The German Class

After two months summer holiday since finished German A1 class, I started my A2 German course two weeks ago in a new school.

I changed to the new language school called Berlitz, which is one the best integration language school in Germany. The former school wasn't so efficient enough to me. The main reason was the teachers, both male, were not patient enough to their students. One of the teacher cancelled or stopped the class many times when there were not enough students attend the class. The two famle teachers in Berlitz are much more patient and professional.

the new course I attend is at evening from 18:30 to 20:45. Because after the wedding I want to start to look for a job, even though there are not so much opportunities yet as my German is still on the lower level.

In the new class I also find the learning environment is better and the students in the evening class are more enthusiastic to learn. The new class is more fun also because the students are able to speak some German and we can communicate to each other.

The language class is like a united union. Students are from everywhere in the world and with different backgrounds and different ages. We have one Russian, one Dutch, three Poles, one Bangladeshi, one Jordanese, two American, two Turkish, one Serbian. Am I the only Asian there?

Interesting right?

One of the Pole guy is only 23 year old but he already got three children. When our teacher asking our hobbies, he replied:" my hobby is only to play with my children". What a good father! The important thing is he and his wife want to have more children. 4, he said.

The Turkish girl is called Tükka, she is also 23 years old and very cute. After two days class, she said to me:" Lirong, Du bist sehr süß".

But I found she is even cuter. When we are introducing our occupations I said:"I don't have a job now, Ich bin Hausfrau". Tükka then very anxiously to explain to other people" Lirong, you are not a housewife, you are a STUDENT". Tonight after the class I got to know she is also trying to find a job, she hates to be married and stay at home just to be a homewife.

Count Down

Since last entry, I have tried to write some posts between but didn't finish them in the end. The day for Sanya is getting closer, I am like all other brides to start to get excited since one month ago. On 1oth of October, we will start our trip for China. Then I decided to make the count down post everyday to note how we process.....

I finished my internship at former company two weeks ago, now I have more time to prepare for the trip in October.

On the Friday one week before finish the work, I invited my colleagues to our home for dinner. Of course the dinner I cooked is Chinese. I wanted to thank the colleagues shared their work experience with me. They are very nice people that always impatient to explain me the works, even though they don't speak good English and my German is too poor to understand them.

I cooked about 9 dishes for 7 people, it was too busy to take photos but this one. This is one of the most successful cake I ever made. I learned this on the Internet and first time made it successfully.
In Germany, between the colleagues seems they don't share private life easily. They separate business and personal things clearly. So inviting colleagues to home is not usual. But as a Chinese, this is a very normal way for us to show our appreciation or to make friends. So before I inviting them, I thought about if it's suitable to do this. But in the end, it was worked out and we had a good time on that Friday. It also gave us the chance to know each other besides work.