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I'm Devanshi Choksi from Surat. I'm an exchange student from Rotary Club of Surat for year 2009-10. I hate the people who keep advicing me all the time. I love my mom a lot,my whole family,friends and Indian food the most. I like to hang out with my friends anytime.

Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Presentation was preety good...











I woke up at 5:30 in the morning today because of the presentation in rotary club today about Navaratri.I got ready in chaniya-choli.Here is the photo(I'm looking fat).But I was looking pretty and beautiful in that.(everyone said in Rotary today).I gave presentation on Navaratri and performed Dodhiyu in a circle and made Rotarian's to do Garba.Everyone did it but it was looking so funny because no one knows how to do that.They were trying to do it but it was not good at all.ha ha ha...




But I'm happy that everyone stood up and tried to do it.My big thanks to my host mom Brenda,Haejin,Cotti(she stayed over night at my home yesterday),Mrs.Hunter and my 3rd host family(specially to my host sisters because they also woke up early for my presentation) and all the Rotarian's.I thanked to my club president and Robert to give me a chance to present this.They also let me to sing my national anthem.So I sang and put the video of Indian national anthem.Some rotations were listening it for the first time.




I put mehndi in Haejin's and Cotti's hand yesterday(also in mine).They both liked it a lot.Here,people call mehandi as Hena.



School is going well now.I like school more day by day.



I'm going to school at 7 p.m. today again.Because it's an introduction session is there for the exchange students.So as an exchange student me and Cotti will give a little speech for 3 or 4 min. about our experience as an exchange students here.



We made Cheese Cookie and Broccoli soup in school yesterday in food class.I took 1 photo when we were making Cheese cookie.Here is the photo.



Today in school there was like birthday party.Mrs.Hunter brought 1 big cake for the students whose birthday was there in September.So 3 students together had cut the cake and we ate cake and drink coca-cola.Ha ha ha.....There was fun in school today.

Monday, September 28, 2009

Busy days...





























Day before yesterday I went for the bus trip with all UBC(University of British Columbia)exchange students.We(me and Cotti) enjoyed a lot and took lots of photos,more then 100.







We went to see about how radio was made or something.I just hate science.So for me it was boaring but still we enjoyed.Then we went the place where they were making WHEAT before few years and the man who is working there he taught us about everything related to wheat.Then we went to 1 fruit market which looks so good from the bus only.We didn't go down from the bus because we had no time.Then we went to Summerland and saw the waterfall and took lots of funny pictures there.At 4:15 or something we came back to Penticton.





Then there was dinner and dance party at Okanagan College.OMG>>> It was so good,diiner was also good and there was 1 lady(I'm sorry I forget the name)she taught us 1 dance(I also forget what that dance is called) and we all did it together.





Next day on Sunday I was so tired but I woke up at 7:30 in the morning and went for hayking with my hst mom,Haejin and Gary(my host mom's friend).Here is the photo.We did hayking for 20k.m.I can't believe for my self.Because I had never walk this much before in India.I always use vehicle to go somewhere.Even if it is only 1 k.m.. far.I was so tired after come back but I worked on my project again.



Around 3 in the afternoon I went to my room and lying on he bed but I was so tired so I slept and my host came around 6:30 and she woke me up.That was crazzy but I was feeling better.I took dinner and again worked on my project for Navaratri.I was so busy with that yesterday.That's why I'm writing my blog after 3 days.Nothing else to write.

Thursday, September 24, 2009

My interview in news paper...


OMG>>> I'm really very very happy today.Because my interview is in city''s news paper today with mine Cotti's big photo.We are famous now like celebrities.
Yesterday I went to see the Ice hockey match.It was awesome because Penticton vees team won it.ha ha ha...For yesterday's match I got ticket from 1 of the Rotarian who is past president of my club here.and now I got tickets again from my Guitar teacher in school.So I'm going to see Ice Hockey Match again tomorrow with Cotti.
I made RAVA DHOSA(it's 1 south Indian item in food) for dinner.Here is the photo.My host mom told that it's like pan cake.It was so good.First 2 Dhosas were so bad(don't laugh please,I'm learning) but then my host mom add some water and then I got very good one.It was really so good,atleast for me.
I'm going to Belle dancing now.It's so good because they use bollywood songs a lot.Here Belle dancing is totally different then I heard about in India about Indian belley dancing class.But I like it here.

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

I gave interview today...







I was really happy today.
I woke up at 6 in the morning today because of Rotary meeting.It was good.I went to school and did my homework in library as I reched early at school today.I took Guitar class.So I'm learning Guitar.Cotti(exchange student from Argentina) took my photo in Guitar class.Here is the photo.We both are learning Guitar for 1st time and we both like it a lot.In art class we found photos from net on which we can do some different work.It's the assignment for students.In English class our teacher gave us our assignment back today and then me Cotti went to library and got copies of national anthem of Canada.Because may be we'll sing it on 29th Sep. when my presentation is there.Cotti is not in my club but I invited her.So she'll come.In food class we made Fruite Salad today.It was very good.Today is the last day of salad.We have test for that tomorrow in food class.
OMG>>> As an exchange students we gave an interview to the city's news paper.Here is the photo which will come in news paper.It was really very very good.They found me Chater Box...(as I'm chater box) We gave a lot information about our exchange programme and all good expereince.
Then after come back to home I started computer.At 7 p.m. Robert(my IYE chairman) came to pick me up and then we went to see my 3rd host family.Here is the photo.I really like them.I have 2 host sisters there.1 is 8 years old and another is 10 years old.They are really very cute host sisters.I'm excited to go there.
It was really nice day.

Monday, September 21, 2009

Long time...







After long time I'm writing my blog.Now I'm writing for 17th,18th,19th,20th and 21st together.
I was feeling homesickness because of food problems.But now I'm ok.I dont like rice a lot and my host mom wanted me to eat the left over rice.I dont like to eat left over food.But now I'm an exchange student.I've sacrifice for everything.I'm trying to get over it.
Then in weekend I went to city library's birthday.I got face painting there.Here is the photo.From there we ( me and Heijen ) my 1 school friend-Bruaine's home.She is really funny.We watched 1 horror movie there called DARKNESS.It was good.After came back from there We made our own suooer because my host mom was busy with her Brazilian friends.I made my last Maggi(noodles which I brought with me from India).Now,I don't have any more packets of Maggi.
Next day on Sunday I woke up at 11:30 in the morning.I did lots of Art work yesterday(sunday).
Made speech of my prsentation which I'll give in Rotary on 29th Sep.I'm trying my BEST to make it Wonderful.
We made Chicken Salad in school today.I didn't eat it as I'm vegetarian.School was good today.I ate Potato and Cheese today in dinner.It was good.Now I'm going to eat Chocolate ice-cream.I just love it.

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

I completed 1 month here...











OMG>>> It's like dreaming...I completed my 1 month here.I didn't get chance to write my blog yesterday.I was busy with my art work.Here are the photos.




There was a Photo Day in school today.Around 7 photographers were there to take photo of the students in common area of the school.Here is the photo.
Yesterday I woke up at 6 in the morning because of Rotary meeting.I gave a short report about my orientation in meeting.Now my club wants me to give short report everyweej abot my days in Canada.
I'm so happy I got permission from my club president to invite my host mom and my school teacher Mrs.Hunter.I'll try my BEST to give an excellent perfomance(presentation).
We made Greek salad yesterday in school in FOOD class.It was good.We'll make Ceser salad tomorrow.
O love India more now because my art teacher is impress with my art work in which I used traditional Indian Mehndi's design.yeeeeeeeee.............!!!
I just love my host mom's trick about killing mosquites.That is really funny.I always laugh on her and she laugh on her self.lol.She tagged my 1 Rotary t-shirt in my room which is with the signature of all exchange students which I got in Orientation.Here is the photo.

Monday, September 14, 2009

Tired day...


I woke up at 7:15 today.I was so tired because of the orintation.On saturday we slept 3:30 in the morning and woke up again 7 in the morning.On sunday i didn't sleep in the day time.So I was tired in the morning today.Evryday I wake up by myself but today my host mom came to wake me up.She dropped me at school.Thanks to mom.Because I was not able to walk.I was feeling so sleepy in school.
A girl from Argentina(Rotary exchange student) is in my school and we are in same class of English.So we were together in launch time.Here is the photo.
Today I forgot to take my i-pod with me to school.I was feeling sleepy and my i-pod was not there with me...It makes me more tired.I also forgot to take water but that was ok because I drank water in school from school's water tab.It was totaly different.
After I come back from school I was writing my journal and lying on the bad.As I was so tired I slept at 4 pm and because of some noise when I woke up it was 5:15.I'm happy about that.Now I'm not tired anymore.
There is Rotary meeting tomorrow(7 in the morning).I'll give a short report about my Orientation Weekend.
Orientation was really very good and I learnt a lot.So I'm that I got chance to give report about that.

Sunday, September 13, 2009

Orientation...Great weekend




I had orientation yesterday and today...OMG>>>Orientation was amazing,awesome,excellent and evrything.


We had lots of fun.


I made so many new friends.Sassions were not so boaring.


Rebound students were excellent.


I met my Indian friend Binisha Mehta after long time.We both were so happy.We weard Indian dree at evening and sang one Indian song in Hindi("sare jahan se arche Hindustan hamara-song") at International night.


We were 4 girls in one room and we all were from different countries.Me from India,1 from France,1 from Ostriya and 1 from canada.She was not an exchange student.


Rotary exchange programme is wonderful.I love Rotary Club.

Friday, September 11, 2009

School was very good today...
















Yesterday,I went to hip-hop dance class at evening to see what is hip-hop.It was good.I think I'll join it.





School was very good today.I made cookies today in Food class.Here are the photos.Girl in the photo is my new friend.I took photos before cookies cooked and after it cooked.





In Caffeteria class I learnt how to cut onions,carrot and garlic.That was good.





In art class I drew sucess symbols.My art teacher is very good.She gave us one page on which one sentance was written and we have to drow related to that sentance.Everyone gets the different page so evryone drew different things.Here is the photo.





In English class sir asked me about the tempature and languages in India.Today 1 new student from Argentina(I dont know how to spell) came to our class.So we were comparing tem. of India,Canada and Argentina.Then we learnt 1 short story.It was good and quite funny.





Today,I enjoyed the food class a lot.Actually I just hate cooking but my 2 course out of 4 are related to cooking.I think at the end of my exchange year I would like cook evrything.





Please ignore all spelling and grammer mistakes.I'm learning.

Thursday, September 10, 2009

Happy...











Today,I woke at 7 in the morning.Yesterday I cried a lot because I was missing my mom.It was 1st time after I come here but now I'm good.School was very good today.I showed my paintings to my art teacher.She really liked it.In food class teacher taught us hoe to make cookies.We'll make it tomorrow.The taste of cookies was awesome.It was my first day in my new course Caffeteria.That was good.
I made new friends today in launch time and went to library with them after launch.It was good.I took 1 photo there.it's here.
I send an e-mail to my IYE chairman and club president about our festival Navratri and request them to give me chance to give presentation of this festival.I really want to give presentation.I hope they will say yes.
I'm going to attend my first Rotary Orientation this weekend.Binisha-girl from Bhavnagar.She is in my district.So we dicided to wear Indian dress in Orientation.I'm so excited.
I'm really missing Indian festivals.Specially Navratri.I download some photos.Here are 2 photos.


I ate Veg.Birayani(Indian style) in dinner today with Papad.Yeeeeee......It was so good.I made it from instant packet.Here is the photo.

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Quite weard day...

Today,was my 2nd day at school.It was qiute weard.
I woke up at 7 in the morning.My host mom drop me at school.My first class was food class.It was really good.I got my locker today.My new friends from that class showed me hoe to use that,because it was different(for them too).Then teacher told us organise all stuff as wrriten on the all drover.We did that together.It was fun.
My 2nd class was English.It was quite boring.Sir taught grammer point and read Short(actually long) Story.Then 3rd class was Art class.As I liked art and painting,obviously I liked the class.Teacher told to sketch a cookie.She gave one to evryone and we sketched it.
4th and last class was English again.That's different one.This class is only for exchange students.Mrs.Jasmine Hunter is our teacher.She doing this job from so many years.She helps exchange students to understand here and solve their quarries.4 Japanise students were also there.
I asked her about my some grammer quarries which I got in English class.She wanted me to cange the course.She said that it's very hard for exchange students and it's university's level.So I went to main office with her and ask to change my course.She gave me Communication course instead of that and one another course called Çaffeteria.Because my class were adjust by schedule.So that Caffeteria course is in place of English and Communication is in place of English(which Mrs.Hunter is taking).I didnt like the communication class.I attended the half period of that but honestly I didnt enjoy.I'm confused.So,at last I found it was very weard day.
I came back home by walk.It was horribale.Because I didnt walk this much before.I'm vary tired now and missing my mom a lot.

Tuesday, September 8, 2009

My first day at school...







Today,It was my 1st day at school.I woke up 5:45 in the morning for Rotary meeting.I attended the meeting today.I came back to home and packed my bag for school.My host mom came from her work to pick me up from home.She came with me to the Mrs.Hunter's class(my english teacher).My first shock at school was- students were smoking at the entrance gate of the school.That's crazzy(atleast for me).I went twice a time before to the school.So I knew that it's very big.I really liked the school and students.I got my time table today.In 1st semister I took Cooking course,English course and Art course.All were good today.But today the school was for 2 hours only.So,from tomorrow I'll see.After school I went to Main Street(downtown) with my 2-3 friends to take launch.I ate vege sandwich.Which was not so good.Then we went to Shelby's home and watched T.V. there.



Then my mom came to pick me up from Shelby's home.I'm going to make maggi today for dinner.yeee....



From tomorrow I'm going to school by walk.I know thw way from my home to school now.I'm excited...!



In photo where 2 men are there-the left side is my school principle and at right is my IYE chairman Mr.Robert Mowet.I took this photo when I went to school first time.

Next photo is my school photo-Penhigh School.

Then last one is me and my friends photo(outside of the school).Left side is Shelby,in middle it's Lauren and me.

Boaring day...

Yesterday was quite boaring day because I did nothing.Even I have no photos to put.I dont know how but I woke up at 11:45 in the morning.Then I wrote my blog and me and my mom went to the shop from where I bought my i-pod (its hard to remember the name of the shopes)and give them back the extra earphone.
Then we went to Zappers.My mom bought "some stuff for home and we came back to home.So I had no work to do.So I watched 2 hollywood movies.Then I took dinner and add songs in my i-pod of movie "Mamma Mia".All songs from this movie are awesome.I went to bed around 10:30.
It was boaring day but the lst day of the longest vacation of my life.My school is going to start from today.I'm excited...

Monday, September 7, 2009

I bought an i-pod



Yesterday was very happy day for me.Because I bought shuffle i-pod for my self.I wanted it from the day when I saw it first time( in India ).I'm so happy now for that.I bought it in 55 Can $.


I woke up at 9:30 in the morning yesterday.I took breakfast and wrote the blog and then me and my host mom went to my host mom's 1 friend's home for BBQ.I ate burger there and then fiinally we went to buy my i-pod at 'Wallmart' but shuffle i-pod was not available there.So we orderd for that and I'll get that in 7 days.Then we went to another mall called' ''Staples".Because my host mom wanted to buy a cover of the laptop.We asked for i-pod there and I got it.It was the last one in that mall also.I'm lucky.Then we call to wallmart and cancelled teh order.


After come back I made potato sabji(Indian style again) and also Papad.We all took dinner together-Me,mom,Haejin and Cristina yesterday.I think it's first time after I moved here.Everyone is busy in there work here.

Sunday, September 6, 2009

Enjoying here.....


Hey,Yesterday I woke up at 9:30 in the morning.My some friends were online.I chat with them.Then I went for shopping around 1:30 in the afternoon with my host mom-Brenda and Haijen.I bought 1 photo album to put my photos in Canada.My mom wants me to make that album because I made My Sweet Memories album in India.So now I have 1 more thing to do.
My 2 friends( Canadian friends) -Shelby and Lauryn came to my home yesterday to stay overnight.Ohh!It was lots of fun.We watched 2 movies-The Notebook and Hairspray and ate cake and we decorate it by our selves.It was lots of fun.Haijen also joined us.She decoratd cake very well.
After movie complete we chat for an hour about school,India and Canada...That was fun too.My one another friend Monica was also wanted to come but she got back pain.So only 3 were there....But we enjoyed....yeee....

Saturday, September 5, 2009

Hocky Match




I went to see Hocky match yesterday.(at 6 in the evening).It was awesome.I really enjoyed it.


The match was between Penticton and Westside.It was too much intersting.Penticton made 7 goals and opposite team made 4 goals.





My IYE chairman Mr.Robert Mowet took me to the game with him.Thanks to him.


In the photo my left side is Robert.

Friday, September 4, 2009

I'm happy

Hey,I made my blog.I'm so happy.
So I'll write about my exchange programme in Canada here.