februar 02, 2010

Bare et lite innlegg jeg skrev på diskusjon.no

"Ja, jeg vil også si at det ikke passer for alle, men igjen så må jeg si, at hvis du tar sjansen så er det nok for deg. Men om du er utrolig bekjeden er det nok ikke så mye for deg. Man må i hvertfall være meldig åpen for masse. men samtidig være ansvarsfull.

Jeg har også lært utrolig mye mens jeg har vært her nede. Aller mest om meg selv, vil jeg nok si. Hvordan jeg er i forskjellige situasjoner, hvordan jeg takler ting, og hvilke folk jeg liker å omgås med. Man filosoferer også en del når man her her. Jeg vet ikke, men noen ganger, så har man tid til å tenke over ting. Alt mulig egentlig. Men finner ut av masse rart. Dette året vil hjelpe deg masse. på en måte. Sikkert mange som vil mot si meg der, Men det er sånn jeg ser på det.

Å bo i en familie som ikke har de samme reglene som deg, det samme synet på ting og tang, det kan være helt feil for deg, men helt riktig for dem osv. Det er veldig annerledes.
Jeg har lært så utrolig mye, bare på de 6 mnd jeg har vært her, om alt mulig vil nå jeg si. Jeg har fått et helt fantastisk forhold til alle de jeg bor med. Med Vertsmoren min Tammy, Vi snakker mye sammen, diskuterer, snakke om alt mulig egentlig. Vertsfaren min Bill, er en artig fyr. Jeg liker virkelig å snakke med ham, Han har utrolig mye smart å si, men samtidig være morsom. Grandma Marilyn kjører litt sin egen stil, Not big of a talker, men er gla ho er her. Spenser, Hva kan man si, helt like personligheter, bare oppvokst på hver sin side av verden. Haha. Baylie, Liker å bruke tid med meg. Så lenge begge to er hjemme, er ho hos meg, på en måte. Føler meg litt slem om kvelden, når jeg skal legge meg, føler jeg kaster ho ut av rommet. Haha.. Noen ganger sover ho hos meg au. Ho gjør som om jeg er storesøstera hennes. Snakker med meg om alt. osv osv.. Nicklaus, Har et godt forhold til han, men etter marilyn tror jeg nok han er den jeg har minst kontakt med. Han prøver å virke så tøff, men er egentlig den skjønne, følsomme gutten inni seg. som kanskje føler hann blir overtråkket av lille mason av og til, som løper rundt og er gal, men som elsker å kose. Haha.. Digger denne familien.

Jeg har faktisk vært her i 6 mnd, og de månedene har gått raskt. Syykt raskt. Nesten litt for fort. Men jeg digger det.
Møtt fantastiske folk, lærere, elever, familie, venner, naboer osv. Alle med sin historie å fortelle. Jeg føler meg ikke så utenlending som jeg følte meg i begynnelsen av året. Føler meg egentlig litt som en amerikaner. Jeg føler jeg aldri har lyst til å forlate dette stedet, disse folka før jeg er klar for det. Selvfølgelig savner jeg familie og venner hjemme, men ingen forhold hjemme i norge, er som de forholdene jeg har her. Ingen i norge deler mine opplevelser som jeg har hatt her.

Jeg har på en måte bygd min egen lille verden. Min verden. En liten verden som jeg har bygd, JEG kan gjøre året super bra. Annas lille verden, som egentlig ikke så liten lengre, men som bare blir større og større for hvert skritt jeg tar, for hver person jeg møter, for hvert eneste ord jeg lærer.

Du venter kanskje 1-2 år på å dra, og når det endelig kommer, føler du tida har gått alt for fort, og når jula kommer, tenker du mye på folk hjemme, det er ikke hjemlengsel, men bare en litt fjern følelse av hva som skjer der hjemme. du vil så gjerne være begge steder samtidig. Januar er over, og jeg kan forsatt ikke fatte hvor all den tida har gått. At det som en gang var en drøm er blitt virklighet, men drømmen er snart over, fordi tiden går helt sinnsykt fort, og du tenker bare fremover. Du vil at tiden skal stå stille, men samtidig vil du bare løpe inn i armene på dine kjære foreldre, besteforeldre, søsken, familie, venner, og aldri gi slipp.

Du vil holde hender med din nye verden, koble to verdner sammen, drøm og virklighet. Jeg husker jeg drømte, i de første månedene jeg var her, at jeg fremdeles var her, snakket engelsk, men et steinkast herfra, bodde gode venner, familie osv fra norge. Det var helt utrolig rart, men samtidig utrolig virkelig. Men så våkner du, og husker at din verden ikke er den samme som deres verden. En følelse av både lettelse og frykt sitter i deg. Lettelse over at det forsatt bare er DIN verden, men en frykt over at det alltid vil være det. Du får aldri de to verdenene knyttet sammen i et større bånd enn det allerede er knyttet sammen med, kanskje noen få tråder her og der, men aldri et helt teppe.

De to verdenene har bare hørt om hverandre gjennom deg. Et år i din egen lille verden. Så veldig uvirkelig, men på samme tid så utrolig virkelig at det går forbi så alt for fort.




Jeg gleder meg virkelig til å dra tilbake, men jeg vil ikke forlate folk her. Når jeg kommer tilbake til norge ahr jeg et år til å bestemme meg hvilken vei jeg skal ta mitt neste skritt. her eller der, eller midt i mellom. Men tiden får vise.

Oij. Haha. Bare begynte å skrive, så plopper det opp et helt stykke. HAha. Woops."

januar 28, 2010

First Video Blog ever! Haha

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januar 27, 2010

Spenser Trampolining

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January 25th-26th

Monday and Tuesday is over, and I'm feeling good, although homework have started again, but that's only in two classes. Life is good. I'm so glad that I was able to switch those three classes. I switches out of Prob and stats, switched to another World Lit class, and switched into Theatre 4. They all seem like good choices. I actually had a couple of friends in theatre on forehand, some of those are now in my world lit class, and in there are also my friend Tiffany, which I haven't been with for a while. So everything worked out good.

On monday, I started out with theatre 1, which was pretty fun, I mean some of those kids in there are so funny. They are all either freshman and sophomores, which means that they babble a lot, which can be pretty funny. We are doing Improv right now, and they get up with so stupid things, that it sometimes are funny. This guy suddenly ran around the stage for nothing, and everyone blasted out in laughter. Freshman... Haha

In 4th period, Theatre 4, the teacher introduced me, and found me a seat, between cory and this other girl, but i didn't pick up her name, yet. We didn't do a lot that class. We were supposed to work at the regionals, but we just talked. This typical american girl, made me feel like it was first day of school all over again. It was like second world war, She was germany, and I was pearl harbor. I mean, she bombed me with questions. Haha. Kind of funny though.

Today was pretty fun. I had a good day. In the morning, i got early to school, because Spenser drove me to school, so I was there around 6.30, so I went in the cafeteria, it warm in there. Anyway, suddenly Steven and some of his friends, scared me. I must've jumped like 7 feet up in the air. luckily I didn't scream, i don't think. Haha. 1st period was World lit. We are doing this project, so Brandon and I is one group, and we are supposed to write hundred words that influence our generation. with those word we are making a collage. fun. Haha. In third period some of the journalism students came in and took jonathan and I out of class, with every other exchange student. They were going to take a pictures of us, and we had to write something in our own language about centennial etc.

Here, i've gotten a lot of new, and good habits. I've become a lot more tidy. I make my bed before I go to school. I figured it only takes like 3 seconds, so y not. It makes it so much more cozy when you go to bed. I get out of bed by the first snooze, instead of waiting to get up until you have to get up. I go to bed by a certain time, so i won't be sleepy at school, so I don"t fall asleep in class, which happened a few times last semester. woops. Haha When we eat out, which is very rare, i don't drink soda, so I haven't drank soda since december. Neither have I eaten candy since then. After school, I either jog or walk. I just hope i can follow through with these thing when I go back home as well.


Today at the bus, I read an article in Dagbladet. It was so sad. I even fell a few tears. I recommend that you read it HERE!
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As a answer to you question: Jeg vet ikke. Jeg fikk året forhånds godkjent, og jeg tror faktisk jeg får det godkjent. Jeg skal ikke gå realfag, for jeg trenger det ikke med den utdanningen jeg skal ha etter vgs. Finance går under økonomi, Også skal psychology gå for sosialantropologi, eller noe sånt. jeg kommer jo til å lese sånn ca gjennom den noske boka når jeg kommer hjem igjen, sånn at jeg har litt mer grunnlag enn det jeg har fra USA, men mest sannsynelig skal jeg nok bare ta økonmi og engelsk for valgsfag. . Også skal jeg ha S2, og prob and stat går litt under det, men jeg skal også gjøre litt oppgaver på internett når det passer meg. Rådgiveren min sa at det gikk greit. trenger ikke ta norsk. heller ikke spanks. Så det eneste jeg trenger å ta her i usa er matte, og to programfag. husker ikke helt om det var historie også, men han sa, tror jeg da, at det holdt med world lit og us gov. eller no. Hehe


My favorite Tv show here are Two and a half men. It is so funny. We record them, because it is a show we all enjoy. I saw the funniest episode the other day. couldn't stop laughing.

Anyway. Chao, hasta la vista, hadet bra, good bye.


From the show Mistere.

januar 25, 2010

Januar - Og det er på norsk igjen!!



Det har ikke helt gått en måned siden jeg sist blogget, men nye ting har skjedd. Jeg kjenner at norsken min ikke er som den var før jeg dro. Men det er ikke engelsken min bedre. Når det er noe som er minus, er det alltid noe som går i pluss.

Et nytt semester har starta. Og det er jeg glad for. Eksamnene gikk greit. Bare Aer og Ber. Syns nok det var bra nok. Hehe.. I hvertfall. Jeg fikk byttet de fagene jeg trengte, for jeg ville ut av Probabaility and Statistics. Det fikk jeg til. Så nå er timeplanen min slik:
A-Days: 1. World Literature honors
3. Photography
5. Psychology
7. Finance
B-days: 2. Theatre 1
4. Theatre 4
6. Us Government
8. Spanish 2 Honors

Det var første gang at noen hadde blitt plassert i Theatre 4 rett fra theatre 1. så det er jo litt artig da. Miss Webb forandra mening sin, og jeg er med i Alice in Wonderland. Det blir nok utrolig morro. så da blir det øving helt til slutten av februar når vi skal ha forestillingen vår.

Ellers har vi vært på forestilling, på tresure Island, å så Mistere. Et veldig bra show må jeg si.
I dag kom jeg hjem fra California, etter å ha vært der siden lørdag. Spenser, tammy og jeg, dro for å se på Spenser konkurere i Tumbling, og Trampolining. Han fikk 1. of 2. Plass. Så han er himla god. Skulle ønske jeg kunne gjøre alt det der, men det blir vel å forbli en ønske. Hehe.

Jeg tror ikke jeg kommer til å skrive så langt i dag, fordi det er nesten et ork for meg å skrive på norsk. føler meg egentlig ganske i fremmed land. Noen ord må jeg tenke på en stund. det er nesten som engelsk før jeg dro. Det er egentlig utrolig rart. jeg har ikke skrevet norsk på en veldig lang stund føler jeg.

jo, så har jeg jo fått macbooken min. Det er utrolig greit. Fant ut hvordan jeg får æ, ø, og å på den også. Hehe. jeg kan bytte mellom de. Men det er veldig deilig å endelig ha pc igjen etter at den andre pcen min ikke funker lengre, eller den skrur seg av etter noen minutter. Utrolig plagsomt. Men Det er endelig over nå.

Nei, heretter tror jeg jeg kommer til å skrive på engelsk. jaffal så lenge jeg er her. høres så my bedre ut, når man må si ting på engelsk uansett. .

Men da er det skole i morra, sååå jeg får kanskje gjøre meg klar. 3 timer med teater i morgen tidlig. det kommer til å bli himla artig. Men men. Natta. natta.

PS: En jente spurte om guttene i USA er pene? hmm, litt vanskelig å svare på i og med at det er så mange forskjellige. det er folk fra alle slags raser her. alle er så forskjellige. Noen er veldig kjekke, mens andre ikke så kjekk. Det kommer vel også på hva du syns selv også da.

Klemmer


desember 26, 2009

November, December, Florida, Christmas, etc.

First off all. I am so sorry that I haven't been able to blog lately, or more accurate, the last couple of months.

Anyway, Its christmas. Christmas Break. This Christmas break, it is not going to be a lot of time left for relaxing. But first Last time I blogged i asked if anybody had any questions for me. So here they are:

Hva slags info måtte du sende dem om deg selv ect? Og hvor mange karakter kort og sånt skal de ha inn? Skal de bare ha vitnemålet fra 10. klasse eller alle fra Ungdomsskolen, eller hvordan er det?
- I got a webpage where I had to fill everything in. They ask for grades from 9th grade (freshman), and up to christmas in 11th grade. You nee to fill in all the basics about ur self, ur, hobbies, sports etc. And a lot of medical information which u need ur doctor to fill in for u.

Do you think ur english have improved?
- Ohh yes, definitely. When I came here, u could hear that i was foreign just like that. But now people get kind of surprised when they get to know that im from Norway. One girl actually asked me if i was from CAnada because she could hear a little accent, but since its not that strong of an accent anymore, i guess. But yeah it's weird. I mean, I totally think and dream in English, and its almost harder to speak with family and friends back home because i have lost a lot of my norwegian vocabulary, that i really have to think what the norwegian word is. So yeah, Definitely.

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November went by so incredibly fast. Its already Christmas and half of my stay is over. I cant really believe it. I came in the middle of august, the school started August 24th. Now its only one week left of the first semester. Weird. It's almost like it went by way too fast.

I've done way too much the last month that I can't really remember a lot of it. I auditioned for our School play: 'Alice in Wonderland ' And I got a part, which is really cool. I got two theatre classes now because of that, so this semester will be even more fun than the last one. Im very exited for it all to start. The last couple of weeks of school was really cold. I mean it was like really really cold in the morning, but when ur walking home from the bus, u can walk in a T-shirt. It is confusing. Cuz u dress up with really warm cloths in the morning but end up carrying it on the way home.

Since a lot have happened i'm not going to tell u about it all, so im gonna start from a week before x-mas break started. December 12th we all went christmas caroling, which was actually fun. We drove through the neighborhood with a truck which was pulling a kind of sleigh thing. So we sang all the x-mas songs u can imagine, and the kids were handing out candy canes to the neighbors who were opening the doors for us. On Sunday the 13th it was 2nd day of hanukkah, So we all went Over to The Cohens and celebrated. It was interesting and fun. The danish girl Sofie is the Cohens student, so it was fun. That night they told me about their trip to Florida, and later on we ended up buying a ticket for me as well.

Monday was spirit week. So people dressed up in whatever the day's theme was. Tammy and I figured out that we wanted to do something fun with mr. Bob Cohen's room, because he's jewish, and so we figured that we would do his whole classroom in christmas stuff. So we brought in a christmas train the first day, the second day we made a fireplace and stockings, the third day, we put a six ft tall christmas tree in the middle of his room, then we did all this singing snowmen, which made him go crazy, and ended up switching classroom with another teacher. Haha. So it was a lot of fun.

On friday, we had an assembly after school, after that I went home, started packing, took a shower and got ready, before Bob, Sarah and Sofie picked me up to leave for the airport to go to Orlando, Florida. It was a lot of fun. I told my uncle who lives in Tampa, like 90 minutes from Orlando, so my uncle, my two cousins; Kristian and jonah, and a friend of my cousin, Joshua. Anyway. We met up with them on saturday after we arrived Orlando. We went to the FUN SPOT and Sofie and I rode the world tallest Skycoaster which is 300ft tall. We also rode the one where u sit in a ball kind of thing and they shoot u up 345 ft i think it is. Crazy but a lot of fun.

On Sunday we went to Universal Studios, where we met my uncle and cousins again. It was a lot of fun. There are a lot of fun roller-coasters there which we rode. Universal studios has 2 parks, Adventure Island and universal studios. I like them both, but the best one i would say is Universal, because thats more for big kids. They have bigger roller-coasters etc. We had a very good time. After the park closed we ate at the NBA, before we headed back to the hotel.

Monday, we went to Epcot center. It was pretty cool, because they had a lot of countries in there, i.e Norway, china, france, Mexico, etc. We spent a lot of time in Norway. I went crazy over the milk chocolate. Haha. Anyway. They have a ride there, which take u through norwegian history, and since I was Norwegian, Sofie and I got in the fast pass line, AND we got our own boat, just us two, in a bout that can take at least 24 people. So that was kind of fun. or else they had a lot of fun rides. One which took u through the beginning where dinosaurs were, into the future. Kind of interesting.

We went to Disney's Hollywood studios on Tuesday, which also was a lot of fun. They had American idol, the tower of terror, drawing classes, parades, HSM3 show, +++. We had fun. at the end we were all watching a show, An amazing disney show. Anyway we got to the hotel and sofie and I decided to stay up all night because we would only get 4 hours of sleep anyway, because my plane home left 6.35, so we had to be there at 5.15.

When we got to las vegas, and safely home, my host family and I left after 10 minutes for a dolphin show at the Bellagio. The had dolphins, tigers, lions, and swans. When we were there, the lions, both guys, felt a type of need. Haha On our way home, we had to stop my the meadows mall for spenser to get a gift for Jessica. On Christmas Eve, we went in the morning to Mandalay Bay to the shark reef. It was a lot of fun for the kids. U walked under sharks etc. interesting. After that we went to get the rest of my presents, so it was last minute x-mas shopping. Haha, We went home, wrapped em, made rice cream for x-mas day, before we went to Brendas for waffles, and i made norwegian pancakes, which everybody really liked.

Christmas morning they woke me up around 7.30 to open our stockings and gifts. There were a lot of gifts. I got what i really wanted: iPod/iPhone Speaker, but i got a lot of different things as well. Around 1 o'clock, the rest of the family arrived. I think we were about 25 people here. We had our gift exchange. We all had one person to give present to. I got two iTunes cards and a extra battery for my phone. Jippi. Thank u guys. We had a lot of fun, ate a lot of good food, i.e my rice cream for dessert. Haha. It was Spenser, Baylie, Nicklaus, Mason, Tammy, Bill, Me, Debbie, Thom, Brenda, Danielle, Alex, Brandon, Cooper, Marilyn, Jenny, and her husband, Brooke, Ashleigh, Angela, Dave, Emma, Gabriella, and two other girls, but they're not in the family. After everybody left, we had to clean the food up, before we sat down and watched the Hangover, but i didnt last the whole movie. We all were so tired. So today we're just going to relax. Which is good. Im not really up to doing anything today. The last couple of days have been so bissy. I really need to just hang at home, and do whatever. Until we're doing stuff the rest of the vacation.

Merry Christmas to u all, and happy Holiday, and Happy New year, when it comes to that. Haha. And eat a lot of marzipan for me. Haha.......

.....And U know I love comments. Alright. I think Ill be able to update after minnesota. Or i Have to, because after that school is up again. Alright. See u guys. Dont forget to write a comment. Heres some pictures for u guys. Chao!


They got me a christmas ornament with my name on it. =D

And they got me a Christmas Stocking with my first initial. A!

Norwegian pancakes for Christmas Eve.

Alright, so our neighbors mail-box fell down in the wind, But no worries, they fixed it. HAHA

Anna and Emma at the shark reef!

Mandalay Bay

The two guy lions. They obviously have needs.

World tallest Sky-Coaster. 300ft.

In norway town, epcot center.



desember 08, 2009

Apple Macbook pro - one to one - Boredom

Im sitting here, and theres nothing do, ddodododododododooo.... HAha..

Anyway. Im at the apple store right now. Tammy has a one to one appointment, and i was thinking that i should come, cuz im getting a macbookpro as well. for christmas. But the first minutes I think, is just general which i already know. so Im just uptadting a short blog. I will get back to thanksgiving and all that stuff.

Las thing that happened today is that my wallet was stolen. so my creditcard is gone, so I need to order another one all the way from Norway, but its all good. Hopefullly it wont take as long as a package. Haha. Or else I might get a creditcard here. Will see. I donno.

Or else Im good. Im great, actually. As soon as we get the internet going at home ill update with pictures and write about whatever ive been doing, thanksgiving etc etc. So I guess I see u later then. Haha.

Love Anna

november 26, 2009

Im ready for the thanksgiving holiday!

It's Wednesday her in Las Vegas, and it was last day of school this week. It's Thanksgiving Holiday. Wiii =)
The last couple of days have gone by so fast. I've also actually been running everyday the las couple of days as well, something that's not typical me, so now my legs hurt, and stuff but it's all good. It's good for me, so why stop?
I really like my classes still. Theater is theater, it;s a lot of fun, especially since I like acting. In World Literature, we're doing the same stuff, we get quotes, writing our journal and reading our book. But it's still fun though, cuz' our teacher is talking about all and nothing. In US Gov, it's so fun. Like I sit in the middle of some funny people, so today, the two guys that sits behind me, started to play music of the one guys phone, and they sang, and when it didn't have any songs left to play, they asked for my phone and we surfed through my songs, and sang. The teacher is so cool, so she didn't really care. HAha. Kind of funny. And in Spanish, there's a lot of freshmans, and they r so funny, and a lot, a lot of energy. Like almost everyday after school before everybody else gets home i watch an episode og Two and a half men, and it's so funny. I love that series.

Anyway, I'm thinking of buying the new macBook pro 13", cuz its like $1000 less here than in Norway, and I really want it. And I'm still waiting for my package to get here. I think I have waited for over 1.5 month now. I'm starting to think that its not going to get here at all. Sad though. And I'm sending a pack to norway before Christmas, I hope.

Anyway. Thanksgiving is here, and ill try to take a lot of pictures tomorrow of all the good food etc, and its shoppingtime on friday "black-friday" And I'll update before this weekend is over.

I'm sorry for writing in english, but its easier for me in three ways, I'm writing on a english keyboard, I can express myself better in english, and some words I can't translate. So.. But although I write this blog for people in norway, most of you are going to be an exchange student next year, so it will be good practice for you all.


BUT... I'm going to answer questions, so if anybody have any questions at all, write me a comment, And I'll try to answer all of them as good as I can.

AyAy... Love Anna