some stuff about my life but mostly food.

hello, blog! i have some things to report, of interest or not.
i spent this weekend at the AFS orrientation camp! it was in a little town in the middle of nowhere at a place called the stayokay hostel. so obviously, this was set up for success.
it was really really wonderful to see all the other exchange students again. we all compaired notes on how our lives are going. because, really, nobody quite understands "I CRY EVERY NIGHT LOL" quite like other exchange students. we all decided we hadn't anticipated the utter bone-crushing loneliness that we would experience. but, we're not exactly saddened. we spent most of the weekend laughing hysterically at our utterly pathetic and hilarious existances. also, finally other people who understand my dilemma:
food in america: vegetables, fruits, cheerio's and lunch meat.
food here: KAAS BROODJES. and beer. and thats pretty much it.
the volonteers were super awesome too. they were all in their twenties and were really more just like chill dudes who could give us advice. i'm retty excited to go on all the trips with them. a bunch of returnees were also there. i saw the girl who stayed in RI last year, which was cool. it was weird to bump into her on a different continent XD
we also played a bunch of traditional dutch games. there was one where you had to eat a really dry bisquit and then be the first one to whistle? i opted out of that one because the people playing looked like they were dying a little bit. my personal favorite game, affectionately known as spijkerpoepen, or "poop a nail", involves wearing a belt with a nail on a string hanging down in the back. the object of the game is to dip the nail into a bottle of beer without using your hands.

the dutch know how to party.

they also had really good food. they had this one thing, which was like a tasty red brick full of mushed up veggie matter? it was legit the most delicious thing ever. i'm not kidding. i can't even post a picture of how gross it looked in comparison to how good it tasted, because nobody knew what it was called.
another thing the dutch are quite fond of is krokets. a kroket, as i have learned from experience, is essentially a deep fried gravy-filled log.

lekker, lekker, lekker!

i thought american food was greasy and terrible for you, but apparently i had no idea how much worse [more delicious] it could get. sidenote: america, you know there is something you can put on french fries that makes them a billion times more delicious that ketchup, right? its called MAYO, and the dutch have the right idea on how to eat fries. i'm sorry, america, french fry rights revoked. also found in this picture, onions and curry another thing the dutch enjoy putting on their fries: satesaus! which is basically peanut butter. this country was made for me.

america, you really just don't understand.

more about food, 90% of my life is officially centered around cereal. cruesli, granola, and bran flakes are my only loves. basically, i eat at least three bowls of cereal every day. i think my family thinks i'm a little bit crazy. but if it were up to me, i really wouldnt eat anything else. EVER. if i had my way, i'd eat cereal for every meal.

it is always always the proper time for a bowl of granola.

seriously i daydream about cereal. its unnatural.

i had my first for real day of school today. i started off the day by almost getting hit by a car on the way to school, so that was nice. that didnt make me as sad as the fact that someone who wasnt even involved honked at me on their way by afterwords. i was like ITS NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS MOVE ALONG >:I
anyway, i got to school and watched gym class [because i dont have a pair of those sweet ankle elastic sweatpants yet]. all the kids here have a pretty sound concept of how to play basketball. which worries me, because the only time ive ever touched a basketball was to be hit in the face with it.
i had a bunch of other classes too, but i mostly just sat in class and pretended like i was able to pay attention. which wasnt so bad, im soaking up some of this language business like a sponge. i mean, i'm about on par with my french skills, and i took that shit for three years.
uhh yeah. mostly school is really boring, i'm frustrated, and i'm constantly laughing on the inside about how screwed up my life is. nevertheless, i actually do like it here, and it's better than life in america XD

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