Loved it!
Simple as that. I met a few people I really liked and found that the two I liked best were in my class (group of 90 devided into 3 classes) So starting tomorrow I'll get to know them better and I'll have fun.
I'm looking forward to the next week :D
The odd thing was that for the first time in my life I felt extremely tall. I'm 5 feet 9/10 inches so that's pretty tall for a girl but in my home town I was considered average or even small, i'm also the smallest in my family. But compared to the people (no matter how awesome they are) I felt like a giant at about 6 inches taller than them.
Well today's post is short but I need ice cream so I'm cutting off here.
I'll keep you posted :D
Monday, February 4, 2013
Sunday, February 3, 2013
First weekend on my own
Hello!
As of last friday I am living on my own, though I didn't sleep at my place that first night... I crashed on someone else's couch but it was fun, we watched a movie and stuff like that.
Yesterday however I did sleep in my new room and I was absolutely terrified. My bunk bed (with out the bottom bed) was shaking like mad and I kept thinking it would fall over and I woke at every sound because I was scared someone might come in (appearantly the room can't be closed from the inside).
Because of this I have decided to buy a lock today so that I can feel save. Luckily my dad made it his business to make sure I was skilled at DIY (Do It Yourself) I can put up shelves locks and put together furniture. I am really glad he made me learn that kind of stuff because it means that I don't have to call my dad or a friend whenever there is something that has to be done.
My mom on the other had never seemed all that pleased with the DIY, not that she thought I should depend on other but because I was turning in to a real tomboy. So then came the ballet classes, the knitting course and the sowing lessons. Making me skilled at fixing my own clothes as well as that squeaky closet door.
One of the other things that I noticed that there was only one of my housemates who was not home last night and came home fairly early, allowing me peace and quiet. I'm so glad about that!
One thing that I noticed this weekend that morals have changed (this is an entirely different subject). I am walking with a crutch because my cane has yet to arrive and I noticed that there were four groups of people:
- Group 1: The people who went out of their way to help me to make sure i was alright and had everything I needed.
- Group 2: The people who were very subtle about making things easier for me without letting me notice, like stepping out of the way before I got even remotely close.
- Group 3: The people who just didn't notice and didn't act on it. Relaxed, no fuss.
-Group 4: One guy so far qualifies for this group, he was in the middle of the aisle at the supermarket, blocking not only me but a few other as well and when I asked him if we could pass he looked at me like I was crazy and said: "Who do you think you are? Just because you're handicapt doesn't mean you rule the world." Luckily there were some group 1 people to back me up and the store clerk was one of them and he politely asked the man to step aside.
When thinking about it, "do the handicapt think they have the right to do things?" I wondered.
My brother in law had said something that came to mind after asking myself that question. We had been at a store and I was holding a shoppingbasket while my brother in law held nothing. People around us started saying stuff about him being rude not to carry my basket and as a joke I asked him why. he told me this: "Just because your disabled doesn't mean you can't fend for yourself, in general people with a disabillity hate it when they are fussed over, it makes them feel like others think they can't do things on their own."
Since I was still joking I hit him with my crutch and shoved the basket in his hands and told him he was diabled as well so he should do things himself but he did have a point.
I asked a friend of mine about this and she has been in a wheelchair for most of her live so she knows even better than me what it's like to be disabled. she said: "Well I don't want everyone to go out of their way to help me, it's annoying, they treat me like a little kid, but on the other hand when they don't offer help I feel that they're rude."
And she was right, I always tell people I don't need help, But I want it to be offered, I want people to care about me and make sure I'm alright.
It's strange but I do think this counts for most people with a disabillity. We don't want to be different but we do want help because we're different.
Strange huh?
Anyway...
School starts tomorrow! I'm very nervous.....
As of last friday I am living on my own, though I didn't sleep at my place that first night... I crashed on someone else's couch but it was fun, we watched a movie and stuff like that.
Yesterday however I did sleep in my new room and I was absolutely terrified. My bunk bed (with out the bottom bed) was shaking like mad and I kept thinking it would fall over and I woke at every sound because I was scared someone might come in (appearantly the room can't be closed from the inside).
Because of this I have decided to buy a lock today so that I can feel save. Luckily my dad made it his business to make sure I was skilled at DIY (Do It Yourself) I can put up shelves locks and put together furniture. I am really glad he made me learn that kind of stuff because it means that I don't have to call my dad or a friend whenever there is something that has to be done.
My mom on the other had never seemed all that pleased with the DIY, not that she thought I should depend on other but because I was turning in to a real tomboy. So then came the ballet classes, the knitting course and the sowing lessons. Making me skilled at fixing my own clothes as well as that squeaky closet door.
One of the other things that I noticed that there was only one of my housemates who was not home last night and came home fairly early, allowing me peace and quiet. I'm so glad about that!
One thing that I noticed this weekend that morals have changed (this is an entirely different subject). I am walking with a crutch because my cane has yet to arrive and I noticed that there were four groups of people:
- Group 1: The people who went out of their way to help me to make sure i was alright and had everything I needed.
- Group 2: The people who were very subtle about making things easier for me without letting me notice, like stepping out of the way before I got even remotely close.
- Group 3: The people who just didn't notice and didn't act on it. Relaxed, no fuss.
-Group 4: One guy so far qualifies for this group, he was in the middle of the aisle at the supermarket, blocking not only me but a few other as well and when I asked him if we could pass he looked at me like I was crazy and said: "Who do you think you are? Just because you're handicapt doesn't mean you rule the world." Luckily there were some group 1 people to back me up and the store clerk was one of them and he politely asked the man to step aside.
When thinking about it, "do the handicapt think they have the right to do things?" I wondered.
My brother in law had said something that came to mind after asking myself that question. We had been at a store and I was holding a shoppingbasket while my brother in law held nothing. People around us started saying stuff about him being rude not to carry my basket and as a joke I asked him why. he told me this: "Just because your disabled doesn't mean you can't fend for yourself, in general people with a disabillity hate it when they are fussed over, it makes them feel like others think they can't do things on their own."
Since I was still joking I hit him with my crutch and shoved the basket in his hands and told him he was diabled as well so he should do things himself but he did have a point.
I asked a friend of mine about this and she has been in a wheelchair for most of her live so she knows even better than me what it's like to be disabled. she said: "Well I don't want everyone to go out of their way to help me, it's annoying, they treat me like a little kid, but on the other hand when they don't offer help I feel that they're rude."
And she was right, I always tell people I don't need help, But I want it to be offered, I want people to care about me and make sure I'm alright.
It's strange but I do think this counts for most people with a disabillity. We don't want to be different but we do want help because we're different.
Strange huh?
Anyway...
School starts tomorrow! I'm very nervous.....
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
One week to go
Hello!
Only a few days left until I officially move into my new home and start school... The nerves are kicking in as we speak.
And to make things even harder... Due to a long term foot disease (mortons neuralgia) I have to start using a cane... starting tomorrow. So if I wasn't going to be a social outcast already I certainly will be one now.
I wonder if other worry about things like this when they start at a new school.
I wouldn't know, I moved to the town I live in now when I was only a year old, I have never switched schools so I have no experience whatsoever.
But, The plus of all of this is that most people in the course I will be following are from a different country and won't know anyone, which means the cliques have yet to be formed, Maybe the cane will give me a Dr. House like edge...
Let's hope for the best!
Only a few days left until I officially move into my new home and start school... The nerves are kicking in as we speak.
And to make things even harder... Due to a long term foot disease (mortons neuralgia) I have to start using a cane... starting tomorrow. So if I wasn't going to be a social outcast already I certainly will be one now.
I wonder if other worry about things like this when they start at a new school.
I wouldn't know, I moved to the town I live in now when I was only a year old, I have never switched schools so I have no experience whatsoever.
But, The plus of all of this is that most people in the course I will be following are from a different country and won't know anyone, which means the cliques have yet to be formed, Maybe the cane will give me a Dr. House like edge...
Let's hope for the best!
Friday, January 25, 2013
Pets
Dear reader,
Yesterday I found to my shock that one of my goldfish had broken his back, Poor thing... I have no idea how it happened, a few hours before it had been just fine, After some research I think it might have been because it swam into the glass with to much force.
Anyway, the poor thing (I got him and 2 other goldfish 50 weeks ago so he didn't make it past a year, the other two are still alive) was still alive but seemed to have lost all will to live. It wouldn't move for food it wouldn't splach when beeing scooped and it couldn't swim so i decided that the humane thing to do was to freeze it. (this might sound odd but the coldness makes it numb so that it notices as little as possible from the process.)
So my poor goldfish named Monogatari(japanese for fairy-tale) died yesterday after having lived with me for almost a year.
I felt incredibly sad.
And I became an absolute wreck when I remembered that I can't take my fish with me when I go to college, my room doesn't allow them, not even fish... It makes me feel incredibly sad.
And of course, my brother in law told me he would give me a hamster (including cage and everything because he dotes me and hates seeing me sad) Which made me even more sad cus I would actually really like one but I know I can't have one cus the owner has the right to kick me out if I own a pet.
But still, I have grown up surrounded by pets, we have had cats(They died when i was really young so I don't remember them well), dogs(we still have 2 of those, one is 13 the other is nearly 9), rabbits (we had two, one died when he was 8 because of stomach cancer and the other one was 11 and he died from another form of cancer) but we've also had tropical fish and other small animals.
I have never been without a furry (or fishy) companion and I am forced to go without for the next 4 years...
I'm contemplating getting a tamagotchi or something.
I wonder how I will survive without a furry creature looking at me with expecting eyes hoping I will play or cuddle with them... Maybe I should try to find a room where I'm allowed to keep a pet...
Perhaps...
Greetings,
BB
Yesterday I found to my shock that one of my goldfish had broken his back, Poor thing... I have no idea how it happened, a few hours before it had been just fine, After some research I think it might have been because it swam into the glass with to much force.
Anyway, the poor thing (I got him and 2 other goldfish 50 weeks ago so he didn't make it past a year, the other two are still alive) was still alive but seemed to have lost all will to live. It wouldn't move for food it wouldn't splach when beeing scooped and it couldn't swim so i decided that the humane thing to do was to freeze it. (this might sound odd but the coldness makes it numb so that it notices as little as possible from the process.)
So my poor goldfish named Monogatari(japanese for fairy-tale) died yesterday after having lived with me for almost a year.
I felt incredibly sad.
And I became an absolute wreck when I remembered that I can't take my fish with me when I go to college, my room doesn't allow them, not even fish... It makes me feel incredibly sad.
And of course, my brother in law told me he would give me a hamster (including cage and everything because he dotes me and hates seeing me sad) Which made me even more sad cus I would actually really like one but I know I can't have one cus the owner has the right to kick me out if I own a pet.
But still, I have grown up surrounded by pets, we have had cats(They died when i was really young so I don't remember them well), dogs(we still have 2 of those, one is 13 the other is nearly 9), rabbits (we had two, one died when he was 8 because of stomach cancer and the other one was 11 and he died from another form of cancer) but we've also had tropical fish and other small animals.
I have never been without a furry (or fishy) companion and I am forced to go without for the next 4 years...
I'm contemplating getting a tamagotchi or something.
I wonder how I will survive without a furry creature looking at me with expecting eyes hoping I will play or cuddle with them... Maybe I should try to find a room where I'm allowed to keep a pet...
Perhaps...
Greetings,
BB
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Study
Study...
I have never really studied in all my life, I have worked my way through highschool by reading the textbook doing about 1/4 of the excersises and reading summaries made by other students. But I'm not sure if that could actually be called studying. I never spent more than 2 hours on a test or exam. Things came easy, the material was easy, the questions were and thus i got high grades without ever actually doing anything.
It seems kind of sad because it means I never really did anything during my time at home.
I wasn't home schooled in a classical way, I didn't have a teacher at my house, my parents didn't help me with my studies. I just ordered the books made sure I knew which chapters to study and got working. Every now and then I'd e-mail a teacher to ask if there were any essays to write or when the next test was so I could be sure I did all I was required.
Perhaps high school wasn't enough of a challenge for me to work hard for it.
I was satisfied with average grades and minimal work but that not what I want for college. I want to do well and get a great job when I'm done.
I want to be motivated to study, to keep going and pushing for a higher grade, Not being satisfied with any passing grade but only being satisfied when I'm sure I couldn't have done anything to improve my score.
When I look back, I see how much I've used the word "I". I must be pretty selfish.
Probably.
College, or university as it's called. Will it be any different from high school? Will I be able to make friends and study hard. Not sure. But I'm gonna try my very best!
On a lighter note, I finally ordered the last two books on my booklist today. The total amount spent on books (by deviding where I buy them in about 7 different sites to make sure I'd always get the best deal) was 661 dollar. Which is... a lot.... I really do hope the next year will be cheaper, maybe i should start saving money from now on...
After cheching the second year book list I have concluded I really need to start saving cus next year the average book cost will be 778 dollar, which is an awefull lot.
I'm not quite sure how I will manage that financially but I'll just have to buckle up and go for it!
Thank you for reading ;)
I have never really studied in all my life, I have worked my way through highschool by reading the textbook doing about 1/4 of the excersises and reading summaries made by other students. But I'm not sure if that could actually be called studying. I never spent more than 2 hours on a test or exam. Things came easy, the material was easy, the questions were and thus i got high grades without ever actually doing anything.
It seems kind of sad because it means I never really did anything during my time at home.
I wasn't home schooled in a classical way, I didn't have a teacher at my house, my parents didn't help me with my studies. I just ordered the books made sure I knew which chapters to study and got working. Every now and then I'd e-mail a teacher to ask if there were any essays to write or when the next test was so I could be sure I did all I was required.
Perhaps high school wasn't enough of a challenge for me to work hard for it.
I was satisfied with average grades and minimal work but that not what I want for college. I want to do well and get a great job when I'm done.
I want to be motivated to study, to keep going and pushing for a higher grade, Not being satisfied with any passing grade but only being satisfied when I'm sure I couldn't have done anything to improve my score.
When I look back, I see how much I've used the word "I". I must be pretty selfish.
Probably.
College, or university as it's called. Will it be any different from high school? Will I be able to make friends and study hard. Not sure. But I'm gonna try my very best!
After cheching the second year book list I have concluded I really need to start saving cus next year the average book cost will be 778 dollar, which is an awefull lot.
Thank you for reading ;)
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
My Place, or crib or whatever you call it
Hey you!
For my second post I thought I might eleborate on my place, or the room I will be living in starting february.
In my country it is custom not to live in a dorm (we don't even have dorms) People buy houses and rent out the rooms.
My room is about a 100 square feet (so it's not big) and there is a closet of about 15 square feet, so all in all... well it's a shoebox. A shoebox that looks like an IKEA catalogue.
To give you an idea of how awesome IKEA is here comes the IKEA furniture:
Two bookcases
My bed
For my second post I thought I might eleborate on my place, or the room I will be living in starting february.
In my country it is custom not to live in a dorm (we don't even have dorms) People buy houses and rent out the rooms.
My room is about a 100 square feet (so it's not big) and there is a closet of about 15 square feet, so all in all... well it's a shoebox. A shoebox that looks like an IKEA catalogue.
To give you an idea of how awesome IKEA is here comes the IKEA furniture:
Two bookcases
My Desk
My couch, I love this thing, it doubles as a bed so people can stay over!
Well that was about it for the Ikea furniture apart from a small table that holds up my tv and xbox360.
Apart from that I have my own sink in the room, a small cubboard under the sink and a fridge so I don't have to go downstairs for a cold drink.
I was surprised by the amount of stuff i managed to cramm into the room without making it seem small.
I just hope that all my clothes will fit into the closet.... and all of my shoes... and my books....
I might need another bookcase but that is for the future.
Luckily, one thing I don't have to worry about is food or finance, I'm a good cook and I can make myself a healthy meal for a fraction of the price it costs to get takeout. and every month I recieve 1200 dollars to get by and with rent only 320 dollar a month I will get by easy! (if everything goes according to plan of course, which in my case... doesn't ever happen...
Love,
BB
Introduction
Hello everyone,
My name is BB, I am 18 years old and a few weeks ago I decided I was ready to start college. Unlike most students, I was mostly home schooled during high school. I was enrolled in a regular high school and recieved books from it etc but did all the work at home and came to school about once a month for tests assignments and other things.
Because of this I do not have much experience with going to school, apart from elementary and middle school of course but still, that was a long time ago. For this reason I do not have a great number of friends, 5 people whom I love and cherish are the only true friends I have, during college i hope to add at least 2 people to that list.
I will be following a course about International Business Management, something that combines my favorite things in one:
Law
Economics
English
Organizational Behaviour
and though I hate to admit it, Math.
I'm not a math geek, not at all, I even failed the subject in high school, but I do enjoy it, I like figuring out things with numbers and as long as I can use my robot friend (calculator) I'm fine.
People say I'm smart and I like to believe that I am, but I have some problems that make it hard for me to study:
I'm dyslectic (this is all typed in word for spelling checks before I dare publish it)
I have ADD (it runs in the family but makes it really hard to stay focused)
And I tend to postpone things until the last minute before doing them.
The last I would like to overcome because it would make my life a lot easier.
Oh and apart from finally going to college I am moving out of the house where I have lived for the past 14 years.
Big change.
And since I have no idea how to live in my own it's going to be hard, especially since I will be living in a house with 5 other students whom I have never met before. I have to share a bathroom and a kitchen with them. I wonder what life will be like from now on...
Love,
BB
My name is BB, I am 18 years old and a few weeks ago I decided I was ready to start college. Unlike most students, I was mostly home schooled during high school. I was enrolled in a regular high school and recieved books from it etc but did all the work at home and came to school about once a month for tests assignments and other things.
Because of this I do not have much experience with going to school, apart from elementary and middle school of course but still, that was a long time ago. For this reason I do not have a great number of friends, 5 people whom I love and cherish are the only true friends I have, during college i hope to add at least 2 people to that list.
I will be following a course about International Business Management, something that combines my favorite things in one:
Law
Economics
English
Organizational Behaviour
and though I hate to admit it, Math.
I'm not a math geek, not at all, I even failed the subject in high school, but I do enjoy it, I like figuring out things with numbers and as long as I can use my robot friend (calculator) I'm fine.
People say I'm smart and I like to believe that I am, but I have some problems that make it hard for me to study:
I'm dyslectic (this is all typed in word for spelling checks before I dare publish it)
I have ADD (it runs in the family but makes it really hard to stay focused)
And I tend to postpone things until the last minute before doing them.
The last I would like to overcome because it would make my life a lot easier.
Oh and apart from finally going to college I am moving out of the house where I have lived for the past 14 years.
Big change.
And since I have no idea how to live in my own it's going to be hard, especially since I will be living in a house with 5 other students whom I have never met before. I have to share a bathroom and a kitchen with them. I wonder what life will be like from now on...
Love,
BB
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