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i was a little bored today, so i came up with a list of differences between Australia and Sveeeden. and i would like to share them with you ( i know, how lovely of me).
1. The Weather. this is a major difference. Its summer in Australia right now, so that means 40degrees, going to the river and just chilling. i'm also chilling here in Sweden, but in a different way. take some snow, more snow, and a little more snow, add some coldness to that, and a little bit of wind, and ta-da, you have a swedish winter. its fine when your inside, as everywhere is really well heated, but get ready to freeze your little doinky-doink off when you go outside.
2. Fashion. i love the swedish fashion, its really nice. An australian winter consists of some old trackies, a hoodie and some ripped uggs, maybe a pair of jeans if you want to look nice. swedish winter fashion is stockings, dresses, tights, jackets, jeans, t-shirts, boots, nice uggs-everything except hoodies and trackies. i do love the swedish fashion, except i feel like im so under-dressed. i also miss my uggies that i had to leave at home. sad face.
3. Public transport. oh my gosh, its so so much easier. take the school bus for example, if you miss it in australia your, to put it nicely, screwed. if you miss it in sweden, its ok, there will be another one in 2o mins, and 20mins after that, and 20mins after that.....
4. School. i don't even know where to start with school. australia wears uniforms, sweden doesn't. i enjoy wearing whatever i want, but its annoying having to chose what to wear, and since i dont have that many clothes, i pretty much wear the same thing every week. i do miss having a uniform. In australia, we bring lunch to school, here in Sweden, we have a cafeteria where the food is cooked for us. I have to say, the food is better then what i expected. Its not like on t.v shows, where it's some old lunch lady serving slop, the food it actually quite good. there is the odd day where you dont want to eat the food, so you just have the yogurt or bread or salad. the timetable in australia is the same everyday. 8:45-3:25, 5 periods a day, monday - friday. here, it changes everyday. for example, i'll share with you my mondays- History 11:00-12:20, english 1:05-2:05, circus 2:30-4. so we have breaks in between class, where we would have lunch, maybe go into town, or just chill at the school cafe. i quite like the swedish school system, much better then australian.
5. Food. i think the food is much healthier then australian. they eat a lot of fish, bread, yogurt, cheese and potatos. but then again, we do fika a lot which, for me, involves a hot chocolate, and chokladbollar (they are amazing!). fika can have healthy food too, but you dont have that as much.
6. heres just some little things. they drive on the wrong side if the road, and the steering wheel is on the left, front doors open the opposite way, the traffic lights go orange before the go green (red, orange, green, orange, red. if that makes sence haha), many more people smoke, they have showers at school, and they have automatic opening doors at school that you use a swipy card to open, they think australia is little, and everyone is like crocodile dundee.
thats all i can remember right now. i'm sure i'll discover more as i've been here longer. On tuesday, i have been here for 1 month, its gone very fast, and has been great. i say, bring on the next 11!
Sunday, February 20, 2011
Friday, February 18, 2011
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Sloths, muscles, and 10x louder.
I had a really good day today.
it started with a sleep in. yeah thats right, i slept in. then i got ready, and walked to the bus stop. the bus was a little boring, but then alex got on, so we had some mad chats. we got to school, and class started straight away. it was history :( i had forgotten to take work that i've been given from my swedish teacher, so i just went on facebook. it gets really boring after a while. the teachers don't care that i do nothing in class :P after this, i met up will ollie (another australian exchange student) and we went and had lunch. spag bowl!! the cafeteria food is much better then i thought it would be, and besides, its free :) after lunch, i went into town with ollie, and he did some shopping. i was his assistant who had to carry around everything he wanted. we had fika then went back to school, and went to the cafe where we met amanda, josefine, rebecca, william, and a few others. we just chilled. as we walked back to class, i was telling amanda how much muscle i have, and when people see me, they say "oh gosh!". this turned into playing 10x louder. if you don't know what it is, you chose a word and you have to say it 10x louder then the other person. so, walking down the street, amanda and i were screaming "oh gosh". but im australian, so i can do what i want :P. in class, we had swedish, so again i just sat there. next was english, and we are writing stories. but amanda and i just looked up funny photos of sloths, fat cats, ugly men and ugly babies. it was very funny, we laughed almost all lesson. after school finished, i had to get my phone fixed.
i have many issues with my phone. like yesterday, i couldnt find it in my room, so i rang it, and to my surprise, some swedish man answered it. i had dropped it and blah blah blah blah, i ended up getting in back, luckily. then today, it decided to just disconnect the sim. so i had to go get another one. but its all good. i caught the bus home, but after being on it for 10mins, relised i had caught the wrong one. luckily it stopped at my stop anyway. anyone could get 501 and 510 mixed up, right? when i got home, i cooked some pasta and meatballs for tea, as my host mum and dad were out, then walked to the neighbours and went to zumba with them.
now, im just about to have a shower and be off to bed. i'll write again soon.
godnatt!
it started with a sleep in. yeah thats right, i slept in. then i got ready, and walked to the bus stop. the bus was a little boring, but then alex got on, so we had some mad chats. we got to school, and class started straight away. it was history :( i had forgotten to take work that i've been given from my swedish teacher, so i just went on facebook. it gets really boring after a while. the teachers don't care that i do nothing in class :P after this, i met up will ollie (another australian exchange student) and we went and had lunch. spag bowl!! the cafeteria food is much better then i thought it would be, and besides, its free :) after lunch, i went into town with ollie, and he did some shopping. i was his assistant who had to carry around everything he wanted. we had fika then went back to school, and went to the cafe where we met amanda, josefine, rebecca, william, and a few others. we just chilled. as we walked back to class, i was telling amanda how much muscle i have, and when people see me, they say "oh gosh!". this turned into playing 10x louder. if you don't know what it is, you chose a word and you have to say it 10x louder then the other person. so, walking down the street, amanda and i were screaming "oh gosh". but im australian, so i can do what i want :P. in class, we had swedish, so again i just sat there. next was english, and we are writing stories. but amanda and i just looked up funny photos of sloths, fat cats, ugly men and ugly babies. it was very funny, we laughed almost all lesson. after school finished, i had to get my phone fixed.
i have many issues with my phone. like yesterday, i couldnt find it in my room, so i rang it, and to my surprise, some swedish man answered it. i had dropped it and blah blah blah blah, i ended up getting in back, luckily. then today, it decided to just disconnect the sim. so i had to go get another one. but its all good. i caught the bus home, but after being on it for 10mins, relised i had caught the wrong one. luckily it stopped at my stop anyway. anyone could get 501 and 510 mixed up, right? when i got home, i cooked some pasta and meatballs for tea, as my host mum and dad were out, then walked to the neighbours and went to zumba with them.
now, im just about to have a shower and be off to bed. i'll write again soon.
godnatt!
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
the diary of my pearly whites.
thankyou Shea for the title of my blog :)
i don't really do much during the week, go to school and sit there, as i don't understand anything.
Saturday- in the morning, Laila and I went to the woods across from our house and tried cross country skiing. I really enjoyed the start, but as i got tired i didn't enjoy is as much. It was good to see the forest though, it was really pretty. Saturday night, we went to the ice hockey. it was so fun! the lines were huge, so the game had to start a bit late so they could get everyone in. At the door, they had to get body security check (not sure what its called haha) which was weird because it was the first time i had done one of them. There was a big crowd, around 8000. Laila couldn't believe when i said there could be 40,000 people at 1 footy game. back to ice hockey, my team ended up winning, 2-1. They played a team from Stockholm.
Sunday- Malin, Laila and I went horse riding in the woods. It was the best day, because the sun was shining and it was pretty. My horse was called Diley, and it was black and white. We just walked for a while, then we galloped. it was so scary at the start, but so much fun. we stopped for hot chocolate and some lunch, then rode back. the whole trip was about 2 hours long. when i got home, my shoulders and bum were SOO sore. We went to the gym that night, and that hurt! although, i do enjoy getting active, because im going to get so fat with all the fika im having. fika= coffee and cake with friends. we have it A LOT. its amaizng.
i don't really do much during the week, go to school and sit there, as i don't understand anything.
Saturday- in the morning, Laila and I went to the woods across from our house and tried cross country skiing. I really enjoyed the start, but as i got tired i didn't enjoy is as much. It was good to see the forest though, it was really pretty. Saturday night, we went to the ice hockey. it was so fun! the lines were huge, so the game had to start a bit late so they could get everyone in. At the door, they had to get body security check (not sure what its called haha) which was weird because it was the first time i had done one of them. There was a big crowd, around 8000. Laila couldn't believe when i said there could be 40,000 people at 1 footy game. back to ice hockey, my team ended up winning, 2-1. They played a team from Stockholm.
Sunday- Malin, Laila and I went horse riding in the woods. It was the best day, because the sun was shining and it was pretty. My horse was called Diley, and it was black and white. We just walked for a while, then we galloped. it was so scary at the start, but so much fun. we stopped for hot chocolate and some lunch, then rode back. the whole trip was about 2 hours long. when i got home, my shoulders and bum were SOO sore. We went to the gym that night, and that hurt! although, i do enjoy getting active, because im going to get so fat with all the fika im having. fika= coffee and cake with friends. we have it A LOT. its amaizng.
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