study abroad students staying pretty near as I discovered when I found one of them on the bus when we missed the one we usually took (and got us to school ten minutes early)
on mondays, we have two hours of learning with Chakri, and on wednesdays and fridays, with 'Freddy'. Tuesday and Thursday start with an hour of laboratory (computers), then two hours of class. we do things like worksheets and stuff in the classes. It's probably my favorite part.
MWF/LMV has a two hour lunch, TTh/MJ has a one hour lunch. We go back for three hours of laboratory on MWF and two hours of 'atelier' on TTh. The Ateliers are kinda workshops for specific things about learning french. The one I'm in is a writing one, and we've looked at business letters and article writing from notes taken.
On long-lunch days, I usually walk with some of the other arkansans down to the Grande Rue in the Centre-ville to try and find something to eat that doesn't cost $10 a meal. It's pretty hard. I'm getting tired of sandwiches and whatever, but no-one else seems to want to try anything else. I'd like to see what french chinese food is like, but 'that's not why we came to france'
-.-
I also didn't come to france to starve to death on bread! My host mom even agrees with that xD
on short lunch days, I think I'll tend to grab something from the school's cafe on the 5° étage (6th floor)
Then, after school, take the 5 Orchamps bus back to Les Oiseaux and spend a few hours before dinner. I need to start doing my homework before dinner because dinner typically ends after 9PM and by then I need to start considering getting into bedtime mode xD It's really a big change from 5PM dining. I'll think 'oh, I can do this after dinner' or 'Oh we'll be having dinner soon, I shouldn't eat anything' but it's WRONG. I think the earliest we ate was 7:30 when it was just the dad and the kids (last night actually), and he left again right afterwards.
My evenings are usually passed reading the internet and talking to stu <33333333333 that is, I read the internet until stu wakes up xD
I think I'll start with renewed vigor with Harry Potter now that I know the tense it's written in xD That can have a big affect on your comprehension!
This house has so many macs. It's amazing. I'm pretty sure I saw another MBP or maybe a power book when I walked past one of the daughter's rooms. Then there's the big 17in one the mom has, the iMac, the eldest (I think) daughter has an iPhone, the other exchange student has a powerbook. It's just all amazing. The girl I sat next to on the plane had a powerbook! It was the first time I'd seen one. It was so thick compared to the mbp xD
They also have a femme de menage come in on saturdays apparently. I wonder what her name is :o I wonder if she'll want to clean my room ;o it's such a mess. everything's sitting out because I don't really have any drawers xD well there are drawers, but I don't want to disturb the stuff that's inside them.
I also wondered if they'd invite me to lunch this morning. The family is only obligated to provide two meals a day (breakfast and dinner thus far), and I was so hungry this morning that I got really upset and was working hard to stiffle my crying when Manon knocked at the door and said they were about to eat.
Jeff (penn state) had been in his room just a few minutes earlier, and she asked me if I knew where he'd gone and I didn't, so maybe he had the same thoughts and decided to go get something for himself, or more likely he went to play soccer with some locals (he's done that a lot)
But yeah, I have no confidence about anything here. The stress of not being able to express myself and not knowing how to ask or what will happen is definitely taking a toll on me. At least I do know now that Freddy is all too happy to help me with anything french I want to know, and I do feel comfortable enough with the other arkansans and some of the penn state people (I only knew one girl when I came here) to go places with them and just hang out together. That stuff is the hardest really; much harder than missing stu (being able to talk to him online has been so wonderful. If I'm this much of a wreck now, I don't want to think about what it'd be like without having him handy at least part of the day).
I decided to go with people to Paris on the 20th for two nights. I'm sure it will end up being amazing, but I freaked out so much yesterday when i found out how much just the train tickets would cost. (€71) but I'm determined to not be a chickenwuss about this. I also determined I wouldnt be a chickenwuss last night, and I went out with a bunch of people. It ended up being a pretty good time, but I was so freaked out when I was waiting. I hate being in limbo about something.
I'm glad some of you decided to read the stuff at WILT. I guess I could crosspost them, but then what's the point of having made the blog? anyways, at least that will make it easier to write my report when I get back (for having used my fellowship money on study abroad, they want a 2 page report. On what, I have no idea)
anyways, this is how my days have been going
Wake up about 8:20 or 9:20 depending on if it's MWF (LMV) or TTh (MJ).
Talk to stu before he goes to bed for a little while (this whole being in europe's time zone is just wow, frankly. All my emails come at the wrong times!)
Get dressed, go potty, eat a small petit-déjeuner (chocolate spread has been discovered, I was kinda dismayed when I poured the 'demi crème' (half and half, I think x.x it's definitely not regular lait. they keep it in a cupboard) and it just dissolved. The other american staying with my family was eating some sort of cocoa puffs and it hought this was teh same thing, but nop.
then jeff (pennsylvanian) and I walk the three minutes or so to the bus stop and wait for the 5 bus in the direction of Planoise. (one hour on a bus here is €1,15)
There's another family with study abroad students staying pretty near as I discovered when I found one of them on the bus when we missed the one we usually took (and got us to school ten minutes early)
on mondays, we have two hours of learning with Chakri, and on wednesdays and fridays, with 'Freddy'. Tuesday and Thursday start with an hour of laboratory (computers), then two hours of class. we do things like worksheets and stuff in the classes. It's probably my favorite part.
MWF/LMV has a two hour lunch, TTh/MJ has a one hour lunch. We go back for three hours of laboratory on MWF and two hours of 'atelier' on TTh. The Ateliers are kinda workshops for specific things about learning french. The one I'm in is a writing one, and we've looked at business letters and article writing from notes taken.
On long-lunch days, I usually walk with some of the other arkansans down to the Grande Rue in the Centre-ville to try and find something to eat that doesn't cost $10 a meal. It's pretty hard. I'm getting tired of sandwiches and whatever, but no-one else seems to want to try anything else. I'd like to see what french chinese food is like, but 'that's not why we came to france'
-.-
I also didn't come to france to starve to death on bread! My host mom even agrees with that xD
on short lunch days, I think I'll tend to grab something from the school's cafe on the 5° étage (6th floor)
Then, after school, take the 5 Orchamps bus back to Les Oiseaux and spend a few hours before dinner. I need to start doing my homework before dinner because dinner typically ends after 9PM and by then I need to start considering getting into bedtime mode xD It's really a big change from 5PM dining. I'll think 'oh, I can do this after dinner' or 'Oh we'll be having dinner soon, I shouldn't eat anything' but it's WRONG. I think the earliest we ate was 7:30 when it was just the dad and the kids (last night actually), and he left again right afterwards.
My evenings are usually passed reading the internet and talking to stu <33333333333 that is, I read the internet until stu wakes up xD
I think I'll start with renewed vigor with Harry Potter now that I know the tense it's written in xD That can have a big affect on your comprehension!
This house has so many macs. It's amazing. I'm pretty sure I saw another MBP or maybe a power book when I walked past one of the daughter's rooms. Then there's the big 17in one the mom has, the iMac, the eldest (I think) daughter has an iPhone, the other exchange student has a powerbook. It's just all amazing. The girl I sat next to on the plane had a powerbook! It was the first time I'd seen one. It was so thick compared to the mbp xD
They also have a femme de menage come in on saturdays apparently. I wonder what her name is :o I wonder if she'll want to clean my room ;o it's such a mess. everything's sitting out because I don't really have any drawers xD well there are drawers, but I don't want to disturb the stuff that's inside them.
I also wondered if they'd invite me to lunch this morning. The family is only obligated to provide two meals a day (breakfast and dinner thus far), and I was so hungry this morning that I got really upset and was working hard to stiffle my crying when Manon knocked at the door and said they were about to eat.
Jeff (penn state) had been in his room just a few minutes earlier, and she asked me if I knew where he'd gone and I didn't, so maybe he had the same thoughts and decided to go get something for himself, or more likely he went to play soccer with some locals (he's done that a lot)
But yeah, I have no confidence about anything here. The stress of not being able to express myself and not knowing how to ask or what will happen is definitely taking a toll on me. At least I do know now that Freddy is all too happy to help me with anything french I want to know, and I do feel comfortable enough with the other arkansans and some of the penn state people (I only knew one girl when I came here) to go places with them and just hang out together. That stuff is the hardest really; much harder than missing stu (being able to talk to him online has been so wonderful. If I'm this much of a wreck now, I don't want to think about what it'd be like without having him handy at least part of the day).
I decided to go with people to Paris on the 20th for two nights. I'm sure it will end up being amazing, but I freaked out so much yesterday when i found out how much just the train tickets would cost. (€71) but I'm determined to not be a chickenwuss about this. I also determined I wouldnt be a chickenwuss last night, and I went out with a bunch of people. It ended up being a pretty good time, but I was so freaked out when I was waiting. I hate being in limbo about something.
