Yesterday, all the inbound and outbound Adelaide exchange students had to go to a briefing weekend. Apart from the fact that we had to get there at 8.30, it was good fun! All these kids from places like Waikerie, Port Lincoln and Alice Springs (...yes. Alice Springs.) had left home in the middle of the night to make their way to Belair. Pure insanity!
It was so much fun to meet all these kids that had been on exchange, were currently on exchange and would be going on exchange soon. It was sort of like watching the various states of evolution from monkey to man all standing together in a room and drinking coffee. There were a lot of really interesting people there and a lot of really interesting conversations ...especially about sexual harassment and its badness. If you've ever seen an older man trying to demonstrate if someone wants you in the pants by sitting next to a teenage girl and acting like he wanted her in the pants then you'll know what I'm talking about. If you haven't, then you've missed out on one of the awkward situations ever and I can't help but feel happy for you.
I met a girl called Trephina who knows my Auntie's sister because she was her temporary Rotary counselor. It's a random connection between two people, but good enough to base a day of hanging out together on. Trephina's going to Finland, so we'll be Scandinavia buddies! I also met a boy called Ben who is going to have a lot of fun in Japan being a ranga. Apparently, they will stroke his hair even if they don't know him because of the red rarity of it (???).
I also met another person who I'm still excited about (even though I met her about 24 hours ago) :-) Her name's Ingrid and she's on exchange in Adelaide at the moment. She also happens to be from Norway and I'm going to be living with her and her family for a few months next year! I've added her and her family on Facebook and we've started talking to eachother.
Not much else to share...
I have lots of homework and I also need to fill out my Norwegian Visa application, so I'm going to end this with a "God morgen!"
Love, Caity.
