New House

Days in Mexico: 193

Last Tuesday was my first day back at school after almost 2 months of holidays. I started the equivalent of year 12 and I am in the area called ‘exactus.’ These are the subjects I will do this semester: física (physics), maths, etimologías greco (origin of words in Latin and Greek), French, geografía (geography), formación humana (religion), historia universal contemporánea (universal contemporary history), software aplicación (software application), probabilidad y estadística (probability and statistics), mundo contemporánea (contemporary world), redes (networks), fisicoquímica (a combination of physics and chemistry) and habilidades académicas (academic skills). The first day went pretty well, I was understanding more and participating in class conversations until history class. We had a diagnostic test which was about the history of Mexico and the world. Luckily it was multiple choice because even though I understood most of the words, the history of Mexico is so extensive compared to Australia and I don't know much about it. So I have started reading and learning about the history of Mexico so I can understand what is going on in class. 

I spent most of Wednesday packing because on Thursday evening I changed host families. I didn’t realise how much stuff I had because it doesn’t look like much when it’s in my wardrobe! 

I have gained quite a bit of stuff

With my Mexican siblings. Jazmín, Roberto, Dany and Diego

This week I went to the airport on two different occasions. The first time was to welcome BossLin from Thailand and the second was to welcome Ashley from Japan. 

This week my family in Australia also welcomed another exchange student. Árpád from Hungry is the newest member of the family and is the inbound student for Willetton Rotary Club, which is my outbound sponsor club.

Árpád's arrival. Picture from Facebook

After meeting Ashley at the airport on Saturday afternoon, I went with Iina and Martha to the beach and we drank coconut water straight from the coconut! I don't like the taste of it but I'm glad I tried it. 

Drinking from a coconut on the beach in Mexico 

A new house means a new family, a new bedroom and a new neighbourhood. My new neighbourhood is considered to be one of the safest in the city. On Sunday afternoon I took a walk around and it was nice to be able to have some space to myself in the fresh air. On days when it isn't too hot, I will be able to go to the park or just walk around whenever I want. I am starting to miss my old house though.