Pour Kiki

So, I told Kiki to go look at my blog the other day but she wasn't happy because it was all in ENGLISH! Haha. So this post is for Marie-Anne.

Il me reste 18 jours jusqu'a je parte de Toulouse, mais je n'arrive pas a le croire. En plus, il me reste que 16 jours jusqu'a je parte du lycee... et ca veut dire jusqu'a je dis au revoir aux mes amis. Je n'aime pas penser de ca car je me mets en pleurant chaque fois.

Cet annee m'a apporte plus de choses que je peux exprimer, et beaucoup de ca est grace aux mes amis. En Australie, j'ai eu en peu de mal avec des amis pendant lycee... les gens m'ont jete comme j'etais rien et je me demandais pourquoi c'etait toujours moi. Par contre, cet annee j'ai rencontre des gens supers. Ils m'ont pris comme je suis et ils etaient gentils avec moi (bon, il y en a qui ne sont pas trop, mais je m'en fou d'eux). Peut etre ce n'est pas bien mais il y en a a qui je suis tres attache et ca me fait enormement de plaisir de passer du temps avec eux, et ca va etre trop bizarre de les laisser, de ne le voir pas chaque jour et de ne pas etre capable de les parler quand je veux. C'est sur qu'il y a toujours Skype et Facebook, mais ce n'est pas pareil. Par contre, je sais que quand je revien un jour, ca va etre comme je ne suis jamais partais. Des vrais amis sont toujours amis et c'est sur que cet annee, j'ai appris qu'est ce que un vrai ami. ( La je peux sortir un truc de philo mais non...)

Il y a des choses qui me hate de voir en Australie, c'est sur... ma soeur et ma mere me manquent et cet annee ma appris qu'elles sont vraiment geniales. Le soleil, le chocolat 'Cadbury', les maisons grands et tous qui est grand la-bas. Moi, je suis tres fier d'etre australienne alors je suis contente que un peu pres un mois apres que j'arriverai, c'est le jour national d'Australie. Ca va etre super =)

Je pense que la campagne va me manquer... c'est bizarre je sais! C'est sur que ca va etre plus facile de sortir et tout, mais les champs et les petits villages mignons vont me manquer beaucoup. Quand j'ai voyage cet ete, les grandes villes etaient trop grandes et trop vites pour moi. Ici, c'est calme et pendant le nuit, il n'y a pas de bruit. Les fetes vont me manquer aussi... les fetes de villages cet ete etaient vraiment super et a Mazeres, il y a beaucoup d'animation, surtout pendant ete.

Le lycee va me manquer. Au Notre-Dame, c'est un peu comme une famille et il y a des cours qui m'interesse beaucoup... le philo! On a huit heures de philo par semaine et les jours quand on a trois heures de philo sont mes jours prefere. Il y a aussi les cours de francais. Les profs de philo et francais sont des profs genials qui m'ont beaucoup aide cet annee avec mon francais, et ils sont les matieres en qui j'ai eu les meilleurs notes (sauf anglais, mais bon... je parle anglais deja).

Ma famille d'acceuil va me manquer aussi. C'est grace a eux quand j'ai tellement change cet annee et ca va etre bizarre d'etre plus avec eux. Ils sont vraiment des gens supers et meme s'ils m'embettent tout le temps, ca va me manquer beaucoup.

Alors pour rentrer...

Toulouse - Paris : 25 Novembre, 13h - 14h30.

Je reste le nuit a Paris dans un hotel.

Paris - Abu Dhabi : 26 Novembre, 11h - 20h50

Abu Dhabi - Sydney : 26/27 Novembre, 22h25 - 19h35

Je passe le nuit dans l'aeroport de Sydney.

Sydney - Melbourne : 28 Novembre, 6h40 - 8h10

Alors ca me fait... euh...60 heures de voyage je crois... putain je vais etre completement caisse... au moins j'ai des escales.

Je passe une semaine a Melbourne avec ma soeur et je rentre le 3 Decembre a Perth.

Biiiisous.

So little time, so much to do.

This is it.
I'm almost done.
Less than a month left.

I don't know how I feel about this- half happy, half sad. It's going to be incredibly difficult leaving here, that's for sure. But I'm going to be glad to see my sunburnt country...

www.poemhunter.com/poem/my-country

^^This manages to explain everything that I love about Australia in one poem.

I spent the past week (the last holidays) venturing out quite a lot. Friday and Saturday nights were spent chez Michele as Sat we partied the night away for my departure, Mimi, Kiki and Henri's birthdays. It was pretty freaking awesome. Monday to Thursday were spent in Brive at Bryani's house (another Aussie) with the immortal gang of Aussies- Gemma, Georgia, Bree and myself. I love these girls more than I can possibly describe and was actually extremely upset to leave them. We spent an awesome couple of days together- some of the best this year. I then went down to my IC's house- Evelyne- who is my exchange contact basically. There's no tv or internet at her house but it was lovely to get away for a while and spend time with her. The past few days were spent horse riding at a course. I love riding, but there are certain people that I just cannot stand due to their obsession with what level you have- it annoys the hell out of me that they don't seem to understand that the point of riding is not how good you are. I love to go out riding on a trail ride and that's it for me- that's what really makes me happy. But each to his own, I guess.

Peace out.

Errr...

GEORGIA : You commented on my last post with some questions. Would you mind letting me know your email please? That way we can communicate directly =) I'm excited to hear about your exchange aspirations!! Yay =)

France is currently filled with people protesting in the streets and striking over the retirement age which has just augumented. Some petrol stations are no longer open and trains and planes are not circulating too often. If this keeps on going then food is going to be hard to get and I won't be able to get home. Being a foreigner will not be a good thing. Am hoping this stops soon.

VIVE LA FRANCE!

Ladeda.

It's just occured to me that I write a lot of random posts but not a lot about what I'm actually doing, activity wise. This is pretty much due to the fact that I'm really quite lazy and can't be bothered writing detailed posts.

I don't really care though. But in ten years time I'm going to regret it because of all the memories lost.

Took a heap of photos the other day with the girls... I am going to MISS them.

FETE! Next week.

I sent home my first box of summer clothes today...

...But I keep on seeing clothes I really want to buy (and probably will. I'm in FRANCE, after all!)

It's cold.

Holidays next week (and seeing Breeeeeeeee! Yay!)

Constantly in French mode.

Got 6.5/10 in Philo. I am awesome.

My Philo teacher is insane...but a good teacher, nonetheless.

I will never look good in school photos, even if I am made up and my hair is how I want it and I'm wearing what I want. FML.

Twenty million strikes and protests going on at the moment because of the retirement age going up. Kinda worrying because soon the planes are going to be striking...

It's going to be interesting being back in Australia.

Bis.

Currently...

Applying for jobs for summer...
Myer
Crabtree and Evelyne
Smiggle

and to come...
everywhere else that lets me apply over the internet...

It's weird to think that I'll be coming home soon.
I packed a box today to send.

Marie-Anne died my hair on Thursday. I slept over at hair house and slept in the middle of her bed (sorry). And now I'm getting sick thanks to her.

Going to see my host niece next Sunday... this exictes me. A lot.

I love Philosophy.

Reasons for exchange...

If you want to go through way too much crap, go on exchange.
If you want a year of crying, anger, depression, miscommunication and anxiousness, go on exchange.
If you want to be yelled at, go on exchange.
If you want to understand nothing, go on exchange.
If you want to sit in your room alone, go on exchange.
If you want to be frustrated, go on exchange.
If you want people angry with you, go on exchange.
If you want to not be able to express yourself, go on exchange.
If you want to sit there and wonder what you did wrong, go on exchange.
If you want to be accused of doing something wrong, go on exchange.
If you want to attach yourself to someone, only to have them reject you, go on exchange.
If you want people to hate you, go on exchange.
If you want the hardest year of your life, go on exchange.

One wonders why I did this year.
At this point in time, I do too.

When the ground falls out from under you, learn how to fly.

I love my host family because :

They are amazing.
I can tell them anything.
They have changed me.