Thursday 30 December 2010

Xmas and the like...

Hello there, my dear friends from far away :)
I was quite looking forward to the Irish Christmas and was actually a bit disappointed in the end. Sure, the food - a turkey, loads of trimmings and three different cakes for dessert - was delicious but we kinda spent the day like any other: in front of the TV. No family time. At all.
Well, at least we have the water back again :D
So, tomorrow is New Year's Eve and we don't have ANYTHING planned yet. We'll probably go to Dublin, but we don't know where to go or what to do... it's really boring o.O
Having nothing to do I miss you guys so much :(
Love you <3
Resa

Friday 24 December 2010

CRISIIIIIIS o.O

Hey there!
I actually didn't want to upload any posts here until after Christmas but since we're in a little MAJOR crisis here I decided to make a change of plans. Okay, by now you should be either a) worried or b) extremely curious. Or both. Well, the crisis is: We. Do. Not. Have. Water. Seriously. No Water. How come, you might ask. Well, due to the EXTREMELY low temperatures of -18°C the pipes (Wasserleitungen) ARE FROZEN and there is no water coming to our house! Half of the town doesn't have water and that kind of means we'll have a Christmas without water. What an experience...
Anyway, now we can't take showers OR flush the toilet OR use the water-tap (Wasserhahn)!!!

On the 12th day of Christmas my true love gave to meeee.... NO WATER

thanks for that o.O

So, that's it. But don't worry about me, I'm fine and I'll enjoy Xmas just as much!!
Love you loads,
Resa <3

Thursday 16 December 2010

It's been a looong time...

First of all, I apologize for being the lazy person I am and not updating my blog regularly! Mariana would say I'm flojisima xD
Anyway, I'm going to fill you in on all the stuff that's happened the past few weeks. Be prepared, this is going to be quite a long post ;)

SNOW: Around the same time when the snow hit Austria for the first time this year the white fluffy stuff also paid a visit to the Emerald Isle where it resulted in a chaos beyond compare. OHMIGOSH WE HAVE SOOO MUCH SNOOOOOW *shriek* Well. The "soo much snow" ended up being barely 5 centimeter high. And guess what: The schools closed. Because of the snow. The reason: Ireland is to broke to afford winter tyres. Okay, I'm not too sure about the part of not being able to afford it but they definitely don't have winter tyres here. This resulted in the roads closing, the school busses not going and therefore the schools closing as well because no one would show up anyway. Of course, all the students where completely thrilled over the free days, including me and my hermanas ;) whe had several days off for two or three weeks as long as the snow lasted.

After the cold snap we went to GALWAY: When we hopped on the bus at 9am on the 8th of December I was sure that I was going to return with not a single Euro but with bags full of clothes and stuff I wouldn't need in normal life anyway. (see the end of this paragraph for confirmation) The ride to Galway took us about 4 hours and by the time we had arrived in the hostel it was about half past 1 p.m. Other than in Monaghan the snow in Galway had already melted away due to the warm sea winds that constantly blew over the city. The hostel we stayed at was located directly in the center of town so the shops were merely a few minutes' walk away and it was really convenient and easy to spend all my money on the things I had predicted I would buy.
That night we went out to look for some place to go but since we're underaged no one would let us stay until we found one club that let us in: It was called Dignity- lose yours on the dancefloor and the two friendly boys we met in the entrance were so nice to inform us that this was a gay club. Really. We didn't mind ;) It was actually the best club I've been at since I've been to Ireland, they had great music, only maybe 10 guests and me and my friends had so much fun, partly due to making fun of the weird situation of being a straigt in a guy club =) At 11:40 pm they threw us out because we didn't have an ID but still it was an awesome night!
The second day in Galway we made the halfhearted attemp to do some sightseeing and not only shopping but we didn't do a very good job with looking at the map so we ended up seeing three things - one of them exactly in front of our hostel but that was the one we walked the longest for to find - and taking some pictures at the docks. That night we were so worn out that we just stayed at the hostel and watched a film ;)
The third day we just packed our things, went to the shopping centre for maybe half an hour and then boarded the bus home. After another 4 hours back we discovered that the snow in Monaghan had melted as well during our journey and that was the end of the schoolfree-days.

So, on the whole I had very enjoyable weeks but that makes it even worse to face the sad facts that face me right now: So many of my friends are leaving tomorrow for their homecountries and although we promised each other to meet again I had to say good-bye to them today for what seemed forever.
Here's a little tribute to them:
LUKAS, FRANCESCO, EVA, STEFANIA and of course LORENZA who unfortunately has been away for some time longer: I LOVE YOU GUYS SO MUCH, THE TIME WITH YOU HAS BEEN ABSOLUTELY AMAZING AND YOU MADE THE PAST FEW MONTHS TO SOMETHING VERY SPECIAL <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3

So, back to you my dear readers who I have let down much too often by not keeping you up to date:
Hugs & Kisses from Ireland,
Resa

Wednesday 24 November 2010

On a scale from 1 to Ireland, how broke are you?

It's all over the news so I guess all of you are perfectly aware of the fact that Ireland is broke. So far this does not have any consequences for me, I just hope that they won't raise the prices for things too much... My host father as well as most of the Irish population says that it's really really embarassing for Ireland to have to ask the European Union for help... the awkward moment when you have to ask the EU for 9 bn euros^^
Let's move on to nicer things than my host country's financial crisis!
Last Saturday was Francesco's birthday party! Although his birthday was acutally on Sunday he decided to celebrate on Saturday so we went to the same Italian restaurant where we went for my birthday. The food was fantastic and Francesco had even made a tiramisu which we ate as dessert! It was absolutely wonderful, he really is a fantastic cook ;) Afterwards we went to the park (in the cold^^) and we stayed there until it was time to go home. Sunday we went to the probably biggest event of the year here in Monaghan: CHRISTMAS LIGHTS SWITCH ON haha
Seriously, they had even invited some unimportant participant of last year's X-Factor (a TV show everyone here is crazy about, they are looking for good singers...) and he gave a little concert that kinda lacked enthusiasm as far as the audience is concerned... but in fact, most of them were 10 year old children so who could have expected more? We haven't heard his name (Jamie Archer) before Sunday but that didn't keep us from screaming his name, throwing our arms in the air and looking extremely happy to see him ;) we had so much fun joking around that I even forgot how freezing it was!
School is rather boring, it's kinda the same every day and every week... But it's okay, I didn't expect school to be something interesting anyway^^ The only things that are really cool are when speakers of universties come to talk about student life and their courses. That's really interesting although I don't actually plan on going to universtiy in Ireland because they give you a lot of general information that can be applied to any university I guess!
That's it for now, see yous soon ;)
Love :D
Resa

Monday 15 November 2010

Giant's Causeway




Last Saturday we went to Giant's Causeway, the a part of coast in the very North of Ireland! We were 32 people (one didn't show up) and since we were so many we decided to rent a bus! It was only 11 euros for each and it took us a bit over 2 hours to reach Giant's Causeway. But it was definitely worth it! We were so lucky that it was a wonderful day, not a cloud in the sky and it wasn't even too cold! The sea was beautiful and we had a lot of fun! Here are some pictures!!! Afterwards we went to Derry for some time and then home ;)
That's it for the moment =)
love :D
Resa

Saturday 6 November 2010

Back To School...

After a wonderful week of mid-term where I was mostly just lying around lazily doing nothing school started again on Monday. Although it was a rather boring week with countless free classes and nearly no homework I had a home economics test on Friday where we had to know everything about Microbiology, Food Preservation, Food Spoilage, Food Law and Food Agencies. Lazy as I was I only studie Microbiology and Food Preservation/Spoilage and lucky as I was we only got quesitons on these three ;) haha
Anyway, I'm not too sure about my grade since especially with Food Preservation (which is really boring) I had a few problems remembering...
Sooo, today we are going to make a pizza and tiramisu at Francesco's and afterwards we're going to watch the horror movie we didn't get a chance to watch yesterday. Tomorrow I don't know yet what we'll do, probably gym since I took an offer last week - six weeks for seventy euros (gym, pool + jacuzzi/steam room/sauna)!!
I think I have to dye my hair soon again because the red is already growing out o.O I don't know yet what colour but I don't want the same again. I think I'll just dye my haire very two months in a different colour, just to try it out ;) haha
Hm, at the moment I'm generally in a really good mood, I'm just missing one of my best friends here a lot: Lorenza from Italy. She had to go home early because her dad's cancer got worse and she's only coming back for a few days in December to pick up her things. Afterwards I'll only see her again in February when Stella, Mariana and me go to Vigevano to Stella's family. Since Vigevano is only an hour or so from Milan we can visit Lorenza easily!
That's it for the moment!
Love :D
Resa

Friday 29 October 2010

My Birthday!

My birthday last Friday was really awesome! At midnight, Mariana woke me up with a German birthday song she played for me on her iPod and in the morning my whole host family sang me a birthday song and I got a beautiful blue bracelet from Marie! School was boring as always but all of my friends said "Happy Birthday" and it wasn't too bad ;) When i came home from school my wonderful sisters Stella and Mariana had prepared 17 muffins for me with 17 candles in them! The muffins were delicious =)
In the evening we went out to an Italian restaurant which was REALLY good. Even the Italians said it tasted Italian! Afterwards we tried to get into some pubs but no one would let us stay. Therefore some people bought some alcohol and TRIED to mix it with 7up and orange juice but completely messed it up and in the end it was just disgusting o.O Nevertheless, I had a great evening!
But the best thing about the day was that my dad and my grandpa came to visit me! I saw them only for half an hour but I spent the whole weekend + Monday and Tuesday with them and I really had a great time! On Saturday I showed them the few things that are worth seeing in Monaghan and in the afternoon we went to Glaslough, a small town near Monaghan where we visited a beautiful castle and took a lot of photos. On Sunday they both came to mass where I was singing in the church choir and after that we headed for Sligo. Of course we didn't go directly, we stopped in some small towns and admired the beautiful Irish landscape. I liked especially the countless lakes that are to be found all over Ireland! The water is not deep at all but they are really big and as I already said EVERYWHERE! haha ;) We even went to Mullaghmore, a village next to the sea and enjoyed the beautiful Antlantic ocean and the comparably warm weather.
The B&B we stayed at in Sligo was really cool, the people that run it were extremely friendly and they had the cutest dog I have seen =) no offense Cora and Simba, but he was cuter than you ;)
On Monday we went on the road to Dublin and arrive in the early afternoon. Afterwards we saw a little bit of Dublin but spent most of our time in the B&B. Tuesday was really nice as well, we went to Trinity College, a bookshop, Starbucks and I was even allowed to spend half an hour in Penny's ;)
In the evening I met Stella and Mariana at the bus station who had also spent the whole day in Dublin and we headed to Monaghan together. At the end of the day I was really exhausted but also extremely happy about having spent a great time with my dad and my grandpa!
I hope you enjoyed Ireland and are seriously going to buy that house! haha ;)
I miss U!
Love :D
Theresa

Wednesday 20 October 2010

Last weeks

The last weeks were partly really cool and partly quite boring.
First the cool parts:
Last Friday Lukas and Lorenza came to our house to watch some movies! We bought ice-cream and cheesecake and watched Donnie Darko, The Notebook and half an hour of Ice Age 3. It was really fun and my favourite of the three was definitely The Notebook: Though it wasn't particularly sad it made everyone cry when they both died hand in hand in the end! ;) (<- haha spoiler xD)
As far as Saturday is concerned: well, that's the boring part. We didn't really do anything the whole day and when we wanted to go out in the evening no pub would let us stay and we had to run around in the freezing cold! horrible...
Sunday was better again. We went to the gym and met some friends afterwards at McDonald's! On the whole it was quite a nice day!
This week is the last week before mid-term holidays. They are only for one week but it's nice to have some time off anyway.
Since my birthday is on Friday I'm going out to an Italian restaurant in the evening with some friends. But before that I'm going to meet my dad and grandpa!
Saturday and Sunday I'll spend with them in Monaghan and then we'll go to Sligo and stay there overnight. On Monday we'll continue our little journey to Dublin and stay there one night as well! I'm really looking forward to seeing them again because although I really don't want to go home yet I miss my family and friends A LOT!
Love ;)
Resa

Wednesday 13 October 2010

Derry!!!

I'm sorry, I completely forgot to tell you about last Friday:
We had no school because the rest of the students were on a trip with Geography, so we (Francesco, Stella, Lorenza, Lukas and me) decided to go to Derry instead. We were a bit nervous because there had been a bomb (I don't know if it was only a threat of if it actually exploded) on the previous Sunday, but our host mum told us not to be worried because there would be loads of security now after the threat. And she was right, we had a wonderful day in Derry!
Although I didn't have much money I bough a really cute clutch for only 2.50 pounds and blue fun-glasses for 50p. We even went to a park there which was great fun as well, some of my friends put some of the photos we took there on the facebook so take a look!
Derry is a really beautiful city, although around half of the city centre consists of one shopping centre :) but the houses are realllyyyy cute and old-looking! =D
This Friday we'll probably have no school again, so maybe we'll go somewhere agaaain <3
i lOVee and MisS uU a LooT! <3
Bussis,
Resa

Monday 11 October 2010

...

Hey everyone!
At the moment there's not much news to tell, except
a) my hair is now red. At least it's SUPPOSED TO BE red. Actually it's kinda purple but not in a bad way. In a good way, so don't freak, my parents ;)
b) I was in the Rossmore Forest "near" (about 40 minutes walk) my home yesterday afternoon and had a lot of fun with my friends Stella, Mariana, Francesco, Marina (Brazil), Barbara (Germany) and Maike (Germany). The three of them go to the same school as Mariana does (if I haven't mentioned it or you already forgot it: she had to change school because there was something wrong with her visa...) But this forest is rather a park and we KINDA broke into a garden by climbing over (or under) the fence. BUT later we discovered that in the very back of the garden was a hidden gate so ACUTALLY we did nothing wrong ;) Well, we had a little picknick there and felt like we were in the secret garden from "The Secret Garden" (do you know the book?) There are really a lot of things to see in that park, for example a mausoleum, a waterfall and a pet cemetery.
c) I would be very grateful if someone would send me chocolate bananas from Austria. I really feel like I need some right now although I don't even know why o.O
AND last but not least:
I wouldn't mind a few comments ;)

Love ;)
Resa

Tuesday 5 October 2010

Friends, Books, Music

Saturday was my favourite day of last week:
In the morning I went to the library and afterwards me, Stella, Mariana and Lorenza (exchange student from Italy) went to Francesco's house (from Italy as well) to have lunch there. I have to say it was probably the best lunch in a looong time: Tagliatelle and for dessert we hade chessecake <3 <3 <3 <3 YUMMYYY!! =) Unfortunately he wants each of us to pay him 6 euros for the ingredients now... o.O Oh well, I'll do Marillenknoedel sometime and then I'll charge him TEN EUROS just to be mean ;)
In the evening me and Mariana went to Gemma's birthday party (a girl from our school who turned 18 last week) in a pub and it was REALLY COOL! She and her family had rented a part of the pub so it was only some awesome music and even awesomer people!! The things that happened there include a peanut-battle (peanuts flying through the air are certainly something, I can tell xD) some everybody-dances-like-crazy and boys paying us drinks... only a little something of course ;) We were REALLY exhausted from that tiring day so on Sunday we stayed in our pyjamas the whole day, sleepily walking around and didn't leave the house =)
To keep the promise I made in the heading I'm going to tell you how many books I read in the month I've been here:
- To Kill A Mockingbird
- Lies Of Silence
- Shiver
- Fallen
- Sherlock Holmes: The Sign Of Four
- Night World: Volume Three (three books in one)
- The Red-Headed Stepchild
- The Mage In Black
- The Mortal Instruments: City Of Bones
As you can see most of them are Fantasy books and I really have to say that I am a HUGE fan of them ;) nothing new actually but I really only read fantasy in the last weeks o.O
AND I have a new favourite band: The Modena City Ramblers
They are Italian (and sing in Italian o.O) but the music is just AWESOME (they mostly sing about Ireland and therefor the music itself is kinda irish). My favourite songs are:
- Bella Ciao
- I Cento Passi (une due tre quattro cinque dieci cento passi *hmhhmmh* probably spelled wrong but who cares ;))
And everything here (especially the all present rain) is really inspiring, I already wrote a few songs here and I still have loads of ideas for some more ;)
I guess that's it for the moment!

love;)
Resa

Wednesday 29 September 2010

Mi casa es su casa

The title kind of implies my current interest with the Spanish language. I really want to improve my Spanish and I'm sure mi amiga mexicana can help me with that ;)
Other things that are going on at the moment:
-BELFAST: I've been to Belfast last Saturday with my friends! It was reaaaally cool and there is this shop (Primark) where everything is really cheap! Unfortunately I had only 28 Euro and ACTUALLY you are supposed to pay in Pounds over there o.O you can only pay with Euros if you have notes and then you get pounds back, but they don't take coins.
-HAIR: Now it's for sure: I'm getting a perm today!!! *yaaaayyyy* It's not even THAT expenisve, "just" 60/70 euros!
-BIRTHDAY: As most of you know, my 17th birthday is on the 22nd of October and my dad and grandpa are going to visit meee!!! They will go to Dublin and then come to Monaghan for a few days! *happy* AND I'll get a laptop for my birthday!!! =D
-GYM: Today is the last day of our 30-days-for-30-euros-offer, meaning we won't go to the gym any longer. (no money o.O) So currently I'm not sure what I'll do instead of the gym because there are really not many things you can do here. Maybe I'll start horseback riding again (to see the countryside etc.) but I heard that it's around 20 to 25 euros for HALF AN HOUR LESSON o.O that's really expensive, so maybe I find something cheaper that I can do...
-SCHOOL: School is not that bad, we have a lot of free classes, which means we can do all our homework and most of our study at school. Mariana had to change school (something wrong with her visa) and she has been at home for around a week now, but she will start school on Thursday now. She's already so bored at home, I think she even looks forward to it. AND her uniform looks LOAADS better than mine o.O but it's a private school, so she has to pay for going there (around 1000 euros I think).
That's it for now, I guess!

I loVE yoUU!
Bussis,
Resa

Wednesday 22 September 2010

News

In a few days it will be one month since I came here! But somehow I feel like Ive been here for only a few days! The time goes by so quickly when you are busy... On the other hand I feel like Ive been here for ages and my house here already feels like home to me.
Of course I miss my family and friends and I wish they were here but it's not like I want to return to Austria now!
Everything I do has kind of become routine to me: Setting my alarm clock for 7:45 but ignoring it until 8, getting up at 8, dressing, packing my school bag, having breakfast, making my sandwich (because I always forget to do it in the evening before), going to school, sitting around in partly boring partly quite interesting and partly free classes until 4. Then going home, getting out of my awful school uniform, having lunch, doing homework (if I even have some because we have so many free classes that I can do the majority of my homework at school). Then going to the gym or the library or sometimes even both, then going back home, having dinner, having a shower and then going to bed. And the next day everything all over again. But it's not like I'm bored or something I've just got used to everything already.
And the weekends are undoubtedly my favourite part of the week. Saturday is really the only day where I can sleep as long as I want in the morning. The I dress and go to the library and I'll go out in the evening with my friends. There is really not much going on in Monaghan but sometimes we find something really fun to do ;)
On Sunday I get up at eight, breakfast and then I go to church because I'm in the choir. It's not as bad as it sounds and it really is the only way for me to be able to keep up my singing...
On Sunday afternoon I do my homework and sometimes meet some friends in town.
Unfortunately there is hardly anything new to try around here...
But nevertheless I enjoy being here a lot although I would REALLy like to go to Dublin soon to do some proper shopping... Actually me, Stella and Mariana were thinking about going to Dublin durin midterm (probably only for one day because EF doesn't want us to travel around on our own much...)
I might not be really homesick but though I miss U a lot! <3
BusSis,
Resa

Monday 13 September 2010

Weekeeeeend (for real now ;) )

Unfortunately the weekend is already over ;( but it was reeeeal fun!!! Friday night i went out with some friends and we went to a funfair with Rollercoasters and things like that. Afterwards we wanted to go to a bar but they dont let you in unless youre 18 or have a fake id, even if you dont drink any alcohol. So we just went home early. But seriously you just cant do much here ;) on saturday we went to the cinema and watched toy story 3. My favourite part was when buzz started speaking spanish xD before the movie i met a boy calles lukas who is from vienna. Actually he was supposed to go to the usa but they didnt find a host family for him, so know hes here for three months and then he will go to the usa.
Tomorrow Ill go to Dublin with the subject "Guidance" and we are going to take a look at some universties and get information about the subjects you can study there.
I miss you all sooo much!

bUsSiiS,
Resa

Weekeeeeend

Friday 10 September 2010

money money money

Hi there!
Im having a great time here in Ireland!
School is quite good (for a school). I have the following subjects:
Maths, English & PE (compulsory)
Business (actually quite interesting although the name normally implicates complete boredom ;))
Biology (I love it a looooot! If possible Im definitely going to do my Matura in Austria in Biology/English ;) )
Home Economics (really interesting, at the moment we do things like functions of a family, different types of families, etc..)
French (there are about five people in my class whove never done English before and then there are the irish students and the rest of the exchange students whove done French frome 2 to 5 years. Partly the things we do are really hard for me because of the difficult vocabulary but then again we do things like LE PRESENT... o.O)

furthermoooore:
Although most of the things here are quite cheap (like you get 5 HAPPY HIPPOS for 35 c xD) the things for school are really expensive.
English: 25 Euros for a trip to Dublin to watch the play Dancing at Lugnasa, another 8 and 10 euros for books
Guidance: 10 Euros for a trip to Dublin to check out all the universities there
Home Economics: 35 euros for the book
and 20 Euros for renting the school books
around 100 euros for buying the school uniform
etc.

So thats it for the moment, Ill be writing more as soon as I can!
Bussiiis,
Resa

P.S: I lOvE yOU! ;)

Saturday 4 September 2010

1st week

My first week in Ireland is over now and I really hope that the next one will be just as great!!
I am soooooo lucky to have a fantastic host family and loooooovellyy sisters/hermanas/schwestern!!! Its reeaaaallyy great fun and school is not too hard either... for the moment o.O Im in 6th year (final year) and all of the Irish students are going to to their leaving certificates in summer... I dont know what exams we (the international students - there are like 20 at my school =)) will take but surely not the leaving cert because its a two-years-program and so we dont know the things the others studied in 5th year. Anywayyyys Im having a great time, meeting loooooots of greaaat people and although the school books are reaalllly expensive and the weather is a mixture of coldness and wetness
I loVe IrElANd!!!
Me, Stella & Mariana are also going to the gym EVERY day and although EVEY SINGLE MUSCLE of my body hurts I enjoy it a lot!!
I mIsS yOu A loT!!!
bussiis <3

Sunday 29 August 2010

Irelaaaaand!!!

It is so fantastic here!!! Everything is green, but not the same kind of green! You find so many shades of green here
My host family is so nice and lovely that I already feel at home here. Monaghan really is a small town but the houses are beautiful (and look all the same ;)) and the weather also is quite nice (it hastnt even rained much)
im not sure how often i can update this blog but im trying to find a way to let you know how i am!!
bussis,
resa

Friday 27 August 2010

ONE

uaah, last night in Austria o.O I´m sooo nervous but soooooo damn happy at the same time ;)
But I´m sure I´m going to have a greeeeat time so here´s goodbye to my family and friends, thanks for being sooo wonderful! Love you <3

Wednesday 25 August 2010

TWO

TWO things that I probably need to leave at home because my luggage is already to heavy:
- my Spanish books (I probably won't have time to study Spanish anyway)
- books =(

Tuesday 24 August 2010

THREE

THREE things I want to do in Ireland:
- learn riverdance (i just LOVE it xD)
- learn a new instrument or practice new types of sports
- found a band ;)

FOUR

FOUR things that are going to be hard:
- school
- being away from home for one whole year
- take care of how much money I spend
- being on my own

Monday 23 August 2010

FIVE

FIVE things I'm going to miss the most:
- my family
- my friends
- Austrian food
- German (I'm not 100 % percent sure about that though^^)
- my computer ;)

Sunday 22 August 2010

SIX DAYS

SIX things I´m looking forward to:
- speaking English all dayyy
- make new friends
- Irish culture (music, etc.)
- get more pocket money ;)
- the countryside
- my host family

yaaaayy =)
LYA
Resa

one week

Yesterday it was exactly SEVEN DAYS!!!
So I decided to write down
7 THINGS I´VE STILL GOT TO DO:
- go shopping (presents, clothes, etc.)
- pack my suitcase
- finish the book I´m reading at the moment (Around The World In 80 Days - Jules Verne)
- tidy-up my room
- print some pictures of my family & friends (to show my host family)
- study some maths in advance^^
- make a list of what I´m going to take with me
HEL
Resa

Monday 26 July 2010

ONE MONTH!

Only one more month and than it´s time for me to start my exchange year! No one who hasn´t lived a year in a foreign country can imagine what this feeling is like you have when you think about this oncoming experience. Actually it´s not just one single feeling but a mixture of nervousness, extreme joyfulness, unsureness and sometimes I have these tiny itzy bitzy moments of doubt where I wonder if it was the right decision to leave my family and friends for themselves for a whole year. But I think everybody doubts his or her decisions sometimes, what matters is if you still think it was a bad decision AFTERWARDS or not.
Anyway, that´s me one month before my exchange year. When I´ll be back we can compare the me now and the me then and look what´s different ;) that would surely be intersting!
Slán agat,
a very ambivalent feeling Resa <3

Wednesday 30 June 2010

Irish Humour

I don't know if you already know but the Irish humour is a little... well, weird^^
Here are a few examples of jokes =)

At the World Women's Conference, the first speaker from England stood up: "At last year's conference we spoke about being more assertive with our husbands.

Well after the conference I went home and told my husband that I would no longer cook for him and that he would have to do it himself.

After the first day I saw nothing. After the second day I saw nothing. But after the third day I saw that he had cooked a wonderful roast lamb."

The crowd cheered.

The second speaker from America stood up: "After last year's conference I went home and told my husband that I would no longer do his laundry and that he would have to do it himself. After the first day I saw nothing. After the second day I saw nothing. But after the third day I saw that he had done not only his own washing but my washing as well."

The crowd cheered.

The third speaker from Ireland stood up: "After last year's conference I went home and told my husband that I would no longer do his shopping and that he would have to do it himself. After the first day I saw nothing. After the second day I saw nothing. But after the third day I could see a little bit out of my left eye."

An Englishman, a Scotsman, and an Irishman walk into a pub. They proceed to each buy a pint of Guinness.

Just as they were about to enjoy their creamy beverage three flies landed in each of their pints, and were stuck in the thick head.

The Englishman pushed his beer away from him in disgust.

The Scotsman fished the offending fly out of his beer and continued drinking it as if nothing had happened.

The Irishman too, picked the fly out of his drink, held it out over the beer and then started yelling, "SPIT IT OUT, SPIT IT OUT YOU BASTARD!!!" xD

The Top Ten Signs That You're Being Stalked by a Leprechaun

Generic-looking green van parked across the street with Notre Dame bumper sticker.

Every time you turn around the pitter-pattering stops and that green fire hydrant seems to have gotten a little closer.

Green lipstick marks on the butt of your Dockers.

You're being followed by a large woman with a sultry voice and a dying career. (Oops! That's a sign you're being stalked by Chaka Khan.)

You don't recall owning an anatomically correct lawn gnome.

Card delivered with the bouquet of 4-leaf clovers reads, "I bet you're magically delicious!"

When you come home from work, the potatoes are missing from the cupboard and your parrot is singing "Danny Boy."

Prank caller has a really corny Irish accent, and Richard Gere has an airtight alibi.

Those tiny green hairs on your toilet seat.

Sultry voice from shower soap dish asks, "Is that your shillelagh, or are you just happy to see me?"

Pink hearts, yellow moons, blue diamonds scratched on your car at knee-level, and Ross Perot is nowhere to be found.

Them little green pellets in the litter box ain't M&M's, Chester.

Every day this week you've noticed the same buckle shoes dangling just above the floor in the stall next to you.

Well...^^ What do you think of it? ;)

Sunday 27 June 2010

2 more months!

Only 62 more days until my flight to Ireland! Omg, I'm so excited and a little nervous, I must admit...
I don't know yet what I'm going to pack and I have no idea what I'm going to give my family as a welcome present AND I have nothing yet to give my friends as a goodbye gift o.O
Clara's making me really nervous since she already HAS all the stuff she's going to give us and she's been thinking about it for about a month! I guess my time has slowly come too...

One would think that school doesn't make any more trouble since there are only two more weeks left until the holidays but since I've been ill the whole last week it's not over yet for me. I have to hand in a history presentation until tomorrow evening and I have to study Biology for my test on Monday and I don't know ANYTHING yet o.O well, tomorrow's obviousy going to be a rough day^^
Anyway, at least soon it's all over and them I'm not going to see my school for a whole year! o.O Don't know if that makes me happy...

Wednesday 2 June 2010

Orientation Meeting!

Next week on Saturday I'll go to Vienna on an Orientation Meeting of EF! I'm really excited and I hope Stella, my Italian friend who will stay with me in Ireland, will tell me something about HERS since it's already this week! Apart from that, I haven't much to tell concerning my exchange, so good night =D

Wednesday 26 May 2010

Monaghan

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