inbetween
Yes..., I know, quite some time since my last entry (and this one didn't even contain a lot of information, neither funny stories nor incidents) and a lot of promises remain to be fulfilled... I've been working on my notes about encounters with the norwegian culture, but i guess i should be a bit sensitive in that matter, i mean, at the bottom of my heart i really love my friends up there ;-) and there is my special someone whom i guess i've scared enough with statements about norwegian guys all being "Weicheier" (which i still think is true, to some extent at least (NO, not YOU, Jens!!!), though i have to admit that - being back in Germany at the moment - German guys are not much better...). Yes, we all know that GIRLS RULE, but does it have to be that obvious?!?! Anyway, I'll come back to my assumptions about emancipation having gone too far in a later entry in this blog - I promise!!!
But as I said, gotta write carefully ;-)
Meanwhile I am experiencing small clashes between German and Mexican culture... Visa stuff, for example. Okay, I have to admit that being a EU citizen I haven't got any whatsoever experience with visa (excluding the ones you get when you're on holiday, but that's fairly easy, if you remember not crossing the field "I plan on carrying out terroristic activities while in the U.S." on your visa paper on the plane to the U.S....), so I'm kind of a greenhorn in that respect. To keep it brief, in order to obtain a student visa for Mexico, you have to send in a confirmation of the respective university in Mexico, and this is only possible until the 25th or so of each months, because requests turned in after that date won't be processed until a month later (?!?!?!?). Well, I got my confirmation from Monterrey on 26th of June, and I'm leaving to Mexico 5th of August - not expecting the German Visa office to process my request in less than two weeks, I finally gave up on the idea of getting a Visa beforehand. But as I've been told, Mexicans are way more relaxed, and it wouldn't be any problem doing all the Visa stuff there. I believe so. I finally got confirmed a place in a language course (or several language courses) last week. Those courses are supposed to start in about two weeks. However, I still do not know when exactly, nor where. I kind of get the impression myself, while writing this, that I might be a bit too German at heart... I strongly hope for the Mexicans to change that!!!! Please, take this "everything has to be organized and planned beforehand"-burden from me!!!!
Well, what else interesting happened during my preparation for this exchange semester... I had to take an online Spanish test, which was quite fun (i mean, you all know the multiple choice principle, don't you ;-) ), but then I had to write an essay as well, which was even more fun, with about 20 words active vocabulary... I assume any spanish speaking three-year-old would have come to more convincing conclusions.
However, before finally being able to experience the Mexican way of life and learning how to lead a relaxed, unstressfull, happy life, the next cultural event coming up is:
Norway meets Germany!!! And I am definitely looking forward to this ;-) !!!!!
Take care folks,
ha det bra,
adieu,
asta la vista baby,
servus und auf wiedersehen :-)
But as I said, gotta write carefully ;-)
Meanwhile I am experiencing small clashes between German and Mexican culture... Visa stuff, for example. Okay, I have to admit that being a EU citizen I haven't got any whatsoever experience with visa (excluding the ones you get when you're on holiday, but that's fairly easy, if you remember not crossing the field "I plan on carrying out terroristic activities while in the U.S." on your visa paper on the plane to the U.S....), so I'm kind of a greenhorn in that respect. To keep it brief, in order to obtain a student visa for Mexico, you have to send in a confirmation of the respective university in Mexico, and this is only possible until the 25th or so of each months, because requests turned in after that date won't be processed until a month later (?!?!?!?). Well, I got my confirmation from Monterrey on 26th of June, and I'm leaving to Mexico 5th of August - not expecting the German Visa office to process my request in less than two weeks, I finally gave up on the idea of getting a Visa beforehand. But as I've been told, Mexicans are way more relaxed, and it wouldn't be any problem doing all the Visa stuff there. I believe so. I finally got confirmed a place in a language course (or several language courses) last week. Those courses are supposed to start in about two weeks. However, I still do not know when exactly, nor where. I kind of get the impression myself, while writing this, that I might be a bit too German at heart... I strongly hope for the Mexicans to change that!!!! Please, take this "everything has to be organized and planned beforehand"-burden from me!!!!
Well, what else interesting happened during my preparation for this exchange semester... I had to take an online Spanish test, which was quite fun (i mean, you all know the multiple choice principle, don't you ;-) ), but then I had to write an essay as well, which was even more fun, with about 20 words active vocabulary... I assume any spanish speaking three-year-old would have come to more convincing conclusions.
However, before finally being able to experience the Mexican way of life and learning how to lead a relaxed, unstressfull, happy life, the next cultural event coming up is:
Norway meets Germany!!! And I am definitely looking forward to this ;-) !!!!!
Take care folks,
ha det bra,
adieu,
asta la vista baby,
servus und auf wiedersehen :-)
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