Hi! I am Diana, a Chinese AFS exchange student in Norway now, I have already been in Norway for three months. But in just three months, I have learned many things and grown up a lot.
The first thing I have learned was in the Oslo airport, I had been flying for 15 hours together with other Chinese AFS- students, we now had to split up and go to different places .And now, I found out I had to do everything by myself, without parents and friends. I am far away from home.
The frist time, when I met my host-family, I was a little nervous, because I didn t know how they are. But that feeling was gone soon. They are very nice. I have a younger sister and a younger brother, I m the eldest so as the eldest sister in the family, I need to take care of them and help my host parents do things. That also makes me grow up. Because in China, I m the only child in my family. My parents take care of me I don’t do everything by myself.
And one thing is important. I have an unforgettable experience .I stay in a country with a different culture for a year, I can feel a different life and know how people think here. I can do things in a different way, the same as the people in Norway. Those are things many people maybe will never experience. They will never know that a country like Norway is a wonderful place! But I can enjoy it for a year, and I will never forget it. I think if someone asks me what I did in 2005,maybe I have forgot it ,or someone asks me what I did in 2010,maybe I don’t remember it. But if someone ask me what I did in 2008-2009,I will say I was an AFS exchange student in Norway, that I can never forget, Because I went to a country that I love!
I tillegg forteller Diana at hun ikke får med seg så mye av undervisningen da den foregår på norsk. Den eneste som snakker norsk med henne hele tiden er den nye lillebroren. Alle vi andre henvender oss til henne på engelsk.
Det hun savner mest er den kinesiske maten men hun setter pris på å få prøve ut den norske matlagingen. Diana gleder seg til jul og har hørt at den norske julefeiringen skal være flott og litt annerledes enn i Kina. Der utveksles det også gaver men de bruker ikke å ha juletre hjemme.
Fritiden går mye med på å sitte foran pc. Mye av kontakten med vennene og familien i Kina går gjennom msn og facebook. Hun er ikke helt sikker enda på hva hun skal bli når hun blir stor. Men et bedriftsbesøk på Nidar gjorde så hun gjerne kunne tenke seg å være sjokoladesmaker. Men drømmen er likevel å jobbe i ett motemagasin.