Now that you know someone cool and foreign

Holla
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I reckon it's hightoime to drop some knowledge....

• Tabernack -Canadian French- (exc.)Crap! (person)Trailor trash
• Battachinkway- Italian(ish)- High five!
• Nomjdajuii-Wallon (Fr-Nom de Dieu/Name of god) exclamation,if your Mandee or another cute American you use it in every way you can.It kinda gives me wallonian street cred..
• kocham- I love- polish
• Ya rhewm -add an extra "eeee" in there and yell it out when you see a hot guy on the street.Make sure he isnt Turkish or he may understand.If you know what I mean.

American freak

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American freak
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 click the link on the sidebar Ameriiican freak.This is just a quick post to say hi and that I am alive!I am just as bad of a blogger as I thought I would be.But I have a journal full of stories I cant wait to reread and share with Arkansans soon!

On the 17th my host Rotary club hosted a Soiree American fundraiser thing.It ended up being a lot of fun! My BFF's Freddy and Joël were there and said sweet things to me that I really needed to hear! I hung up a big ol american flag (and a little one that hid a sign that said "no playing music in this location" ) and hung out with rotarians all night.

Oh and then Joël hit me! repeatedly!No, jk.but really-he pushed me around in this game and slapped my dang hands!They were red!like lightning!Joêl also has a cute little family like Freddy-his with wants to come to Arkansas and when I said she was welcome anytime I meant it!

and Eva-
I love this little girl I need to remember to take pictures with her. She is Freddys daughter and I just love her to DEATH.Whenever I get all "omg i miss Cameron" ish I can just think about Eva. She asked Freddy If I could be her big sister! holy crap! yes I can darlin'! Ive never had a little sister! woo.I love eva.

Now im off to watch "a predre ou laisser" or french "Deal or no deal" .

3.1.09

Have you ever had a blog?It's super stressful.If you want to actually be updated email me and I will out you on my newsletter list.So much easier.

Vacation is almost over!actually it is over since it is Saturday and I start school again Monday so its not vaca its just a weekend.

They say that I have gotten over the hardest part of exchange.They also say the launguage is a piece of cake after christmas.I gotta tell you all night christmas day I was thinking "Do I speak french yet?How 'bout now? and now?".

Also, I suppose I will tell you about Christmas.The traditions here are pretty similar except for christmas wake-up-ion.You spend all night eating and talking with family and at midnight you give everyone 3 bisous and say "Merry Christmas!" and then present time like usual and then talk time and then bye bye time.It was really fun and the food was yummy. I spent the wakeup-ion with the mom of my host dad Jacques and christmas lunch with the mom of my host mom Laurence.I ate stinky cheese and didnt want to hurl!I think I am acquiring the taste-does that make me european yet? Being able to say "Oh thats an acquired taste"? Hope so.

New years was bizarre.My friends Steph and Sarah who you can see on my flickr invited me to spend a quite new years just hanging out somewhere.Somehow I got taken to a bar.Sarah helped me shorten my dress to just above my kneees because Steph said I looked "sisterly" and "nunish".Then steph makeuped me.I didnt quite understand how I got in. apparently some bars let 16 year olds in but someone on the street said this one didnt.I danced with steph and sarah and a group of stephs friends and at midnight every body yelled and gave bisous.First and last night club I think though.Outside there was a huge sex store and I saw a sterotypical hooker.Not quite the place I call a good hang out but ,hey,Europe.

X-mas, New years, What else is there to know?Oh I need to know about yalls Xmas' and New Years.

Also 3 days until January 6!
January 6 is the Birthday of Phillipe and of Miiiiiike!
It is also my official one year birthday with Rotary!
On Jan 6th of 2008 I was nervously walking into two day interviews in Little Rock!
Just look at all the exclamation points!
Ahhh!
I love birthdays!