Hej,
Sorry everyone for slacking on the blog. Take it as a sign that I'm settling in not ignoring you all. I miss everyone very much!!
~Jasmine H
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Friday, August 7, 2009
Danish Rotary = Shots by LMFAO
Hej,
Igne and I went to do aerobics today. The class we went to had a bunch of other Rotarians in it as well as a few other random people. The class was fun, but relatively easy. Afterwards everyone takes a shower. I was one of the first people in the dressing rooms, and I wasn't sure if I was supposed to take off my clothes right before I got in or if I was supposed to take them off at my locker and just go in a towel. I decided to risk it and I took my clothes of at my locker and walked to the shower in a towel wrap. I rinsed off and was done before anybody really got back into the shower room so I figured I was all in the clear. And boy was I. As soon as people got into the dressing room I noticed that they just walked to the shower's stark naked, and I'm not talking about in underwear or in a bra, I'm talking about bare ass, hail mary nakedness. I didn't know that that's what they did.
Anyway, I finished getting dressed and went into the lounge type area of the excersize place. Igne had told me that after excerszing the Rotarians normally sat down and had kaffe together. I sat down and realized that not only was there kaffe and bageuttes but there was a line of shot glasses. I figured it was for irish kaffe or something like that. So, I go on talking to people and drinking kaffe like I didn't notice anything. As soon as everybody had arrived in the room they began to do straight shots of whiskey. Now I woke up at 7 and went excersizing at 8 and finished at 9. So they were doing shots at like 9 in the freaking morning. I got offered some but I figured it was a test, and that I would probably spew it across the room as soon as it was in my mouth, so I refused.
Then Igne and I went home. Velcommen to Danmark!
~Jasmine H
Igne and I went to do aerobics today. The class we went to had a bunch of other Rotarians in it as well as a few other random people. The class was fun, but relatively easy. Afterwards everyone takes a shower. I was one of the first people in the dressing rooms, and I wasn't sure if I was supposed to take off my clothes right before I got in or if I was supposed to take them off at my locker and just go in a towel. I decided to risk it and I took my clothes of at my locker and walked to the shower in a towel wrap. I rinsed off and was done before anybody really got back into the shower room so I figured I was all in the clear. And boy was I. As soon as people got into the dressing room I noticed that they just walked to the shower's stark naked, and I'm not talking about in underwear or in a bra, I'm talking about bare ass, hail mary nakedness. I didn't know that that's what they did.
Anyway, I finished getting dressed and went into the lounge type area of the excersize place. Igne had told me that after excerszing the Rotarians normally sat down and had kaffe together. I sat down and realized that not only was there kaffe and bageuttes but there was a line of shot glasses. I figured it was for irish kaffe or something like that. So, I go on talking to people and drinking kaffe like I didn't notice anything. As soon as everybody had arrived in the room they began to do straight shots of whiskey. Now I woke up at 7 and went excersizing at 8 and finished at 9. So they were doing shots at like 9 in the freaking morning. I got offered some but I figured it was a test, and that I would probably spew it across the room as soon as it was in my mouth, so I refused.
Then Igne and I went home. Velcommen to Danmark!
~Jasmine H
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
ONE OF THE MOST AWESOME PEOPLE I'VE EVER MET!
Hej,
Today Sara (my exchange sister) left for Brasil. It was a very sad day for everyone, Pia especially. She was crying all morning. Hans planned a special trip for Pia and him to go on to try and distract her. It is a secret where they are going, and I still have no idea. They left right after Sara did today. I don't think they are going far because they took the train. However, per Rotary protocol I must stay with another approved host family. I ended up being placed with the president of the Rotary club, Inge, until Pia and Hans return on August 15.
I've only known her for 14 hours and she is one of the coolest and well educated people I know (second of course to my parents :) Inge Skov Andersen is her full name I believe. She travels like I wish I could, reads like I wish I had enough concentration to, and has just as many opinions as I do. It's awesome, her daughter's family (that lives in London, AWESOME!) left today. Inge and I have spent the day together and it was a very fun time. We went for a walk for about forty-five minutes, which was nice, we walk at about the same pace. She showed me all of the things around town, like the supermarket, gas station, and the river.
Then we came back to her house which is gorgeous (it's technically a bungalow). She drinks coffee just like I do. I have a strangle inkling that I'm going to leave Danmark very addicted to coffee, yikes! (Just preparing for college a little early I guess.) Inge is the type of person that always has matching plates and bowls, if you know what I mean.
We spent hours talking tonight. We talked about a lot, movies, books, things in America. Also, she talked about her travel. She travels to London 6 times a year! She's been to every continent except Antarica for weeks at a time (she's retired already). By age thirty she was the head of the cancer department at the University hospital in Odense. She currently one of two women that belong to the Rotary club she's in, and she's the president! For god sakes, she's met the Pope! She has eaten dinner at Nelson Mandela's house! It's insane!!!!!
I am hoping that she will be my third host family. She says that she's hosted other students in the past, and I think she likes me so it's a definite possibility.
~Jasmine H
Today Sara (my exchange sister) left for Brasil. It was a very sad day for everyone, Pia especially. She was crying all morning. Hans planned a special trip for Pia and him to go on to try and distract her. It is a secret where they are going, and I still have no idea. They left right after Sara did today. I don't think they are going far because they took the train. However, per Rotary protocol I must stay with another approved host family. I ended up being placed with the president of the Rotary club, Inge, until Pia and Hans return on August 15.
I've only known her for 14 hours and she is one of the coolest and well educated people I know (second of course to my parents :) Inge Skov Andersen is her full name I believe. She travels like I wish I could, reads like I wish I had enough concentration to, and has just as many opinions as I do. It's awesome, her daughter's family (that lives in London, AWESOME!) left today. Inge and I have spent the day together and it was a very fun time. We went for a walk for about forty-five minutes, which was nice, we walk at about the same pace. She showed me all of the things around town, like the supermarket, gas station, and the river.
Then we came back to her house which is gorgeous (it's technically a bungalow). She drinks coffee just like I do. I have a strangle inkling that I'm going to leave Danmark very addicted to coffee, yikes! (Just preparing for college a little early I guess.) Inge is the type of person that always has matching plates and bowls, if you know what I mean.
We spent hours talking tonight. We talked about a lot, movies, books, things in America. Also, she talked about her travel. She travels to London 6 times a year! She's been to every continent except Antarica for weeks at a time (she's retired already). By age thirty she was the head of the cancer department at the University hospital in Odense. She currently one of two women that belong to the Rotary club she's in, and she's the president! For god sakes, she's met the Pope! She has eaten dinner at Nelson Mandela's house! It's insane!!!!!
I am hoping that she will be my third host family. She says that she's hosted other students in the past, and I think she likes me so it's a definite possibility.
~Jasmine H
Words I've learned so far
- School = Skole
- Chair = Stole
- Thank you = Tak
- Welcome = Velcomme
- Hilsen = Love
- Fish = Fisken
- Horse = Hesten
- Old = Gammel
- Lamp = Lampe
- Breakfast = Morgenmad
- Yup = Jep
- Refridgerator = Koeleskab
- Bon appetite = velbekommen
- Bakery = Bageri
- I = Jeg
- Am = Er
- Good = Godt or God
- In = Ind
- Coffee = Kaffe
- Copy = Kopier
- Paste = Sæt
- Music = Musik
- Table = Bord
- For = For
- Food = Maad
- International = Internationale
- Black = Sort
- Grandma = Mormor
- Mom = Mor
- Come =Kom
- Beer = Øl
- Project = Projekt
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Why you should always be dressed and ready for company
Hej,
So, last night I got my first full night of sleep! I slept for about 10 hours. This a lot more than two nights ago when I went to bed around 11 woke up at 12, watched tv until 2, and then stared out my window until 8 in the freaking morning! (pretty sunrise though). The nice thing about my room is that there is a window on the right side, and it has a ledge that fits the shape of my butt, perfectly! So i can sit there and people watch. Anyways, I got a full nights sleep last night. However I still managed to have bowling ball sized bags under my eyes when I woke up. I didn't really care, I was in my house, no biggy. So, I threw on my flannel plaid pink vikings pants and a tank top, threw my hair up in a loose pony tail, and walked out of my room.
I went down stairs and ate morgenman (breakfast), watched and little tv, and drank kaffe (coffee). I went to wash my dishes in the sink and started to talk to Pia about Sara's visa, which should be here tomorrow right as they leave for the airport (luckly!!) All of a sudden the door to our apartment opens, I pretty much ignored it. I thought it was just Hans coming inside. Then I remembered that everyone who lives in the apartment was in the apartment. So, with a quizzical look on my face i turned to see who the hell just walked into our apartment with out knocking.
I then see this 6'5" muscular blonde guy. Ok, so lets recap... pink flannel pants, big baggy eyes, hair a hot mess, and a stupid look on my face. Raise your hand if you're embarrassed *Jasmine raises hand*. He looks at me like I'm a freaking alien, then realizes that he was being rude, so me smacks a smile on his face and say, "Hej." I say hej back and he walks into the living room. I turn back around and stair out the window, pretending to do dishes, until he leaves. He stayed for only about 3 minutes. I then think to myself, "Another bites the dust. Jeez Jasmine! You may have as well been doing the polka while naked on top of the dog!"
After he left I peeked around the corner to make sure he was actually gone, and turned to Pia to ask her who it was. She smiles at me and says it was the one of Sara's cousins or something. Then she says, "no girlfriend though," and nudges my shoulder. I stood there finishing the dishes thinking, " yeah, and now he definitely wants me to be his girlfriend."
~Jasmine H
So, last night I got my first full night of sleep! I slept for about 10 hours. This a lot more than two nights ago when I went to bed around 11 woke up at 12, watched tv until 2, and then stared out my window until 8 in the freaking morning! (pretty sunrise though). The nice thing about my room is that there is a window on the right side, and it has a ledge that fits the shape of my butt, perfectly! So i can sit there and people watch. Anyways, I got a full nights sleep last night. However I still managed to have bowling ball sized bags under my eyes when I woke up. I didn't really care, I was in my house, no biggy. So, I threw on my flannel plaid pink vikings pants and a tank top, threw my hair up in a loose pony tail, and walked out of my room.
I went down stairs and ate morgenman (breakfast), watched and little tv, and drank kaffe (coffee). I went to wash my dishes in the sink and started to talk to Pia about Sara's visa, which should be here tomorrow right as they leave for the airport (luckly!!) All of a sudden the door to our apartment opens, I pretty much ignored it. I thought it was just Hans coming inside. Then I remembered that everyone who lives in the apartment was in the apartment. So, with a quizzical look on my face i turned to see who the hell just walked into our apartment with out knocking.
I then see this 6'5" muscular blonde guy. Ok, so lets recap... pink flannel pants, big baggy eyes, hair a hot mess, and a stupid look on my face. Raise your hand if you're embarrassed *Jasmine raises hand*. He looks at me like I'm a freaking alien, then realizes that he was being rude, so me smacks a smile on his face and say, "Hej." I say hej back and he walks into the living room. I turn back around and stair out the window, pretending to do dishes, until he leaves. He stayed for only about 3 minutes. I then think to myself, "Another bites the dust. Jeez Jasmine! You may have as well been doing the polka while naked on top of the dog!"
After he left I peeked around the corner to make sure he was actually gone, and turned to Pia to ask her who it was. She smiles at me and says it was the one of Sara's cousins or something. Then she says, "no girlfriend though," and nudges my shoulder. I stood there finishing the dishes thinking, " yeah, and now he definitely wants me to be his girlfriend."
~Jasmine H
Sunday, August 2, 2009
Random things about Danmark
These are just some random things about Danmark. I'm just going to keep updating this post with new things so just check back every once and a while!
1. They listen to a ton of American music
2. The toilet paper divides into rectangles instead of squares
3. The bathrooms are tiny!
4. Very few homes have bathtubs
5. Riding a bike here is not only a skill, but a talent! I saw a girl riding a bicycle in a skirt and a pair of GORGEOUS quilted patent leather heels!
6. The stop lights are slightly different. They still have the same colors in the same order but when the light is about to turn green it goes from red to yellow then to green.
7. People, escpecially in your immediate family, are very open about their bodies.
8. Everybody can tell I'm am American... ugh. I'm going to ask Sara to help me pick out an outfit for the first day of skole so I don't look like an idiot.
9. People will sometimes just randomly walk into your house, they know you of course. Sometimes that person just happens to be a cute boy. Then you wished that you had put on jeans instead of your pick flannel vikings pants and maybe eye drops.
10. HAMMER TIME!! http://secretsales.com/fashion-blog/wp-content/uploads/image/hammertime.jpg
11. There are cliches just like in America, except they call the "popular girls and guys" because they dress in the latest fashions (which is currently shiny clothing) and listent to only pop music.
12. Nobody has tissue for blowing your nose! but something is always blooming! Raise your hand if your in pain *Jasmine raises hand* Hans gave me some nasal spray which is working well.
13. Light switches are commonly on the outside or rooms instead of the inside.
14. You either drink coffee or tea, but not both.
1. They listen to a ton of American music
2. The toilet paper divides into rectangles instead of squares
3. The bathrooms are tiny!
4. Very few homes have bathtubs
5. Riding a bike here is not only a skill, but a talent! I saw a girl riding a bicycle in a skirt and a pair of GORGEOUS quilted patent leather heels!
6. The stop lights are slightly different. They still have the same colors in the same order but when the light is about to turn green it goes from red to yellow then to green.
7. People, escpecially in your immediate family, are very open about their bodies.
8. Everybody can tell I'm am American... ugh. I'm going to ask Sara to help me pick out an outfit for the first day of skole so I don't look like an idiot.
9. People will sometimes just randomly walk into your house, they know you of course. Sometimes that person just happens to be a cute boy. Then you wished that you had put on jeans instead of your pick flannel vikings pants and maybe eye drops.
10. HAMMER TIME!! http://secretsales.com/fashion-blog/wp-content/uploads/image/hammertime.jpg
11. There are cliches just like in America, except they call the "popular girls and guys" because they dress in the latest fashions (which is currently shiny clothing) and listent to only pop music.
12. Nobody has tissue for blowing your nose! but something is always blooming! Raise your hand if your in pain *Jasmine raises hand* Hans gave me some nasal spray which is working well.
13. Light switches are commonly on the outside or rooms instead of the inside.
14. You either drink coffee or tea, but not both.
My first blog post!!!
Hej!
Let's just start out with, "Danmark is awesome!"
I finally arrived yesterday around nine (Danish time)! Hans Jorgen came to pick me up at the Billund airport. The slights were not that bad. The food, however much expect, could have been improved upon. Kudos on the coffee though, it twas delicious! All of my baggage cam through. Tak to the heavens for that!
Me, Hans, his father, and the dog then drove to the beach house. It took about an hour and a half to get there. The drive was very much worth it though. The beach house was beautiful! Well, that is to say that the view was beautiful. The house was your basic sand covered beach house. The room I stayed in was made of cedar or something, it was a very interesting and overwhelming smell. It took me forever to fall asleep!
The first thing I did when I arrived at the beach house was use the restroom. The second then being smashing my head against the bottom of the sink. You see, European bathrooms seem to be very small. I don't really have a problem with this, I just didn't know of this fact until I got a blistering headache from standing up in one of these small bathrooms. I am fully recovered now, because it was such a serious injury, except for a small bump on the top of my head.
Soon after my head injury Sara's goodbye party began. I decided to take a quick nap which turned into about a four hour nap. After I woke up I spent a few hours playing with the kids there and talking with the adults. I really wish I could remember everyone's name. The children that were there taught me how to say nice in Danish, "fent." Sara had driven back to town before I woke up to go see a play with some friends.
The party eventually died down long after I had awoken from my slumber. I then tried to fall asleep, which was going fine until a GIGANTIC moth attacked me! It was horrible, I think I'm traumatized for life! I finally managed to fall asleep. I woke up around midnight and went into the main house to use the restroom. To my surprise, everyone was still awake, including Sara's 82 year old grandmother. They offered me some food, so I ate. I finished and everyone went to bed around 1:30, I didn't fall asleep until 2:30. I woke up again around 7 and took a walk around the town, it wasn't a very long one but I got some great pictures of the Baltic Sea (which I'll upload later.) I went back to bed and awoke to Hans knocking on my door around 10. All of us had breakfast outside, which was fent, the food was delicious! Eggs, ham, and bacon, along with bread with jam and butter, and of course COFFEE! They serve so much coffee in Danmark! I'm had at least 2 cups today which is about 3 more than usual.
After breakfast Pia, Pia's mother, and I drove into Odense, back to their apartment. The ride was pleasant and I noticed that they play a ton of American music. We were all in the car when Boom Boom Pow by the Black Eyed Peas came on. Pia's grandmother was singing along. We drove Sgt. Kunds Gymnasium on the way in, it seems smaller then Wayzata, but still big.
I supposed to start school in 10-12 days. I still need to go see my counselor and figure out what classes I'm taking and everything. The skole is only about a 15 minute bike ride away from the apartment by bike. I'll be riding my bike to and from skole everyday.
Rotary is going to be giving me 750 kroner a month! This is way more than I expected! for those of you who don't know that's about $142.40. They are also paying for language lessons twice a week, a one week language camp, and lessons for a sport of my choice.
I am currently sitting in the living room of their apartment. It's on the fourth and top floor of their building. I had three suitcases and one back pack. In case you were wondering there is no elevator.
Not much has happened since we arrived back at the apartment. I took a walk around the city before dinner. It is very nice but a little dirty, there's a lot of graffiti everywhere. I love the placement because if you go to the left out of the apartment there is a quiet park with long trail and sculptures, along with a river. However, if you go to the right there is a ton of shopping and there are a bunch of bus stops. It's a great place to start my exchange.
Mojn da!
~Jasmine H
Let's just start out with, "Danmark is awesome!"
I finally arrived yesterday around nine (Danish time)! Hans Jorgen came to pick me up at the Billund airport. The slights were not that bad. The food, however much expect, could have been improved upon. Kudos on the coffee though, it twas delicious! All of my baggage cam through. Tak to the heavens for that!
Me, Hans, his father, and the dog then drove to the beach house. It took about an hour and a half to get there. The drive was very much worth it though. The beach house was beautiful! Well, that is to say that the view was beautiful. The house was your basic sand covered beach house. The room I stayed in was made of cedar or something, it was a very interesting and overwhelming smell. It took me forever to fall asleep!
The first thing I did when I arrived at the beach house was use the restroom. The second then being smashing my head against the bottom of the sink. You see, European bathrooms seem to be very small. I don't really have a problem with this, I just didn't know of this fact until I got a blistering headache from standing up in one of these small bathrooms. I am fully recovered now, because it was such a serious injury, except for a small bump on the top of my head.
Soon after my head injury Sara's goodbye party began. I decided to take a quick nap which turned into about a four hour nap. After I woke up I spent a few hours playing with the kids there and talking with the adults. I really wish I could remember everyone's name. The children that were there taught me how to say nice in Danish, "fent." Sara had driven back to town before I woke up to go see a play with some friends.
The party eventually died down long after I had awoken from my slumber. I then tried to fall asleep, which was going fine until a GIGANTIC moth attacked me! It was horrible, I think I'm traumatized for life! I finally managed to fall asleep. I woke up around midnight and went into the main house to use the restroom. To my surprise, everyone was still awake, including Sara's 82 year old grandmother. They offered me some food, so I ate. I finished and everyone went to bed around 1:30, I didn't fall asleep until 2:30. I woke up again around 7 and took a walk around the town, it wasn't a very long one but I got some great pictures of the Baltic Sea (which I'll upload later.) I went back to bed and awoke to Hans knocking on my door around 10. All of us had breakfast outside, which was fent, the food was delicious! Eggs, ham, and bacon, along with bread with jam and butter, and of course COFFEE! They serve so much coffee in Danmark! I'm had at least 2 cups today which is about 3 more than usual.
After breakfast Pia, Pia's mother, and I drove into Odense, back to their apartment. The ride was pleasant and I noticed that they play a ton of American music. We were all in the car when Boom Boom Pow by the Black Eyed Peas came on. Pia's grandmother was singing along. We drove Sgt. Kunds Gymnasium on the way in, it seems smaller then Wayzata, but still big.
I supposed to start school in 10-12 days. I still need to go see my counselor and figure out what classes I'm taking and everything. The skole is only about a 15 minute bike ride away from the apartment by bike. I'll be riding my bike to and from skole everyday.
Rotary is going to be giving me 750 kroner a month! This is way more than I expected! for those of you who don't know that's about $142.40. They are also paying for language lessons twice a week, a one week language camp, and lessons for a sport of my choice.
I am currently sitting in the living room of their apartment. It's on the fourth and top floor of their building. I had three suitcases and one back pack. In case you were wondering there is no elevator.
Not much has happened since we arrived back at the apartment. I took a walk around the city before dinner. It is very nice but a little dirty, there's a lot of graffiti everywhere. I love the placement because if you go to the left out of the apartment there is a quiet park with long trail and sculptures, along with a river. However, if you go to the right there is a ton of shopping and there are a bunch of bus stops. It's a great place to start my exchange.
Mojn da!
~Jasmine H
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