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Jordan
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Nickname | Jordan |
| Age | 17 | |
| Foreign Languages | ||
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| Host District | 1020 | |
| Departure | 8/11/02 | |
| Birthday | September 25 | |
Students: To add a message to your travelogue, email the entry to vicki; she will put all entries online.
Note: Most Recent Entries Appear At the Top
| Date | Travelogue Entry |
| Tuesday,
March 04, 2003 4:17 AM
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Heya Everybody! Hows yous? Things are going great in Edinburgh. I've been so busy lately, going to many meetings/ seminars for Rotary. Last week I had to show two German girls around Edinburgh and then we went on a road trip around Scotland--it was so much fun. I didn't do it for Rotary but for my host mother--but I still had a great time. I get to brag now-- I'm so excited, this Thursday I am going to go to Glasgow to see the Red Hot Chilli Peppers in concert. And then on the 16th I"m going to see Tenacious D in concert, my friends and I are so excited. Well I gotta go- cheers, Jordan |
| Saturday, January 11, 2003 6:38 PM | Hey everybody!!! I hope you all had a Merry Christmas and a Happy Hogmanay(New Year's Eve)! Mine was great, lots of partying with tons of friends! I'm having such an awesome time in Edinburgh, it is the perfect "little-big" city. I've switched hosts(the Nelson's)and my new fam is great. They don't have the internet though so I'm spending the night at the Cramb's (1st host) while they are out of town. Man, New Year's Eve is like Scotland's MAIN holiday. People from all over the world come to the city centre, which isn't that big and there are ton of stages set-up and tons of alcohol. I didn't go because it was a bit too dangerous and my friends said that it was totally over rated. That wasn't the only reason: About a week earlier an Al Quiada HQ was found about a mile from my school, and get this, some of my school friends watched the raid. They just thought it was a drug raid. They found a bunch of bomb parts in the basement of the house but nobody knows a bunch about it-- they kept it really hush, hush. London is also on a terrorism watch-- the news here is talking about bio-warfare and the clips on the stations are of gas-masks and everything. Personally, I'm not worried at all. The police is just taking every precaution for us so I trust them. I mean, they caught the bad guys, didn't they? "Go Edinburgh's Police Dept.!!" It's is really cold here but I doubt as bad as Fay. It is just really damp. We hardly get any sunshine either. It's light at 8am and dark again at 3:30pm. And during the day it is almost always overcast. But I've gotten used to it and I don't really mind anymore. I got to go now, Cheers, Jordan |
| Monday,
October 14, 2002 2:22 PM Scotland Update
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It is a Monday night and I'm sitting in my room
watching TV and writing you all. Things are going great, tomorrow I'm
going to a "football" (soccer) match with a couple of friends,
Scotland vs. Canada, I think-- it is going to be really muddy though
because for the past three days it has rained non-stop. Then on Wed.
I have to do some "prefect duties"--yes I'm a "prefect"-in uniform
everyday-with the badge and everything. School is pretty good. The
classes aren't hard at all but the kids are sooo disrespectful, not
the older "senior" kids, but the younger kids, those equivalent to 9th
graders and younger. Sometimes I wish I was a guy, they don't have to
deal with sexual harassment...everyday. It gets so old, sometimes I
just want to turn around and punch these little boys, but I keep
thinking to myself--I can't stoop to their level, PLUS, they would
probably gang up and beat me up if I did (in ALL honesty). Another thing to get off my chest: I'm so tired of getting so many anti-American comments. Today a girl totally "dissed" the US in my Drama class, saying that we ALL "think we are the best"-along those lines, after a few throat clearings from fellow classmates in my direction she discovered her HUGE mistake, she apologized, and me being the bigger person, said it didn't offend me because I had heard tons of things of that nature. Well you my think I'm complaining, but I'm really just getting things off my chest. Other than a few neg. things I'm having a great time, and I'm happy to be here. Oh and I excited because next week I get a week off for October Holidays. Well if any of you get any spare time feel free to write, Cheers, Jordan |
| Sunday,
September 22, 2002 2:47 PM
Hello from Scotland 2 |
Sept. 22, 2002 Well it's three days to my birthday, and it is going to be a bit hard celebrating without family. All my friends are going to take me out Wednesday and, get this, Friday as well. I can't believe I've already been here a month and a half, I'm too busy to keep track of time. My friends have really helped though, I couldn't handle it without all of them. Last Friday I went out with BB, Stef, Gemma, Heafy, John ("Fusco"), Grimmy, and Phil to "Juliane's"--an Italian restaurant. Little did Gemma and I know, but Heafy (her boyfriend) had arranged a birthday surprise for us at the end of the meal (her birthday is in two weeks), well as the time came all the lights in the restaurant went out and the "Happy Birthday" song came on...I guess I should tell you that I only ordered a cappuchino after the meal and they ended up bringing me this huge layered something-or-another. This dessert was actually what Heafy had ordered for himself so everyone had a huge laugh and I wished Heafy a Happy Birthday....but...the little Italian guys weren't going to give up, 2 min later the lights go out again (this is the third dessert to come out with an ontourage) and the dessert brought out goes directly in front of Fusco, instead of me. I was dying as was everyone else at the table, except....Heafy, because it was really MY birthday and I didn't even get my cappuchino until I ask a few times for it. At least Heafy let me blow out his candle. This Saturday my "host" Uncle Alec came to town with his fiance from South Africa. They were really nice but I was so tired after the entire family came to town to see them. Oh! I've been to about 3 Rotary meetings and one District Meeting, where, Yes, I had to speak. District Conference is Oct. 25-27 in Dundee and the next Thurs. (Halloween) I'm going to London for a Youth Exchange Weekend, then sometime in Nov. I think I'm going to Sterlingshire for another Youth Exchange weekend or Interact weekend even though there are no Interact clubs in my area. (Another) Oh! Bulldogs! Do you remember Kean Barclay (I know you do Tim). Well he is going to college in Dundee so we got together to catch up and he wanted me to give you all his regards. Well I gotta be going, Cheers! Jordan |
| Thursday, September 12, 2002 12:56 PM | I'm really getting along with everyone in Edinburgh--I been here for 5 weeks--and It has really flown by. The language is pretty hard to understand I have to concentrate all the time and sometimes I just nod and smile when people are talking to me. |
| Sent:
Sunday, August 25, 2002 15:47 Hello from Scotland |
Hey everyone in Fayetteville! Edinburgh is great! The flight took forever, I left the airport at 1:30PM on a Sunday and arrive in Glasgow airport at 9:30AM (3:30AM Fay. time) It took me for ever to get through customs and for all of those who really know me, I couldn't go overseas without losing a bag. Luckily it was just my bag full of presents and I got it back a few days later. My host family is GREAT! I feel like a second daughter to them. Kate (18) and I have become great friends and one of our favorite things to pass the time is to torment her little brother Robbie (15). The oldest "Cramb kid" is Finlay (20), who goes to Edinburgh Art college. Mr. and Mrs. Cramb (who I am SUPPOSED to call Jim and Cath...I'm talking to you mom!) are great, they are artists and their home shows it (it is awesome). Every school day I walk 25-30 min. to school which by the way is eight floors high! Luckily since I'm in sixth year I get to take the "lift" (elevator) ... when it is working and not already full, which means I do a lot of walking and stair climbing. Oh and I forgot to tell you, in FULL uniform. Uniform consists of wool blazer, white shirt and school tie, black, navy, or dark grey trousers (I can't say "pants" anymore because that means underware) or skirts for girls. The classes are pretty easy (though everyone warned me they would be harder), this is good though because on top of school work I'm trying to make new friends and that is work as well. All the kids really like me though, what is strange is that everyone in Scotland has this thing for Americans many want to go to the US or even live there....one girl named Lynsey even came up to me at a party and grabbed my hands and jokingly said "I hate you, I hate you, your American, I want to be American" I was kinda takin aback but I laugh it off with her. Anyway, I've gotten a really warm reception at school. By the way there is this model that is really big here (she doesn't always do decent photos...if you know what I mean) and she is tall and blonde and named Jordan, so of course that is a continuing joke on me. Well I need to get to bed, something my Advanced Chemisty teacher told us about this Monday being the hardest for the students because during the summer we revert to the ancient 25 hour day, he said this Monday would be when it caught up to us, anyway GOODNIGHT everyone. -- Jordan |
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