Hello! I have started an account on Smartpig.com and I would be very pleased if people contributed to the fundraising for my tuition! It is very expensive and I need all the donations I can get...! Here is my profile on Smartypig - https://www.smartypig.com/loves/ali . Please go here to donate! The website is AFS-approved, so it is secure and no scams are involved. I would very much appreciate your help in making my dreams come true:)
-Ali
Tuesday, May 28, 2013
Thursday, May 2, 2013
Something new happened...
Hello to anybody reading this! I wanted to just briefly update my blog on all the changes since I last posted... because quite a bit has happened:)
I GOT MY HOST FAMILY! Woo yeah I found out who my host family will be when my host sister emailed me on the morning of April 23! AFS has not informed me of them yet, however I have been emailing my 16 year old host sister since then, and have become friends with my 19 year old host sister and my host mum on Facebook. I guess it's kind of funny that I have been talking to them and finding out about my future year, and yet AFS hasn't even officially told me yet! Okay, so news about my family...
I have two sisters, one who is 16 and one who is 19, nearly 20! My mum and dad seem like lovely people, and they all live in the little town of Galatina, in the heel of the boot. Funny story, actually. My host sister emailed me today with a few pictures of her and friends and family at the beach yesterday. Where I live, in Minnesota, we got snow yesterday. ON MAY 1-2, it snowed. So I am very excited to know that I will not have snow on May 1-2 next year, because it is very warm in Galatina.
As far as other news goes, tomorrow I will be scheduling my appointment in Chicago for my student visa, but that won't take place until the end of July. AFS is giving me information soon (as in tomorrow, I think) about the Rosetta Stone course that I am required to take, so I will start learning Italian in the near future.
That is about it for interesting news. I won't be posting much in these next few months because there isn't really anything of interest to post about. However, once September comes along, I PROMISE I will update often!
Bye for now!!
~ALI
P.S. I have yet to put a widget on my blog for donations, but I will do that very soon, and then you all can donate towards my tuition costs:)
GRAZIE<3
I GOT MY HOST FAMILY! Woo yeah I found out who my host family will be when my host sister emailed me on the morning of April 23! AFS has not informed me of them yet, however I have been emailing my 16 year old host sister since then, and have become friends with my 19 year old host sister and my host mum on Facebook. I guess it's kind of funny that I have been talking to them and finding out about my future year, and yet AFS hasn't even officially told me yet! Okay, so news about my family...
I have two sisters, one who is 16 and one who is 19, nearly 20! My mum and dad seem like lovely people, and they all live in the little town of Galatina, in the heel of the boot. Funny story, actually. My host sister emailed me today with a few pictures of her and friends and family at the beach yesterday. Where I live, in Minnesota, we got snow yesterday. ON MAY 1-2, it snowed. So I am very excited to know that I will not have snow on May 1-2 next year, because it is very warm in Galatina.
As far as other news goes, tomorrow I will be scheduling my appointment in Chicago for my student visa, but that won't take place until the end of July. AFS is giving me information soon (as in tomorrow, I think) about the Rosetta Stone course that I am required to take, so I will start learning Italian in the near future.
That is about it for interesting news. I won't be posting much in these next few months because there isn't really anything of interest to post about. However, once September comes along, I PROMISE I will update often!
Bye for now!!
~ALI
P.S. I have yet to put a widget on my blog for donations, but I will do that very soon, and then you all can donate towards my tuition costs:)
GRAZIE<3
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