Studying in EF Los Angeles, having the time of my life and using too much money, I'm still the ordinary and kinda dorky girl from Denmark with the very big dreams. I'm partly here to find myself and figure out who I want to be. I guess I'm just another girl in Los Angeles, California.
1)Family/friends: Yeah, I know it is kind of easy, but what would the list be worth without them? Love you all.
2)Leverpostej: Real, Danish sandwich spread – extremely delicious after a night out. The best ever..
3)DSB (public transportation company) – believe it or not! I will never complain about DSB again after experiencing the public transportation her. You can never count on it and it’s full of types. They are either creepy, smelly or picking their noses – and I have started to wonder which group I belong to?
4)Rulle: My lovely cat and best friend. I miss him!
5)Tennis: Being used to playing it most days of the weeks, makes not playing it at all very weird. I constantly have the feeling that something is missing, and I know for sure that I will start right away when I get home. It is just a part of me.
I could go on and on and on. But even though i have things and people at home that i miss, I still don't look forward to coming home. I can't imagine leaving and saying goodbye to so many people here. I think it will take me some time to get used to being in Denmark again - it will take some time to feel home.
USA is not just bigger looking at it from a material point of view. The other day my friend Indyra (Belgium) told what she likes the most about USA: “That Americans think big.” And that made me realize how right she is. USA has big houses, big cars and big supermarkets – but they particularly have a population that think big. Nothing is impossible here and every dream is welcome. In Denmark, or maybe even the most of Europe, we are more rational and realistic; we think more safely and some would maybe call it more sensible. But aren’t we also more small-minded? Afraid of taking chances maybe? Yes, it is a generalization, but compared to Americans, we think smaller. Americans aren’t afraid of dreaming, which I admire them for.
Wednesday night we went to Nokia Theater where The Grammy Nominations Concert was held. We arrived in a limo and found our very good seats – but we also realized that we were 45 minutes late. But we just tried to keep our good mood and enjoy the rest of the show. We still saw a few Celebrities such as David Guetta, Kary Perry, Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars. But the highlight of my night was definitely when I met the Disney Channel star Roshon Fegan – he was really nice and polite and took his time to take a picture with us. The funniest was when Silvio (Mexico) exclaimed: “That’s Luna Lovegood from Harry Potter!”, pointed at a blond girl and ran over to her and asked if he could have a picture with her. When he got closer and the girls confused asked “with me?” he slowly realizes that she was just a girl who looked like Luna Lovegood. Embarrassing.
Saturday was Elise’s birthday, so Alyssa, Rebecca and I woke her up with birthday cake, breakfast and a balloon. We spend the day in Laguna Beach and Newport Beach – both places were very beautiful, but I kind of missed Ryan and Seth. In the night we ate dinner at The Cheesecake Factory, where I probably had my best meal since I got here.
So besides being sick, I am enjoying life to the fullest here in Cali!
