28/10/2013

TRUNK OR TREAT

Dansk: Halloween nærmer sig, og man kan virkelig mærke det på stemningen. Det er helt vildt så meget Amerikanerne går op i denne højtid. Hvis du går en tur i kvarteret hvor jeg bor kan du se flere huse som er fyldt til randen med halloween dekorationer så det kvarte ville være rigeligt. De har flere traditioner omkring halloween, og noget de gør meget her i området er "trunk or treat"hvilket går ud på at der er en masse biler som pynter deres bagagerum op som diverse temaer og deler slik ud til de små børn. Hold op det var underligt, men virkelig sjovt at se. Kys herfra!

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English: Halloween is coming up and you can really feel it on the atmosphere. The Americans are crazy about halloween and if you take a walk through the neighborhood where I live, you will see several houses decorated to the very most (actually so much that it is too much). They have a bunch of different halloween traditions and one of them in this area is something called "Trunk or treat". The point of this is that a lot of cars decorate their trunk with a theme and gives candy to the small kids. It is really wierd, but a great experience. Kisses from here!

19/10/2013

PUMPKIN CARVING

Dansk: Hvert år holder min værtsfamilie en græskar-skære konkurrence og chili cook-off, og dette år blev dagen idag. Vi havde egentlig ikke så travlt med madlavning, rengøring osv. for det var udenfor og folk medbragte chili til aftensmad, så vi lagde egentlig bare have til. Det var super hyggeligt, og jeg blev dejlig mæt efter at have smagt hver og en af chili gryderne (der var heldigvis "kun" 4). Efter mad startede vi bål op, og lavede s'mores (kiks, skumfidus og chokolade), men jeg var så mæt at jeg ikke fik smagt dem. Vi stemte på det bedste græskar og den bedste chili og vinderen fik en lille præmie (jeg vandt desværre ikke, men var nu meget godt tilfreds alligevel. Kys herfra.

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English: Every year my host family is having a pumpkin carving contest and chili cook-off, so that was what I used today for. We were actually not really stressed about getting ready for having people over because we didn't have to think about food or cleaning since it was outside and people brought chili. It was really fun, and I had a lot of lovely chili so I'm not going to bed hungry today - that's for sure. After dinner we started a bonfire and people made s'mores and had dessert around the fire. We voted for best pumpkin and best chili, and even though my pumpkin didn't get first place I was still pretty satisfied with my work. Kisses from here.

14/10/2013

MY NEW HOME

Dansk: Jeg har boet i mit nye hjem i Bristow i over en måned nu, og det er gået op for mig at jeg ikke har givet en opdatering omkring hvordan jeg bor, så her har I en opdatering. Jeg bor I et super dejligt kvarter med masser af store flotte huse og grønne haver. Mit hus er dejligt stort med plads til alle (jeg har faktisk glemt at inkludere kælderen i videoen), og jeg er super glad for at være her. Min værtsfamilie er super hjælpsomme og kærlige, og jeg er virkelig taknemmelig for hvor godt det hele er endt selv om jeg fik besked sent. Kys herfra. 

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English: I've been living here for more than a month now, and I've realized that I haven't given an update of everything yet, so here is some details about how I live. I live in a super neighborhood with a lot of big pretty houses and green gardens. My house is really big with enough space for everyone (I actually forgot to include the basement in the video), and I am super happy to be here. My Host family is really lovely and helpful, and I am grateful for how well everything turned out even though I got informed a bit late. Kisses from here.

06/10/2013

HOMECOMING!

Dansk: Igår var det dagen hvorpå den årlige homecoming dance blev holdt, og jeg var så spændt. Jeg stod op allerede kl. 9 og begyndte at pakke spise morgenmad, tage et lang dejligt bad osv. og så tog jeg ellers over til min veninde Alli som havde inviteret 4 andre piger over også. Vi gik allerede i gang med at sætte hår og make-up osv. da vi kom, og vi endte med ikke at være færdig før sidste øjeblik hvor alle datesene kom til billeder og mad (jeg forstår egentlig ikke helt hvordan vi kan være så lang tid om at gøre os klar). Vi fik taget en masse billeder og derefter satte vi os til bords og spiste en hyggelig aftensmad inden vi tog afsted til dansen. Der var egentlig ikke så meget at lave end at danse til selve dansen, men det var nu sjovt at opleve noget så traditionelt amerikansk. Efter dansen var vi en ny gruppe på 5 som tog hjem til en af os og slappede af, snakkede osv. indtil jeg blev hentet kl. 1, og tog direkte hjem og faldt i søvn. Kys herfra.

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English: yesterday was the day of the homecoming dance, and I was so excited. I woke up at 9 to start taking a long shower, eating breakfast etc, and went to my friend Alli's house right after to get ready for the night. She had invited four other girls too, and began as soon as we were all there, and wasn't done before the moment where the dates arrived to pictures and food. We took a bunch of pictures and had a really cosy dinner afterwords before we left for the dance. There was actually not that much to do besides dancing, but it was really funny to experience a thing so traditionally american. After the dance I left with another 4 friends to go to one of their houses to hang out a couple of hours untill I got picked up at 1, and went straight to bed. Kisses from here.

30/09/2013

SPIRIT-WEEK #1 (CLASS-COLOR)

Dansk: Spirit-week er ugen inden Homecoming hvor alle elever på skolen klæder sig i tøj for et specielt tema hver dag. Det er helt vild at fornemme hvor meget school-spirit her er (det er næsten som på film!) Min første dag af spirit-week er gået, og det har været en super fed oplevelse. Temaet for idag var: "Class-color-day" Hvilket vil sige at hver årgang fik tildelt en farve, og alle skulle så have den farve på. Min årgang (juniors) fik tildelt rød, så jeg gik hele dagen og lignede Rødhætte, men det var okay, for det gjorde alle de andre også, haha. Det var virkelig sjovt at se hvordan det ændre folks væremåde når de pludselig er udklædte i skole. Imorgen er "Farmersday" (fordi vores skole ligger på landet), og jeg glæder mig helt sindssygt! Kys herfra.

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English: Spirit-week is the week before Homecoming where everyone at the school dresses up in clothes for a specific theme every day during the week. It is so crazy how much school-spirit here is (it is almost as you see in the movies!). My first day of spirit-week has ended, and it have been a wild and funny experience. Our theme today was "Class-color-day" That means all freshmens had to wear one color, all sophomores got a color and so did Juniors and Seniors. All juniors (which is what I am) got red, so we all walk around looking like little red riding hoods all day, but it didn't mean anything because everyone did, haha. It was so funny to see how people changed when they suddenly was all dressed up funny. Tomorrow is "farmers day" (because my school is in the middle of a bunch of fields and other country-stuff), and I am SO excited! Kisses from here.