Finished 2 of 5 exams. So far so well.
The girls sleep over went over really well. We had guvyn(sp?) It's an Austian hot wine it was really nice.
I was talking to one of the guys on exchange here from Sudan last night and he was telling me different things about Sudanese politics and he mentioned an interesting point that when the US or world aid (I forget) sent in food and supplies they were bombarded with people so they clained that they were starving and so forth adn he said alot of it is the case where they're not stupid people and if you're going to give them prepared food for free they're going to take it! Not that there isn't alot going on but that some of it is misunderstood. As well the US reporters had reported on mass amount of rape occuring because in arabic (local dialect) force and rape are the same thing so when people were talking about being forced it was misunderstood. It was a really interesting conversation he mentioned about the beautiful scenery and the wild life they had had until everything that's going on started.
He also mentioned that when the Iraq oil fields were bombed they had alot of Juvenile diabetes start. He didn't know if it was coincidence or something that was in the air and water after that or what. He has since moved and has been living in Dubi and it's he's forth year studying in Malta.
We had our last supper as one big happy family in the flat. Chiara, Lori, Federica, Leila, Rafeale and me. Fede made pasta and I made teabiscuits and brownies. The whole thing was so nice. Lori leaves for home on Saturday and Fede left after her exam yesterday for Rome(home) until Sunday to visit her boyfriend, it's his birthday!
When I was off to write my first exam Chiara was in bed ...up late studying! She left me a note that said up in the ass of the whale (they also say in the mouth of a wolf) it's like good luck in Italy becuase saying good luck is bad luck. Then you respond I hope it dies! I have yet to learn how to say it in Italian though.
I'm learning a lil Maltese too! You know me of course it's the stuff vital to life in Malta! lol However, I can only say it I can't write anything! Although, I believe I am going to take intro to the language next half!
The Italian's were telling me that they're not used to written exams. When they have exams they only do orals in front of their whole class! They said it's much harder than the evalutation method here...except for the fact that now they have to do it in english which is not their native language. Obviously!
