Can I please go back in time?

A blogpost when I can least afford to take time for it, why not? In two days, exams start and it's freaking me out. I've been studying almost non-stop in the past week and it's (starting to get) rather boring. I would be completely fine with it if exams were over right now...

... Or no, let me take that back. That would mean that I'd have to say goodbye to the secondyears in 5 days, and I don't want to come to that point, ever. Even though I'm less dramatic about leaving MUWCI than I was in the first weeks here, imagining not having our secondyears around, almost makes me sick. I have to admit, I underestimated it in the beginning of the year, I didn't think I would get to know them that well and that I would grow so close to them. Back home, you would never get close to people from the grade above yours (unless you were a really cool kid, Belgian high-school society sucks, forgive me for the word). I never felt sad when people were leaving and I wasn't before. It's a new feeling, and one I'm not particulary fond of, to be honest. I know that new people will come, with new ideas and new enthusiasm, but still, the whole MUWCI-thing seems to be way less fun with half of us gone.

And the fact that a dozen of our teachers are also leaving, makes it even more sad. These teachers are like friends, like parents, they shaped MUWCI and a MUWCI without them is like Carole with shoes, like Merve without German and like Gabi without tv-series. Trust me, I know them well enough to say that that doesn't work. 

Those who are leaving are telling us to not think about them to much, to be nice to firstyears etc. But now, I understand why our secondyears were so distant towards us in the beginning of the year. Our secondyears haven't even left and it already hurts.

But then, who am I to complain? While I'm whining about others leaving, these very 'others' are crying about leaving MUWCI. I don't want to even think about leaving this place, these people, some for good,...

So let's switch topic, enough sadness for one blogpost!

I HAVE A FIRSTYEAR! Her name is Eva and she'll be joining MUWCI next August :). Belgium represent, once more, and I am overexcited to welcome her here and help her and stuff :) The fact that I can be a mommy, helps me to accept that I won't be mommied anymore (is that even a word?)

After graduation, I'm going for a five-day-chill-holiday in South Goa with Nitay (Israel), Aaditya (India) and Therese (Norway). Excited!

And then... home, for almost three months! Leaving is sad, but, "always look at the bright side of life"; going home is nice. Belgian weather (this temperatures are killing me); my mothertongue all around me, green parks and clean roads, no horns 24/7 and the people I've missed so much with me. All my 'brown' friends here would now say 'you're such a white girl', but oh well, after all, I am.

In the holidays, I'm going to a festival in Luxemburg with my friend from here, Carole, and my friend from home, Julie. Then two weeks Corsica with my family and after that, back to MUWCI again... I have to admit that the thought of coming back to our green hill in the middle of the lovely Mulshi valley makes me SOOOO happy :)

Now I have to go, just had a little panick-attack because I'm not done with math yet. 

Smile! :)