High School Phobia

     My first day of school started last Wednesday with surprises, familiar faces, and whatnot. We always have our traditions such as walking around the school and giving five lira to a student. After all that, we went to our classes to be re-introduced to rules and policies. This year there was a major change for ninth graders; we were given electives to choose from. Believe me, choosing was much more harder than I expected it to be. But it was nice to be able to learn new subjects, and I'm enjoying it.
     Another change was that the middle schoolers were seperated from the high schoolers during lunch. Our lunch room seemed so quiet and lonely. I also had friends in middle school, so it was really sad that we wouldn't be able to see them at all. The loudest people in the canteen were, of course, my classmates, but even they seemed to get a feel of the atmosphere around them.
      Not only did we get changes as a secondary group, but our class has changed as well. A couple of people left last year, and some of the people in our class take different classes so we don't see them that often. Plus, with electives, our class is divided even more. Both of the two new girls that were supposed to be in our class have decided not to come. There's a sense of disunity in our class.
      I'm not all that great with accepting change; nobody really is. I want to make this year count, though, because I don't know what will happen to me in the future. Hahaha I just need to stop complaining and look on the bright side :-)

You'll see your mommy soon....

     Today was Day 1 of VBS. I mainly helped out with motions and the dances, but in my free time I helped out with the pre-schoolers. There were two little Korean girls I had to help out in general. One of the girls was crying for her mommy (not surprising, of course) but no one knew what she was saying because she didn't know Englsih. The second girl only knew the words "pee pee" and "toilet", so she needed help too. I had fun with all the pre-schoolers, and some of them wouln't let go of my hand by the end of the day :-)
     I also had fun laughing at myself at the end of the day. When I helped out with the motions, I would make a couple of mistakes here and there. Every so often, I would catch someone mimicking my moves, seeing everyone else doing something else, and have this confused look. I felt quite sorry for them, but it was a fun time.
     "God's Word is true!" "Let's go!" :-)

Reconnecting Time with Turkey

     When I was in America, it was nice being able to see friends and family and pig out everyday, but I missed seeing my old friends and having some privacy again. I really wanted to go back to Turkey. Now that I'm here, things definitely fall back into their old patterns, and I must admit sometimes it gets boring, but I'm content. Believe me, relaxing and doing whatever can actually be wonderful. I also think I'm feeling a very introversive :-)
     So far I've been welcomed with people, people, more people, and pigeon poop. Yes, unfortunately pigeon poop and being on "pigeon duty" is a big part of my life. I laugh about it after wards, but I'm not a happy person when a stray pigeon comes. The people that welcomed me were nicer, and I've had a lot of fun hanging out with my classmates and other random people. I do think that seeing so many people made me an introvert, but it was still exciting.
     During my free time (which is... all the time) I read, watch movies, study (sadly), and bug my sisters. It's sort of sad that summer is ending in only three weeks, but I guess I'm anticipating it at the same time :-)
     Until my next adventures :-)