Hi world 🌎 !!


I really do not have words to describe these first weeks in Canada. I think that the most similar would be INCREDIBLE.

It seems that it was yesterday when I was taking a look throw the selection list, and it's been almost a month since I left home to go to my other home.

I love my hostfamily and the high school couldn't be better. High school musical was (and is still) one of my favorite movies, I had always dreamed of being in an "East High", and now this is not just a dream. Everything is like the movies, the lockers (with their funny locks), the cafeteria, the "Oh Canada" every morning, the sports ... I did the try outs for the basketball team and ... I'm in! This has helped me a lot to make friends.

Being the only international in a high school is not easy, but at the same time it makes everything easier. Everyone looks at you as if you were an alien, but at the same time everyone is interested in you. Whether you like it or not, you are the center of attention. Me, the typical girl who turned red when someone looked at her, I'm learning how to look as if I wasn't nervous at all.

Since I arrived here, I've had a thousand anecdotes to explain; Starting from that I couldn't find milk in the fridge because it was in a plastic bag inside a jar, to finishing when I was confused with a 13 year old girl and they sent me to take the "school bus" from the "elementary school ". Yes, they thought I was 13 years old. And no. I am not 13 years old.

I have no doubt that I will have more anecdotes to explain.

And I have no doubt that this will be the best year of my life.



You can also follow me on my YouTube channel.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNiTU9cEqvc&t=13s


See you soon!

C A R L A

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Hola món 🌎!!


Realment no tinc paraules per descriure aquestes primeres setmanes a Canadà. Jo crec que el que s'assembla més és INCREÏBLE.

Sembla que va ser ahir quan estava consultant les llistes de seleccionats, i ja fa gairebé un mes que vaig marxar de casa per anar a la meva altra casa.

La meva hostfamily m'encanta i l'institut no podia ser millor. High school musical era (i continua sent) una de les meves pel·lícules preferides, sempre havia somiat amb estar en un "East High", i ara això no és només un somni. Tot és com a les pel·lícules, les taquilles (amb els seus "locks"), la cafeteria, el "Oh Canada" cada matí, els esports ... Vaig fer les proves per a l'equip de bàsquet i ... estic dins! Això m'ha ajudat moltíssim a fer amics.

Ser l'única internacional en un institut no és fàcil, però alhora ho fa tot més senzill. Tothom et mira com si fossis un alien, però alhora tothom s'interessa per tu. Tant per les coses bones com per les dolentes, ets el centre d'atenció. Jo, la típica noia que es posava vermella quan algú la mirava, estic aconseguint aguantar els colors.

Des que vaig arribar aquí, he tingut mil anècdotes per explicar; des que no trobava la llet a la nevera perquè resultava que estava en una bossa de plàstic dins d'una gerra, fins que em confonguin amb una nena de 13 anys i m'enviïn a agafar el "school bus" de la "elementary school". Sí, van pensar que tenia 13 anys. I no. No tinc 13 anys.

No tinc cap dubte que viuré moltes més anècdotes per explicar.

I tampoc tinc cap dubte que aquest serà el millor any de la meva vida.



A més, aprofito aquesta entrada per dir-vos que em podeu seguir al meu canal de YouTube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNiTU9cEqvc&t=13s


Ens veiem aviat!

C A R L A

"BUT I'VE GOT NOTHING TO LOSE"

When I applied for the scholarship I've never thought I'll be chosen.  I only said, "But I've got nothing to lose". I knew it would be very difficult and I've never could imagine that I would be one of those 500 guys.

When in March, casually on my birthday, I went to Madrid to the preparations, I wasn't conscious of everything that was just beginning. That weekend was INCREDIBLE and I met INCREDIBLE people that today are my friends.

When on July 5th we went to Madrid, to the surprise event, I knew everything was getting closer and that in less than I thought, I'd be in my new home.

When there was only a week, an odissea started: the suitcase. Making a suitcase for 10 months of 23kg is not easy at all. Make a list, do another because you have lost the first, throw the list in the bin because you realize there isn't space enough for all you've  noted down, ask your mother for help to give you a realistic view of what you can take, etc. There are many hours spent, eventhough you don't think so.
The truth is that I wasn't  nervous to leave; I knew that I was leaving, but I've never imagined what this meant.

And finally the day arrived. The day to say see you soon, not bye, to everyone and everything. The last day in 10 months in Catalonia.

After spending the night in Madrid, staying 6 hours in Toronto waiting for the last connection and boarding a light aircraft, I finally arrived to my destination. There, was waiting what would be my family for 10 months.

"My Canadian adventure" had just begun.



You don't really know what it's to live far from home until you're there. I mean, I had imagined how my life would be here, of course, but I didn't know what I would find. I didn't  know what I'd had to adapt to, I didn't know what would surprise me, I didn't know anything. And it's at this moment when "But I've nothing to lose" must reappear. I've got nothing to lose trying this new food, I've got nothing to lose by presenting myself to this person ...; "But I've got nothing to lose". After all, in 10 months I won't be here anymore. In these five days that I've been here, I've learned that you musn't be afraid of doing something wrong, or trying new things. I've learned that I've to do these 10 months, the 10 best of my life. And this will be achieved by being myself and following my common sense.


But you've got nothing to lose.

Carla



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Quan em vaig presentar a la beca en cap moment vaig pensar en la possibilitat de que m'agafessin. Jo només deia, "total, no hi tinc res a perdre". Tenia molt clar que era una agulla en un paller i mai em vaig arribar a imaginar que jo seria una d'aquests 500 becats.

Quan al març, justament el dia del meu aniversari, vaig anar a Madrid a les orientacions, no era conscient  de tot el que just començava. El cap de setmana allà va ser INCREÏBLE i vaig conèixer a persones INCREÏBLES que avui en dia són els meus amics.

Quan el 5 de juliol vam anar a Madrid, a l'event sorpresa, sabia que la cosa s'anava acostant i que en menys del que jo pensava, seria a la meva nova casa.

Quan quedava una setmana per marxar vaig començar a visualitzar el que m'esperava: la maleta. Fer una maleta per 10 mesos de 23kg no és gens fàcil. Fer una llista, fer-ne una altra perquè has perdut la primera, llençar la llista a la brossa perquè t'adones que tot el que has apuntat no hi cap a la maleta, demanar ajuda a la teva mare perquè et doni una visió realista del que et pots endur, etc. Són moltes hores invertides, encara que no ho sembli.
La veritat és que no estava nerviosa per marxar; tenia molt assumit que me n'anava, però en cap moment em vaig imaginar el que això significava.

I finalment va arribar el dia. El dia de dir fins aviat, no adéu, a tothom i a tot. L'ultim dia en 10 mesos a Catalunya.

Després de passar la nit la Madrid, estar 6 hores a Toronto esperant l'última connexió i pujar a una avioneta, vaig arribar al meu destí. Allà m'esperava la que seria la meva família durant 10 mesos.

"La meva aventura canadenca" acabava de començar.


Realment no saps el que és viure fora de casa fins que t'hi trobes. És a dir, jo m'havia imaginat com seria la teva vida aquí, és clar, però no sabia el que m'hi trobaria. No sabia a què hauria d'adaptar-me, no sabia què em sorprendria, no sabia RES. I és en aquest moment quan "no tinc res a perdre" ha de reaparèixer. No tinc res a perdre provant aquest nou menjar, no tinc res a perdre presentant-me a aquesta persona...; "No tinc res a perdre". Al cap i a la fi, d'aquí 10 mesos ja no seré aquí. En aquests cinc dies que porto aquí he après que no s'ha de tenir por de fer alguna cosa malament, o de provar coses noves. He après que he de fer d'aquests 10 mesos, els 10 millors de la meva vida. I això ho aconseguiré sent jo mateixa i seguint el meu sentit comú.


Mai es té res a perdre.

Carla