188 dias

Olá people! Meu nome é Rodrigo, tenho 17 anos e viajo com 17 mesmo hehehe! Completo 18 anos no EUA, logo após 1 mês que eu chegar lá, bem no início do meu intercâmbio! A idéia do intercâmbio surgiu a muito tempo, mas durante minha adolescência ela foi esquecida, porém no ano de 2007, eu fui escolhido como Presidente de um Clube de Interact patrocinado po Rotary International na minha cidade. Com isso, comecei a ter contato com intercambistas que estão na minha cidade pelo rotary, e a idéia foi ressurgindo novamente. São 5 intercambistas, sendo eles da Hungria, Romênia, Turquia, EUA e Polônia. Foi quando descobri também que a idade limite para o intercâmbio era 18 anos, e aí a idéia se fortaleceu de vez! Vi que era agora ou nunca! E decidi pelo agora rsrs. Então comecei a preencher o application do Rotary, isso foi em outubro, mas infelizmente não deu tempo, pois o rotary faz uma seleção, e a seleção já havia ocorrido(ocorre 1 ano antes do intercâmbio). Bem então, no início de novembro me desesperei, pensando o que iria fazer pois até então eu só conhecia o rotary como organização de intercâmbios, e era a única que meus pais confiavam. Mas lembrei-me de um amigo que viajou para o EUA em agosto de 2007 e retorna esse ano em julho, e procurei saber por onde ele estava viajando, e foi quando eu conheci o AFS! Procurei saber se havia um comitê do AFS na minha cidade, e graças a Deus tem!! Minha mãe ligou para a mãe do meu amigo e procurou saber sobre a ONG e ela ficou bastante empolgada. Foi então que comentando com uma amiga dela, ela descobriu que a amiga dela trabalhou voluntariamente no comitê do AFS na minha cidade, por um período de 4 anos, e aí ela ficou mais segura ainda. Encontrei depois no orkut, mais duas pessoas da minha cidade que estão no EUA também, pelo AFS, procurei saber com eles sobre o programa. Também conversei com uma ex-professora do curso de inglês, e ela viajou para Noruega com o AFS a 10 anos atrás! Depois quando retornou, se tornou uma voluntária do comitê na minha cidade. Bem, eu havia recebido ótimas indicações do AFS, e estava bastante confiante, minha mãe e meu pai também! Fomos ao comitê local, e conversamos com o presidente. Entrei para o processo de seleção, super atrasado, pois já era início de novembro, mas graças a Deus, consegui uma das ultimas vagas pro EUA pro programa escolar anual! Já preenchi todo meu application! Está prontinho, e já enviei para o AFS! Agora só me resta rezar para que eles encontrem uma boa host-family para mim! Mas eu e meus pais confiamos bastante no AFS e acreditamos na proposta de intercâmbio cultural deles, e temos muita fé em Deus, de que tudo dará certo! É basicamente isso! Falta ainda alguns preparativos, como visto e também a dispensa do exercito, pois já que completarei 18 anos fora, preciso acertar contas com o serviço militar antes de viajar, mas aos poucos tudo é colocado em ordem.

Gostaria de aproveitar também para falar para todos aqueles que têm vontade de fazer intercâmbio, mas que os pais não deixam; Dificuldades todos nós passamos! Eu passei muitas dificuldades para que eles concordassem com a idéia. Acredito que os outros colegas do blog também passaram. É normal, pois afinal não é 1 semana ou 1 mês fora, não é verdade? Eles são pais e gostam da gente. Mas é preciso ter forças, punho forte para dizer que quer, e mostrar que você está preparado para essa experiência, e o quanto ela será boa para você! Muita fé em Deus também, porque sem ele não chegamos a lugar nenhum! Se você realmente deseja, entregue na mão de Deus, e vá a luta, porque a vida é curta de mais para vivermos esperando o momento certo!

Vou aproveitar e colocar aqui então, a carta que eu escrevi para minha futura host-family!



Sirs,

My name is Rodrigo Silva. I’m 17 years old. I love to speak and make new friends but when I have to speak about me, I think it’s very difficult.
My family and my friends say that I'm polite, positive, easygoing and emotionally stable. I agree with them. I like to be polite and positive(my parents taught me it). So, I’m easygoing because I love to know others people and make new friends. I’m really emotionally stable, I am always well with the life.
I have an excellent relationship with my friends and family. I love my family, they are the most important thing in my life. My role in my family is to do my parents happy, because they do everything for me. Generally, I decide the things alone, but when I’m confused I ask for advice to my parents. I love my friends too, they always help me when I need and I always help them when they need. Friendship is a very important thing in my life. I know that There are many differences between my friends and I. But it’s normal, because I’m a teenager and my friends too. For example, when I like something and my friend doesn’t like, I respect it because the world is done of different people.
At my school, I’m the leader of the class. I like to be a leader, I need to please everybody , and it isn’t easy but it’s wonderful. Sometimes, I can’t please everybody, but it’s normal because it’s difficult to please everybody, so when it happens I try to please the majority. It’s important for me to know that the people are happy. I love to help the people that need.
My motivation to participate of AFS program is the world. I love to know the world, I love to know other culture, other language, other peoples. I hope to accomplish a lot of things in my exchange. But, the main, I want to know more about American culture. I really love English.! I hope to make strong friendships with my host family and my host friends. I know that it will be an important moment in my life, because I will get more mature. When I return of my exchange, I want to keep contact with the people that I knew there. I will go to show for the peoples of my country the culture and language that I learned there.
In my daily routine I don’t have a frustrating part or difficult part. Well, my daily schedule during school period is fast. I wake up at 06:00 a.m, I have breakfast, take a shower and I put my uniform. At 06:30 a.m, the school bus arrives in my home to pick up me. Then, at 07:00 a.m I arrive at the school. At 1:00 p.m my classes finish and I go to my home with school bus. I arrive at home at 1:30 p.m. I take a shower, have lunch and after I sleep. At 3:00 p.m I wake up and I’m going to the gym( I care about with my health). I go back to home at 6:00 p.m. So, at night I use the computer to talk with my friends and have a world’s news. After, I do my homework. At 10:30 p.m I’m going to sleep. So, I really love my daily routine.
A difficult situation in my life happened when my grandmother died. I loved my grandmother and I got very sad when she died. I cried a lot but I though that it was normal because everybody will die one day. Then, the time passed and I overcame it. The time is the best thing to overcome the difficult situations
I have many plans for my career. I still don’t know what do in the university, but I am in doubt between biomedicine and international relations. If I make biomedicine, I will work with genetics. If I make international relations, I want to be a diplomat. Those are my options because I love biological area and also love others languages, cultures and people.
I have done theater for 5 years. I became interested when I saw the first spectacle in my life. In that moment I loved theater( I don’t practice because I don’t have time.). Then, I began classes of theater and after 10 months I did my first spectacle. I was a lot dedicated. I practiced 4 hours daily and it was tired, but I liked. I loved to be in scene, it is an unique sensation. In the end of the spectacle, the people came and praised me. This is very gratifying. I love theater! I love any type of art, mainly books, museums and movies. I like of sports too. Volleyball is my favorite sport, it’s very interesting, I think that sport is very important for our health. I also like youth groups, it’s very good to be with others teenagers.

Well, this is a little about me, I hope that you like. I’m very excited about exchange!

See you in 2008!

Sincerly,

Rodrigo Silva


Bem é isso! Fiquem com Deus e uma boa noite ;*

189 dias :)

Ooi, meu nome é Jully. Tenho 15 anos, mas irei viajar com 16. Moro em São Carlos, no estado de São Paulo há uns 14 anos. Há muito tempo, surgiu a idéia do intercambio, mas no começo, meu pai queria mandar meu irmão e eu, apenas 3 meses.. depois a idéia foi cresceendo, fomos ouvindo comentarios de estudantes que fizeram intercambio, fomos levando mais a sério e correndo atras ! No começo fiquei com um pouco de medo, em pensar que irei ficar tanto tempo longe.. e nao queria ficar muito tempo, mas depois acabei aceitando por sugestao de meu pai. O intercambio pra mim, será uma experiencia unica, na qual irei amadurecer muito, aprimorar meu inglês, conhecer novas culturas, e conhecer o locais (passar) tb! :) Meus documentos já foram enviados, agora só depende da host family ! Boooom, seja o que Deus quiser ! AIAI vai demorar ainda, mas to mt ansiosa ! tomara que dê tudo certo =D

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Dear Host Family,

My name is Jully Oliveira. I would like to introduce myself, talk about my preferences, my relationship with my parents and friends, and what they think about me as well.

My parents think I am a cheerful, extroverted person who enjoys having friends and spending time with them; they think I am honest, responsible and the kind of daughter that likes studying, knows when to study or have fun; my father and my mother are confident about my future and think they will be proud of me. My friends believe I am polite, outgoing, friendly, warm and they enjoy being with me. They know they can always count on me whenever they need.

At home, I try to follow my parents advice.They are fun, but also strict at the right moment; they say what I ought to do when necessary. I always try to be a loyal friend; I like to share good moments with my friends and help them. But I also like having a ‘shoulder to cry on’ when I am sad. I can’t see much difference between my brother Pedro, who is 14, and I. He is shier than me; I think I am more patient; we like different kinds of music; and when it comes to everyday responsibilities I guess I am more concerned that he is. With my friends I know there are always some little disagreements, sometimes we don’t agree on some subjects but we always try to work out these little conflicts. At home, as a member of the family I have rights and duties and know that I have my share of contribution for a smooth, happy home. I always like to see my parents and brother happy and try to make them laugh. In some situations I look for my parents’ advice, such as places I should go, items I want to buy (books, clothes…) or other doubts I may have about ordinary activities.

At school, I try to take part in all activities; I take part in group activities, extra curricular activities such as outings and visiting charities. I often go to church with my parents and brother. I go to a club, where I get together with my friends and play sports ( usually volleyball and swimming); as school activities I’ve already taken part in campaigns to raise toys to be donated to poor children, visited public day-care centers. To me, it is important to have a good relationship with my family, help my parents, make good friends, study, travel and get the most out of opportunities life offers, be nice to people and get enough knowledge to be able to be a good professional.

I am interested in going to High School abroad to improve my English, as well as to know new cultures, to become more mature and experienced. I’ve chosen AFS because my father learned this Organization is very reliable, which made him feel secure about letting me study abroad. I hope to succeed; to make new friends; to adapt easily and to fit in my host family, as well, somehow, to be useful to people who will welcome me abroad; to learn all good things the country has to offer me, specially concerning education, culture and leisure.

My routine (school and homework, going out with friends....) is necessary for my development. All my activities are done with no difficulties and nothing is frustrating.

Actually, I have never gone through something so difficult and challenging, but I can remember a relatively challenging situation that took place 4 years ago when I had to change schools. At the time, I was attending a school with small classes, and there were only 4 girls, but I didn’t complain. After talking to my parents, we decided that it would be better to change schools because the one I was going to was not fulfilling concerning education. My friends moved cities; in addition, I was attending a new school, I had to face a new situation, new people and people who had been together for a long time. It was a challenge to make new friends, to live with new people, to get to know their way, their weaknesses and qualities and to try to understand the differences. To me, at that time, it was as if I were getting into a new world. With time, I was able to fit in, get to know each one and soon I was making new friends; actually it was not that hard.

I plan to prepare to enter a public university and attend medical school. I want to be a well-prepared professional to help people and to have good job opportunities.

My main interests and activities are: 1) reading magazines : I read some fortnight’s magazines and some books regularly; 2) walking: I sometimes go for a walk; dance classes; swimming; volleyball: I love playing volleyball with my friends once a week; 3) movies: I enjoy going to the movies with my friends and brother, which I do once a week Whenever I can I also watch movies that I rent from a video store; 4) ballet : I enjoy going to ballet presentations or my school plays; 5) news: I watch news on TV; soap operas, cartoons, series : I watch them when I have some free time; 6) some days a week when I have some free time in the afternoon I go out with friends: we go to the club, go to a friend’s home to talk, watch movies, laugh, play a game; 7) music: In my free time an also enjoy listening to music on an Ipod or computer.

Best wishes,

Jully Oliveira

190 days left 'til the greatest time of our lives!

Gente, aqui sou eu, Geneviève, de novo :)

Vou falar pra vocês um pouco sobre a escola que eu fui aceita lá em Utah. Ela é pequena, tem 200 alunos, e há pessoas de 20 países lá. Ela tem de 9ª até 12ª série, e isso eu tirei do site dela ó:

"Wasatch Academy provides a nurturing community that empowers young men and young women to develop academically, socially, and morally, preparing them for college and for the challenges of living in the 21st century. "

Isso é tudo small talk, hahahah. Pelo que eu conversei com os alunos de lá, tem bebida, cigarro, etc, mas é muito mais difícil de usar. Mas eu não quero nãão :) Estarei lá pra aprender, mas quero me divertir também. Na faculdade que o bixo pega e a festa rola, hahah por enquanto não.

Mas então, vou postar um small piece da minha application aqui pra vocês verem se parece com a de vocês... Não sei se vai dar pra ler, espero que dê certo.

Bem, eu to tipo tottaly excited porque eu to conversando no Facebook com uma menina que é da classe de '2011, que nem eu, e ela é super simpática! Eu falei "cant believe we're going to be on the same class! nice :)", e ela respondeu "Yes, I know!!! I'm so excited! When are you coming? I do want to meet you!", hahaha. Muito simpática, amei mesmo. Se todo mundo for que nem ela eu tô feita! Aqui vao umas fotos da minha talvez escola:

Esses são uns alunos de lá: Não sei se posso postar mas deixa pra lá. Que frio hein!!

Wow, radical! hahahah :P Nunca que eu faço isso :~
Mas então, chega. Já falei demais por hoje!
Beijos e see u in August guys ;)
All the best to u!

191 days left =DD

Primeiro post =D

Bom, meu nome é Paula, tenho 15 anos, mas vou viajar com 16. Moro em Fortaleza há 10 anos, só que nasci em São Paulo. Sempre quis viajar e conhecer novos lugares, pessoas... e a idéia do intercâmbio já estava na minha cabeça há algum tempo. Mas nunca levei adiante, até que 3 amigas de uma amiga minha viajaram. Adoraaaava ouvir ela contando as novidades das amigas, e fazia um monte de perguntas.

A idéia foi amadurecendo. Umas tiveram uma experiência ótima, fizeram amigos e curtiram mesmo. Outras não se deram tão bem. Tenho uma idéia básica (ou pelo menos penso que tenho) de como posso fazer a viagem dar certo.

Fui para a agência (STB) e no final de 2007 já preenchia o Application. Os documentos já estão lá e posso ser escolhida, embora seja muito cedo. Meus pais sempre me apoiaram, e ambos dizem que se tivessem tido a oportunidade, teriam ido também (na realidade, eu queria só 6 meses, mas meus pais falaram pra eu ficar 1 ano. Depois de muito pensar, aceitei. Se não der certo, eu volto, ué).

Escolhi a região 3 mais pelos meus pais mesmo (medo dos psicopatas adolescentes que chegam atirando em todo mundo), foi o lugar que estatisticamente o povo mais se deu bem.

Veremos.

Já me prolonguei demais. Tá aí a carta, enooorme. Meio que tá implícito o tipo de família que eu quero pela carta que eu escrevi, espero que dê certo. E sobre a parte do "parent's talk", é porque eu traduzi a carta dos meus pais, se eles escreveram váriaaas coisas bregas. XD
Quem quiser usá-la de modelo, sem problema algum. =DD





Dear Family,

My name's Paula Cristina Meira Chinelato, I'm 15 years old. I live in Fortaleza, I came here when I was 5, but I was born in São Paulo. Only me, my sister and parents moved. The entire family is there. I miss them a lot, but I learned to handle it. I walk to school everyday, my classes start at 7:15 am and end at 12:30 pm. I study in a private school, and we all have to wear uniforms. It's really exausting because in the end of the last year, everybody has a test to do. It's something like SAT, but it's harder and that is what defines whether we are getting into University or not, which is kinda scarry. I'm a good student, though. I try to do well in everything, even though I have over 10 subjects. It's a lot to study.
I can play volleyball and a bit of handball. I’ve played for the school team a few years ago, but I left. Wanted to try new things, and I was in the Theater too, so… But I’ve always wanted to come back. I like sports. I live in a big city, the 5th biggest city in Brazil. But there's not a lot to do in here. Fortaleza is small if you compare to São Paulo. The weather is warm, but not so hot because of the wind. It's very pleasant, actually. But no winter here. Just sun the entire year.
I'm very close to my friends and family. They're all funny, and I feel comfortable to tell them everything, even though I know they will joke about it latter, but I don't care. My parents are really supportive, they want me to go too. They realized how important the experience is, and my friends are excited as well. I love them so much, they are my life. My sister’s 6 years old. We do well, or as well as two siblings can do. I couldn’t imagine myself without her. I have a great relationship with my parents. We joke together and tell each other everything. They trust me, and I would never betray their trust.
I have pets. Two female poodles. Mother and daughter, and I love them. I really like pets. Specially dogs. I feel shy among people I don't know, but just for a while. As I get to know people better, I can be very expansive. And I’m organized. Gotta love watching movies, listening to music, reading... I like a bit of everything. Love to watch series. I like to go out, but I don’t do it very often. There aren’t good concerts where I live, so I pretty much just go to mall or hang out with my friends.
I love to travel. Every year my parents take me and my sister to a new destination. In 2007, as a gift for my 15th birthday, I went to Disneyworld. No doubt it was the best trip ever, I had so much fun there. I’d absolutely love to know more places in U.S.A. When I came back, all of us went to Italy. It was great too, even though none of us spoke Italian… but we brought a book, a conversation one. And it helped. A lot. Religion? I’m not Catholic… I have my own belief and it’s independent of any religion. But I respect all sorts of beliefs and it would be ok to go to church once in a while, or help in the events and this sort of thing.
I am going as an exchange student because I wanna know different people and culture. Get out of the world I know and try different things, being independent. It's something really important to my future, a huge life experience. I expect to make friends and meet new people, which is what traveling as an exchange student is all about. Also bringing you a little of the Brazilian culture as well. I’m not spoiled, and I’m not afraid of fighting to make the 10 months as an exchange student the best of my life. Last, but not least, my parent’s letter. They are probably saying a lot of things about me, telling you how quiet and calm I am very easygoing and I undersant that I'm going to American in order to fit into your culture, not otherwise.They are just scared of the fact that I'm growing, it's like they still see me like their little girl sometimes. I trust you'll be able to tell what is true and what is "parent's talk".

Sincerely,
Paula Chinelato

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PS: Não sei quem colocou no final da carta "Best wishes". Amei. Queria eu ter tido a idéia quando fiz a carta, não sabia como terminar =p

192 Diaas....

Bomm..Antes desse Blog n tinah feito minha carta dai resolvi pegar trexos de cada cartar e arrumar de acordo com minha personalidade peguei só pra ter uma base...

Caso Alguem Não Goste De Eu Retirar Uma Base De Suas Cartas Só Falar que eu tiro na hora sem problemas....Mais Realmente Não Sabia o q Falar na carta tava sem criatividade isso foi d+++...^^
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Dear Host Family,

First of all, I would like to thank you for opening your home and receiving me as your own son. My name is Yuri and I’m 15 years old. My father name is Luiz Wagner and he have 49 years old he is Engineer, and my mother is Rosanía Paranhos she have 45 years old she is Secretary.
I’m very shy, Calm, Open, Motivated, And Adaptable. Every time I stay alert to learn new curiosities, to meet new things, foods and feelings. I love animals, sports, music, movies, and adventures.
My family is catholic. I live in Brasilia, Brazil in a small apartment with 3 rooms; Brasilia is a business city and has a lot of shopping’s, parks, pubs, restaurants, museum...
Every day I wake up at 5:30 am to go to school. I go to school by bike with my friends, but not school bus. My school is near my house, and I have many friends, it isn’t a big school, but not small too, in my classroom have 42 students. My favorite subject is Mat and Geography. I have 5 classes a day, in the end.
My favorite’s sports: are soccer, Bicycling, Running and tennis. And I love go to stadium to see my soccer team: Santos. I want learn new sports: are snowboard, hockey, football, and go to stadium to see that games.
I like to listen: rock, Hip-hop, Black Music and popular Brazilian music (MPB), and my favorite band are The Link Park, they are Americans, my favorite Brazilian singer is Ivete Sangalo, and the Brazilian band is Jota Quest.
I’m very happy and I love people’s whit good humor. I like cold and one of all my dreams is see snow, but warmth is good too, in holydays my family goes to the Parks, sometimes, we go to the camp. I want to go to USA to improve my English, because is the most important language of the world and all jobs need than.
Thank you for the opportunity to live with you.

Yuri

:) 193 dias!

Ei gente! Meu nome é Geneviève, tenho 14 anos e irei pro meu intercâmbio com 15. Mas, não é um intercâmbio muito normal. Eu vou morar numa boarding school em Utah, perto de Salt Lake City e da cidade universitária de Provo, e ela se chama Wasatch Academy. Não tenho certeza absoluta, mas já fui aceita na escola então isso é um grande passo! Bem, eu estou muito empolgada porque é totalmente diferente de qualquer coisa que eu poderia fazer, mas também estou com medo porque não terei uma host family ou algo do tipo. Só uma roommate da minha sala, e vamos morar juntas inclusive nos finais de semana. O bom da escola é que tem várias coisas pra fazer, coisas divertidas, como ir ao Six Flags, Disney na California, snowboard e ski, etc. Uma parta da minha application foi uma carta falando um pouco sobre mim como "pessoa", não como aluna, e vou resumir um pouco porque ela é muito grande.





"Dear Wasatch’s faculty and staff,

I believe you already know a lot about me as a student, but I know that it is also important to get to know me as a Brazilian 14-years-old girl. As you know, my name is Genevieve Zucchetto de Oliveira, I’m from Vitória – ES and I blow out my candles in 06/19.
As a normal teenager, I really love my friends and they are a special part of my life. They have been supporting me and even though we’ve got some differences, we are always making efforts to understand and help each other whenever it’s necessary. We enjoy going to the movies, riding our bikes around town and eating barbecue in the Saturday’s afternoon. We also go to the church every Sunday, and we love our group, “Adolescents meeting Christ”.
I live with my parents and grandparents here in Pancas, a small town with less than 17000,00 people. It may sound a good town size, but here in Brazil a town like this is not very developed, so there are no movie theaters, restaurant and stuff like that. Moving to a small town was definitely weird, but it made me realize that I was locked into my own world, and I was only seeing what was in front of me, in my neighborhood and school. When I came to my new town, I had the opportunity to see how hard life can be to some people, and I felt like I needed to help them, and that was when I begun to do volunteer work.
Here in Pancas, I met some awesome people and made lifelong friendships. However, it can’t provide me what I need to be very successful, and achieve all of my aims. Except that and the lack of infra-structure, the town is great. Lots of people from other countries come here to do paragliding, and I always talk to them when I see someone that is not from Brazil. Some people think I’m crazy because of it, but if I was in other country I would love to see someone trying to help me.
The school that I attended in 2007 is great, and everyone is so heartwarming. The small school made me feel comfortable and welcomed. Anyway, I only attended it for seven months, but they were all great. My previous school is the best place to be here in Espírito Santo. It is a environment on which we learn a lot, get prepared to the college’s entrance test (Vestibular) and make amazing friendships. I attended this school since I was 9 years old, so I know everyone since 1st grade until 12th, even though it has lots of students, we always know each other name.


Well, this is a little about me as a friend and as a 9th grade girl. I'm so excited to attend Wasatch! I believe that the school and me will be a great match. I'm looking forward arriving in Utah and meet you all. Thanks for accepting me, and see you in August!





Love,


Genevieve Zucchetto"

E pra terminar, aqui vai uma foto do lago da escola! Bom intercâmbio para nós!! XOXO

194 days left...

Ok. Seguindo o padrão dos outros posts, vou começar me apresentando.
Meu nome é Laís, moro em Maceió e vou com 15 anos pra o intercâmbio. Eu sei que é pouco (demais), but I have my reasons. =}
Tô indo em agosto pela STB e vou passar um ano. Decidi não escolher região/estado, porque achei que podia limitar as chances de ter uma host family realmente boa, sabe?!
Como já faz muito tempo que eu fechei o intercâmbio (peguei o app em julho... e ainda não entreguei =x), já tive uma reunião. Foi super divertida, algumas pessoas que já tinham ido participaram e falaram sobre o que aconteceu por lá.
Eles entregaram várias coisinhas tipo brinde - que eu já perdi - pra gente. Mas junto delas, veio também um diário de bordo. Tem várias partes legais, como um lugar pra por fotos dos amigos, da família e uma foto própria antes de ir. Tem outra pra que eles escrevam recados pra você. No final, tem essas mesmas coisas, mas que servem pra colocar fotos dos amigos que você fizer lá, da host family e de você (pra ver o quanto você mudou) no final. No meio de tudo isso tem um checklist, umas dicas de como passar na alfândega, de o que fazer caso você se perca, uma lista de situações ruins e suas possíveis soluções; coisas que todo mundo que ficar ansioso vai ficar lendo mas na hora vai acabar esquecendo, enfim.
Apesar de tudo isso, no ínicio eu não tinha visto nada de "oh!" nele. Até que uma das meninas que já tinha ido e voltado do intercâmbio passou o dela pra todo mundo que tava lá...
E, nossa, ficou ótimo! É uma forma realmente boa de guardar tudo o que acontece! =)
Até mesmo os questionários idiotas - tipo "cor favorita", "praia ou montanha?", "dia ou noite?" - ficaram legais.
(...)
Tá, nem tanto assim.
Anywaaaaaaay. Acho que não vou ter paciência pra fazer tudo aquilo - gravar o que acontece em vídeo é muito mais legal - mas vou tentar.
Pode ser que fique em branco... mas pelo menos é bonitinho! hahah.

(já que não tenho nenhuma foto da reunião aqui...)

Ok, mas o que eu quero dizer é: todo mundo que tiver a chance de ir pra alguma reunião, vá! Eu não queria ir no ínicio, ficava meio "tenho mais o que fazer O_O", mas elas são ótimas! Tem sempre um monte de histórias engraçadas e você entende que no final das contas tudo vai acabar se resumindo numa frase muito complexa e bonita:

A gente se fode mas se diverte.
(Or at least I hope so...).

E que venha agosto! =}

days left: 195

Bom como o viktor, o fernando e o daniel já postaram acho que agora é a minha vez. :)
Enfim, primeiro post. Vou fazer uma apresentação. Meu nome é milson, moro em Manaus e tenho 17 anos. Nunca soube direito o que era intercâmbio só sabia que era pra estudar no exterior e tal mas não tinha muita noção de como era que ia, quanto era e etc. No começo do ano passado meu professor de inglês falou que faria uma excursão de 1 mês em Londres pela Yázigi quem quisesse ir era só falar com ele, ele me deu um papel com as informações, li e achei legal, no mesmo dia falei com minha mãe e ela gostou também o único problema era o preço, muito caro pra ficar por apenas 4 semanas e ainda mais que ia eu e meu irmão. Peguei o papel de novo e li "intercâmbio" pesquisei na internet mais e vi que tinha o programa "High School" com duração de um ano ou meio semestre e o preço saia bem mais em conta que a viagem de 1 mês. Eu e meu irmão procuramos agências e vimos que tinha uma CI na cidade, falamos pra nossa mãe, marcamos um dia, fomos até lá e pronto o/
semana que vem pego o app =]

Bom é isso, agora vou postar a minha carta ^^

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Dear Host Family,
My name is Milson, I’m 17 years old and I live in Manaus, Amazonas/Brazil. I like my city it’s a big city, there’s almost 2 millions of people living here. I think it’s a good place to live because the nature is amazing.

I will talk a little about my day by day and my family. Well, usually I wake up early, have breakfast, do my homework, watch TV and have lunch to go to school. In the school I have classes from 12:50 pm to 18:15 pm when I come back to have dinner with my family. I like study, my favorites subjects are Biology, Spanish and Portuguese. I also like Mathematics and Physics although it’s kind of difficult.

On Tuesday and Thursday I have English class.

During the weekend I stay at home or go to the movies in the shopping mall with my friends. At home I like to watch TV, play videogame and use the internet.

I live with my mother, dad, my brother and his girlfriend and with my twin brother. My mother Sônia is psychologist and my father Milton is public officer. I love them; we always help each other and do everything to make our family happy.

I like animals; in my house we have three cats, two dogs and two birds.
I do not frequent church very often but if my family do and want that I go with them, no problem.

I’m very friendly and I will do my best to learn and respect the American culture. In this exchange program I’d like to make new friends and the idea to live in other country to know other language and different habits makes me very excited.

I hope have a great time with my host family and make a very strong friendship as well.

I’m looking afford to know you.

Sincerely,
Milson.

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Até a próxima! x.x

196 Diaas..

Olá, meu nome é Fernando. Este é o meu primeiro post no blog então vou fazer uma apresentação. Moro em Barretos, uma cidade pequena do interior de São Paulo, porém muito famosa. Aqui mora cerca de 100 mil habitantes, é uma cidade calma e eu gosto de morar aqui. Aqui é muito famoso por causa da Festa Do Peão De Boiadeiros, que é uma festa que atrai muito turistas, pois, na festa tem Rodeio, Shows (como: Chiclete com banana, Victor e Leo, Ivete, Jota Quest, Babado Novo, entre outros famosos) e muitos dias de festa, chega a ter mais de 1 milhão de pessoas na festa. Estou indo fazer intercâmbio pela CI, e vou agora em Agosto. As minhas intenções nessa viagem é aproveitar todas as oportunidades que eu tiver lá, conseguir bolsa para fazer uma universidade nos Estados Unidos, aprender outra lingua e falar fluentemente, estar vivendo outra cultura... Por isso desejo a NOS que tudo dê certo, e que mesmo que falte muito tempo, quando chegar VAMOS aproveitar o máximo possivel heim...

Agora vou postar a carta que eu mandei para ele, fiz uma carta Básica, e curto, pois não quis enrolar não. Coloquei oque veio na cabeça na hora xD hueaheuheuueeuahuea

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Dear Host Family.
For starters, thank you very much for hosting me.
My name is Fernando. I’m 15 and I live in Barretos – State of São Paulo – Brazil. It’s a calm and small city – 100.000 people live here -, but it’s very famous for the Rodeo Festival that is held every August. About a million people come to visit the city during this festival. The weather is mostly dry and hot throughout the year.
I live with my father, José, my mother, Vânia, and my aunt, Raquel. I also have a sister, Cinthia. She’s 20 but now she lives in another city because she’s studying to be a physical theraphist. We get along pretty well and we like to spend time together.
I’m in the second year of high school, I’ve been studying at the same school since kindergarten and I’m friends with almost everybody there, teachers, staff and students as well. When I finish high school, I intend to graduate in mechatronic engineer, so I know I have to study hard in order to achieve this goal.
The main reason for me to go the U.S.A. is because I want to improve my English a lot and of course, I want to meet different people, get to know different places and broaden my horizons as a person and also, take everything I can get to my professional life to try to make a difference.
Thank you very much for choosing me. I’ll do my best to get along with everybody and I’m sure you won’t regret having me around.

Best wishes,

Fernando

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É isso ae galera,

essa foi a postagem do 196 dias...

E, amanha tem mais xD

Acho que será o Viktor ou o Milsinho...

Vejo vocês na minha proxima postagem!!!

Me apresentando \o/ - 197 dias!

E ai pessoal, beleza? Eu sou mais um que vai postar aqui durante todo o pré-intercambio e nele. Meu nome é Viktor, tenho 16 anos, porém, vou pro intercâmbio com 17, sou de São Paulo, SP. Tava querendo fazer intercâmbio já fazia um bom tempo, e sempre dizia pra minha mãe: Quero fazer intercâmbio... Ela falava, "Tá bom", e na semana seguinta eu já esquecia e ela tambem nem ia procurar. No final do ano passado eu disse mais uma vez isso, só que dessa vez, eu corri atrás, entrei no site da CI, que era a única empresa que eu conhecia, mostrei pra minha mãe e já marquei um dia pra ir até lá conhecer melhor, e foi isso aí, minha mãe e meu pai concordaram, e acham que vai ser uma boa experiência, além de aprender outra língua. To na fase de preencher o Application, que é um perfil seu, com TUDO sobre você, e provavelmente, até o fim do mês eu entrego ele. Então, é isso, vou colocar aqui a minha simples cartinha:
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Dear Family,

Hi, I’m Viktor, I have 16 years old, my father name is Victor and he have 49 years old he is architect, and my mother is Deborah she have 45 years old she is therapist, I have one brother, João your age is 21 years old he is Web Designer. My family is big, with 8 uncle and 12 cousin. We are good affectionate with the another and they respect him. My family is catholic. I live in São Paulo, Brazil in a small apartment whit 3 rooms, and in my room sleeps me and my brother. São Paulo is a big city, whit 10 million peoples! São Paulo is a business city and have a lot of shoppings, parks, pubs, restaurants, museum...
I’m very shy, unsecure, to do the things. But distant from my parents I’m a little bit diferent. Everytime I stay alert to learn new curiosities, to meet new things, foods and feelings. I love live close animals, sports, music, movies. I like to listen rock, punk rock, popular brazilian music (MPB), and my fovourite band is The Offspring, they are americans, my favourite brazilian singer is Chico Buarque, and the brazilian band is Jota Quest.
Everyday I wake up at 6 am to go to school. I go to school by bus, but not school bus. My school is near my house, and I have many friends, it isn’t is a big school, but not small too, in my classroom have 35 studants. My favourite subject is Teoric Physics and Physical Education. I have 6 class a day, in the end, my mother is waiting for me out the school, and we go back by car. At home, I lunch with my parents and do my homeworks, after I use my computer to chat with my friends and read notices in internet and wait at night for my parents back of work to dinner. I like to eat everything, but we care to do a good alimentation.
At weekends I go to park near my house with my friends to pratice skating and ride bicycle or just to walk, and at night we go to shopping to dinner together. Sometimes we have game of us soccer team, is very cool! Or just stay with my family. My favourite sports
are soccer, skating and tennis. And I love go to stadium to see my soccer team: Corinthians. I want learn new sports like snowboard, hockey, football, baseball and go to stadium to see that games.
In home we have maid, but sometimes I just arrange my bad and wash my plate after lunch, but I’m ready to do domestics services.
I’m very happy and I love peoples whit good humour. I like cold and one of all my dreams is see snow, but warmth is good too, in holydays my family go to the beach, sometimes, we go to the camp. I want to go to USA to improve my english, beacause is the most important language of the world and all jobs need than. I would like to work with Design of Games in my future. In Brazil, is rare, but it is expanding. I did a course of a software called 3D Studio Max, which make 3D pictures.
I’m very happy to go to your family, thank you for the opportunity to live with you. I hope we can be a good family together.



Viktor.

Hahaá meia noite, 197 dias ! e todo mundo pode postar!

Isso, todo os intercambistas que irao em agosto e quizerem postar aki, o blog vai estar aberto pra compartilharmos ansiedades :D

É isso Aí...

Bom. Como havia prometido, vou postar a minha carta...

hehhe

pode servir de molde pra outras pessoas que estao indo tbm

na minha opiniao ficou legal

espero q os host gostem =D

lá vai! :

Dear Host Family
First of all, I would like to thank you for opening your home and receiving me as your own son. My name is Daniel and I’m 16 years old.
I live in a city with around 750 thousands habitants and really near the capital of the state of São Paulo. Living near capital is good because there are a lot of places that I love to go, like big malls, beautiful historic parks, different kinds of restaurants and theme parks.
I live now only with my parents and I love to live with them. I have 2 older sisters. One of them is 26 years old and her name is Paula. She’s graduated as psychologist and she hasn’t gotten married yet. The other one is 21 years old, her name is Débora. She has already gotten married and lives so happy with her husband now. Both of my sisters live in Rio Claro, a city not so far from the place I live, so I always see them.
My family is essential for me. After God, they’re the most important people for me and I love them so much that I can’t explain. My parents are always with me and I love spending my time with my family. God was so good with me, when He put me in this family that I love so much!
So, let’s talk more about me. I study in a private school. People say that it’s the best school in the city and I say it’s the hardest one! Here I have to study so much, and sometimes I don’t study enough to get the great grade that I’d like to , but hardly ever my grades are bellow the average. The school is really near my house and I always go there walking.
In my free time, I like to use the internet to talk with friends, play games and listen to some music. I like to watch TV too, specially American movies and series. I love to hang out with my family and friends, and the places that we usually go are malls, Mc Donald’s, movies, bowling, restaurants, etc…
I enjoy some sports too; however I only practice them at school. There we play volleyball, soccer, handball but I only like to play volleyball and table tennis and this one, we don’t have at school anymore.
I’m Christian/ Baptist, so Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays are my favorite days. On Fridays, I have a meeting with all my friends from church I really like it! On Saturdays I go to my English class and then I go to church again because there are special meetings for the adolescents and young people. Sunday’s the faster of my days. I wake up at 8 am and go to the church again! I come back home at 12 a.m. but at 4 o’ clock I go back to church because I have a volunteer work with deaf people. I translate the songs that they play in my church for their signal language. It’s really cool and I’m so proud of myself to do this so, you can see that God and church are really important to me! I don’t know if I could spend a long time away from any church.
I love Pets, especially Dogs. Last year we bought a Dalmatian. But it started growing and I live in apartment, there wasn’t enough space for Pingo, the name of my last dog, so we had to give him for a person who has a big house to take care of him. I got really sad because of this!
After High School I intend to go to University and get a degree in veterinarian or something linked to Biology. If I have the opportunity I would like to study maybe at any American University.
I am sure my life will change a lot when I come back to Brazil. I’m sure that will be easier than before to get a good job.
Well, I think I’ve already talked enough about me. I hope you like my letter. This exchange program will make my future better and I have no doubt that I’ll really like it! I’m sure that I‘ll have a good family to share all of my happiness!
My Best Wishes!
Thanks Again
Daniel

E aí o que acharam ? =D

Vjo vcs amanha, quando faltar 196 dias, eu invendo algo pra postar =D

First post here ! 198 dias antes de ir !

Oi pessoal, Meu nome é Daniel, tenho 15 anos e moro numa cidade grande com cerca de 750 mil habitantes! Como já perceberam, eu estou indo para um programa de intercambio no estados unidos no mês de agosto =D
Aí vc me pergunta: Nossa, num tá tao cedo pra vc se preocupar com isso e até fazer um blog com o tema?
eu respondo: Não ! heheheh
eu criei isso aqui pra eu ter uma conta exata de quanto tempo eu vou esperar pro grande dia e tambem pra compartilhar com todos o momento em que chegar a minha familia, mostrar as cartas que eu escrevi e futuramente os telefonemas e as fotos da minha host family !
Por enquanto o maximo que eu posso mostrar a todos sao as cartas que eu ja fiz pro documento, e eh atraves dessa carta que eles me escolhem lá :)

198 Dias ainda restam, mas a anciedade é como se fosse amanhã =S

cya ppl ;]