november 20, 2008

Hello everyone,

Its your neighborhood austausch schuler Jacob and I am sure you have been wanting to hear what I have been up to.

Well I havent really taken pictures this month because I havent gone anywhere special. I did go and see Kaiser Willhelm the man who united Germany a long time ago. I cant really remember the century. I have a picture of it but it is on my host dad's camera and I dont know where that is. As soon as I get it from him I will have a picture up. They have a memorial of him in every area of Germany.

I did however start Muay Thai. If any one doesnt know what that is it is Thai Kickboxing. If you look it up on youtube you will see what I am doing. Dont worry I havent gone in the ring yet so my face is still as beautiful as before. Alot of yall are prolly thinking "why is he doing this?" Well I decided to do this because I wanted to get into shape. And I've been gaining weight but it has been going to no good use. So thats what this is helping with. Also to learn how to defend myspelf. Its a crazy sport that involves alot of flexibility. Something of which I dont have. The kids in my class can kick up to my head and hold it where as I can only kick up to their waistes. Another great thing is all my fat which isnt alot is turning into muscle. So when I get back I might be bigger but I know I will be alot stronger.

I did get to miss school because of the schuler streik. It is a big strike with all the students from the area protesting the prices of college. It is expensive for the books and what not so they protest against the high prices. My polotik teacher told me to go with the class so I got to miss a day of school. I saw about 5 minutes of it becuase they were walking around the Hannover center and then to the Rathaus. But the people I had been with, that we all shared a 5 person ticket, wanted to go shopping so I didnt argue. Its hard to argue with German girls in German. I never win.

Big news it is supposed to snow this weekend. Which reminds me all the North American Rotary kids are having Thanksgiving in Braunschweig so I'm going to that which will be awesome. I get to stuff my face and chill with my friends from SC and Penn.

Also the new James Bond movie is awesome. I saw it in German but what I understood was great. And the new song is awesome too.


that is all for now.

yours truly
jacob

p.s. Thank you Greer Family for the Thanksgiving card. I will send you a postcard when I find a good one.

p.s. also Home Improvement isnt the same except for the grunts from Tim Allen

p.s. if you want to see my town of Rinteln via webcam there is a constant live video feed at this link: http://webcam.prorinteln.de/bewegt.php . That is the city center.

its been a while 2

so i cut my last post short and forgot to say happy halloween.

i cut it so short because i went to a club called p.w. which is a club in a small town called p.w. something else haha. it was a big halloween party like really big. we went to the main room and and towards midnight we couldnt because it was to full. but once again this place had 3 rooms to dance in. alot of fun.



this is how halloween started for me. went to work at 8 and got out early at 2:30 to go to the opening of the Rintelner Messe. it is a big festival in the city of rinteln. and it starts on halloween. well my host mom, ursula, is apart of the counsel so she was invited and she took me along. i met the mayor of rinteln. it was really cool here is a picture of me with him.















then after that i went home and just sat there trying to figure what i was going to do on this great night of tricks and treats and i just couldnt figure it out. i went to my friends on my street and all of there cars to go to another club were full. i was thinking i would have to stay home with no horror movies in sight. i was worried. well i called some people and worked my magic and i ended up getting a ride from my friend dennis. it was awesome. i have never networked like that in my life. well they picked me up and we went. i ran into two people from rotary. one was a rebound named constantine. he went to brazil. and then my bro from brazil gabrielle. he is here for a year just like me. he came with a kid from my school named gabrielle also. so i partied with them and some girls and what not. some of the club promoters were dressed up for halloween and gabrielle got a picture. i didnt want to take my camera in fear of losing it. after that i was waiting outside with everyone that i came with which was daniel from my class, dennis, and laura when this guy started trying to mess with a bouncer. ok this bouncer looked like jean claud van dam except no hair and bigger. i talked to him he was pretty cool. just wanted to make sure everyone was safe and not trying to ruin the night for everyone else. well this kid just woundt leave or anything and this bouncer pushed him out with one arm and this guy kept trying to go back to get some more. but his friend ended up pulling him away. which was good until about 5 minutes later when he tried fighting another guy. this guy was severly drunk and i think would fight anybody. dont worry i wasnt drinking. honestly. but it is weird they give you this card and they punch wholes in certain places to show how much money you owe at the end of the night. anyways, we left and i went right to sleep after cleaning my shoes from all the people that scuffed them.


thats about all that happened on the great night of halloween.


p.s. if you havent noticed by the picture but i have changed my hair haha.