Yes, as the title already says--I'm back home. I came back 20th June and it's been 3 weeks now. It's great to be home; I missed my family and my friends a lot and it's great to be around them again, but I also miss America a lot. My family there and my friends were and still are very dear to my heart and I try to keep in touch with them as much as possible. It's hard to keep a relationship going on (no matter of what sort) over such a large distance, but thank God there's the internet with MSN, Facebook and most important Skype. Of course it's different to talk via the Internet than to actually hang out with the people but it's better than nothing. I also want to write real letters now, since so few people do that now that there's the internet.
I also wrote a bit last night--not a lot, but it's a start--and I don't know yet where exactly the story is going but it's important for to just write and get back into it. With so much going on in my life I haven't really gotten the time to write anything, but now that I'm home and the coming back frenzy is over, I have the time to write and I'm really excited about this story. I'll also enter a writing contest with the topic "accepted" or "what if?"--the German word is "angenommen" which can mean both. Wish me Luck :)
Dienstag, 14. Juli 2009
Donnerstag, 5. März 2009
Things I have found in the U.S
This is for you Lauri :)
Okaaaayy, so what I found here...
1) Pancakes!! I love pancakes. I could eat them at any time, all the time with everything except syrup. It's just too sweet.
2) Milk Shakes. Strawberry-banana milkshakes are the BEST THING EVER. I wish I could take them home with me.
3) Yellow Schoolbuses--I think I mentioned that already but they still fascinate me. My bus driver is really mean though. She looks like Cruella deVille (right, I never figured that deVille was kind of like "devil")
4) I never figured out that the chocolate bar "Milky Way" showed the real "Milky Way"--In German you called it differently and I just never made the connection.
5) Schools are huuuuge! At least mine. Chorus room, and band room and really big tennis and football and track fields. In Austria my school is really tiny and we have a very, very, very, very tiny soccer "field". It's really small and can't be compared with those here.
6) Extra Credit: In Austria you ask to do something for Extra Credit and you're (most of the time) not allowed to, because you should have done your work. Here, teachers just throw the Extra Credit at you.
7) Art: Art is so big in schools here. Music, Theatre, Painting and writing. I'm learning so much about it here and appreciate it so much more. Especially Music. In Austria you just listen (most of the time) to what is in the charts. Here I got to know and hear really good music, that's not popular in Austria.
8) Soaps: Yes, we do have soaps too, but they're not that big. My favorite soap here is "One Tree Hill" and I'm totally obsessed with it.
9) Going to the Mall: Seems like that's everything I do here. It's crazy. I never was that big of a shopper (at least when I had to pay it myself [g]) but here it just seems kind of what you do. You go to the mall to hang out.
10) Hearing the real voices of actors: That's a great thing. Sometimes I watch movies just to hear what the actors sound like. Oh. British and Scottish are the best (American too! :))
11) Thrift Stores: Never seen them before, but bought like 60 books there. I love them! I wish I could take one home. Also, was so surprised when a friend asked me if I want to go "thrifting" -- or when my hostdad told me what a "bargain" was.
12) School Sports: They seem to be so big here and in my school you're defined by what sport you do. Or if you are in art or something. That was totally new. You're defined by what you like to do.
13) Really embarrassing but anyways: I always thought that Alabama is somewhere near Alaska and not one of the most southern States.
14) I had U.S. History for about five months now, and I learned that there is so much more to U.S. History, but also that some of European churches are older than the American Nation--puts things in perspective.
15) Talking to people you don't know: I still can't make myself to say to someone I don't know "Hey, how's it going" or something like that. I'm really bad at small talk, but here it's just normal to talk to people you don't know. A women started talking to me in the grocery store about milk and what kind of milk her children liked. Took me a long time not just to freeze and stare at random people talking to me.
16) Soda: I never knew that Soda means Coke, Pepsi or anything of that sort. Very embarrassing when I was in a restaurant and the waiter asked me if I wanted a Soda, and I just "No thank you, I'd like a Coke." Our Soda is water with bubbles.
17) How fast you change friends: People are very friendly and open here, but you're not as close to them as you'd be in Europe. Took me a bit not to take that too personal.
18) Teachers talking to you as though they like you. Haha. Just kidding. But teachers really talk to you as if you're their friend not their student.
19) Going to church: I never really went to church and here I visit every Sunday and Wednesday a baptist church. It's interesting to see why people have what believes even if I don't share them.
20) How fast time goes by. I can't believe I've already been here for six months, and there's only 3 and a half to go. It's crazy.
Okaaaayy, so what I found here...
1) Pancakes!! I love pancakes. I could eat them at any time, all the time with everything except syrup. It's just too sweet.
2) Milk Shakes. Strawberry-banana milkshakes are the BEST THING EVER. I wish I could take them home with me.
3) Yellow Schoolbuses--I think I mentioned that already but they still fascinate me. My bus driver is really mean though. She looks like Cruella deVille (right, I never figured that deVille was kind of like "devil")
4) I never figured out that the chocolate bar "Milky Way" showed the real "Milky Way"--In German you called it differently and I just never made the connection.
5) Schools are huuuuge! At least mine. Chorus room, and band room and really big tennis and football and track fields. In Austria my school is really tiny and we have a very, very, very, very tiny soccer "field". It's really small and can't be compared with those here.
6) Extra Credit: In Austria you ask to do something for Extra Credit and you're (most of the time) not allowed to, because you should have done your work. Here, teachers just throw the Extra Credit at you.
7) Art: Art is so big in schools here. Music, Theatre, Painting and writing. I'm learning so much about it here and appreciate it so much more. Especially Music. In Austria you just listen (most of the time) to what is in the charts. Here I got to know and hear really good music, that's not popular in Austria.
8) Soaps: Yes, we do have soaps too, but they're not that big. My favorite soap here is "One Tree Hill" and I'm totally obsessed with it.
9) Going to the Mall: Seems like that's everything I do here. It's crazy. I never was that big of a shopper (at least when I had to pay it myself [g]) but here it just seems kind of what you do. You go to the mall to hang out.
10) Hearing the real voices of actors: That's a great thing. Sometimes I watch movies just to hear what the actors sound like. Oh. British and Scottish are the best (American too! :))
11) Thrift Stores: Never seen them before, but bought like 60 books there. I love them! I wish I could take one home. Also, was so surprised when a friend asked me if I want to go "thrifting" -- or when my hostdad told me what a "bargain" was.
12) School Sports: They seem to be so big here and in my school you're defined by what sport you do. Or if you are in art or something. That was totally new. You're defined by what you like to do.
13) Really embarrassing but anyways: I always thought that Alabama is somewhere near Alaska and not one of the most southern States.
14) I had U.S. History for about five months now, and I learned that there is so much more to U.S. History, but also that some of European churches are older than the American Nation--puts things in perspective.
15) Talking to people you don't know: I still can't make myself to say to someone I don't know "Hey, how's it going" or something like that. I'm really bad at small talk, but here it's just normal to talk to people you don't know. A women started talking to me in the grocery store about milk and what kind of milk her children liked. Took me a long time not just to freeze and stare at random people talking to me.
16) Soda: I never knew that Soda means Coke, Pepsi or anything of that sort. Very embarrassing when I was in a restaurant and the waiter asked me if I wanted a Soda, and I just "No thank you, I'd like a Coke." Our Soda is water with bubbles.
17) How fast you change friends: People are very friendly and open here, but you're not as close to them as you'd be in Europe. Took me a bit not to take that too personal.
18) Teachers talking to you as though they like you. Haha. Just kidding. But teachers really talk to you as if you're their friend not their student.
19) Going to church: I never really went to church and here I visit every Sunday and Wednesday a baptist church. It's interesting to see why people have what believes even if I don't share them.
20) How fast time goes by. I can't believe I've already been here for six months, and there's only 3 and a half to go. It's crazy.
Samstag, 31. Januar 2009
Gedicht
For a contest, I wrote a poem in German. Here it is:
Copyright 2008 Sarah Ducellari
“Magie”
Sieh genau hin.
Sieh die Menschen, die Tiere,
Die Blumen und die Welten.
Sieh das Glueck, die Trauer,
Den Zorn, den Verlust.
Die Traueme, die Wuensche,
Die Sehnsucht und den Verdruss.
Auch wenn du es nicht weisst
Hinter all diesen Dingen,
Verbirgt sich mehr als du meinst.
Denn alles hat Magie in sich,
Sie ist wie ein Gedicht,
Das die Welt zum Strahlen bringt,
Wie die Sonne den Tag beginnt,
Der Mond sie dann zum schlafen bringt,
Und magische Traeume dir schenkt.
Copyright 2008 Sarah Ducellari
“Magie”
Sieh genau hin.
Sieh die Menschen, die Tiere,
Die Blumen und die Welten.
Sieh das Glueck, die Trauer,
Den Zorn, den Verlust.
Die Traueme, die Wuensche,
Die Sehnsucht und den Verdruss.
Auch wenn du es nicht weisst
Hinter all diesen Dingen,
Verbirgt sich mehr als du meinst.
Denn alles hat Magie in sich,
Sie ist wie ein Gedicht,
Das die Welt zum Strahlen bringt,
Wie die Sonne den Tag beginnt,
Der Mond sie dann zum schlafen bringt,
Und magische Traeume dir schenkt.
Mittwoch, 28. Januar 2009
Being busy...
I hate to be too busy for writing, but the last months it happened. I didn't have any time to write anymore. Not on my blog, not on CompuServe, and what was the worst: None of my stories. And I have some great stories in mind.
So, today I told myself that I would make the time, and here I am writing on my blog. Then I started writing my great story in German. I had a prologue and was finishing the first chapter. I re-read it and realized how horrible my German had become. Not only that I wrote in the simplest form and words (I didn't use any beautiful descriptions or anything) but also my Grammar was terrible. I tried to write it in English, but also in English I couldn't find the words I wanted to write a good story. So I stopped. I don't want to write a story if I can't write it with the words I want to.
I'll wait until I'm back in Austria, then I will hundreds of books in German and then I will write my great story. Now I will just outline it, write characters down, and some scene that pop into my mind. I hope it'll work out.
So, today I told myself that I would make the time, and here I am writing on my blog. Then I started writing my great story in German. I had a prologue and was finishing the first chapter. I re-read it and realized how horrible my German had become. Not only that I wrote in the simplest form and words (I didn't use any beautiful descriptions or anything) but also my Grammar was terrible. I tried to write it in English, but also in English I couldn't find the words I wanted to write a good story. So I stopped. I don't want to write a story if I can't write it with the words I want to.
I'll wait until I'm back in Austria, then I will hundreds of books in German and then I will write my great story. Now I will just outline it, write characters down, and some scene that pop into my mind. I hope it'll work out.
Donnerstag, 27. November 2008
Thanksgiving!
It was my first Thanksgiving and I liked it a lot. My hostdad's parents came over and around 1pm we ate our Thanksgiving meal--Turkey, vegetables and some other stuff (I didn't eat the jelly--I don't like sweet things with my not-sweet food) and then the day just went on normally and about an hour ago we put the Christmas Tree up, our stockins (my first one! [g]) and took a lot of funny pictures with our Christmas stuff.
Sonntag, 23. November 2008
Twilight Movie!
OMG! I loved the movie (I saw it twice and I'm going to see it for a third time). It wasn't like the book (a movie is never exactly like the book) but the movie was awesome in it's own way. I don't think you can compare a book to a movie and vice-versa.
Dienstag, 18. November 2008
Introducing Germany!
This week is the week of sharing cultures and different countries with other people and the German exchange student from my school (also a friend of mine) had to do a presentation which should be about 90 minutes long and asked me if I could do it with him.
Yesterday we worked the whole day on it and edited it, went through it, edited it again and tried to make it as good as possible (very, very frustrating but worth it!) and today we had to do the presentation in two classes--tomorrow again in two, and I can't say how much more respect I have now for teachers for talking about 90 minutes and keeping their student's attention.
The presentation went very good. We had a lot of videos and visual things and the students contributed a lot and were interested.
Yesterday we worked the whole day on it and edited it, went through it, edited it again and tried to make it as good as possible (very, very frustrating but worth it!) and today we had to do the presentation in two classes--tomorrow again in two, and I can't say how much more respect I have now for teachers for talking about 90 minutes and keeping their student's attention.
The presentation went very good. We had a lot of videos and visual things and the students contributed a lot and were interested.
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