Adventures :)

Dear all,
this year is going to be over soon.. Some friends of mine are just about to leave like Paul, which makes me kinda sad.. I really enjoyed this exchange year so far but now the hard times are coming. Farewells  but also exams are bothering me. I have to pass the exams with grade B or higher which is a lot of pressure for me right now because obviously Im too lazy to revise..

Finally Spring :D

But to be honest, two more painful years of school are waiting for me so I can go through this as well. I made a plan with study periods and I hope I can follow them because it is necassary to learn... Otherwise I would fail..-.-

Muffin for Lisas birthday :D

72 days left, sounds long but it isnt. The weather is surprisingly really nice the past few days and my friends and I took the opportunity to discover some new places. We have been to different beaches with beautiful and astonishing landscapes. Im quite surprised that I discovered these places now and not 7 month ago. Torquay seems to have some hidden places :D

Mini waterfall :D

We also climbed a lot which is also quite impressive since I have acrophobia but I gathered all my braveness together and climbed as well. I hurted myself several times, nothing serious and I have to say that its really fun to enjoy the view from the rock you have reached.
I also want to do a barbecue one day where the weather is unbelievable nice with all my friends I made here. We just discovered so many nice and wonderful places where we can relax after school not like going to town like every other day.. The best comes in the end huh? :)
In the next coming days we might discover even more places, I will tell you about them then :)

Can you imagine to climb up something this big? You can see  a fisherman on the left.

Hidden places :D

Soo wonderful :3

Oddiecombe Beach :D

Getting a bit sleep after a long schoolday :D

Hey, my name is Paul and Im leaving in two weeks...-.-

Lost in the jungle :D

Shot at Meatfood Beach :D

17 degrees.. This years hottest temperature.. Yet :D

Holiday Recap :)

Hello folks,

Easter holidays are sadly over.. School began on Monday again and Im already tired of it.

I have loads of exams coming next month so I have to start to do some revision which I really dont want to do..
I already wrote about Yings abidance here, I will therefore continue to write about what happnened the second week. Chiaras hostparents went to Russia for a week so she had to stay at my place during this time. She came on the last day where Ying was here and did stay until last Saturday.

Groupmeeting :)

I have to say that I really enjoyed the time with her, we cooked at night, watched movies, played games, talked a lot and so on. It was nice to have a friend staying at my place besides Jimmy.
Basically, I was never bored during the holidays since it was always busy at home. First week Ying, second week Chiara, it was really enjoyable. I even kinda miss those times..

We also went to town a couple of times and met some other friends. We also went to Cockington Village with Florian :D

Businessman Florian... ;)

During the holiday I also recognized how out of money I am but then I realized that I still have some money on my bank accout but couldnt draw it.. :D Now the problem is solved and I can live on :D

In my opinion the Easter holiday were the best ones so far since I arrived here in Torquay. The weather was nice, I had fun, I didnt spend much money and I met a friend from Berlin :)

Hard days will follow since I have to learn for my exams.. Not looking forward to it at all..
79 days to go, I am also thinking to leave a bit earlier or to travel around after my last exam because I dont have to go to school then. My last exam will be on the 7.6 so I have about one month where I can enjoy life until the true horror begins.. Deutsches Abitur... :D

Wantansoup.. Havent had it for ages :D

So many people have birthday in this month, Jonas had yesterday and we went to the Chinese restaurant Yum Sing where we havent been for ages. Peter has today and Rami and Lisa have around next week.. I can see some drunken nights incoming :D

Overly happy Chinese ;D

Collage :3

Burito Chia :D

Finally back from dropping down to Silver 2...-.-

Friendship At Its Best :)

Soooo :)
Sorry for the long break, I was too busy the past week..
Anyway, Ying came to Torquay one week ago, but already left two days ago :(
We had great fun here, although the weather wasnt as nice as expected and the really annoying journey to London to pick her up and to bring her back just exhausted me..
We arrived at Torquay last Saturday evening and I showed her around my house. I also let her rest the rest of the day because of the event of the following day.. Paintball!! :D

We are looking scary right? :D

Yeah, we played paintball with nearly all my friends here and it was really funny. I got shot really hard in one game which gave me bruisers but still it was an unique experience :) I can only recommend to everyone out there to try it :D Its not about war, its about fun :) Everyone were afraid of beeing shot since we didnt knew if it would hurt or if the bullet would only surprise you.. It turned out that shots from short distance hurts like hell but long distance shots are only tickling... Ying enjoyed it as well :)
I introduced her to nearly all my friends here and she integrated very well with my friends, she liked them and they liked her :) I also went to Exeter with her but we split up there because she visited a friend. We also had loads of fun at home because some of my friends came over every night :D

Friendship last forever <3

The time flew by and without realizing it she is gone... The last night was really funny, we tried to party the night through but we felt asleep at around 6.. Chiara was here too since her hostfamily went to Russia for a week. So basically she is living here now :D This week showed me how good friends Ying and I became within the last two years and Im not regretting it to spend my nearly last money for her.. :)
I wish her everything good for her exams which she will take next week and I hope I could make her happy during her time here :)

I miss you, Ying.. :(

To sum it up: My easterholidays have been great so far, I really enjoyed the time especially with Ying here.. Its too sad that she had to leave us already I miss her already.. Only 90 days left until this great year is about to end.. Thats three month.. Okay it was a huge advantage.. I am currently out of money, I spend way too much here.. I wont have any money problems then anymore because I cant ask my parents for more money, they already sended me so much..

Pizza at Amicis, on the night from Kathas farewell

Noodlesoup in Chinatown :D

Two lovely cute girls next to each other :)

6 o clock in the morning... :D

Some rest..

Collage :)

Improvement?!

Sup guys :D
I've read through nearly all of my old articles and I have to say that Im kinda proud of myself :D
I've done so many stupid mistakes, some were just horrendous but somehow I managed to improve my skills. Im still doing loads of mistakes but Im improving.
I achieved nearly all my objectives which I set when I came here. I got more confident, more adult, I learned the British way of life and I gained loads of new friends. There is only one thing which bothers me. I wanted to improve my English and maintain my Chinese skills but I failed at this point.. I also tried to study here but this failed as well.. I got way too lazy here which is kinda contraproductive for my graduation in two years.. However Im enjoying my life here, I only have about 100 ish days left which is kinda surprising.. Time flew by too fast, some good friends of mine are about to leave Torquay so Im quite sad..

Can Italiens dance? :)

In addition I have to write a mock exam tomorrow in sociology which will decide whether I can participate in the real exam or not. If I fail this exam I fail the entire course.. And my motivation to learn is equal to zero... My brain is already switched off since we have holidays starting next thursday.. :D
Besides that I also have to finish my commentary in English language... I can see some stressful days coming..
But luckily Ying will come at Saturday and I cant wait to show her around Torquay. I also organized something special for her... :D The weather here is also horrendous, it rained through the last week...-.-
I really hope everything will get better in my last 100 days.. Enough talk for today, I will start to learn for sociology now.. I wish my friends in Germany happy holidays, enjoy them and dont party too hard ;D

Tasty milkshakes :3

Enjoying free lessons.. By playing lol ;)

Cockington Village And Old Memories..

Good afternoon my fellas :3
Another ten days passed since I've written my last post. Only good things happen during these ten wonderful days except one thing.. The stereotypical English weather... Keeps me freezing like hell even with warm clothes and gloves...

Erik, Mira and I.. Old times...

The weather was so nice a few days ago.. I could go outside without my jacket for the first time in this year..-.- Nevermind, we exploited the nice weather and we went to Cockington Village. A beautiful piece of the old fashioned England, the houses are built in a very old way and stereotypically the shops there are selling good English sweets and tea. There is also a lake around the village which we didnt discovered it yet but as soon as the weather will get better we will try to find it :3

Smile for the camera :)

A miracle also happened today.. I rewrite it again.. MIRAcle.. Mira was about to go home when Erik and I met her in front of school and since we both wanted to stay until the 6th lesson we forced Mira to stay with us.. At the beginning we forced her but she stayed on her own in the end o.O She behaved like 4 month ago when Erik and I were really close friends with her.. In the last 4 month we barely spoke with each other and somehow we lost contact but today was a special day.. The very first time since ages where we have been on the same wavelength.. It nearly made my cry, I was so happy :) Maybe Erik and I can achieve something... It will require certain skills but nothing is impossible, I really want to get the old Mira back..

Two weeks to go until Easter.. I hope something will change then..

Nature :) 

English Sweets :D

Awwwwww <3 :)

Best Roast Dinner I've ever had.. :3

New Highscore :D

Amusementpark :D

Can Italiens dance...?

Six Month Already..

Hey folks,
its unbelievable.. Already a half year passed since I came here to Torquay. A half year!! o.O
Means that I only have four to go.. Time flew by so incredibly fast here. I changed here so much and the most important thing - I achieved nearly every goal I wanted to achieve. My English got a lot better, I made several new friends, I started to live on my own which means I got more self reliant and I gained some new experience in case of life :)

Reminds you of somewhere right? :)

I am really glad that my parents supported me with this idea and I am really thankful for this. I cant imagine to live without this experience, I would still be the innocent, shy Martin :D
At this point I really need to point out all my good and close friends I made here. There are so many but I will write a little bit to each person. I will also start with those I know longer than those I recently met:

Florian:
One of my closest friends here, helping me through good and bad times, wears nothing but his suits ;)
Amazing that I only know you since a half year, its like we are friends since elementary school..

Jonas:
Crazy, loud, childish but also adult. Also one of my closest friends here. He is the first person I have spoken with who is going to Torquay like me :D Teached me lots of things, positive and negative... ;)

Paul:
Schwabe aus dem Schwabenland... :D Likes to argue, but has some good points as well :D The third of my closest friends here, went through good and bad days with me, unfortunately going in about 2 month..

Erik:
My best international mate here. From Sweden ( Uppsala :DD) also called "the peaceful giant". Met him first time in math class and it was love at the first sight.. :D Teached me some interesting stuff...

Mira:
Beautiful, crazy Slovak girl. Did a lot with her before Christmas, unfortunately lost contact with her after new year.. But we are still good friends and we are still talking with each other :)

Lucia:
Also a beautiful, interesting Slovak girl. Met her first time at the beach where she passed out and needed to stay at my place :D Brings back old memories... "old" xD

Peter:
A patient Slovak boy who lets me copy every math homework :D Always joking about lolstuff and Russian vodka things xD

Frank:
Bullied because he is from cologne , nevertheless a really close friend of mine. Had to leave Torquay unfortunately three weeks ago but plans to come here again :)

Jimmy:
My hostbrother who never used to go out.. xD Cooked several nights together and its good to have a Chinese boy here since I can also improve my Chinese :)

Kevin:
The tallest Chinese guy I have met yet. Really simpathic and patient when it comes to helping me in math :)

Ryan:
Best English mate I have here. We had lots of fun together and he teached me some nasty gym exercises :D
I hope you can visit me in Berlin next year!!! :)

Chiara:
First Austrian girl I met so far. Really beautiful and has incredibly captivating eyes.. o.O Hard to believe that I only know you for 2 month.. Likes to bully and correct me a lot :P

Annika:
Oldest of my German friends here, acts like a diva but I still like her :) Beautiful long hair and really white skin, together with Rami the most sarcastic person I met so far... xD

Rami:
Most sympathic Swiss guy I met so far. We had unforgettable nights outside and I turned you into the dubstep guy :D

These 14 (!) people are really good and close friends of mine.. I love them all and I really hope that I will keep contact with them after this exchange year :) Like I said before, its been 6 month.. 4 to go..
There were several good friends of mine who already left Torquay because they only stayed one term which means 3 month and some good friends will leave Torquay soon.. I cant imagine to say goodbye when the time finally comes... Until then I will enjoy every free minute I have here and try to make the best of the time.

Paul :D

Florian :3

Jonas :D

Erik with his huge dog o.O

Rami :D

Annika :3

Ryan :D

Peter, Erik and Rami :D

Chiara :D

Megan and Sarah :D