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09/11/2012 10:10
Christmas time
It's a shame that not everything can be nice all the time. That's what I've noticed in the last few weeks. After a few weeks, the days were still the same, Jemima started to get worse with me again, I hadn't met many people and I was working inside the house for all the 40 hours.
Homesick? No, I...
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16/10/2012 20:35
Fishy
My first weeks are over now and I feel like I've really settled in here. I've settled in with the family, I've settled in with the Australian habits, the language and the food. Though I still eat hagelslag and ontbijtkoek. Not my fault, my hostdad bought it for me. Anyway, I don't feel like...
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04/10/2012 21:04
Travelling ideas
Time. It's a funny thing. 31 Days have passed by now. Or should I say; 31 Days have flown by now. The time goes so fast, it nearly scares me. It's precious time though. Time which I've mainly enjoyed. Enjoyed the weather. Enjoyed the fact that Jemima finally speaks to me instead...
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24/09/2012 21:43
Sunshine
6 Months is nothing. Literally nothing. It's 26 weeks. And of those 26 weeks I've already had 2. 13 Times the two weeks I've had now and I'll already be done with being an au pair. Isn't that absurd? I never realized how fast time goes actually. If I look at it like this, I could do high school...
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16/09/2012 09:08
Sydney
Sydney is definitely amazing. I've been there 6 days now and I haven't even seen 30% of everything there is to see.
One week ago, another au pair has arrived in Sydney, Dagmar. We're both from Travel Active, we know each other from the day we had the workshop. Dagmar is now doing a Cambridge...
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11/09/2012 10:50
Please?
The sun is shining, the sky is blue (unfortunately there also is quite a lot of wind) and I'm now sitting on my double bed in my own room with view on the swimming pool and palm trees in the garden. Just an average day of any Australian and I assume that soon this will become normal for me. But...
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30/08/2012 12:57
4 days left
Exactly 4 and a half days left before the start of my adventure in Australia.
So soon? How come? I could tell you the complete story, but that would be too long, I'll try to make it shorter. A lot shorter.
First of all; I've been extremely busy, that's why I haven't updated my blog for so...
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09/07/2012 11:45
Update
It took a while, but I've finally filled in all the papers for TravelActive. I wrote a motivation letter, made a PowerPoint about me and got a medical report signed by my doctor. Besides that I've filled in about 10 pages full of questions about me and the things I want/expect as an au...
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14/06/2012 19:01
A new beginning
I did it! I passed my exams! I got the news this afternoon, and I was so nervous. All week long I was confident about getting that diploma, but this morning I couldn't hold the nerves in. And then, finally, at three o'clock I was being told I could quit high school FOREVER. Hallelujah.
Next...
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01/06/2012 16:06
Time to party!
Long time no see!
VACATION. That's the only thing on my mind right now. I finished my last exam yesterday, and I think that I made all exams well enough to get that diploma! But there's something even nicer going on. In exactly 13,5 hours you'll find me flying high in the sky. In a plane of...