Museu

We went to a Museum today!!!! It was a really cool museum. I don't remember what it is called, but it was a science Museum. My favorite part was the physics exhibit. It had all of these experiments to show you how physics worked. Like there was this one room where everything was slanted to the left, but they had a ball, and it was rolling the other direction! I didn't understand why that happed but it was cool! Also, I got shocked by this electrical thing. It actually kind of hurt hahaha. There were so many cool things that this would be a really long blog if I explained it all so I will stop there. After the Museum we went to eat pizza at a friends house. It is strange cause they like cut their pizza when they eat it. Like I don't mind I am able to cut a pizza, but it takes so long!!! Also, once you get to the crust I just want to pick it up because it is harder to cut!!!! Aaaa o well I will get over it.  

Clube

So, today was a really good day. I went to this club it is like the YMCA, that is where I play volleyball. Afterwards though I stayed with some girls, and we just hung out!!! O it was so much fun!!! I don't even know what we did really, but I can't wait to see them again. I hope we could all hang out again sometime!!!! I keep getting yelled at here for liking Palmeiras haha everyone tells me to like Sao Paulo. (for those of you how don't know these are soccer teams). But my family are Palmeiras so I have to cheer for them ya know!! haha I can't wait for the World Cup to start it will be quite interesting.

German festival

Guys I just hit 1,000 page views. That is a lot I don't even know who reads these, but it is people from all over the world so yayyyy. lol. Today I went to a German Festival. It was so cute it was 4th graders, and they were singing in German, and dancing. But, I was kind of scared these 9 or 10 year olds were walking around with candles inside these paper bag things :O. I do not trust little kids with that. One even caught on fire, then they started jumping up and down with it. Yikes o well the school is still there so that is a good thing. O then I got really confused cause the band started playing, but it was a song form Les Mis. Like I didn't mind I love Les Mis, but I was confused cause Les Mis is about the French, and it was a German party. O well. O I ate this really good egg thing today for lunch!!! Once again I am cold!!!! Please warm up eu nao gosto!!!!!!

Voleibol

Today during school I had another test. It was in geography, but someone helped me with it which was amazing cause trust me doing that test would have taken me 3 days to do if I didn't have help. Also, today I started playing volleyball at a local club. The club is like the YMCA it is really nice. I liked playing volleyball today I kind of missed it to be honest. The coach said he liked me too, which is amazing!!! It is nice having something to do now lol. Two girls I already knew that I met at Giulia's going away party play there too!! They are really nice I like them!! :) Wow these are getting shorter and shorter seems that things are started to relax a little in my life. Hmmm I guess we will have to see if that is a good thing or a bad thing. Tchau

Rotary International President

Today at my Rotary club Gary Huang came!! He is the 2014-2015 International Rotary President!!!! Weird part is I saw him at my Rotary meeting in Grand Rapids, Michigan, so I talked to him about that a little bit. From my last blog I said he was American, but no he is not. He is actually from Taiwan. O so great to meet him, and what a small world that I saw him in Grand Rapids; so the chances of him coming to my Rotary club in Brasil is just insane!!!!

Rotary meeting

Oi!! Sorry I haven't posted in a while. This weekend I went to a Rotary conference in Magic City!! Magic City is a water park, so we got to go swimming. Even though it was cold it was still tons of fun. Everyone there is soooo nice I love them!! A thing that sucked though is on Friday when we got there I was was feeling terrible. I could hardly stand up without collapsing. So I went to bed really early, so I missed some pins being exchanged, and meeting people. But it was all good the other girl from United States told people to save some for me, because I was in my room not feeling well. Which, was really nice of her to do. The good part is I felt a ton better the next day. The whole conference was about us meeting with Rotex, which is a group of past Rotary exchange students. Weird part is a girl I meet in my Grand Rapids meeting was there!!!! I already knew she was going to be there, but still it was awesome to see her again. This meeting also made me think of the inbounds, and outbounds from district 6250. I miss everyone soooo much!!!! No one can understand the friendship, and bond we all made, and what we only saw each other 4 times. I think we need to have a district 6250 reunion some day haha.

Enough about my Rotary now to the daily life stuff. Giulia left on Friday :( sad day I miss her!! I wasn't able to go to the airport to say goodbye cause I had to go to my exchange meeting, but I took the day off of school to hang out with her a little bit. I think she likes her family too, which is a good thing! She also started cross country lol ahh can't wait to see how that went. Today I had an english test (yes), but wait half of it was in Portuguese....... yeah I don't know; at least the teacher translated it for me. O guess what I get to do tomorrow...... no you guessed wrong. The Rotary International President is coming to my host Rotary club!!!!!! Ahhhhhhhh so excited!!!!! I can't remember if he is this years president or next years president, but I don't care!!! Best part is he is American too!! So we can bond together lol. My host mom will be translating stuff for him. Can you imagine that is amazing!!! I am going to wear my blazer tomorrow at the meeting. Yayyy go Rotary!!! Whew I think that is it have a good night everyone! Sleep tight don't let the bed bugs bite :)

Restaurante

So that awkward moment when you try to say pare (stop), but you end up saying perry (as in the platypus)............. yeah I was close. Also, that confusing moment when you go to a Japanese restaurant, but are reading Portuguese, while speaking Portugish (Portuguese and English).Yeah well, we went to a Japanese restaurant today. It was a different one from the first time, but it had like the same exact food. It was good, I am just not really used to sushi, but like I said in my last Japanese restaurant blog I liked the fried sushi, and the salmon. Also, I watched this really sad movie today :( It was called Olga. It is a Brazilian movie, so it was in Portuguese, but I some how understood everything that was happening. It was a about a girl who was a communist, and married like the head communist guy, but they eventually got caught and thrown into jail. This is all happening during World War 2, and this Olga girl is a jew, and since the President of Brasil didn't like here she sent her to Germany. O it gets better, then she has a baby!!!! But, once the baby got older they took it away from her (thank god it went to some people she knew), but she then got sent to a concentration camp. Then she freaking died :O just no no no no it was horrible. Such a good movie, but horrible; since it was based on a true story. It kind of reminded me of Schindler's List.  Just to remind you that this is all in Portuguese too, so I am quite proud of my self for understanding all of this. Well that is enough for today tchau!!

pedicures

When you have to write half a page about your self in Portuguese<<<<. O my god that was so hard!!! My brain hurt so much afterwards, but it was really helpful to help me learn. Hopefully the teacher doesn't correct my grammar cause that would be just mean, since well I don't know any of the grammar.

Today Giulia and I went to go get pedicures, and manicures!!! It was a lot of fun. I love getting my nails done it feels so good, but getting your nails done is different here. In United States when you get a pedicure you put your feet in water then they work on your feet, but here you get put your feet up on their lap. They do the same exact things to your feet just that your foot is on their lap. At first it felt really weird like my leg was shaking so much; then the lady said just relax and I did and it felt like how it is usually done.

O my I need to stop eating!!! The food here is soooo good and my host family just keeps offering me more and more food!!! If I keep this up they will have to roll me on the plane back home hahaha. Well I am also in this thinking of one side of me says don't eat any more you are going to get fat; then the other side (the exchange side) says eat eat eat you want to roll back home as a ball!!!! Usually the exchange side wins ;) But I do miss going for runs, or walks around my neighborhood. It feels nice to get exercise, to be alone, and clear your mind. But I just don't think it is safe to really go for a run here, and I would probably get terribly lost lol. Well my food baby and I are going to go to bed. Boa noite Tchau beijos xoxoxox.

test :/

I had test for real today. You know you are screwed when you look at your geometry test and are not even sure where you should put your name haha. O well I also had a grammar test, which the teacher helped me a lot with even though I only finished three questions. Had another Rotary meeting tonight, and I have one this weekend where I get to meet all of the inbounds!!!! So excited well I am going to bed since it is late and I have to wake up at 6 tchau!!  

test??

So today in Biology we were I think we took a test, but apparently it was not a test so I am quite confused about it. Anyways, we were dong a Biology game on the I pads and I had done a level in Portuguese and I just completely sucked at it. But, once I got back on the home screen there was an option to switch to English!!! Which of course I did, and since it was Biology and I just took that class I did really well on it!!! It felt nice feeling kind of smart again. You know that feeling in school when you actually know something or remember something using your brain. Yeah haven't really had that feeling in a while. Which, is a weird feeling not being able to help out when we are doing homework in a group. I actually feel bad about it sometimes lol. In United States I was pretty smart at school, and not knowing anything here just kind of sucks lol. O well only 5 more months until I will understand!!! haha Boa noite!!!

Festa!!!

My morning started out with us going to an antique fair. It is on the street, and people sell old stuff. I got a bracelet like the snap bracelet's that go on your wrist that says Brasil. I haven't seen one of these since I played with it at Grandma Grace's house when Dylan was being born. O speaking of Dylan he broke his wrist (face palm) by falling off a tree. Poor thing :( I skyped him today I hope I made him feel better I heard he was pretty sad. For lunch today I had the best thing in the world. It was this Italian pasta, with cheese that kind of made an alfredo sauce ooooo I swear this is the best thing I have ever eaten I love it soooo much!!!! Today we also had Giulia's surprise going away party!!! It was so sweet a lot of people were there!! I met some kids from Rotex. They were very nice, and I loved talking to them. I sometimes feel bad though when people are telling a story in Portuguese then I am the only one who doesn't understand, so they repeat it in English; then I am the only one awkwardly laughing lol. O well I will get there!!! :) before you know it I will be speaking fluently :) Well that was all for this eventful day. Tomorrow I have to go back to school :( I think this week is test week too yikes this maybe interesting..... well tchau!!!  

loco dirigindo

O I have been meaning to make a blog about this, but I just keep for getting. Driving here is insane. Like motor cyles don't have to be in the lane with the cars they do what ever they want. For example they drive between the cars, and they go really fast. Also I think some times when we are driving I am not sure we are even in a lane I think we kind of make our own lane haha. Lastly, the word stop is not really in their driving vocabulary haha. It is probably just really bad cause it is a big city, but still it is insane. O I also have another food confession I love pineapple here!!!! O meu deus it is soooooo good!!!! it is juicy, sweet, and not out of a can ;). Nothing really exciting happened today. I watched Charlie St. Cloud (in Portuguese), and Hunger Games. Then we went to a birthday party of someones. They had a band, but it was all in Portuguese so I didn't know any of the songs, but they were a really good band :). Well that is really it for today tchau for now :)

Pizza

Hello international readers and welcome to my blog lol. Today I didn't do much. I went to school, and I had an english class yayyy!!!!! Hahaha, it feels nice to have a little break from Portuguese. My friends at school are so nice. We had to read these conversations in English, and when we were done they would translate it to Portuguese and make me say it to them. They really are helpful when it comes to school. Like helping me with stuff when I am just staring blankly into space. Well since I have finished my first week of school some may ask what is it like, or what have you learned. To answer your first question imagine staring at a blank wall for 6 hours that is basically what school is like in another language. I might as well be starting at a blank wall cause I am no idea what they are writing on the board. To answer you second question I have learned how to pronounce Palestinos in Portuguese......... well it's a start right?

After school Giulia and I went to to the mall. Haha it was a fun time I decided that when I come home I will probably be broke cause I am going to buy so much clothes!! Everything is so cute here. Then we went out for Pizza at Charlie's. You know like Charlie Chaplin. O it was sooooo good!!! My favorite was the chocolate with strawberry's pizza ooooooo sooo good! This place reminded me of Pizza Doctors (if you know what this place is) only their pizza's are more fancy. These people come around with different pizza's and you can either try it or say no. But yeah definitely a place I will have to go back too :) Well that's all for now até amanhã!

Frio!!!!!

It is sooooo cold here!!!! I thought Brasil was suppose to be hot!!!! But the good thing is this only lasts for like a week or so, but the bad part about that is since this only happens a little it no one bothers to buy heat. So, I am walking around the house in a blanket, and 2 sweatshirts on and pants. Ahh it sucks. Pe wasn't that bad it was hardly even PE haha. Half the people didn't even do anything. I played volleyball with some people, which was tons of fun. I had Giulia watch Mean Girls today haha. I told her thats not what high school is really like, but some things were like how different groups are separated in the lunch room. I always think that part is pretty accurate. During school today my Geography teacher had me pronounce some words that were on the board, and when I was done everyone started clapping hahaha. It was so funny kind of made my day. Well that's all for now Tchau!

Amigos!!

Ok to start off my blog I have a confession to make. Now listen cause this maybe the last time you hear this from me. Ok here it goes....... I love rice. I don't know why but the rice here is sooooo good!!!! I eat it everyday for lunch and dinner. oooo just so good. ok next on my blog agenda sorry I didn't post anything last night I had a Rotary meeting and got back at like 11 so I just wanted to sleep. But the Rotary meeting was soooo awesome. Everyone was so nice and welcoming. I had to give a speech :/ o meu deus I didn't know I had to give a speech I just stood there blank it was soo embarrassing haha but it was all in Portuguese (the 2 sentences I said) so it is a start right.

Ok so now for what happened today. School was amazing!! Everyone is so nice I even started to make friends!!! You know how I know this?? They gave me some of their food. The true testimony of friendship. O they love glee, and this one girl loves pandas!!! It's just perfect. haha I love my geography teacher! He is so funny, and nice! Everyone here writes in cursive so to help me out he started writing in normal writing, haha but then he made me speak it which I probably butchered but o well. O speaking of butchering words thank you so much for who ever sits behind me in redação class for not making me read. I don't know what your name is but thank you. Honestly if I had to read we would have been there all day haha.

I Skyped with Mom, Dill, and Tipper (o and I saw Dylan's friend Nick for a little bit) today. It was nice to see them. I miss everyone, but also I am having an amazing time here in Brasil. But also I am scared to Skype back home sometimes, because maybe it will trigger that culture shock thing people have been telling me about since September of 2012, when I signed up to attend the interviews to become an Exchange student. Wow time fly's. Well sorry this was so long was in a typing mood. I was practicing Portuguese basically all afternoon, so I think my brain needed a little English. Well I am going to head to bed soon, guess who gets to have PE at 7 in the morning tomorrow -_- yayyyy ( I said sarcastically) aw well maybe it won't be that bad. Ok Boa Noite! Beijos xoxo

Escola

You have not understood the meaning of difficult until you have taken a Biology class.... in Portuguese. And to top it off the teacher wrote in cursive so not only could I not understand what it was saying, but also I could not read it if my life depended on it haha. I was literally writing gibberish. A o well the people were very nice according o Giulia lol. Giulia came to school with me today to help translate because well I don' know Portuguese. It was very nice having her there with me today it made it less scary. I am still a little scared though; I don't think anyone speaks very good English. Which is fine cause I should know Portuguese anyways, but it makes it harder to make friends since I can't really have a conversation with them. But I think they will help me a lot (from what I can tell). They already invited me to be in their group for a project. Brazilian school is very different. First, the classes don't change just then teachers. So, you are with the same people the whole time which would be nice to see other people more so I can get to know more people, but this way is nice too. O btw my english teacher looks exactly like the girl from grown ups. It is the old lady who Rob Schneider marry's. It is hilarious. 

Giulia's friend Letícia came over today. We just hung around, and they played music on the guitar. It was really cool, and fun! I taught Giulia some knock knock jokes today cause she didn't know what they were. She loved the interrupting banana one my uncle Jim made up. Well I have another early morning tomorrow so I am going to go to sleep. Boa noite!!!!! Beijos xoxo 

Churrasco

Today I ate a lot lol. I had my first Brazilian churrasco (barbecue) O it was soooo good. My dad would be soo jealous on all the meat I had. I don't think I have eaten that much red meat in my life!! Everything was seasoned perfectly, and just oooo sooo good. Also I had this chick candy things. They were yellow and looked like a chick. They had sugar all over them oooo they were delicious!!! Well I start school tomorrow yikes :/ really nervous wish me luck. Tchau!!!

Parque!!!!

Ahhhhhh I had an amazing day today!!! Me Giulia, Paula, and Renato went to ibiraquera park. It is huge, and sooo pretty!!! It kind of reminded how Central Park would look, or how I imagine it would look considering I have not been there yet. Well we had some interesting things happen at the park. We saw all of these people dressed in black and orange (reminded me of people at West Salem's football game during homecoming lol) but these people were holding swords, and shields. So, Giulia went to go ask what was going on and this girls exact words (in a way) "It is a meeting of the half-blood gods"from Percy Jackson. So what do we do.... we take pictures with them haha. I mean this was insane people were fighting, and everyone was completely serious. They had war paint on their face!!!! Then they would run screaming at the other team. I think they were trying to get the other peoples flags, but I don't know I have never seen Percy Jackson. Hahaha I seriously laughed so hard. I really like it here in Brasil!!! My family is sooo nice! I already feel like I am part of the family, and I have only been here for 3 days! Haha everyone is so crazy I love it! Also, I think I am starting to get this whole when you meet someone you kiss them on the cheek thing. Giulia went to a party for when you turn 15. O my it is like homecoming or prom! This party is huge apparently like 300 people were going to be there! She was all dressed up like she was going to homecoming. I thought that was neat looked like it would be fun! Hopefully I will get to go to one sometime! Well tchau tchau for now I get my first Brazilian barbecue tomorrow sooo excited!!!!!! Tchau!

Food!!!

Oi! Well considering on my last blog I said I am tired, but it translated to English as I am married I will now be writing these in English until I know Portuguese a little better! Today was an amazing day! I went to Giulia's school. It was huge o my. While she went to go take a test I hung out with her friends, and we went to history class.... I think. Well it was all in Portuguese so I didn't understand a thing, but it is good it helps me learn how to pronounce things, and I learned a few words along the way. O by the way I loveeeeeee bife o my mouth waters just thinking about it!!! It is beef but it is fried so good! For dinner we went to a Japanese restaurant. I surprisingly really liked the salmon. It was cooked, but I don't know why I liked it so much must have been the seasoning. Also tried sushi and of course what does the American like the most....... the deep fried sushi. Wow that made me feel hungry; thats must be a good thing! Well that is all for today tchau tchau!!!

Chegada!!!

Wow I really don't know what just happened. Um minuto meu amigos estão na minha casa dezendo tchau and the next eu estou here after meu primeiro dia em Brasil. Sim, Eu vou falar português e inglês. Meu último dia em estados unidos fui triste, mas it got better. While, espera para meu vôo para São Paulo eu met an estudante de intercâmbio named Matt. Ele viveu em Denver, Colorada, and was going back to Brasil. I swear the entire country of Brasil met meu at o aeroporto. Minha casa esta muito bonita!!!! Eu estou quite proud of myself eu did most of this without Google Translate!! Também hoje eu como bife, pizza, e sweet pizza with chocolate e bannas!!!! Eu fui para a minha escola. All and all was a pretty bom dia. Well eu estou casada. Boa noite!!!! Beijos xoxo