Two weeks left. Two weeks left. Two weeks left... every second, every minute, every hour of everyday I am living this horrid feeling that I'm having to leave this amazing place in only two weeks. It hangs in the back of my mind when I sit in class, at the dinner table, just in general really. I've been trying to spend my last few weeks by not being bored at home, and because of this, I'm lucky to have the time to write this post in between school and my Chinese class.
So after all my exchange there have been so many amazing changes and some things that have just stuck on. For instance, my entire exchange I've been so health conscious that I was starting to freak myself out. I have been running around 3-4 times per week and trying to eat as healthy as possible without starving myself, all just to find out that keeping out off in my exchange life is really impossible. I can now jiggle my belly :( . This probably isn't the most exciting story that you've ever read in your life but ya know, it's still important to me to be fit and healthy. That's why I'm quite proud of my parents in NZ for joining the gym and getting really into health! Can't wait to go back and join them! Other than that, after all my running and exercise, I've still managed to keep myself fit enough to go for long distance runs. SO I competed in a 10.3km race with Sophie in Berisso in the North of La Plata, and came like 65th or something out of everyone and Sophie came 1st out of the woman's section and got her trophy, which I took photos with just to make myself feel a little prouder. Although, I'm rather surprised I ran the whole way and still made it under and hour! It was a fun experience and probably my favourite memory with Sophie, I'm really going to miss her when we go back to our own countries!
Two weeks left.
I think the biggest change the I have made from my whole exchange was the major build of self confidence. Over all my time here I've really come to realise that if you need something, don't expect luck to get you anywhere, You have to work for it yourself and not let anything get in your way. I've really learnt what things are important in life and what things I should worry about or not. A really big eye opener really. I've realised that the thoughts and actions of other people shouldn't really affect your life or stop you in anyway in doing what you want, and I've really realised that life is so short and we can't really can't waste it on waiting for things to pass, so my advice to everyone who has nothing to right now, if to go see a friend and do something more constructive than the virtual lives on facebook, twitter and whatever else there is...ps3?
Monday after next.
The main reason I actually came on this exchange was to learn the Spanish language, and well, it's always been my dream to travel and I'm so grateful for the experience! But i'm sadly regretting to know that the 4 and a half months I've spent here aren't going to be enough to perfect my Castellano. I know I can have conversations, tell stories kind of and make my way round a spanish speaking country without problem, but I still make a lot of little errors, and I really wasn't expecting to do that once I had reached this time in my exchange. I would've had loved an extra few months to become so much better at speaking but ohwell, all the more reason to have to return after university to perfect it. Then make it to Europe afterwards because I've made too many promises with meeting exchange students that I really need to fufill.
Not gonna see anyone for a long long time.
The thing i'm going to miss most on my exchange is definately my classmates, they're honestly some of the coolest kids I've ever met and It just makes me a lot sadder to know that I have to say goodbye so soon. I feel like only now I've just started becoming really good friends with a few and I'm hoping our friendship will last for the rest of our lives, I'm going to miss them so much and surely think about them all the time in New Zealand. You guys better keep me caught up with the class gossip ok? Good. And I'll skype you all while you're in school.
I can't really think of much more to write about in this blog post, so I'm going to end it here because I really need to go to my second to last Chinese class and say goodbye to my friend who's going to China for two weeks! SO i'll just say, although a lot has changed in my own life and that I'm going to be really sad when I leave Argentina, I'm also quite happy to see all my old friends, my family and all the little things I miss, like carpet under my feet, New Zealand milk and most of all the fresh air of the place I call home!
Aww Zac! This seems to be a common thing with exchange students - the tricky point between wanting to go home but also not wanting to leave all the friends you've made. I imagine that it's not to dissimilar to moving cities/countries though, and I think you'll find that you do keep in touch (although you may be surprised by who it is you keep in touch with as it's often not the people you'd expect). This is where things like facebook, skype, gchat, and sometime twitter come in as it's a great way of seeing what people are up to and keeping involved as time passes. It's also good for making sure you can find people to be friends with if you do move somewhere new!
ReplyDeleteHope you have a great last few days, any chance of flying home via Melbourne?
Love Hollie