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Monday, May 16, 2005

12th May 2005
I got up and went to school. Then I went to band and got my French Horn, which I already love.
Today at recess Raechel went to Mrs Gardner with some forms to fill out, and she had to get photos as well, which I had been doing at the time, so everyone was kind of suss about that. It didn’t help that Nikki overheard Mr Kwan talking about the "exchange" in the middle of the Science Competition yesterday, which, I might add, the room was silent. I told her when I was walking home with her not to tell anyone else what she heard, and she promised me she wouldn’t, and she hasn’t. Anyway, what still puzzles me is how he knows about it, because I specifically asked Mrs Gardner not to tell anyone. So, in maths they were talking and apparently came to the conclusion that I was going on exchange or getting a sex "exchange". I don’t know how or why they thought of the latter.
Then when art came I was sitting alone with Nikki in the front room. She asked me what was going on and somehow I just started talking. I told her that there is an 80% chance I’m going. She asked me when-I told her in July and she looked horrified. Then where and I said Germany and she, well, I don’t know. So Nikki probably knows the jist of it, but no one else does. I was going to tell them at lunch-since they basically worked it out for themselves, but I didn’t get the chance.
So I’m thinking maybe next week; when all becomes clearer.

14th May 2005
Today I had my "interview" with the Student Exchange person from Canberra. It was so weird. I had no idea what to expect. I had to go to hockey that morning, as I do every other Saturday morning, and I got back at about 12:30, the YFU person coming at 1:30.
When I got home I had to clean up the house, well, just the upstairs bit, which was really annoying, but I also decided to clean up my room while I was going.
Then I had a shower and got ready. At about 1:45 (she was running late) the person arrived at my door. I had no idea what to expect, so we went upstairs and we sat down.
She asked me a whole heap of questions, which I found incredibly mentally challenging, not just because of my lack of mental ability, because they were just bloody hard questions!
She asked things like, what appeals most to you about school, Which school do you go to, how would your best friend describe you, why did you choose to become an exchange student, what worries you the most, what have you done to get rid of these worries, what I am interested in and if I had any preferences for host family placements, as in age, children’s age, place in the country etc. Wow, that was a really hard interview!
Then Mum and Dad came up and started asking questions. It got kind of ridiculous by about 3pm, when I felt that the same things were being said over and over again, mostly the lady repeating herself. Anyways, it seemed like she wanted to talk more about her own kids anyway. Then she left, and I ate some lunch, because I was really hungry.

Ok, so that's up to date, well, not really, it's upto Saturday, now all I have to do is keep up to date with this and it will be all sweet!

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I'm beginning to feel like a Star Wars movie with all these titles.


6th May 2005
Dad picked me up from school and said that there was no mail for me, even though there was, because he knew I was waiting for it. I walked in and walked to the table and saw it and was like, yes, this is happening.
Anyway, basically I have to fill in some information about me, about what I do, write my host family a letter, get a health and dental checkup, get my year adviser to fill in some info about me and give them a transcript and agree to a whole lot of stuff.
Anyway, I’m going to shorten this because I have written quite a lot on the first 4 days, and I haven’t been accepted. Imagine what my entries will be like when I finally do go!

9th May 2005
My friends are still hassling me, trying to figure out what I’m doing. Tina guessed that I’m going on exchange but I denied it. I have good reasons too! I gave Mrs Gardner the things she had to fill out and told her not to tell anyone. So that’s the end of this chapter.


10th May 2005
Today I went to school for band, I play the clarinet, and then left and went around running errands for going away. I signed out at about 10:20am and then went home and dropped off my clarinet, then I went to Kippax and got my bank statement and talked to someone at the bank about the easiest option of getting money over in Germany. Then Mum and I went to the post office and got passport application forms, then we sat around, got some food and then we went to the doctor. We had an appointment at 11:45, but they were about an hour late, so in I went, very ate and bored of sitting around. The doctor was really nice. Because I had never been to the doctor before she basically asked me outright all the questions that the doctor was supposed to answer, all of them bring no anyway (which would explain why I haven’t been to the doctor).
Then she gave me a needle, that was cool, I watched her make it up then I looked away while she did it, coz I really don’t like seeing them going in, its gross.
Then when that finished we went to Mayne to see if I could get a test for another thing, but they didn’t have it there, they had to order it in, so we went to Subway and got some lunch, finally. It was about 2:15 by then, so I went to one of those photo booths in the mall, got my passport photo, which turned out really bad, then I went and bought a film and got some more passport photos from the chemist.
I went home. Really interesting day!

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3rd May 2005
Today I was reading the brochure about the YFU program in class, trying to decide on the country I wanted to go to, as Juan told me to email him and tell him my country preferences, to see if the country would accept me. My friends saw it and asked me what it was. I told them that it was something and that it was none of their business, but they kept on hassling me.
I told them that when I made my decision about it I would tell them what was going on. And so I will.
Anyway, I got home from Canberra Youth Theatre, and decided that I wanted to go to Germany. Second Preference, Canada, third, Netherlands. So I e-mailed Juan, saying that, and then I watched the O.C and went to sleep.
4th May 2005
Today I went to the athletics carnival, so my friends couldn’t hassle me about what the envelope was, thank god. It gets really annoying after a while, but I’m still going to hold out, and not tell them till its all final.
I got home and decided to go on the Internet, just to see if maybe there was an e-mail. I got on to msn, "No email messages." My heart sunk, I was really downheartened. I talked to Lor and someone else, I’ve forgotten who it was, and posted on JAF for about 10 minutes, when I looked back up to see if I had another message yet. And I did.
My heart started beating faster and I got really excited. Then I saw who it was from. The message thingy said, YFU-URGENT, and I got really ecstatic. Then I opened it and just stopped breathing. I didn’t read half the email.
What it said was that Germany accepted me and that he was trying to get through to me on the phone and that we would have to rush my application through if I still wanted to go.
Well, that pretty much sums it up.
I called him, and said yes, I still want to go, he said he would express post me the admissions packet, and I sent him the application form, and then it was two days before I would get the admissions packet.

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2nd May 2005
Today, after work, when I was getting some food just before going to debating, at about 7pm, Mum rang up my Dad. I was eating my Ali Baba kebab very happily when Dad passed over the phone. I thought Mum would want to talk to me about boring unimportant things, like she normally does, but today was different. She was like "Juan rang today" Now, you must understand, she was saying Juan like it was Kwan, so I had no idea who she was talking about. "Who?" "Juan" Again, it sounded like Kwan, and I was standing there trying to figure out why my science teacher was calling me at that hour of the night. "Who’s that" "Juan, from YFU." Oh, I finally got it. "What did he want?" I was so not ready for this answer.
"Well, he rang up to see if you were still interested in going on exchange." "Yeah, but it’s too late for this year, and I don’t want to go next year coz it’ll bugger up my college education" "He said its not too late, You can still go this year"
This is where I stopped eating and started crying, well, not really crying, but I was so excited, I couldn’t talk for a second and couldn’t breathe properly. I was so so excited. This was amazing! I was walking around Manuka, wearing my work uniform, and eating Ali Baba while talking on the phone, and sounding excited about it. What were the unfortunate passers by to think of that?
Well, then, after a whole lot of conversation with Mum, which ended with dad’s phone cutting out, like it always does, I went to debating. I decided not to tell anyone about it, because I wasn’t sure if I wanted to go, or that I was going at all.
I know now.

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Sunday, May 15, 2005

Hey everyone.
My name Is Vera. Ok, so most of you here probably already know that, but those of you that don't, well, good luck. I Really don't know what to tell you. Ok, I am 14, turning 15 on June 3rd.
I have two brothers and one sister, the latter having moved out of home. I also live in Australia.
I go to High School and quite soon I am, maybe, going on exchange to Germany.
Basically, thats why I created this blog. I thought it would be cool to have "My Diary as an Exchange Student" on the net. Mostly so my family and friends could check up on what I've been doing (or not).
But also partly so anyone else random could see what it's REALLY like to be an Exchange Student. None of those lies, just pure, unadulterated truth. That's what you'll get. And, if it does not happen, well, first of all, bummer, damn it, but second, I do have an interesting life, you may be surprised though.
So, I play hockey, for two teams currently, club and a rep team, but I will probably have to give it up. I also play the clarinet and just started the French Horn, which I love doing. I might sound like a geek, but I swear I'm not, I am also on the SRC, mainly for their camp that they have at the beginning of the year, and the school debating team, just because i love arguing with people. (It's so fun to see people confused)
I dunno what else, I am really looking forward to people actually reading this, so please do, I promise it will get more interesting as we go along.
Vera

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