Hey guys! I know I said I would post shortly after my first orientation, but I totally slacked off and was super busy with school and stuff, but I'm back!
First of all, my orientation in Sidney was fantastic! We had a nice opportunity to hang out with all the other exchange students and meet them if we hadn't already. First we played a bunch of cultural immersion games, performed skits of possible situations in our host countries, and just got to meet each other. After a couple of meals and stuff, we got to just kind of hang out and rather than talk just about exchange, meet each other and make friends. For the most part, I hung out with the other student going to Bolivia with me, Kayla. Kayla is one of the nicest girls I have ever met, and she is so genuine and interesting. We mostly hung out and talked, but then we went to a basketball game that was going on in the school while we were there, and one interesting thing about Sidney, is that an exchange student from Bolivia currently goes there. That student's name is Thais. Kayla and I had met Thais before, and I had her number so we decided to hang out. Thais, Kayla, and I walked around the school for a while, and then Thais decided to show us some of her artwork, which was in a closed of hallway on the other side of the school. Little did we know, that all doors except the one leading outside, were locked. Lucky for us, there was snow out, and there was a little rule in place that we weren't to go outside, so Kayla, Thais, and I tried to sneak out, around a car, and back in without our "advisors" seeing us (They were sitting inside the cafeteria right there, which is surrounded with glass windows - LUCKY US :P). In case you were wondering, it didn't work. We got to the door and realized it was locked too. So here we are, standing outside in the cold, me yanking on a locked door, and Kayla and Thais peeking out from behind Zoren's, our district chair, car. Once again, lucky us, Zoren catches us. So here I am yanking on the door, and Zoren looks up, and I just shrug my shoulders and fake a smile, as he smiles, shakes his head, and gets up to save us.
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So I know that was a bad summary, but I hope you get my point......
THAT IT WAS SO MUCH FUN, AND I HAVE THE BEST ROTARY FRIENDS EVER.
Plus after that, Thais stayed and played Ninja, some weird game, with us for about an hour until we had to go.
I'm sorry, this is so terribly written, but I'm still getting used to this blogging thing. Hopefully you still check back though, and I somehow manage to get better at summaries, and using correct punctuation. ;)
