New exchange student

Today, I am writing this post because I know that there are lots of girls and boys interested in doing an exchange. If you know someone please let the person know about all this because it is an awesome year.

I have learnt about a thousand things I had no idea I was going to learn.

I may not say that I did not have really good reason to go in an exchange before coming here, because I really did have a good reason (as learning the language, learning about the Canadian culture and knowing totally new people), but for sure, I have learnt a lot more than just what I thought and I am sure I will be learning more in the next 2 months (even when I am in Argentina).

I have learnt to appreciate my family and friends. I have learnt that languages are really important to be able to communicate with people from all around the world but I think that much more important is being able to feel the other persons feelings with opened heart, so you could reach the other person's heart. I consider that it's a really good point to be able to make good friends, and that's the way to make them.

Now, that I am almost in the end of my exchange the feeling are sometimes really weird because I feel that I am not going to see all this people again all together as now. And if I come some day to visit it's not going to be the same. The feeling it's really different than when I was in Argentina saying goodbye to my family because I knew my family is going to be there and everything is going to be the same when I go back, but leaving here, it's so difficult because I want to get to see my friends that I made here all my life but also, I want to see my family again.

Some time, somehow, things are going to "normal" again... !!!! And I am afraid of that...

My third Host family

I am back on my blog !!

I haven't been writing for a while...

I wanna tell you about my host families. I moved from my second host family, up in West Bench, to my third one (and last one), with Barb and Garry Hoolaeff. They live up the hill on Skaha Lake side. I am having a great time there. I have been hanging out with friends, with my host families and rotarians. Also, I am happy because during all my exchange I've lived up in Summerland with my first host family, Mona and Bill Smythe; up in West Bench with my second host family, Jacinta Ferrary and Cal Micklejohn and my third host family on Skaha Lake side. All the different places let me know a lot about Penticton and also, Summerland.

Now, Barb and Garry are on a trip, just for a few days, so Gordon Herle and his wife are hosting me just until Wednesday I believe.

Anyways, I can say I am glad I am in Penticton, Canada. I am enjoying the warmer weather, but I hope it gets hot before I go back because in Argentina it's going to be winter (not winter as here, but still is winter for me).

I want to thank my hosts families for hosting me... and also to Rotary for EVERYTHING !!!!

I hope some day I can be part of Rotary as a Rotarian and help people as Rotary does, but most than everything help student to go to another country as exchange student, because now that I have the experience, I may say that it's one of the things that makes you grown the best, and one of the best times in your whole life, and something you will never forget.

Video - Coti playing the guitar

YouTube - Despues de ti by Cotii



I was playing guitar in a coffe house. You can watch a video if you press in the link that is on the top that it says "Youtube - Despues de ti by Cotii"

Thanks

Vancouver Island choir trip

Last Wednesday I left Penticton to go to Vancouver Island in a school trip with my choir class and band class. We left at 6.30 am from the school. There were 70 Pen-Hi students and 10 teachers and parents to take care of us.

The first day we went to Port Alberni. On the way, we stop in Princeton and the choir and band did a concert for the secondary school, and then we keep on. We reached Port Alberni in the afternoon, and I got a really funny story about that. When we reached the hotel, I saw a man and I thought: “Oh, that man is really similar to my host dad” and just after that he turned around and said “Hi Coti, I didn’t even know that you were coming to this hotel”. He was there because he always has meetings in Vancouver or Vancouver Islands, but still it was so funny because we never meet in Penticton, but, we met in Port Alberni. That day we just went to have dinner, we went to the hot tub and they just go to bed. The next day we went to a band concert and in the afternoon we went to Long Beach, (I understand the reason of the name, and I agree is really long). The day was kind of cloudy and rainy some times, but anyways we enjoyed a lot, we took our shoes off, and went into the beach to take some pictures. On Friday we moved to Victoria, we went to the cathedral and we sang some songs. It was awesome the difference of singing at school and singing up there, it was just beautiful at the point that we got so excited. We did some shopping in Victoria and then at night we went to the theatre to watch Carmina Burana (choir and ballet dancing). It was really beautiful, you know when you see people with that much talent you want to be like them, but my problem is that choir and dancing is not the best thing I can do, so, I leave it for another people, ha ha. On Saturday, we left Victoria, on the way we stopped in a beautiful place (I actually don’t know the name, but there were lots of old and big trees, it was beautiful too). We reached Penticton at 4.30pm.

It was definitely a great trip, I had lot of fun. Thanks Rotary very much. You always makes things real…

Vancouver trip

Last week I was invited to a trip to Vancouver by Deniss (the president of the morning-Rotary-club of Penticton) and Jean (his wife). They also invited Devu, the exchange student from India from their Rotary Club. So, last wednesday we left here at 10 in the morning to Vancouver. We reached there in the afternoon. We went by ferries to Granvilles Island. We walked up there and qwe had dinner. After that we went back to the hotel. the next day, on thursday, we did shopping in the morning on Robson avenue. In the afternoon we went to Metrotown, we did more shopping, and also, we went to the cinema to watch the movie called "Alice in Wonderland". And we went back to the hotel, where we had dinner. On friday, we woke up, have some breakfast and ww went downtown, we did zipline (it was so much fun), we waited for almost 2 hours for doing that, but finally we did, and it was awesome. We had lunch and went back to the hotel, because at 5.30 we had to go again. We went to the opening ceremony of the paralympic games. It was absolutly awesome. I enjoyed a lot. Lots of people, lots of fun, singing, dancing, shouting, etc. On saturday morning, Devu and I got up early to go to the hot tub and then packing to go back. We had breakfast and we left the hotel. We went to Standley Park, we took lots of pictures and we went to the Lynn Canyon.

After that, we went back to Penticton.

We definitely had a great time.

I want to go back again to Vancouver, it's so much fun, and lots of things to do... (Penticton is also beautiful)

Thanks :D

Coti

Enjoying the first warm days of 2010

PEN-HI

Devu and I

Myself in Apex with the wonderfull view.

Kirsten and I in Apex. We went together to have fun, and a little bit of ski... ha ha