Party number 2.

Ola kids!!



Thought it was about time I updated everyone on the latest shenanigans in Brazil land!


And just a fun fact for you, today I have been partying it up for one month!! I know, I know, pretty exciting huh?




So the past 2 weeks have been filled with some awesome activities!!!
Some examples include:
(P.s just a side note: I'm definately a fan of the dot points, keeps things simple, organised, and me on track! So lets test em out and see how they go...)



- SCHOOL: So I started school.. and to put it politely I was pooing my pants about this whole situation! And due to this I didn't get much sleep the night prior to my first day!
But I pushed through and headed to school sleep deprived and carrying a fresh set of undies! AND may I add, before the sun was even up! School starts at 7am which is a bit of a pain but the positive of this means you finish earlier!
Anyway, back to the whole first day thing.. Well you know how they portray it in the movies? Like the teacher comes out into to the hallway to meet the new student, while the others inside all get out of their seats to look through the doorway and sneak a peak at the new kid.. Then the teacher and new student enter.. EVERYONE stares and there's the awkward introduction... Well that's pretty much how it played out! I didn't understand it as it was in portuguese but I think it was something along the lines of "This is Laura, please be nice to her... she's a bit special!" Then everyone watched me as I walked to my seat.. Haha actually was pretty funny!

So making friends for me is hard at the best of times! But when you throw in the fact I kinda don't speak there language, thus lacking the ability to communicate with them, it gets a bit tougher! But, somehow I managed to do it! Think this may have something to do with me telling them I did indeed have a pet kangaroo when asked! If your ever overseas I recommend this-instant popularity!!

Class is pretty cruisey, I basically sleep through most lessons as I don't understand a thing but when it comes to English, I absolutely ace it!! Don't mean to brag but I'd even go as far as saying I'm probably the best in the class!



Pictured below is my class. And yes, I know what your thinking, that teacher is totally the guy who stole Woody in Toy Story!






So the first week at school, all went smoothly, and just as I start to settle in they decide to have a holiday! But please don't mistake this for whinging-its definately not!!


The reason for this holiday I hear you ask? Well, this conveniently leads me to my next dot point . . .

- CARNAVAL!!
(For those who don't know what this is, just a brief description: basically a massive party all throughout Brasil with alot of festivities and what not! For further information please see Google)

So I got the next week off school to celebrate Carnaval, which I was pretty bloody stoked about!! Been looking forward to this holiday prior to my departure from Aus! That was until I was informed my city doesn't throw too many celebrations for it!
BUT I was pretty happy with how my celebrations panned out..

On the Monday my host sister threw a big BBQ at our place with all her friends, and Locky(Guy from Wagga who also came to Brasil on exchange) came over to join in the celebrations, which weren't too shabby at all! Spent the whole day in the pool and after we had a few, we owned the d.floor like nothing else!! Now I'm not going to lie, we represented the shit out of Australia! There were some great moves brought to the floor.. Bit of Irish dancing to 'Land Down Under' (Don't ask, I don't even know!), sprinkler and yes Stef, the apple pealer made an appearance!!!

Now even I didn't think this day could be topped but I think we went close! For the rest of the week I headed with Locky to his host fam's massively huge, absolutely beautiful farm!!


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Now i thought i had been over-enjoying the amazing food Brasil has to offer before, but my daily consumption was nothing compared to the food we ate that week!! I think it was basically christmas in one meal.. for every meal!! (Again, not whinging!)
So me and Lock spent the next few days sleeping, eating and living by the pool! A week well spent by any means in my opinion!!

But unfortunately, didn't last long enough and it was back to school... Which leads me back to the topic covered in the previous dot point!

So these two above mentioned topics have made up my past couple of weeks!! I'd hate to bore you with the little details so best to leave it at that!!

Until my next shindig...

Adeus amigos!! x