10 = 5 / 6

Ten months gone, unbelievable!!!  That's actually more than 5/6, as I'm leaving on the 8th instead of the 19th.  Sad.

I did this same kind of thing after 2 months, but as there are so many more things I've done so far I'll make a new list.  Here we go!

So far I've...

- been the only one cycling to school out of 900 people

- practiced eating with chopsticks

- learned what long distance means

- dived on the Barrier Reef

- tried Vegemite several times with same result, yuk

- soaked my camera and noticed it still works

- been polite longer than ever before

- tried chai latte which is a big thing here

- learned that time can actually fly

- sat in a bus over 10 hours in one day

- killed one deadly spider

- met people from more countries than I've been to

- had my first take away hot drink

- been to a mine three times

- had one argument with my host family

- ridden a horse 

- had 6 domestic flights

- tried surfing twice

- eaten home delivered pizza
- sat 22 hours in an airplane
- been to NSW, ACT, QLD, NT, SA and VIC, only WA and Tasmania to go

- drank more soft drinks than I did last year in total

- laughed at people when they say grain bread is dark

- had a frog, cockroach and a mouse in my room 

- met only one guy who surfs

- tried grilling marshmallows

- Climbed Uluru

- eaten kiwifruit, mango, paw paw and passion fruit

- had 7 host dogs- learned that some people eat yogurt on porridge 

- made friends to last 

- bought my first Ray-Bans

- built a gingerbread house and noticed it melts in Australia
- had more phones than in the past 8 years in total

- been the 2nd in a school carnival

- noticed that Australian berries are way worse than ours

- saved thousands of photos into my computer

- went to hairdressers once
- lived in five houses, still waiting for one

- gotten sisters, some which I'll keep in touch with when I get home

- drank hot chocolate with marshmallows

- been to the gym in the mornings
- put on way more weight I should have

- tried sushi three times

- made 175 new facebook friends

- had no big troubles with Aussie slang or accent

- mainly slept in a double bed

- spent the greatest three weeks travelling

- bought way too many pairs of shoes

- had my first kebab

- gotten more confident in public speaking

- wore thongs in +2
- said the letters L-I-I-S-A-E-L-O-R-A-N-T-A at least hundred times

- had visitors from home

- eaten peanut butter

- seen more Australia than many Australian people
- wore my school uniform correctly everyday
- noticed that the sun here is nice though dangerous

- seen two sunrises in one week

- seen kangaroos, echidnas, possums, koalas and emus
- eaten crumpets

- had too many mosquito-hunting-events in the middle of the night

- taught numerous Finnish words to different people

- sent more post cards than ever before

- lived in a tent for three weeks

- ordered junk food from drive-thru

- overslept twice on school mornings but still made it to school in time
- eaten pavlova
- met heaps of awesome people

- SURVIVED

So that's my 10 months, less than 50 day to go,

Liisa

P.S. So we're heading to the Blue Mountains early tomorrow morning, you'll see photos on Monday! (: