Thursday, May 17, 2012
Miss Hungary
Hi! So I have less then 11 days to be in Hungary. And as my time here comes to an end, I am having crazy emotions. As much as I have said I can't wait to be home, there are tons of things I am going to miss from here. So this blog will be a list of things I will miss about Elet Szava.
1. Coke made with real sugar.
2. The laughing fits I have with my dorm.
3. Climbing up a whole bunch of furniture every time I want to get into bed.
4. Pogacsa for lunch... and dinner... and breakfast.
5. Sleeping on the couch.
6. Hearing random songs 24/7
7. Noemie's facial expressions.
8. Leaving my Skype open and having Noemie call people.
9. Hearing 13 languages everyday.
10. Tereza's Czech humor.
11. Yelling in the room, but not understanding anything.
12. Puzzles.
13. My blanket.
14. Making bracelets in class.
15. Having my 'job' consist of sitting alone for three hours a week.
16. Doing puzzles by candlelight.
17. Ice cream for 150ft.
18. Having to convert money in my head every time I buy something.
19. Baking every Thursday at Holly's.
20. Having people thank me when I correct their grammar.
21. Dying hair all the time.
22. Learning how much I don't know about the English language.
23. Hearing words with 'h's not having them, and words without them having them. (French people)
24. Late night talks with Noemie.
25. Angela's hugs.
26. Walking to the store.
27.Milka Chocolate
28.Having at least six different countries be within an eight hour drive.
29. Public transportation
30. All the delicious baked products.
31. Reading Hungarian billboards.
32. Using Google Translate all the time.
33. Daniela's continual Skyping.
34. 'BeckyTranslating' things.
35. Delicious pizza for 5 dollars
36. Ultimate Frisbee
37. Tennis on clay courts
And a lot of other things. But thats all for now.
Saturday, March 24, 2012
My 2nd family and 3rd
Hey ya'll, if you are reading this, there is a good chance that we are related, because there are only like 3 people that read this I am not related to, so I just want to say that I love my family, and miss you all a whole bunch, but I wanted to take a few minutes to tell you about my family here. AKA the 5 girls I live with, and Jeff and Holly. And maybe David and Kevin if I have time.
So first off, I live in Nemetorszag dorm, which is Germany in Hungarian. We have one large room that we all sleep in, and live in, and a bathroom with four showers. Its way differnet then anything in the states. It is sometimes the worst thing in the world, but also amazing. I mean who can say they have lived with girls from 4 different countries? Not many. So here is my 'Family'.
Angela is 29 years old and from Brazil. Even though I am the RA, and the 'Mom' of the room, Angela is kind of a mom to us all. She is amazing. Super patient, and has been through way more then any of us, so she always has advice and experience. She makes sure we get stuff done, and over all is awesome.
Daniela is the other Brazilian. She is almost 20 and has the prettiest clothes. Everyday I love what she wears. We have peanut butter sandwich dates, and both work in the library. So she is who I call when I want to do something on Fridays but have to work :)
Teresa is from the Czech. She is 20. She is one of the funniest people I have ever met. And one of the loudest. Like when she is in the room, you know she is there. But overall she is the most inspiring people I know. Coming from where she was, she has grown so much this year. She recently started dating a Hungarian :) Super cute.
Becky is the most recent addition to our room. She was the RA in another dorm, but asked to step down so she could focus on school and other parts of her life. Having her join the dorm has been an amazing blessing. She just turned 20. She grew up here, and speaks fluent Hungarian and English. She is awesome and soooo
much fun!
Noemie is from Quebec. The baby of our family, she is 17, almost 18. Out of all the girls, I think I talk to her most. Because of that, we fight the most, but I love her a lot! She is soooo hyper, especially when you combine her with Becky. She watches scary movies sometimes, and then spends the whole evening scaring the crap out of Becky and I.
We don't have any pictures of our family... because... I don't know why. But we are a pretty bunch. Take my word for it. I don't know what I would do with out them.
So my 3rd Family consists of my mentor, Holly, her husband, Jeff, and the two boys Jeff mentors, David and Kevin. Sometimes it feels like the three of us 'kids' live at Jeff and Holly's house. I make food there at least once a week. I even have my own cabinet of baking stuff :D
This is our family Christmas picture. Kevin is on the far right, the David, then me, then Holly, and Jeff. They are awesome. And I am really going to miss them.
Kevin is 19. He is from Brazil, but his father is American. He is a musical genius, pretty much. He learns to play songs in the piano in 20 minutes from Youtube Videos. Its crazy. He will be attending Liberty University next year.
David is 24. His parents are missionaries in Turkey, and he lived there for 18 year. He already has a degree in Public Health, but is going back to school somewhere in Mississippi next year to be an RN.
Jeff and Holly will be staying here next year. They will both attend classes. Instead of being part of the staff. Really they live in Missouri. I think maybe there will be road trips there in my future.
So those are my families here. I don't know what I would do without them. And leaving is going to be so hard, because I don't know when I will ever see them again. But I am so blessed I got the opportunity to know them.
Now it is time to go play Frisbee, because it is warm now. Bye!
So first off, I live in Nemetorszag dorm, which is Germany in Hungarian. We have one large room that we all sleep in, and live in, and a bathroom with four showers. Its way differnet then anything in the states. It is sometimes the worst thing in the world, but also amazing. I mean who can say they have lived with girls from 4 different countries? Not many. So here is my 'Family'.
Angela is 29 years old and from Brazil. Even though I am the RA, and the 'Mom' of the room, Angela is kind of a mom to us all. She is amazing. Super patient, and has been through way more then any of us, so she always has advice and experience. She makes sure we get stuff done, and over all is awesome.
Daniela is the other Brazilian. She is almost 20 and has the prettiest clothes. Everyday I love what she wears. We have peanut butter sandwich dates, and both work in the library. So she is who I call when I want to do something on Fridays but have to work :)
Teresa is from the Czech. She is 20. She is one of the funniest people I have ever met. And one of the loudest. Like when she is in the room, you know she is there. But overall she is the most inspiring people I know. Coming from where she was, she has grown so much this year. She recently started dating a Hungarian :) Super cute.
much fun!
We don't have any pictures of our family... because... I don't know why. But we are a pretty bunch. Take my word for it. I don't know what I would do with out them.
So my 3rd Family consists of my mentor, Holly, her husband, Jeff, and the two boys Jeff mentors, David and Kevin. Sometimes it feels like the three of us 'kids' live at Jeff and Holly's house. I make food there at least once a week. I even have my own cabinet of baking stuff :D
Kevin is 19. He is from Brazil, but his father is American. He is a musical genius, pretty much. He learns to play songs in the piano in 20 minutes from Youtube Videos. Its crazy. He will be attending Liberty University next year.
David is 24. His parents are missionaries in Turkey, and he lived there for 18 year. He already has a degree in Public Health, but is going back to school somewhere in Mississippi next year to be an RN.
Jeff and Holly will be staying here next year. They will both attend classes. Instead of being part of the staff. Really they live in Missouri. I think maybe there will be road trips there in my future.
So those are my families here. I don't know what I would do without them. And leaving is going to be so hard, because I don't know when I will ever see them again. But I am so blessed I got the opportunity to know them.
Now it is time to go play Frisbee, because it is warm now. Bye!
Sunday, March 11, 2012
Long time no blog
Hey guys, this blog is for Katie Mathena, because she needs more reading material, and I love her. Also I am an awesome procrastinator, and this is a good way to.
Its been a LONG time since my last blog, and there are a few reasons for that. 1) I am lazy. I would rather nap then write a blog. 2) I usually like to have a topic before I start so there is some direction and not just rambling. 3) I really have been busy.
Now I know none of these are really good excuses. But there they are.
Right now I am sitting at a table in my dorm, with my Bible and the Bible Knowledge Commentary open, Raman noodles (Well the Hungarian equalvant(I can't spell that)), my Kokoum cup full of water, my Beetles pencil case, and ginger-lime-mango tea. I should be reading the commentary on Revelation, but instead am doing this. Already have I procrastinated with 9-Gag and Postsecret. And Stumbleupon. Today was scheduled to be my productive day, but that did not work out well.
So I will probably procrastinate till about 10:30, then panic and do everything in half an hour. Thats usually how I work. I have over 60 pages to read by tomorrow night at 8. I am on page 4.
It's been about 20 minutes since I wrote that last sentence, because Stumbleupon gave me Bubbleshooter. And as Josh or Corbin can tell you, after that my attention span is zero.
Once again, like 20 minutes later. And I have moved onto my 2nd cup of tea of the night, but I was too lazy to get up and get my good tea from my desk, so I am drinking the generic kind from our kitchen. It was not in a package, so I have no idea what kind it is. It is just that kind of night.
I lost Bubbleshooter, so this should move a little quicker now. If I can stop being ADHD for a few seconds. According to a quiz on Stumbleupon, I am NOT a psychopath, but you can never trust those online things you know.
My roommate is humming Star Wars under her breath while she studies Greek. Oh the college life.
Now it is almost 2 hours after I started writing this, and I am now on page 7 of my book. This is ridiculous. And this entry is horrible. I am sorry that I dedicated it to you Katie. But now it is going to end, and I promise I will be better about writing more. But you should remind me.
I'm sorry to everyone reading this for how tragic it is. But C'est la vie.
Its been a LONG time since my last blog, and there are a few reasons for that. 1) I am lazy. I would rather nap then write a blog. 2) I usually like to have a topic before I start so there is some direction and not just rambling. 3) I really have been busy.
Now I know none of these are really good excuses. But there they are.
Right now I am sitting at a table in my dorm, with my Bible and the Bible Knowledge Commentary open, Raman noodles (Well the Hungarian equalvant(I can't spell that)), my Kokoum cup full of water, my Beetles pencil case, and ginger-lime-mango tea. I should be reading the commentary on Revelation, but instead am doing this. Already have I procrastinated with 9-Gag and Postsecret. And Stumbleupon. Today was scheduled to be my productive day, but that did not work out well.
So I will probably procrastinate till about 10:30, then panic and do everything in half an hour. Thats usually how I work. I have over 60 pages to read by tomorrow night at 8. I am on page 4.
It's been about 20 minutes since I wrote that last sentence, because Stumbleupon gave me Bubbleshooter. And as Josh or Corbin can tell you, after that my attention span is zero.
Once again, like 20 minutes later. And I have moved onto my 2nd cup of tea of the night, but I was too lazy to get up and get my good tea from my desk, so I am drinking the generic kind from our kitchen. It was not in a package, so I have no idea what kind it is. It is just that kind of night.
I lost Bubbleshooter, so this should move a little quicker now. If I can stop being ADHD for a few seconds. According to a quiz on Stumbleupon, I am NOT a psychopath, but you can never trust those online things you know.
My roommate is humming Star Wars under her breath while she studies Greek. Oh the college life.
Now it is almost 2 hours after I started writing this, and I am now on page 7 of my book. This is ridiculous. And this entry is horrible. I am sorry that I dedicated it to you Katie. But now it is going to end, and I promise I will be better about writing more. But you should remind me.
I'm sorry to everyone reading this for how tragic it is. But C'est la vie.
Saturday, January 7, 2012
Indianapolis Airport Gate B9
Well here I am again, back where this whole thing started. About to head back to start my second semester of school. Joy. If you cannot tell. I am not very happy about this whole thing. I have little to no desire to return, and have spent the last three days crying. So this is kind of my distraction from thinking about it. This post will probably be really random. And maybe get boring. So be warned.
The guy who was sitting four seats away from me inthe terminal just walked away. And left his unopened diet coke on the floor. But took everything else. I am very tempted to go take it. I need caffeine. But going on a hunt to find a vending machine while carrying my two back packs does not sound pleasant. But I cannot leave my backpacks. Because on of them holds two laptops and a kindle. (Geoff, as you are the only one from Hungary who reads this, it is not yours. Yours is in my checked bag.) So I am caffeineless till I go through so much withdrawal I NEED it.
You know what is over kill? Earbud packaging. Like seriously? Do they really need to be sealed into their package? I have no idea why it is necessary. I mean They are a tiny little package. Its not like someone would take them out of the package before they stole them. And it makes them really difficult to open in an airport terminal when you don't have scissors. (That's my problem at the moment). But they are super cute, and obnoxious lime green. So they are totally worth it.
The End. I need to focus on getting these airbuds out of the package. Talk to you from NYC Next. (Maybe sooner)
<3
UPDATE: The man with the coke is back :( too bad
The guy who was sitting four seats away from me inthe terminal just walked away. And left his unopened diet coke on the floor. But took everything else. I am very tempted to go take it. I need caffeine. But going on a hunt to find a vending machine while carrying my two back packs does not sound pleasant. But I cannot leave my backpacks. Because on of them holds two laptops and a kindle. (Geoff, as you are the only one from Hungary who reads this, it is not yours. Yours is in my checked bag.) So I am caffeineless till I go through so much withdrawal I NEED it.
You know what is over kill? Earbud packaging. Like seriously? Do they really need to be sealed into their package? I have no idea why it is necessary. I mean They are a tiny little package. Its not like someone would take them out of the package before they stole them. And it makes them really difficult to open in an airport terminal when you don't have scissors. (That's my problem at the moment). But they are super cute, and obnoxious lime green. So they are totally worth it.
The End. I need to focus on getting these airbuds out of the package. Talk to you from NYC Next. (Maybe sooner)
<3
UPDATE: The man with the coke is back :( too bad
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