1/13/11

Unfortunately I wan unable to update my blog throughout my winter holidays, cause of no internet access. But In december I was in Plettenburg Bay and Cape Town. My sister, mom, and cousin Carrie came to visit me! I was very happy. We left the beach at Plett after new years and drove to Cape Town for a few days. I really liked Cape Town. It had so much to do! I also took a look at some universities there. I visited the University of Cape Town and then Stellenbosch University. They were both really great, and some considerations for me in the future. This week I've been very busy packing and getting ready to go back to the States. I leave in four days. Im not too happy because I've met so many great people and It'll be sad to have to say goodbye. .

PLETT!

Ah I'm so excited because I am writing from Plettenberg Bay! We arrived here about a week ago and the beach is just beautiful. We have a house right on the beach. Its perfect because all you have to do is step outside if you want to be on the beach. I still have another 2 weeks here too so thats awesome. My sister and mom and cousin are all coming here also, I'm so happy for that. They are arriving in 6 days exactly which I cannot wait for. Lately I've just been laying on the beach and trying to catch a tan. I love it here cause I'm meeting lots of new people. But unfortunately I have less than a month until I have to come home. I'm quite sad because I have met so many great friends and people. So I have mixed feelings about coming home. But until then I'm off to the beach!

12/2/10

Ah! What an awesome last few days it has been. Over the weeked me and about five of my friends went to this big dam called the vaal. They had a house on the dam so it was really nice. We mostly just laid out by the pool and we went tubing a little. It was a lot of fun though! These past few days people having lots of braai's because we are about to go on a holiday. Tonight is the only night that I haven't been going out and doing anything. I got my exam papers back and I was pretty happy about the marks I received. Tomorrow I get my report card. I'm a little nervous but I'm sure I did well!

11/26/10

So today was the day that my family in South Africa celebrated their first ever Thanksgiving.. thanks to me. I am proud to say that I prepared the meal all by my self (with a little help of course). I spent the whole day in the kitchen just cookin away. The Three sets of cousins came along with the grandparents. I also made my first pumpkin pie from an actual pumpkin! It was a long day but I'm glad that I could have celebrated my favorite holiday with all the people I love. And now I am off to have a big jol at the Vaal! Peace out!

11/25/10

Ah! Exams are finally finished! Im so glad because all I have been doing is studying. Now I can finally have some free time. This weekend I am going to a place called the Vaal with all of my friends. Its a really big river and you can tube and swim in it. Lately I've been just going to school to write exams and go to the gym. But after this next week of school we have another vacation! I'm going to Umhlanga again and I'm really happy for it cause I love it there! Well I'm off to the gym.. until next time :)

11/6/10

Yesterday was the last day of school! Well.. kind of. Now we start exams. We write exams for the whole month of November. So lately all I have been doing is studying. Exams here are really hard and you have to study for them a lot! I've been studying very hard for art theory which I write on Monday. I also write the Math paper 1 on Monday too. Exams are actually going to be fun cause I only have to go into school for when I am writing. So this coming week, I will go in in Monday to write art and math and then on Thursday I write History paper 1. Every exam is two hours long. I think this exam part is really good for me because it gets me prepared for college!

10/22/10!

Hey everyone! Today I'm leaving for Sun City, which I am very excited for. We are on another little holiday which is very nice because school is pretty hectic. After I get back from this holiday we have two weeks of school and then a month of taking exams. Im not looking forward to exams because they are a big thing. Everyday I've been studying. Its especially hard because I came in the middle of the school year. But hopefully they might cut me a little slack if I don't do too well. The school is very different work wise because they might have 7 huge projects/assignments in a term, where all our work is mostly classwork. So most if your marks come from the big projects. The other thing is that teachers rarely give out 100% or even 80-90%. Its very frustrating because I think that the school should base the grades on a rubric or something like that instead if just what they think we should deserve. Recently I did an english speech and I got a 79% I was really disappointed with it, but then people told me that it was really good because here a 79% is a high B or a low A. So the grading system is totally different. Its a little weird but i'm getting used to it. :)