So as my last post said, I was in Jun Khee's house for a night along with the rest of the Malaysians, except for Shu Chien. So the next day, which was Saturday, I took the 1pm train back and reached home around 3.15pm. The train ride wasn't that long, it was the in-between rides wait that was long. It was cold and I had to wait 20 minutes each at 2 stations. Ah well, that's about 5fr cheaper than taking the train straight to Luzern and changing trains there. My purse is going thinner and thinner. On Saturday night was Anja's birthday party as well. I took the bus to Sörenburg from Schüpfheim bahnhof. I was an hour earlier than everyone else, it appears to be. So I got the chance to really get to know her family, who are friends with Fränzi. Her house is just next to the ski lift, and her mom used to work with Fränzi or something. Apparently that night I was speaking really good German. I don't understand how I did it, but I manage to have conversation with Anja's mom in German, and I understood them very well. The party was in the Garage. They had to close the garage door, which makes the garage feels cramped up, but it's good cause it blocks out the cold wind outside. I drank beer (for women) and Trojka, some yellow vodka or something. I ate a lot too, the pizza was amazing, so was their cheese tart, which was baked and served warm instead of refrigerated like Ding's. The combination of a stomach full of cheese and pastry with Trojka and beer was something I could never forget. I felt like throwing up the whole time, but it was difficult to get out of the garage, because the door is the type of big doors for cars, and when you open it, everyone would be freezing. I kept it in, and tried not to make big, sudden movements and stayed seated. I did have some conversations with a few people not from the school, and as usual, they were asking me about Malaysia and chinese stuff. Around 11.30pm, Isaac and Marcos asked if I wanted to go home, cause we're getting a ride from Anja's dad. Apparently the last bus down to the bahnhof was 8.30pm, which I knew and my host-dad said to call him when I needed the ride home. Anja's father offered to drive us back, cause it's about 15-20 minutes drive from Sörenburg to the bahnhof or something. He dropped off Isaac and Marcos at Marcos' house in Schüpfheim and drove me home cause unfortunately I missed my last train back to Hasle. Since he knows my host parents, he knows where I live, too. Thank you so much for the ride.
One thing about here. I don't know how they address a friend's parents. Back home in Malaysia, we just call everyone UNCLE or AUNTY. Here, the parents introduce themselves with their first name, and it sounds so weird to call people Herr Blaser or Frau Blaser. I need to ask people soon.
Sunday wasn't much. I really forgot what I did on Sunday. So I'll just skip till I remember what I did.
Monday..... wasn't much either. I think I did nothing on Monday. Skip. Oh wait I went to Schüpfheim for swimming. It's awesome cause it's locked and my host-mom has the key so we went in ourselves and we had the pool all for ourselves. I went with Joel, his friend Nicola and his 2 cousins, who are also our neighbour, Micha and Tim. The pool is indoors, and the water is really warm. Micha and Tim are so lovely! Micha talks to me in German, sometimes English, but when he speaks German, he does these hand signals so that I could understand better. He's just 11 years old, I think, and Tim is 8. Tim, on the other hand, took out his swimming pants in the pool and ran to the showers naked, and he was being happy about it.
Tuesday I met up with Nadine, my AFS contact person, aka my Götti (Godmother). I don't know why they call it Götti here, but that's what she is, according to AFS. I met up with her in Luzern, and we went for a movie together. Well I kinda suggested it, cause no one wants to watch The Hunger Games with me, so when she asked is there something I REALLY wanna do, and I said I wanna watch THG. Apparently it's not as popular as it is back home and in US I think. We watched it in German, cause the English version is only available at night. Well, at least I've read the books and I know how the story is, and I really just wanna see Josh Hutcherson :D The German dubs were alright, and Gale's voice sounds kinda gay, whereas Peeta's voice was more manly. I didn't like Katniss' voice either. It sounds so gentle, but Katniss' character is so tough. And something "special" about the cinemas here in Switzerland. They have a commercial break in the movie. For you to go out and stretch yourselves and go to the loo, I guess, but in THG, it paused at one of the most exciting moments, when Katniss confronts Peeta about confessing his feelings on television. Nadine never heard of the story, and never read the books, but I think she enjoyed the movie. During the pause, she was asking me about how the movie ends and how exciting the movie is, and at the end of the movie, she said she wants to find out about the rest of the books.
Wednesday I went to Zurich with my host mom, sis and bro. We took the train there and went shopping for clothes. Mainly it was to shop for Joel's clothes, for his graduation and all. I could see he despised shopping. Julia was like choosing clothes for him and he's just going Noooo Noooooo. Reminds me a bit of my brother, though. His face when he finds an outrageous shirt was priceless. We had McDonald's for lunch and went to shops like ZARA and stuff, but I didn't buy any clothes, except for a cardigan in H&M. I needed one, true story. I almost bought 2 hoodies for 9fr each, but then took a tenth look at the hoodies while lining up at the counter, and decided not to buy it, cause it doesn't really fit me much, and I'm just buying because the price was insanely cheap. In the evening, I went to the library in Schüpfheim with Julia, cause she was searching for the Nicholas Sparks book, The Lucky One, but in German. I found an amazing book there, and I borrowed it. It's so amazing!!!!!!
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| I learned English reading these when I was young. So maybe I'll use the same technique to learn German :) |
Thursday was normal for me as well. I went to the bank and post office to run a few errands for my host mom. I also mailed a couple of postcards, and bought a cinnamon roll in Volg, the kedai runcit of Hasle. The pang of guilt hit me after I bought the roll, cause I just told myself to stop eating so much snacks and keep it to the strictly 3 meals a day diet. But I feel like I'm betraying my stomach for not giving it food when it's crying for food. Ugh. Why can't the calories disappear as quickly as the money in my purse?
Friday, which is today, well, not already cause it's 1am here now. Shit I'm getting back to my bad sleeping habits in Malaysia. What the hell is wrong with me? Didn't do much today, except for eating and eating and eating. Go away, big appetite!!
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