Friday, April 24, 2015

Beach Baby

I never thought that it would end...long hot days, cool sea haze, juke box plays...

Sorry for the delay, but can you believe that April is almost over? Well I can't. It seems like yesterday my mom was playing an April Fools joke on me (it was a terrible joke, she told me my beloved dog had died), and now there are just a few days left until May. Let's review the month, shall we?

At the beginning of April, Fernanda told me and Alina that she had organized a special trip to Bali with our other friend Lucas to celebrate Alina's and my birthday early. So on April 3rd, we were off. I think every time I go to Bali, I have more fun than the last time I was there. This trip consisted of a lot of swimming, general fun having, elephant visitations, a trampoline park, late night clubbing, and long walks to find food. Here is some photo evidence:

Send me to the beach and all my troubles will go away


Alina, Nanda, and I before our day at the safari

Me and a REAL lion (sorry about the bad photo quality, apparently flash irritates the beast)

Fun at the elephant park

Me and my new friend

Me singing the elephant march song from the Jungle Book

The boys and there new pal


On another note, this year was my first birthday away from home. My sweet friends surprised me at midnight with cake and singing, my parents took me to lunch and then I wrapped up the day singing karaoke with Nanda and Alina. A few days later was Alina's birthday, so Nanda and I set up a surprise for her with our other friends which was quite the success! Perhaps I have a future career in surprise party co-planning. 

Unless I am mistaken, I have only actually spent 3 days and nights alone at my house this month. It seems that almost everyday I try to see my friends and most nights become sleepovers. As June is quickly approaching, we (Alina, Nanda and I) have been trying to see each other as much as possible. I don't think anyone warned me about this part. The part when you realize that your time with all the wonderful people you have met on exchange is limited. At the beginning of exchange, a year seems like an impossibly long amount of time, it seems like forever. It isn't until you only have a few months left (in my case, two) that you realize how short a year really is. 

Well, for those of you who were hoping for a longer post, I am sorry. This time, a short and sweet one will have to do. Also, no promises about when I will be able to post again. It seems that May will be just as busy as April was, and then it will be June already!

Until next time,
your wandering Holman