Exchange Year In Torquay: Westlands and Something Cruel..

Heey my beloved friends and readers :)
Yesterday was my first schoolday at Westlands. I woke up at 6:15 o clock because I was afraid that I wont be able to do the 50 minutes walk to school with Jimmy. So he planned to go earlier with me because we could do some breaks on the way. But the opposite of that case happened. We just walked 40 minutes and were way to early at school. We walked uphill and downhill but the most surprising thing was that I walked the way all at once. I wasnt tired of the long walk while Jimmy nearly kicked the bucket... He was so exhausted of my fast and straight walk although I told him that my condition is not the best. I think its because I am taller than him, so when I walk two steps, he would need three xD

Swimming hall

The students need a special card to pass thru the supervisor. I didnt had one but somehow I managed to went in the building xD Before the first lesson starts, all the sixth form students had to go to their tutor, it was my first day so I didnt had one. I just followed Jimmy to his tutor class and introduced myself. His tutor is really smart and told me that I could stay. Besides Jimmy I know Marc and Melanie there, both also German exchange students like me. There was also another girl sitting next to Jimmy and she talked with him. It turns out that she is from Germany too, even from Berlin! I spoke to her a bit in English, because she doesnt like if we speak German with eachother. Its understandable because we wont improve our English skills if we always speak German together. The tutoring began at 8:20 and ended at 8:45. The tutor just checked if everyone were here. He listed all the names. Everyone was there except Bruce, Pauls hostbrother from Macao.

Tutorroom

After the tutoring Jimmy showed me where the office of the secretairy is and I chose three subjects. Math, history and sociology. In each subject I have at least one person I already know. I was send immediately to the history class.. First day and triple history xD My classmates in Berlin know how poor my history knowledge is xD We are actually talking about the first world war.. I like the way how the teacher inform us about it. After the three lessons I had three free lessons. There is a rule at the White House Guardianship which says that all exchange students have to stay at school until 14:30... Hm.. Guess if I stayed or not :P
After school I went to town with Jimmy and Kevin, also from Macao. We went to the big wheel and shot some really nice pictures :) After that we had fish & chips.. :3 I tried them with vinegar, it wasnt as bad as I expected :D After that I met Kathi in town and we relaxed at the wall and at the coffee bar Nero :3
At 17:30 we met Jonas, Franzi and Marc and had some really nasty fun together :D

White Chocolate Mocka *__*

The second schoolday started very good. I woke up at 6:45 o clock and realized how much a half hour of sleep can be :) Jimmy and me walked to the school, coincidientally we have the same tutor class. The tutor announced the percentage of the attendance by the students. Most of the students in our class got more than 90%, but Bruce had a ver low score with only 53%. The teacher talked to him. So if your score fall below 95% your parents will be called and if you fall below 75% youre seriously grounded... But the tutor gave Bruce one more chance xD

We learned today the bubble sort and quick sort xD Its for ordering different numbers from low to high....After tutoring I had triple maths together with Jimmy, Kevin and Bruce.. Four Chinese learning A-Levels math, what a coincident xD There are also very much German girls in my math course ^^

Math at Westlands is even easier than in Teignmouth Community College xDKevin
So the school is very very big.. Westlands has three buildings, one for sixth formers only, one building for the lessons and one swimming hall.

Westlands :D

It is also very funny there. My Chinese friends and me were querering at the cafeteria to buy some foods and we heard from behind some girls saying stuff like: "Oh my gosh we have Chinese here?? Look how cute they are.. Did you see the one with brown hair? I think he dyed it, lets speak to them if they finished!" We bought things but didnt recognized them afterwards.. xD

The cafeteria with Floyboy :D

Beeing open minded is no problem at all here. I spoke on my first two days with more English students than the whole week at TCC... One English guy has a Chinese tattoo on his arm.. He expected that the five simbols would mean "I love my mom" but those five simbols actually mean" I love your mom".. o.O
So he got upset and want to laser the tattoo away xD All of the English students thought that I am from Macao and they acted so surprised as I told them that I am German xDD
In math I was sitting next to an Sweden exchange student called Eric. He is really kind and smart and tall o.O
Sooo cool this school.. Only two days there and I am so enthused :D
Tomorrow I will have the first time sociology.. To be honest I dont know what this yet I chose it xD
I will tell you later what this subject is about :) So as you can see I am very very happy right now :D

Corridor with a loads of cameras o.O

There is only one thing which bothers me.. So from now on, dont read is if you like KFC!!
I have a vegan friend here. She is really smart and really informed about beeing vegan. So I began to google why people would start to be vegan or vegetarian. The most two common reasons I found was first I dont like the taste of the meat and second I dont like it when animals have to die just because I can eat them.. So the first reason is in my opinion crap. Seriously I dont like onions or garlic either but I would still eat it if those things are in my meal. The second one bothered me now a bit longer. I did research in how animals get treated before they land on our plate. I watched some videos and saw one called "What KFC is doing to chickens"...This five minute long video opened my eyes.. From now on I wont eat at KFC anymore. Its just horrible how the animals get treated and the concern gives a fuck on it. I didnt post a Youtube link here because its up to you if you want to watch this short documentation. If you like KFC but you care about how the chicken get treated then you better watch it.
The vegan friend here is going to convince me to be a vegetarian.. xD
I can tell you at this moment it is impossible for me to be a vegetarian but if I hang out with her more I think she will able to do it.. xD
It really hurts me as I watched the video so I wanted to give you my opinion about that. My friends who knows me very very well will think: "Dafaq did I just read?". But seriously, trust me. Watch the video if you want. Feel free to discuss with me message me on Facebook :) This is the very first time I spend my time on watching how animals beeing treated and it wont be the last time :)
What I also want to say is that I am going to post an article now every two or three days from now on. I am very busy in school now, I even do the homeworks xD
I will write you in the future about the most exited and newest things which take place at my life here in Torquay :)
Leave a comment good night and sleep well and see you soon :D

Some more cool pictures most of them taken from the big wheel: