First day ... it's like when you're in Elementary School, leaving home for your first day after a long vacation. Today, this is what I was feeling.
Darrell took me to the school in the morning, so I didn't have to take a bus. When I got there I went right to the sixth floor, just like it said in the instructions I received by e-mail. The school occupies a whole building and the floor six is the top floor. It's a very nice huge room, full of sofas and chairs (they have even a piano there, but I didn't feel comfortable to play ... yet) with large windows, so we can see the harbor from there.
Today is the first day for a few, in the case, I and another 4 people. Three Brazilians, one Japanese girl and one Swiss guy. I felt good, because the Brazilians don't speak Portuguese here, and that's exactly what I'm looking for!
After some gathering in the top floor we took a test to know what level we would be. I got a nice result, I'm between level 6 and 7, and the higher level they have here is the level 7.
We got the results and then we went out to eat. What could we eat??? YES, junk food! Mc Donald's appreciates it! Today I could see some crazy things, like people crossing the streets in downtown. It’s a mess, when the pedestrian signal turns to green, they go from everywhere to everywhere in the corners of a street. There are no rules, everything is possible.
In the afternoon I had my first class and it was ... just a class!
The last thing I had to do was to take the bus back home. I took a long time to find the right bus stop!!! When I got in the bus driver asked me where I was going. I thought it was a very stupid question, but after paying $4.75 for a bus ticket I started observing every passenger that got in the bus. The truth is that, here in Auckland, you pay depending on how far you’re going. For a moment, I wish my home stay was closer! :P
Getting home around 7pm I could find a ... BURGER AND FRIES!!! Again, junk food, this time from Wendy’s (another franchise). This was pretty much what I had to say about my fist day at school!
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
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