The time is flying very fast. Of course all heard this sentence, and before my EVS I was not quite agree with this. But it is true, the period of EVS is passing really really fast.
Here we are, Bianka is in Chile for 3 months, which means that I am in the halfway of my work here.
I feel like I still have so many things to do, so much to learn, but now let's just look back what I have done until now.
Firstly I was really excited about the holidays, that I will spend my time here, in Chile. I think this was my most difficult time here, without friends, family, hungarian food (Note: I made "bejgli", which for my is the main food in christmas!!! :D ), and snow. But I am really satisfied and I learnt that cristmas and holidays is really not about gifts and all this material things, but actually depends on our motivation, and the people around us.
I was really lucky to celebrate christmas with one of my friends' family in chilien way. Which is hard to define because there are not much traditional things what they are doing, it is depends on the family. From the 6th of december they made christmas tree, which is tipically articial. Here 24 and 25 is christmas holiday (26 is a normal day) when my family did a huge 'asado' (grill-party) with a looooooot of kind of meat and salad. In midnight we went out to the street to look for 'viejo pascuero' (Santa Claus) with the children, but we couldn't find anything, but surprisingly he visited the house, when we got back. Magic of Santa Claus :)
In new years' eve I celebrated with other studens from the university, which was an awesome international experience.
Chiliens celebrate usually with their family, with drinks, and they eat a lot.In midnight with hugs they drink champagne, eat 12 drops of grape for good luck, and run a circle with baggage around the house if they want to travel in the news year. And those, who would like to have god luck in the new year, they wear yellow underwear.And this three months I improved my Spanish, my Chilien Spanish, design better poster with less time, taking responsibilies, and more confident to express myself, and every day I know more people, amazing people.
For the future I have many things to do. Helping more to the organization, taking more decisions, enjoying every moments, and slowly very slowly taking decicions my afterlife.
But now I am here, and maybe the semester here at the university has ended, but I start this year with a lot of energy, open heart and open mind to the future!
Corral - Valdivia
Panguipulli
