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Hey guys :)

The fewer my days are getting, the more I've got to do! Almost all weekends until my return flight are full. And during the weeks I have much to do too. Two weeks ago was 1st of May, and I was celebrating it with my friends. 

Last weekend I had an YFU-seminar, this time it was the Re-entry seminar. I got to meet really cool exchange students again and we spoke about how it is when we have to leave, and how it can be when we get back to our home countries. It was actually really good to speak about these things with our team(the volunteers who have already been in exchange and know how it is) and with people who are in the same situation as I. It made us realize that we're not alone. 

This past week I had only two days school :D On Monday the abiturients (the 13th class who are this year graduating) had their oral exams and the rest of us had off-day. Thursday and Friday we had holidays. My host little sister had birthday on Friday and the relatives from Berlin were here ^^ And we have been eating sooooo much cake again :D On Thursday we started to paint the garage's wall (actually we did already paint it white some weeks ago, and now we started to color our painting). Yesterday Isabel celebrated her birthday and we had fun :)

And 'cause Summer is coming and we have had really warm days already, I have been eating quite a lot of ice cream <3

Life is full of surprises

Hey people :)

 

It's been quite a long time, yet again... and I'm sorry but I've been soooo busy that wow :D But now, I found the time I needed so I can write! (And well, my mom kind of forced me :p ♥)

Okay, the last two months have been really hectic. In short; I was for a week in Berlin with so awesome people that I'll never forget it!! I've been partying almost every weekend, 'cause my friends are still turning 18; I broke my phone; I've moved two times; I had fantastic Easter holidays for two weeks; I got an awesome guest from Finland; I got my second belt in kung fu; I was in Hamburg; my favorite k-pop group made a "comeback" (they released a new album) AND other big group I'm fan of, are finally making their comeback after almost three years ♥-♥!

My week in Berlin was just something really amazing! We were about 40 persons, our YFU team, couple of host-siblings and then of course we, the exchange students :) Our group was just simply the best :D A lot were from Latin-America: Mexico, Argentina and Chile, only three, excluding me, from Europe: Czech, Switzerland and Finland, we had also people from Asia: China, Japan, South-Korea and Indonesia. We spoke a lot of how our exchange year were so far, we worked in groups and tried to find solutions for difficulties in communication etc. But we checked the city too, and we visited museums and of course the attractions. For shopping we had also some time.

I made friends from all over the world, friends who are experiencing the same things as I, and understand me and we support each other. Our team was amazing too. They were really helpful and nice guys :) As I was there, with these wonderful people, I realized something; I'm not me with my host family and I'm not so happy as I could be. So it was the time to finally do something about it. I contacted my betreurin, she contacted YFU and I was told to ask my friends if I could be staying the last 3,5 months by one of them. I wasn't sure where I would end up, and actually I was a little scared what would happen when I'd tell about my decision to my host family and to my family in Finland. I stayed for one week at my betreuerin's. It was a cool week :D And then I found a new host family, the family from my best friend here in Germany ^^ Now I've been staying here for five weeks ♥

Like I already told before, we had Easter holidays! It was sweet. On the Easter days, I got to know the relatives of my new host family. That was nice and they were all really friendly and funny. We ate A LOT, we did egg-searching and in Germany it's tradition to have a Easter fire on Easter Sunday, that was awesome.

On the second week of my vacation my best friend came here!! ♥♥ I traveled with one of the brothers of my host mom to Hamburg and stayed there for a night (thank you!) and on Tuesday morning I went to the airport and picked Ida, my best friend, up. We talked and ate and checked Hamburg for two days and then we got here to where I live. I had missed her so much and it was just soooo marvelous to see her again. We had so much fun and I think it was cool that she got to know my German family. 

This week we had to get back to school.... but luckily we have next Monday free and I'll be going to Heide Park with my friends! :) I'm so excited. Next week, one of the brothers of my host mom has birthday, and as he lives in Berlin with his family I'm going to the capital again! :) And anime convention with Isabel is coming closer! 

Easter bunny went by :) (and I don't even know how many different new ways there is to write my name :D)

Easter fire

♥

St. Michaelis Kirche

Tanzende Türme (The Dancing Towers)

Hamburg

@ Hamburg Dom with my bestie ^^

In zoo

German Police horses in Berlin :D

Live stream from Twitter

My name in Korean

We did it!

I'm ready for 2015!

Decided to write now when it's still 2014! Well at least in most parts of the world, and here too. I hope everyone is having good time today and celebrating the start of the new year with friends and/or family :) I'm heading tonight to a party, where, I guess, is at least half of my German classmates. I'm looking forward to it ^^

And now that the year is ending, it means that I have just spent my first Christmas away from my family, my home country and that I've experienced something new and got to know the traditions of another family and country. My Christmas was good. I ate a lot of cookies and cake, both an important part of German Christmas. But not like in Finland, in Germany there isn't special Christmas food. It's a tradition to eat potato salad and sausages on 24th but that's it. 

Our Christmas tree was/is HUGE!

What made my Christmas this year even better, was that the packet my mom sent me arrived on time! It arrived on the 24th.... xD I was worrying so much already that all my presents for my host-family would suck 'cause, to be honest, half of them were in that packet. It was such a relief when it arrived! (And there were presents for me too ♥)

Nikolaus went by

Two times :D

Before Christmas, I had also my belt exam and I was able to pass it! So now I have the yellow belt in Kung fu. But the next time I was training, I hurt my ankle, that was Wednesday. On Thursday, I stayed home because I couldn't walk properly. My foot kept on swelling so we decided to go to see the doctor. On Friday, I went to school (it was the last day before holidays) and then we drove to Melle and one hour or so later I had a pair of new shoes and a cast for six weeks, yay.

My last fight without belt

2014 wasn't that great year. There were so many bad things that happened, so many catastrophes and everything.... Of course there were also many good things but even so, I'm really waiting for the new year! HAPPY 2015! 

And I'm ending this year with my host sister kitty who's manipulating ski jumping... :D