October 1,2 & 3, 2012

October 1, 2012 Questions

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From Uncle David:
Never boring! Be sure to eat lots of gross things so you can build up a tolerance. We will all be super impressed when you come home and can stomach crazy ethnic foods. You can make so much money off of "dares" too. But not off me. I know your secret. You may be able to get Jesse to pay you to eat stuff though. That guy is loaded!

We love you Alaina. I wish I could use the excuse "my English is getting really bad because I am learning another language" whenever I make typoes! Thanks for taking the time to blog. I look forward to reading them. 
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From Aunt Kati
I noticed that David didn't admit in his comment that I also made him watch Abducted last weekend. :) It was better than we expected also. And don't worry, I'll pay you to eat gross stuff with Uncle David's money. :) Love you! 

A. First I do want to say that most of the food here is really good, I just don't tell you about that because it is just not as fun as saying I discovered tiny fish in my rice. Second, getting money from Jesse is nearly impossible, so I guess the money Aunt Kati gives me will have to be enough. PS. Uncle David according to my computer you made a typo while trying to write 'typos' :)

October 1,2 & 3, 2012

Monday October 1st I stayed home from school because I was not feeling well. Tuesday was an absolute nightmare and Wednesday I had off from school again. I really have no desire to tell anyone what happened in the last couple of days (except for the fact that my internet went out for 36 hours and I realized that I cannot function without it).So, instead I will be telling funny/embarrassing stories that I forgot to tell in my blog.

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About two weeks after I got to Indonesia I had a conversation with one of my families relatives. It went something like this:

*normal greetings - hello, how are you etc.

"So, Alaina where are you from"

"I am from Florida"

"Oh, you live in Miami"

"No I live about 6 hours away from Miami"

"Oh, so you live near Phoenix"

"No, not really? I live closer to Miami"

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Most commonly asked questions

        1.       Do you have a twitter account?
2.     Do you have a boyfriend?
3.     Who do you live with?
4.     Where do you live?
5.     How long are you staying?
6.     Why are you only staying one year?
7.     Why did you choose our school? (a little awkward because Rotary does not let you choose your school)
8.     Are you happy here?
9.     Why are you happy here?
10.   Can you sing? (I say that I can NOT sing)
11.   Sing something for me... now... without any music...go!
12.   Why did you choose Indonesia?
13.   Do you understand?
14.   Do you speak Sudanese (local language)?
15.   Why don't you speak Sudanese?
16.   How are American schools different from this school?
17.   Do you want (insert random food here)
18.   Do you want to go buy snacks
19.   Where are you going (I am normally lost at school and have no idea where I am going)
20.  Do I look pretty/handsome/sexy/like some famous person/ etc ?
21.   Do you remember me?
22.  What is my name?
23.  Do you like me?
24.  What class are you in?
25.  Can I touch your hair? (This question is sometimes forgotten and random people just grab my hair)
26.  What is your cell phone number?
27.  Do you have brothers and sisters?

These questions are in no sort of order... all of them have been asked at least a hundred times. Most of the time I can now predict the question someone is trying to ask.

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There are food vendors that always have their carts at our school. I was walking by with one of my friends and wasn't paying attention. My lack of attention resulted in me banging my head into the metal roof of the nearest cart. This of course, was followed by laughing and comments from everyone in the area.

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On my first day of school I was waiting for my driver. When he showed up I rushed to get in the car. A beggar was coming at me and I tried to get into the car to fast. I hit my head on the door. *I should really watch my head more.

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I failed a PE final. I am not actually in PE, and I have no idea how I ended up in a room giving the PE exam but I took it. In 50 questions I could read enough to know that it was PE and then I just filled in the bubble sheet in cool patterns. (Previously I teased people that could fail PE because I didn't think it was possible-- you have my deepest apologies)

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This last story happened on Tuesday and if you remember I said it was an absolute nightmare. After finally being told I could go home because of exams I called the driver to come pick me up. I was in no mood to walk home. Just to put a cheery on top of my great day the driver showed up on the motorcycle. This was the first time I have ever ridden a motorcycle and I want to remind everyone that I was wearing an ankle-length skirt. I just looked at my driver and tried to explain that I did not know how to get on the motorcycle... he just looked back at me. I tried and failed a couple of times to get on the motorcycle and I was starting to make a scene. So, having no personal pride left for the day I hitched my skirt all the way up to my knees and jumped on the motorcycle. And side note I have not shaved since I got here, people don't shave here and I always have my legs covered anyway so I just don't bother. So now picture a white girl with her long skirt hitched up, her hairy legs sticking out, trying not to fall of a motorcycle while also trying not to hold on to tightly to her driver's waist. Amazing. Everything I wanted my first motorcycle ride to be. So when you have a crappy day just picture that and then say... well maybe my day wasn't too bad.

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I hope my embarrassing stories made your day :) Love you all!!!