Corinna Down Under: Buchstabe des Wochenendes

Montag, 24. Februar 2014

Buchstabe des Wochenendes

Samstag & Sonntag in Scarborough mit Jenny und ihrer Familie
Sommer
Sonne (nbrand)
Sunshine
Strand
Surfer
Swimming in the Sea
Salt on the Skin
Steaks (Naja "lamb & chicken BBQ" fängt nun mal nicht mit S an und Steak passt am ehesten)
Superreise in Sicht: In zwei Monaten bin ich schon in Adelaide!!!
Spontane Planung fürs nächste verlängerte Wochenende: Eigentlich wollten Maria, Jenny und ich nach Rottnest Island fahren, aber alle bezahlbaren Unterkünfte sind schon ausgebucht. Wir waren auch ein bisschen spät dran. Dann haben wir uns überlegt für die drei Tage ein Auto zu mieten und irgendwo hin zu fahren, aber man kann erst ab 21 ein normales Auto mieten. Warum auch immer ist es jedoch möglich, einen 3er Camper zu buchen! Der besteht auch nur aus einem Auto mit Zelt auf dem Dach; verstehen muss man das nicht... Da mussten wir natürlich zuschlagen :-) Die nächste Frage war dann: Wohin fahren wir eigentlich? Im Osten ist bis auf den Wave Rock nur Outback, im Süden waren wir auf der Weihnachtsreise und dem Cape to Cape Trip schon und im Westen ist Wasser (und Rottnest Island, aber dort ist ja alles ausgebucht). Bleibt als nur der Norden. Wir drei werden zwar schon nach unserer Au Pair Zeit Anfang April nach Exmouth reisen und ein bisschen auf der Fahrt dorthin mitnehmen, aber für alles ist dann nicht genug Zeit. Es gibt ganz viele kleine, aber schöne National Parks und Städte, die wir uns in den Tage mal ansehen werden. Ich freue mich schon drauf :-)

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What exchange is all about

Über ein paar Ecken habe ich diesen Text gefunden. Er bringt meine Zeit hier ziemlich gut auf den Punkt.

What exchange is all about

Exchange is about learning. It's not as simply as learning whatever it is that's taught in school, though.

It's about learning how to listen, how to speak, how to think. Learning who you are, who your friends are, the type of people you want as friends. Learning how to trust your innermost feelings, and how to find those feelings in the first place.

It's about learning what's really important to you, and learning what you really don't give a damn about. Exchange is about how to tolerate, how to accept, how to like and how to love. Learning how to give as well as receive, and how to trust that everything will even itself out on its own.

It's about learning that your mom and dad do have the right answers sometimes, and that your kid sister isn't such a dumb little kid anymore. Exchange is about learning to treat people as people, not as stereotypes. Learning that sometimes a kiss isn't just a kiss, sometimes it means more, and sometimes it means less. Learning how to achieve, how to succeed, how to accomplish.

It's about learning how to not come in first place and still be proud, and about coming in last and learning how to admit that you could've been better. Exchange is about learning that large parties don't necessarily mean a good time. Learning that loneliness doesn't go away in a crowd, and that sometimes it's okay to be by yourself on a Friday or Saturday night.

It's about learning that your lunchtime crowd doesn't constitute your popularity, and that popularity is all a matter of perspective. It's about learning that boredom is simply laziness of the mind, and that watching three hours of TV every night is not quality relaxation time.

Exchange is about learning how to pack a bag, and how to pack a room full of way too much stuff. It's about learning that people probably like you a whole lot more than they'll ever tell you, and that it's your responsibility to make sure your friends know how much you appreciate them.

It's about learning that simply doing what you're supposed to do isn't enough, you need to put forth twice that effort in order to fully grasp whatever it is that's sitting in front of you. It's about learning how to make people smile. Exchange is about learning how to miss people enough to not stick them in the past, and how to not miss them so much that it keeps you from moving into the future.

Learning how to motivate yourself and how to motivate others. Learning what the phrase 'make do' means, and how to use it to make it seem as if you're not simply 'making do.' It's about learning 25 different ways of saying 'we made out,' and how to swear in all the different languages of the other exchange students. Exchange is about learning.