ohh God... had my first day of school today -.- and I want to have Holidays again already. I just hate getting up early in the morning and my sleeping routine is completly destroyed ! But anyway... I did good in the christmas exams ( as far as I know... Business results are still waiting for me..). So it was an alright day. I was in dublin on Saturday and finally got a new webcam ( mine was broken). what else... well..it is rainig at the moment ( what a surprise in Ireland :D:D) Thats pretty much it I can say about the last few days:)

R.I.P. Jason McGovern

On New years eve this young fella was found dead in his friends house. He was out in Omagh Co. Tyrone partying and it is not completely clear but some person assaulted him twice. He went home and over night he died, because of that!!! He was from Emyvale Co.Monaghan and went to my school (before I was in Ireland). I didn't know him but I think that is so sad!!! How can people do that to each other with no reason???   I just hope that his family finds the strenght to go trough this time and that the persons who did this to him will get into prison!!!

Rest in Peace Jason!!

http://www.facebook.com/RipJasonMcgovern?fref=ts

http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0102/jason-mcgovern-omagh.html

December, December....a whole lot of events..and no post from me...

Oh my God!! I didn't realise that I wasn't posting in my blog for over a Month!!

So I am going to write a "December summary" now, because December was actually quite interesting with Christmas, New years eve etc. :)

At the beginning of December, the 2. actually I finally turned 17. It was really nice I got a camera from my parents and I had a nice small Birthday party in my host families house.Antonia and Collin made a really colourful cake for me! I was happy like a little child but it was just so cool :D:D My Birthday was on a Sunday, but we didn't have school the next day so I could celebrate it on that day, which was quite handy.

 The amazing cake. and yes it tasted good! :)

and me...

Then from the 4th to the 7th  we had our work experience. I did mine at the hair dresser "Che Veux" in Monaghan town. They are really good hair dresser and really friendly, but I have to admit that I was really bored,because I couldn't really do something and on Tuesday and Wednesday there were hardly any customers. Well, it has its good side, because on the first day the one girl that works there practised here styles on me and on the second day I got my hair done ( Highlights, cutting...) and got 10€ off the full price :) Friday was better because there were two other girls from college and so at least we could talk a little bit because one of them was my neighbour :)

That is how I looked after the first day:)

"Life is too short to wake up in the morning with regrets. So love the people who treat you right, forget about the ones who don't and believe that everything happens for a reason. If you get a chance, take it. If it changes your life, let it. Nobody said that it'd be easy, they just promised it would be worth it.

- Unknown"

We also had our Christmas exams and I really have to say that it was not as easy as all the exchange students thought!! I mean History was really good and science was "easy" as well, but Math... :O In the lessons it was always so simple and I had 90% of all tasks right but then in the exams I was sitting there like "WTF?? What do you want from me I have never seen these type of questions before!" and as you can imagine I felt pretty stupid because when someone asked me about school in Germany  I always was like " Oh well school in Germany is harder and we are so much further in Math...". But Thank God it was not just me... I asked around and quite a lot of the exchanges AND Irish students felt the same .. 

Then Christmas was there and I actually enjoyed it, even thou I am so glad that all that is over now. Before that I was really panicking because I was so afraid of getting homesick, because for me there was no was to celebrate Christmas for the first ( and hopefully only time for the next few years) without family without missing them. The point when I really just wanted to book a ticket home was the 22nd or 23rd, I was at Antonia's house and we watched "Home alone" ("Kevin allein Zuhaus"). Did you ever watch it?? Well basically the boy is home alone in the time before Christmas because his family did a mistake and didn't notice that he is not in the plane. He has fun and is doing everything he normally wouldn't be allowed to but on the day before Christmas he goes to "Santa" ( some man dressed up as Santa) and wishes that his mum will come home for Christmas. Then on Christmas day he goes downstairs and his mum really came home. That was the moment when I just wanted to go to my family. Just for a few hours to hug them and to say merry Christmas. Thank God I had Antonia. She is a great friend and without her.. who knows maybe I would have went home..... So we celebrated our own "German" Christmas on the 24th in the evening and unwrapped our presents from our parents together and played Monopoly:). And on the 25th, the actual Christmas Day in Ireland My host family and I went to their Granny's house and it was really nice!! I felt like I couldn't eat for the next few days but it way so delicious!! I wasn't homesick that day at all I just enjoyed it. Everyone in this family is so nice to me!! I am really lucky that I can live with them!

Antonia's and my stunning Christmas tree :)

I love you Antonia!! A pity that you are going home in a few weeks. But we will see each other in summer so, Roll on Summer!!! <3

And finally, New years eve!! This was just great in my opinion. We (Antonia, Eva, Charlotte and me) went to the shamrock and then Eva and I went to the "Forum", that is a disco here in Monaghan. It was really fun, except from the part that my host mum forgot that Antonia was having a sleepover at mine so we had to share a bed and no...I didn't sleep. at about 7 am I went downstairs to get at least 3 hours of sleep on the sofa but I just couldn't sleep!!! Well.... the next night I went to bed at 10 :D:D

 I bought them purple extensions up in the North:)) I just think they are amazing ( and they were so cheap :D:D )

That is how I looked on New years..well... I did my hair better and everything.. that picture was just to show my mum what I am going to wear :)

But December was also the time of saying Goodbye to some students. I really hope that they will have a great time at home and had an even better time here in Ireland, so as I still have it. Some of them I am really going to miss. Most students actually went home over Christmas, but a lot are coming back in a few days or are already back.

But Hello !!  I get a neighbour on Saturday!! I hope he is good craic, because Collin is going and it would be just nice if he would kind of "replace" him as a good friend.

Antonia's host dad took us to another trip before Christmas. Again to some Cliffs. They are called "Sliabh liag" and they are supposed to be the highest cliffs in Europe. It was a little bit foggy so we couldn't see the top but it was still pretty amazing. Here are just "some" pictures :)

I got another parcel from my mum!! She made christmas cookies with my little siblings and send them to me AND they made a christmas calendar for me by themselves!!! I am so happy!!! And I really didn't expectes this!! 

Aaaand another week is over. Actually nothing interesting happened. I was in Belfast with a friend of mine and we were already on the Christmas market there... it was so nice :):) They had a lot of German products like "Bratwurst" or mulled wine there! :)

What else.. well my little host sister gave me the Bug, so I wasn't in school on Tuesday.

Oh right, we are getting on now very well, so yesterday we were with my host mother in the shopping centre in Tesco. That was real fun because we were banging around like little kids but then I saw a girl I know that was quite embarrassing. Then we went to 'Extravision' and I saw some boys I kinda know so I asked her if we could leave so I wouldn't embarrass myself. That was not very smart!! as we went out she shouted "Germaine say 'Hi'!!".... omg... that was awful!! :D

Galway and The Cliffs of Moher

Hahahha :) Well, that was a fail!!!

We went to Galway from Monday to Wednesday and it was quite nice. The main "attraction" for me were supposed to be the Cliffs of Moher. The whole day started with a horrible drive in the bus. The Streets to the cliffs are so hilly that I ( and some others!!) went sick so we needed to stop so we could get fresh air otherwise there would have been a little or better some little accidents.

Then we arrived at the Cliffs and well, we were a kind of disappointed. I guess you will understand best when I just post the picture I made!!

But anyway, the trip was nice. The Hostel was okay and Galway is such a lovely city!!

It was just sad that we couldn't see what ,for me, was the main reason to pay the 70€ to go on the trip.

But of course it is a lot better than school! :)

By the way: I know this is not a very good characteristic but: I made this picture by myself :) So proud of it !! :D:D

Aww.. I got a parcel from my mum!! It was full Chocolate and the most important: My favourite High Heels!!! <3

Yesterday the school started again as well, but I expected it to be worse :) And I am actually happy that the mid term break was just one week, because I guess after a while I just wouldn't know what to do anymore over the day, but with the one week it was just perfect. I had a really nice Halloween and we were at the Giant's Causeway!!!!! This was the most amazing thing I ever saw!! It looks great on the pictures, but when you are standing there on the top of the Cliffs with nothing in front of you but the sea it is just....wow!! This picture here is from the Internet, but I have one at home which I made by myself and it really looks the same:)

 

What else.... well.. I am bored right now because we have another double of ICT and don't know what to do,  except of writing unimportant Information on this site.:)