Hi out there!

So today is September 4th I think, and I haven't updated my blog for a while, and I have an excuse for that! One week after I arrived my best friend Mr. Computer died, so I haven't had time to make a blog. But I guess my mom and dad miss me so much since they wanted to send me a macbook! So now I can make my blogs!

Since last time

So a lot of things had happened since last blog.

My host family have taken me around in Vegas, so much as they could, because their work started before the kids and I started in school,we have spend a lot of time home to. But we have been visiting the Strip a couple of time, which I really enjoyed, I like being there because everything is so big around you! and Vegas is a beautiful city, but it's beautiful at night time, all the lights is not to describe! We went to a Cheap Trick concert which was very good, it was at Paris Hotel. They also took me all the way to Arizona, or Hover Dam which was very beautiful, but it was very hot! I dont think I have been a place before where it was that hot!! After hover dam we went to Lake meat which is a big lake here in Vegas, or in Boulder City which is right next to Vegas. The lake had a Beach, where a lot of people hangout with their yetski, which I thought was awesome, and the lake was also very beautiful!

Welcome party

Last weekend there was this Welcome party for the kids who lives in Vegas! Everybody had to bring a dish which represent our own country, and I made hindbærsnitter which is a danish kage, I had some problems making it, but it seems to everybody liked it because I didn't even got a piece by myself before it was gone. I had a blast to the welcome party, there where a lot of students from the camp, so it was so good to see them again! I also met a lot of other exchange student that I haven't seen before, so I was good too, to meet new people!

First week of school

So monday August 30. I had my first day of school!The school I attend to is Arbor View, a brand new school almost! Which around 3000 students. I live very close to the school, it takes me 10 min to go there, I just have to walk out of the gate, and then I can see the school. First school day was crazy, first I had to go to my homeroom, where I got a lot of papers to sign, and information, and then I used the rest of the day to walk around to the classes to get more papers that I have to sign. The school is very big, so I had a lot of problems finding my classes. But the most stupid part is classrooms from 100-999 is down stairs, and classrooms from 1000-2000 is upstairs, and my schedule is 604, 1104,721,1101,703,1207 that's the number of the class, so everytime I have to go to a new class, I have to go up and down! So I could pick to classes by myself, the rest was mandatory . I picked Appd Comm (Broadcasting) where we are making movies, and news at the school. And then I picked International Relations, where we are talking about problems in the world. The rest us American Literature H, Genetics H, Algebra H, and U.S Government H. The most of my classes is H and seniors classes, and H is honor which is a class for clever kids I guess, it's harder than a normal class, so some of the classes is really hard, so I want to see if I can change some of them, which isn't easy at all. So So there is to lunches and both of them is 30 minutes, and lunch use to be the best part of the school! But to be honest I dont like the lunch! It's so crowded, there is no where to sit because there is not tables and chairs enough, you cant find you friends because there is people all over the place, and then you use 5min of the lunch to go to the area, and 5 min going back. 2 years ago there was this accident at Centenial high school, it was these student who went out to lunch to eat, and then they had to hurry back not to be late for there classes, so they crashed and died, and because of that, the schools in Vegas/ Clark Country wont allow you to go outside in school time, so the school alreay starts at 7am they lock all the doors! And that's one of the reasons that it's so crowded. So first week of school is over, and I dont like it so much, it's not easy to get friends at all, I didn't thought it would be that hard, but it is! From a school in Denmark where you have all the classes together with the same people it's so much easier, cause you are getting so much closer! But I dont know, cause I have only been there for a week. But I haven't got any friends for real. Another thing is we get A LOT of homework, really!! Every single day this week I had homework, and now I work on a power point! But that's how high school is!

Football game

So friday even

ing our football boys had a homegame, and I went there together with Kaila, a girl I met in

my broadcasting class, and Jessi which is my host moms goddaughter! The game started 7pm and we came exactly 7pm, and of course there where a big line! So we waited 35min before we came in! Before we went in, we have to go through this metal detector, and they had to look in our bags, which surprised me a lot! There where 6 police men at the game, because there where rumors about a fight. There where a lot of people, and there where even a helicopter to film. We didn't really watch the game, we just talked, but of course our football guys won! It's funny cause some of the things is really like in the movies! The football guys is the hot guys, and they are dating the cheerleaders.

Things todo this month

So this weekend is a long one, kind of.. School is of on monday because it's labor day, and there is this pool think at the Strip tomorrow with the exchange students I maybe will go to.

Next weekend there is block party, and my host family said I could invited some friends to come, so I think that's going to be fun.

The week after from Thursday 16th to saturday or sunday all the exchange students is going up to Mt. Charleston which is a mountain 20 minutes away from here, where we are

going to learn stuff a things I guess.

The week after that, my host family and I are going to LA in California, to this big Italy fiesta

My host family is the party people, and they like to make big deal out of traditions

which I really like! Anyways they told me I could invited people over, make a pool

party when every I wanted, so I hope I have time for that in this month too.

I guess that's all for now!

Take care, and have fun!

Love Pat

Hi Guys,

I wanted to make an updated!
Today it's Friday, an I'm together with my host family now!
I arrived Saturday from the camp.

Norwich Language & Culture Camp
I arrived to the camp sunday 18. july together
with 23 danish people! And that was the beginning of the two best weeks! The camp was awesome, it's something you cant describe, you have to try it! A normal day for me would start with breakfast at 8AM, and they school would start 9AM where we had 4 different subjects, life in america, current issue, American history, english. After american history would we get a 2hours break to eat lunch, after lunch, and then go back to school and have the last class english. After school could you choose many different aktivites, as commando hike, tennis, soccer, the mall, fitness, etc. there was so many different aktivites todo! the aktivites goes from 4PM to 5.30PM, and after the aktivities you would have dinner, and the camp food was good, but a lot of fast food, but you will get a lot to choose from. After dinner, was there aktivities again, movies, the yearbook, swimming, etc. We didn't have to pick an aktiviti. After and before luch you will hangout with you friends, which was my farvorite part of all! I got so many new friends, and we got so close together, we had to much to talk about all the time! The thing about camp is, you dont know anybody, but you will have a lot to talk about because you have this thing in common that you both are exchange students and you are going the same way, to experience something competely new! But we did a lot of trips, shopping in Boston, the beach, baseball game, which I really enjoyed! Before you get to look over your shoulder it's over, the two weeks pass so quickly, and suddenly it's friday. Friday where a day with a lot of things to do, we had our last day of school, we had to pack all our stuff together, and then we had the last dance, and we got a surprice which was firework, it was so "hyggeligt" the dance ended at 11.00 and we had to be in the hall at 11.10 to say goodbye to everybody, it was the most saddest i ever have experience! But I could write a hole book about the camp, but I dont have time to tell everything ..

My host family
So friday was the last day of camp, and everybody was assembled in the hall, and everybody had got a bus number, so everytime they said a busnumber it was time for somebody to leave, my busnumber was manchester 2, which ran at 1.45 am, the trip from the camp to manchester airport took 2 hours, but everybody was tired to we sleept all the way to the airport. My first fly departure was 6. 17 but it got delayted, so I had to flew 1½ hour later, but because of that I would miss my next fly, so I had to get new flyticket. I flew from Manchester airport to New jersey airport, and then to Vegas. The fly was very boring, all the other exchange students from the camp who was going to Vegas too, was flying from others airports, so I didn't have any to talk with all the way, but I made it!

I arrive at Las Vegas airport 2.24pm, and my host family was there with baloons, flowers, and my new host siblings had mad posters/signs to me! It was so good finally to meet them, and I got a big hug from everybody! On our way home we drove through the strip, and it was very beautiful, but the best thing of all was the beautiful mountains, and palm trees, I really loved that! It took us about 25 minuts and then we arrive to the house, and they showed me around in the house, and showed me my room, which I really like!

Today it's friday 7th of august and I have been here for 6days, and I love it, my host family is so nice to me, and we did something everyday! There is a lot of things to do here in Vegas! We been to a magic show at hilton hotel, went out bowling, went out to se the strip at night, and at day time. My host mom got me in toch with some other exchange student, so they came here to hangout the other day, and today I'm going home to them, to a sleepover. There is so many things to tell, but I will takes time to write down! But I having a blast with my new family!

About my vlogs, I dont know if it will work, I filmed a lot of good stuff,
but I cant clip it together in moviemaker because I have to convert it first,
and when I convert the clips, the quality will be so bad.

I will start school around 30 august!

Take care and have fun out the re!
Greetings from Patricia xoxo

Quick update - Blog 3, 11/07-2010

It's sunday 11 july, so from to day there is only a week to I will leave Denmark, and it feels weird, but it's not really dawned on me yet! I dont think I will realize that I have to leave before the day I stand in the airport! I know that this week will be so sad, it's so hard to say godbye to everybody, and especially after the summer because I had been together with my friends all the time, and we got so much closer to each other! But I guess, it's never funny to say godbye.

I got my Host Family!
So to make a little update! This Wednesday I finally got my Host family, and it maked me so much more excited! I start tjeking my EF home page, and saw that they had moved me to a new school, and removed my arrival family, but they didn't put a new one up, so I ask my IEC, and she told me that I got a host family! I have been writing some mails with the family, and they are so friendly I'm really excited to go and meet them! So the family lives in North Las Vegas, In a beautiful home! The family consists of my host mom Luann, my host dad Cris, my host siblings 9 years old twins Christopher and Lauren, and the dog Chewie :-) I'm really happy that I got a host family like them, I'm sure that I will fit good into the family!

Arbor View High School
To another thing, I got a new school, and I would mean that the high school is an important thing to, because I'm going to spend a lot of time there to! Before I should go to Moapa Valley high school outside Las Vegas, but because the family lives in Las Vegas I had to be moved. I tjekt the school out and I really like it! It's a new school built in 2005 with 2500 students, it's look really great, and I will live 3 minutes in car away from it, so that is very good!

The camp
I will leave on sunday for the camp, and I really looking forward to meet all my friends I had talked and chat so much with the last few months! I'm so sure that I'm going to have two wonderfull weeks at the camp, learning a lot of new people!

Vlogs
Before I will end this blog, I have something to tell :-D I got this Flip Slide Camera from USA, and I have decided that I want to try to make some daily videos blogs, and it's not going to be something where I will take about things and all that, I just want to do it a little bit in Shaytards style, where I'm going to film my life in the USA, I will film something on sunday. I think it will be funny to look back at the videos later when I get home again! But I dont know if it will work, but I will try to make a video every month if I can :-) I guess I will put them up on a youtube channel, links will come up later.

Talk to you soon, next time will be a about the camp!
Take care out there!
Love Patpat

News update - Blog 2, 06/13-2010

I got an arrival family About 2 months ago I got a call from EF, and they told me that they have found an arrival family to me in Nevada, the Las Vegas area. It’s not my host family, it’s only a temporarily family. The reason that I got a arrival family is that my IEC have looked at my profile and thought I would fit well into the Las Vegas area. Because it’s the family that have to pick me, and not the IEC, my IEC gave me a arrival family, so other family’s from other areas/stats couldn’t pick me. Another reason was that I would be able to get my Visa and then they could get me into the school system.

About my arrival family: They live in a small city named Logandale Located an hour's drive from Las Vegas, The father is a fireman, and the mother is a housewife, they have two kids, but they don’t live at home. They also have a dog, a cat, and some fish. They like to do a lot of activities, which is a big plus. But maybe I’m not even going to meet them, because it’s an arrival family, but if then I’m only going to live there in 2 weeks, and then they expect that they have found a host family to me. But they are still showing my application to people in the area, I could be placed in Vegas, Boulder City, Logandale, or Mesquite.

EF Culture & Language Camp – Norwich
Before I travel to Nevada, I will attend to this camp, which is a Culture and language camp, where I will spend 2 weeks together with 450 other students from all over the world. The camp will take place at Norwich University in Northfield, Vermont. We are going to get a taste of how it is to go to high school in the U.S, so there will be classes we have to go to every weekday, from 9.00am to 3.00pm, and after that there is a lot of activities. We are also going to explore Boston, a trip to the beach, and go watch a baseball game. I’m really looking forward to it, I have talked together with a lot of people who will join the camp, so it’s going to be fun, finally to meet them, especially Ale!! The camp end 31. July, and I will fly to Nevada.

I got some info about the departure!
Departure: 18 july, 7.50 from Kastrup airport, We are going to swift fly in Iceland – reykjavik Then we will arrive about 13.00pm U.S time in Boston .

The end So this blog is getting so long! I thing I have to end it now.
I think my next blog will be up, a week before leaving :-)

Take care! Greeting from Pat :-)

Introduction to my blogs

My blogs
I have wanted to make a blog of my high school year in a while. I had my last exam yesterday, so now I had time to relax and create a blog :-)
I still haven't decided if the blog should be written in Danish or English, because my "written" English isn’t the best, but I just thought that it would be best to start write in English now, so I could improve it immediately. As it looks now, will I try to make a blog 1-3 times every month, but I'm not sure because I don’t know how much time I can use the internet when I'm in the U.S :-)
So the reason that I have choose to take a year in the U.S is primarily that I want to go out and experience something completely new. I know that the world have so many things to offer, so why not just jump right into it. I have choose to study overseas because I thing that's the best way to learn another language. The idea came from my holiday in 2008, where a captain told me about his son which had taken a high school year in New Zeeland, and that's where I got my inspiration. But I took the final decision in November 2009, where my father enrolled me. And here I am today, I'm leaving in 1½ month, and I'm sure that I'm going to have the time of my life!

Take care!
Greetings from Pat :-)