Thursday, September 13, 2012

you know youre an exchange student when...

okay so i found this on this website. here are the following things that apply to me.

You ask for some type of food/snack/drink to be care packaged to you as your X-mas present.
You buy everything in sight with the name of the country you went to visit so when you go back people are bound to ask you about it.
You're so used to another culture and language that your home country is a distant memory.
Getting yelled at doesn't bother you because they just sound so funny getting all worked up in a foreign language.
You get letters and emails in a language that no one else can read.
You've ever attempted to fit all your worldly possessions into 2 suitcases and a carry on
You cringe at the mention of 'baggage weight limit'.
You're living or have lived in a country that most people can't identify on a map, or in a city that nobody you know besides you has ever heard of... ... and you recommend it as a vacation spot to all your friends.
You have been in the country long enough that when you see a 'foreigner' you laugh and shake your head - but you never help, just watch.
It becomes habit to introduce yourself by saying 'I am from (country) and my name is (name)
You 'talk' to your pets when you phone home.
You become really good friends with people you barely spoke to back home because they e-mail you more than the people you considered your 'good' friends.
You can't imagine what life will be like without all the wonderful things you have experienced and friends you have made in your new country.
You think blazers with tons of pins are way cool, although everybody laughs at them.
While other, non-exchange people are amazed by how many pins you have, you insist that you have very few and won't be satisfied till you've at least doubled the number.
You've got friends on more than two continents.
When you walk down the street, everyone stares at your 2nd head.
You begin to think like you're 4 again, because you have no language.
You begin to feel like you're 4 again, because everyone just leads you from place to place and you never know what's going on.
'Good job! I understood you!' is a compliment.


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