Tuesday, April 29, 2014
Sunday, April 6, 2014
Ich hab mein Herz in Heidelberg verloren...
Once upon a time a seemingly awkward 18 year old girl out of a small town in the heart of the United States moved to Old Germany for a year. She had dreams of learning a new language and meeting new people but ultimately she dreamed of a year in another land. (The fact that school wasn't very important was just a perk.) She had already spent 200+ days in Germany when her Host Mom took her away for a weekend to a strange city called "Heidelberg." The girl liked the city so much she never wanted to leave. She even thought she could study there if her real mom would listen to fact and reason....
These pictures are my facts and reasons..
The End
TSCHÜSS
Thursday, March 27, 2014
How To Know If You're German
I have survived. Two-hundred days that is, and because of this I think I can finally shine the light on a serious issue: "How to know if you're German" If you answer yes to the following questions contact your doctor, dentist, family members and loved ones. This is a serious issue and many families suffer every year. Educate yourself before it's too late. THIS DOESN'T HAVE TO BE YOU!
1) Do you buy your bread from a bakery instead of the grocery store?
2) Do you buy bread at least four to five times a week?
3) Do you know of at least 40+ bread types and which is your favorite?
4) Do you only see your nations flag when the world cup comes around every four years?
5) Do you have six different trash cans in one room that are each used to recycle different materials?
6) Has it been months since you last had meat that has come from a cow?
1) Do you buy your bread from a bakery instead of the grocery store?
2) Do you buy bread at least four to five times a week?
3) Do you know of at least 40+ bread types and which is your favorite?
4) Do you only see your nations flag when the world cup comes around every four years?
5) Do you have six different trash cans in one room that are each used to recycle different materials?
6) Has it been months since you last had meat that has come from a cow?
7) Do you and almost every person you know smoke cigarettes?
8) You don't say "cheers" you "PROST!"?
9) Have you seen "Dinner For One" on New Years Eve every year since it was created?
10) Did you sacrifice two or three years of your youth to learn for the ABI?
11) You have heard of more Fußball teams than the amount of brain cells you have?
12) Is everything you eat "gesund?"
13) Can you survive a conversation with only the words: ja, ach so, and genau?
14) You haven't stepped out of your bed with out a precociously executed plan of your day in your entire life?
15) You know what a Radler is and you love it?
16) Do you drink an Apfelsaftschorle at least five times a week?
17) You can not have a car and get everywhere you need to go by bus, bike, foot or train?
18) Do you have "house" shoes and "outdoor" shoes and respect the difference between the two?
19) Does the ceiling in the upstairs rooms of your house slant downward?
20) Can you open all of your windows in two different directions?
21) You consider this normal during February:
22) Can you name multiple types of sausages of the top of your head?
23) You respect the butter pretzel?
24) Christmas markets are a big deal, and must include Glühwein?
IF YOU CAN ANSWER YES TO THE MAJORITY OF THESE QUESTIONS SEEK HELP IMMEDIATELY!
TSCHÜSSSSS
Sunday, March 16, 2014
Low Key Update.
I feel like I need to have a random post just updating the world on all the new things that have been going on in my life. (In no particular order.) So here we go:
1. I got my flight information for coming home. I leave from Frankfurt, Germany at 10:45 AM on the 5th of July and arrive in New York City on the 5th at 1 PM.
2. The week of the 21-27th of April I'll be spending a week with my best friend and sister, June, in Norway.
3. I got a new tattoo.
4. Started gauging my left ear lobe... We'll see how this goes.
5. I will officially be attending Augustana College next year in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. I'm going in undecided because who knows what they want to do with their lives at 19!
6. I went for a bike ride the other day and took lots of artsy pics...
1. I got my flight information for coming home. I leave from Frankfurt, Germany at 10:45 AM on the 5th of July and arrive in New York City on the 5th at 1 PM.
2. The week of the 21-27th of April I'll be spending a week with my best friend and sister, June, in Norway.
3. I got a new tattoo.
4. Started gauging my left ear lobe... We'll see how this goes.
5. I will officially be attending Augustana College next year in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. I'm going in undecided because who knows what they want to do with their lives at 19!
6. I went for a bike ride the other day and took lots of artsy pics...
7. My best friend Haley taught me never to trust chocolate chip cookies... lol
8. I found canned cheese and root beer in Germany.. which basically means I can stay here and be content.
9. My parents are coming in June to visit me. :)
anyways now you know!
Tchüss
Thursday, February 20, 2014
How To Survive German Public Transportation
You can go to Germany and beat public transportation, or you can walk home. Germans were trained a at very young age how to triumph in a battle versus urban transportation and therefore catching up to lifers is no easy task. Lucky for you though, after almost 6 months in Germany and given my amazing observational skills and street smarts, I have mastered the art in 1/18 of the time a normal German probably takes. So I am here help you, because I am the most qualified. (Also you are just an average peasant and need my awesome advice and skills.) This is, 'How to Survive German Public Transportation':
1. Types of Transportation: The first thing you need to realize is that there are more than one option for getting from place to place. Theres the S-bahn, L-bahn, the U-bahn and the T-bahn. There are also buses.
2. How to get a ticket: Next you need figure out where you can acquire your ticket. On the buses the driver sells you the ticket. Or if you're like me you'll already have a bus card cause your special and the world loves you.
3. Attention: You always must be watching for when your bus/train comes. This is because you need to be one of the first people on the bus/train so you can get a "cool" seat, cause if you're late and you don't get a "cool" seat what are people going to think of you, ya know. (The back of the bus is still where it's at.)
4. The Eyes: NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO NEVER BREAK EYE CONTACT! This one is important, the whole entire train or bus ride you must always be looking someone directly in the eyes. It's like saying "Hey, we're riding this bus/train and we are both going some where, I'm probably going somewhere better than you, but hey we are in this together now, ya know. Like we just got on this bus/train and we're like connected now, ya know, like we understand each other." Just whatever you do don't look out the window or at your phone.
5. Anatomy: Now you also need to freshen up your memory on the body parts. More specifically speaking the elbow. Once you have located the elbows on each arm you are going to want to make a 90 degree angle at your elbows and practice swinging randomly in areas around you. I can't explain why this is important but you will find out when the time comes.
6. STOP: On all of the buses there are little red buttons with 'STOP' printed on them. These are used for when someone on the bus breaks eye contact. This is very important because when the person breaks eye contact you MUST press the STOP button so he/she can be properly removed from the vehicle.
7. Snap a picture: The final step to having a successful bus/train ride is to always snap a picture! (Just don't break eye contact.)
1. Types of Transportation: The first thing you need to realize is that there are more than one option for getting from place to place. Theres the S-bahn, L-bahn, the U-bahn and the T-bahn. There are also buses.
2. How to get a ticket: Next you need figure out where you can acquire your ticket. On the buses the driver sells you the ticket. Or if you're like me you'll already have a bus card cause your special and the world loves you.
3. Attention: You always must be watching for when your bus/train comes. This is because you need to be one of the first people on the bus/train so you can get a "cool" seat, cause if you're late and you don't get a "cool" seat what are people going to think of you, ya know. (The back of the bus is still where it's at.)
4. The Eyes: NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO NEVER BREAK EYE CONTACT! This one is important, the whole entire train or bus ride you must always be looking someone directly in the eyes. It's like saying "Hey, we're riding this bus/train and we are both going some where, I'm probably going somewhere better than you, but hey we are in this together now, ya know. Like we just got on this bus/train and we're like connected now, ya know, like we understand each other." Just whatever you do don't look out the window or at your phone.
5. Anatomy: Now you also need to freshen up your memory on the body parts. More specifically speaking the elbow. Once you have located the elbows on each arm you are going to want to make a 90 degree angle at your elbows and practice swinging randomly in areas around you. I can't explain why this is important but you will find out when the time comes.
6. STOP: On all of the buses there are little red buttons with 'STOP' printed on them. These are used for when someone on the bus breaks eye contact. This is very important because when the person breaks eye contact you MUST press the STOP button so he/she can be properly removed from the vehicle.
7. Snap a picture: The final step to having a successful bus/train ride is to always snap a picture! (Just don't break eye contact.)
Swagyyyyyyyyyy
Like I said you can beat public transportation or you can walk home.
Tschüss
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Saturday, February 1, 2014
How To Survive Halfway Camp
As an exchange student you are forced to participate in "Camps." The super "fun" games and activities that we do at these camps range from trying to eat crackers as fast as you can to sitting in a quiet room and talking about your feelings. In fact pretty much the majority of the weekend you are forced to talk about your feelings. So it's no wonder why you may need a survival guide to get you through these weekends.
1. Excuses: Your going to want to have a lot of these. They can range from fake doctors notes, to simply saying something might make you throw up. For example, "Sorry I can't play duck duck goose today I have a note from my doctor forbidding me from running in small circles" or "Yea I would tell you about my feelings but I might throw up."
2. Drawing Skills: It's super important that you practice your drawing skills before the weekend because you never know when your going to be asked to draw a picture of your host family and it'd be a real shame if your stick figures were poorly drawn.
3. Whitty Remarks: There is never not a good time to use whitty remarks, but they will certainly come in handy at any camp. For example they asked us to write down things we are afraid:
1. Excuses: Your going to want to have a lot of these. They can range from fake doctors notes, to simply saying something might make you throw up. For example, "Sorry I can't play duck duck goose today I have a note from my doctor forbidding me from running in small circles" or "Yea I would tell you about my feelings but I might throw up."
2. Drawing Skills: It's super important that you practice your drawing skills before the weekend because you never know when your going to be asked to draw a picture of your host family and it'd be a real shame if your stick figures were poorly drawn.
3. Whitty Remarks: There is never not a good time to use whitty remarks, but they will certainly come in handy at any camp. For example they asked us to write down things we are afraid:
4. Booze: This should almost be obvious. In order to survive all the excitement of camp it is most certain you will need some help from you good friends Tequila, Vodka or Rum. Or Hungarian Schnapps..
And of course some good friends...
5. Food: Even though they feed you 3 or 4 times a day at camp it is still extremely important that you know where you can get food at all times.
AND THE LAST THING IS TO ALWAYS TAKE A SHIT LOAD OF PICTURES!!!
Me and my nigga Zey!!
Hangze and Adrian
Me, Koon, Ice, and Val
Me and Luis
How adorable.. Hangze and David
OHH asians!
Burning the list of things we're afraid of. (On top of a trashcan we threw our alcohol away in.)
I was attempting to learn Chinese
LOL Zey and me
Tchüss Fuckers
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