Monday 04.07.11-I had fun on Monday during sport. All of us retook the shotputs test and I failed badly. I got 3.20 meter while the others got up to 6 meters. It was embarassing. Anyhow, I had fun playing basketball because I am improving and finally somebody passed me the ball. I felt really satisfied that somebody in the team trusted me. I know things will get better and better. After sports I had to wait as long as 2 hours. To make sure that I don't sit just in the cafeteria doing nothing productive, I went to browse the stores nearby the school. Checking what asia or chinese ingredients they offer in store. To my 'suprise' I found sweet soysauce and chinese stuff. Just being curious, I compared and browse through the prices of the chocolates sold in different markets. I realise that Kate was keeping her mind busy with Jamie and Gong Joo. I hardly have time to speak with her. Perhaps she needs time to speak more with them. Then i told her about the things that I saw in the asia shop. She wasn't really talking much on that. Perhaps I need to just stop talking about food.
Tuesday 05.07.11- I got my english paper back. I was feeling really good that Amadaeus spoke more to me during german class about his trip to England Sheffield. I felt really comforting that he was willing to show me pictures that he took in England. There was this boy Julian who came back from his exchange year in America. My eyes were sparkling when I saw his certificate from his host school. The whole thing looks just so professional. The certificate was printed in silver and was protected by a cushiony black file. I wonder if I can get it form this school. I just hope so. I felt much better that I could spend some time with Doro and Maya. Doro seem really awkward but she was still being nice. Anyhow, I am not going to ask her the second time if I annoy her or something. I just have to wait and see. Maya suggested that we should meet up and play activity, she was totally being nice than ever. Maybe the tests are over and summer is coming soon. I was afraid that amadeus would feel that I will annoy him. So I told him that if I ask him lots of questions, he have to stop me. However, he says that I don't, I am totally relieved. In english class, I was so nervous about my english paper. I assume that I will get really awful marks or grades on that paper. I told Amadeus about it. He was being really supportive and positive, trying to make me unworried. I was really glad that I am able to talk to him.
It was already two days that Jamie was here. I didn't tend to interact much with him yet since he is going to stay for a month. This little nephew have lots of energy to spare. I have to try my best to be really nice. Then I told them that I am plannning to have a swim in the swimming pool nearby. Kate and Arlene had to leave in the evening for a performance from the New York voices. Jamie was out with his father in the afternoon at coasts of the Rhein river. So I had all the time and no retrictions because not all of them were at home. They were busy. I rode my bike to the swimming pool. It was not as full as the first time I went. A guy that works for the swimming pool saw me swim. He was standing at the side for quite a long while. he was also discussing about the way i swam. I felt so embarassed because I know that the way I swim is really weird. I can't swim properly. After I got out of the pool, he came by and asked me how my style of swimming is called. He said that I swim really weird because I swim under water for 5 strokes and went up for oxygen. I did that consequtively. He asked me if I wanted to swim of to dive. I was totally feeling like hiding my head into sand or something. Maybe a friend to swim with me wasn't a bad idea after all.
Wednesday, I called home and told my mom about the swimming story and she was laughing. I just didn't want to talk to her about money all the time. And I told her that I just bought 2 books to bake. Earning some cash through baking wasn't a bad idea. I just love eating things like cookies,muffins and cakes. It is just crazy when you know how many calories these things have. Just to make sure that I am sick of it, I should bake it more often. She was laughing, she thinks that it will not happen. We'll see how things go. Then I went for orchestra, I skipped choir because I think it is not worth it to wait for two hours in between and choir is not that fun afterall, Then most of the brass members turned up. We spoked and played together. I felt really nice to play as a team again, nonetheless, I know these people. They are sociable. Laureths was really happy to be there. I see him smiling all the time. Perhaps it will only last for the first practice.
I called Agata, my previous German teacher. She is a really excellent teacher for me. It was dissapointing to know that she was not able to give me lessons. Her son had an operation and she had to replace another teacher too. She is working really hard and she is totally stressed out. The common problem found in Germany is that she is also a single mother. She lives alone with her son. I told Kate about it and I think it is really good if they give couples award that stayed together for the rest of their life so that the people will make really careful choices. But anyway, i really hope that she can get through the hard times.
Thursday, I had biology lessons and other lessons as usual. It was so embarassing for me to answer wrongly about the definition of respiration. I actually said that the end product of respiration is Glucose. Hendrik accidentally stated out loud that I am wrong in english. He then covered his mouth. She seems a little angry. However she was willing to fill up my report for the organization. She asked me some question and she wrote down some really good and nice comments for me. It was really sweet of her. After that, I went to the severinstrasse to buy a bun and compare prices of the ritter sports chocolate since I have time. Then I bought some chocolates so that I can send some back for my family members to try. I ate the extremely untrue Teriyaki fish and an apple. It was indeed filling. I went to sports. Doro was not there and most of them are not. Perhaps it is because that they have got their marks recorded. We played basketball. It was indeed fun for a 4 x 4 team. I had fun since the opponent I got was Jan. He is a really active and nice person. I learned how to block a person from taking over my ball. The funniest part for me is that Jan was one and half a head taller than me, he is also very active. I was so ready to prevent him from getting any passes from his team mates. So then, he took my ball from the back of me since I am shorter. I was really not happy about it but since he got a foul from the coach, I was at the same time pleased. I ran after him to prevent him from getting any chances and it made me move more. The best part is I had scored once for my team. That brought me a whole lot of satisfaction.
Friday, I got really stupid schedule from school. I got 3 periods of free periods in between of the six periods. I would gladly not go for arts class but it is obligatory for me to go to school. So, just to spend the time and preventing myself from sitting in the bad air conditioned cafeteria doing nothing, I went strolling in neumarkt. It was indeed something. I went only along the Schildergasse since It was always that I walk by that area. I went to the famous Mayerische bookstore for a browse, then I saw this discounts on really good books. I would really want to have a book that I can keep and use it for the rest of my life. Then I saw this recipe book for Dr, Oetker. The brand is famous itself. I would like to get one limited edition only available in that bookstore but I have to think it through before I regret. Then I went back to school just in time for arts lesson. The same boring thing repeated every week. Nobody was paying attention to her and talking among themselves. When I arrived home, Kate baked two cherry cake and Gong Joo cooked wild mushrooms and chicken. She can cook well but I feel that she still has the asiatish thing in her. She cooks and eats like the asians. That is only what I feel. In the evening, I didn't feel like going to the pub. I changed my mind immediately when Kate said that she is bringing Jamie to Ush's place for a visit. I followed and it was really nice to be there because everything she prepares for food is biologically grown and treated. She has edible and herbal plants in her garden. The food she prepares is not as high in fat as the others. I ate a flower that has an antibiotic effect. It was really cool. She has berries and plants that I have never seen before. There is a pond in her garden where frogs inhabitated. Her grandson is nine years old and I feel that he is quite matured for his age. He knows what he must do for example greetings and so. He has his own opinions and he voices it out. I was so annoyed that he is a little bit like her. He is slightlt impatient and stubborn. Or it is just the nature of children. I don't know. I just told myself that teaching chidren is definitely not my thing since I have not seen or encountered children that I am able to teach. I was so annoyed with how Jamie's attitude towards learning is. Sometimes, I have to remind myself that it is not my job to teach him and I am really harsh on children most of the times. Children is just so not my thing. While we were preparing to have cake and tea, Kate was moving here and there looking for things to do although she was requested to not do it. I just don't understand if it is her culture to push or insist on doing things when she is rejected or asked not to. There were actually a short scene on how Kate insisted on helping and Ush rejecting her offer. Besides that, we played Skipbo.Jamie and Julian, Ush's grandson joined. He didn't know how to play and Kate told him that his action is stupid after he played some cards out. I felt that it was so harsh on a kid from a visitor. I don't think that she does that on Jamie. I was getting a little dizzy experiencing the situation between them. Sometimes I think that children and the older aged people can be so similar but somehow different. It was really fun for me but also a little tiring at the same time. I feel really influenced how stressed Kate always was on small simple things. I really have to learn to not be influenced by anybodys' negative mood or emotion.
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