Hello and welcome to the first entry in my project:)
is after the last entry has again so much happened that I do not know exactly what all happened. If one of you is boring, you can even read the New Zealand blog, which you can find right below ...
Sodele. Ran to the Bacon: More about the Orientation Camp: We were pretty neatly separated by sex, in several houses accommodated. Showers were available throughout the park, so that is usually executed in rushes of the most bitter morning cold and shivering in front of it, or twice a shower was free. It must be said that such a shower room was quite luxurious. Several hooks for hanging clothes, a very minimalist attributable to the boards for the rest of the clothes and do not forget a plastic mat on which to stand while showering, they would not drill in pushing the sole of the foot. Quite devised can also be called the ventilation system of this shower. To save power and preserve the nature-friendly reputation of New Zealand, just the door has been cut by about 20cm, so that the "warm" conditions for New Zealand air more freely one could surprise in the shower. Well ... at some point I then proceeded to have breakfast quickly and simply then use one of the 4 girls showers, as they were in the house, quite as big call and had to have enough hot water.
The day started with breakfast every morning at 8:00 clock, English clock hours from 9.00, which was interrupted by a 5-minute tea break. After lunch we continued with English until about 4 clock. From there we were entertained by Grant, an assistant at the camp, with all sorts of activities. (For example: 2 minutes to the beach mega horny running and rugby / soccer games or just relax).
You have to really mention the weather: In the evening / night and the morning one is grateful for any theater within reach. At noon it can be so warm that you think seriously about shorts ... That's the Kiwi way of life;)
All in all, the Orientation Camp was really fun to see, especially all the other (including foreign) volunteers and meet you.
Sunday afternoon we went by bus to finally rid our project! Lake Taupo Christian Camp! * * Wuhuu
3 hours by coach, including one change and not enough space .. everything in the price of it:]
War but with MP3 player and relax completely okay.
had to change trains when we tell the bus driver that he should please stop in Te Rangiita "... (As much schonmal to the size of our "city" here ^ ^). So we were thrown against 3 clock afternoon from the bus and stood in front of a gas station. Right: nothing, just a road ... Links: nothing, just a road ... Joah, right?
Erstma changed the street to ask about in the gas station (perhaps we should indeed TRACE to the project?). The road cross-over trial, we were almost run over, because of course we had forgotten that one needs to look to the right! [How stupid of us * cough *]
In the gas station We were then shown the least schonmal direction and the offer to call the camp. Friendly disagreement, in the naive idea that there might be someone on the way to pick us up, we waited outside. Shortly after, a woman bangs in a small van up to us ... Brakes? No way! We're young, athletic volunteers! So we rescued us with a spirited leap from being as early as 7 end-to-day of our visit New Zealand as a road paving ..
The near-murderer introduced herself as Lorraine, who works in the Office of the LTCC (Lake Taupo Christian Camp). She had been waiting for us after our bus but not even 10 minutes after the set time appeared, was They drove to Turangi, where the bus stops accessible. In any case, we deposited our luggage between, took her to the camp and then back to third to the baggage from the friendly, they are very young garage mechanic (maybe 16/17?) Collected.
based in Camp 4 guys we (Armin, Matthew, Timothy and myself) a small hut, which is the name of "house" has yet to earn. 3 bedrooms with 12 beds: D and a bathroom that could be described as clean. I-Chen (Taiwan, our) needs for about 2 weeks in nem trailer home because they are no residential opportunity free and it does not work, that in our "house" lives. (Christian belief Blab) Meanwhile, we quarrel it so that she takes a shower at least with us, as the showers are in the Orientation Camp Camp probably New Zealand Standard: D
Hmmm ... Our daily schedule looks right now like this:
7:30 pulls the alarm me from my dreams
7:45 I can motivate them to get into the showers
7:58 hear the food siren on a hitherto peaceful and slumbering camp site
8:00 BREAKFAST:] muesli , toast, and usually baked beans / spaghetti or any others;)
8:40 into the house run back brushing, teeth, and quickly back
8.45/8.50 report to Peter / Logan / Liam or Alfie, the tasks for the day to pick
11:00 Morning Tea! A cup of tea, and crackers with salted egg, tomato, cheese, meat or muffins (warm, fresh and meeeeegalecker)
12.00/12.20 Lunch ... usually cold when the cook (or Phillipa Daniel) is in a good mood, also in hot ^ ^
15.00 Afternoon Tea .. same as morning tea
17.00 Official end of our time (today we have been to 3 Final .. made so far ^ ^) 17:30
dinner. Best meal as complete hot:] The New Zealand always eat meat with vegetables, potatoes, gravy and usually a dessert, what would pass for a monthly salary of calories in the Weight Watchers includes:)
Then we have free time .. At the moment I'm writing grad, Tim and Matt sitting in front of me, look at LotR II, while Armin showers. I-Chen comes after over yet and we play cards or something. We have set out to do, to be held in the week a French, a Taiwanese and a German evening in which we learn something about the country, learn the language or otherwise.
What I can tell yet (I think I chatterbox here quite long ..)
Oh .. our first project: a huge parking lot, paved decades ago, was well covered last year with small stones, which should be used to look. Now they have figured out that these stones move through sole contact in the houses. Now we should this surface free of stones. Broom, shovel, motivated volunteers + 5 on a much too large area = §$%(/?"
Nuuunja. Aches I have now. But on the other hand it is very satisfying to feel the evening, what did they do during the day .. and every day when I walk past the carpark, I think to myself: "Jaha .. I was"
Otherwise, we now get to and after instruction in the various Activities .. So far, we already had the treasure hunt across the whole area, archery, so ne Art "air gun" and Low Ropes.
Hmmm .. what else? 2 pairs of volunteers have already bought a car .. Armin and I will probably also a purchase, because we need to Turangi to 12 minutes mitm car, .. 30 to Taupo and a car from the camp is not an option, since the insurance only applies from 21st (Only I-Chen's old enough [on the exact age of the author is silent on this point ^ ^], but that from its driver's license 4 years ago no longer run).
to some insider info yet: I know now officially a man whose daughter has played in Lord of the Rings. Now, if your die-hard fans could dig out the first part, fast forward to the site, enters at Gandalf with the car in Hobbington and then the children look carefully at the run after the car. The girl in the middle? Small, blonde, super sweet? Jap! Genaauuu the! Their father is my boss:] Cool, is not it?
Before I say goodbye now here is another Kiwi Note: No matter what you have to finish school here, once you're 20, you may study at a university:] Fantastic system, right?
In the sense that everything is (currently) better than at home [apart from the isolation]
ciaociao
Niklas
PS: A big <3 für Eric
PPS: Who wants to chat with me, must, until such early! Eric chats every morning on my way to work with me ... so at about 9 clock:]
PPPS: My laptop does not want to make friends here with the Kiwi-Fi .. so far I am using at the moment with Armin's PC .. can not therefore use it as I could with my ^ ^ you tolerate a little with my Skype and the like ^ ^
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