My Life and my Travel

THE BEST PIC NIC EVER

2009-12-23T07:28:00.000-08:00

It was the first time at CEL that the entire promo from the First year until the third year had a Pic Nic together. We went to Cascade Manatantely. “Cascade Manatantely” is not far from Fort-Dauphin, it’s about 12km on RN 13. “Domaine de la Cascade” is a really nice place; It’s in the rain forest it has a water fall and the best landscape ever.
I prefer to spend night out there cause it really nice, quite place and peaceful.
Many foreigner having there free time out there
I was one of the leaders of this Pic Nic which was a bite hard to lead some of the student. Even thou it was hard, I had a great time.
As I said, Manatately in the rain forest, so during our Pic Nic the rain is falling all day.
The rain didn’t stop us do had fun. We had some games like finding Juliette and Romeo so on, drinks and some nice foods. I didn’t prepare so many foods because I knew that the girls will bring many different foods so you can take from them. I only brought one stick of bread and fish.
I forget to tell you what happen in the entrance. We met a car stuck on the way to “Domaine de L a Cascade”. The Car is almost had an accident. We saved them with all of our power. The driver was happy and kind so he gave us money because of the hand that we gave. No one did expect that he will pay us. But the angel told him maybe. We were glad because we can have money to buy drinks. The angel still around us, he never let us down. Our teacher gave us more money. At the end, we had enough money to buy something to drink. Three boys and one girl went to Soanierana (5km from Manatantely to the South) for shopping.
The party starts in the rain. We never felt that we were wet and will get sick through it. We were in the right mood. We had the nice games and the nice talk.
In the afternoon we went down to the Natural swimming pool. The water is not deep enough and rocks in. I was a little bite out of my mind so I jumped into the water then I hit a rock. I hurt my self but it was fine. It wasn’t a big accident; I didn’t feel anything hurting me , I could talk and smile back to my friend. They were a bite worry about me but I said that I was fine.

We left the place around 6 pm. We were 35 students in the CEL’s Car (TATA). Inside the Car, it looked like crowdie place but its fun; lots of noise and music. They sung in the way home in Malagasy songs which was nice but we had some little problem like, someone smoke it the Car and someone didn’t want to listen to you because they were drunk. (When you are drunk, you think that you are the strong man or women so you didn’t care about anyone) But it was fun to listen what they say and to see them to be able to talk when they were drunk. I could see that some of those guys are shy when they were not drunk. I tried to resolve the problem; at the end we had a little bite peace.
I was glad that we didn’t have any fight; it looked like we are in family, having a little discus and smile back at the end

We arrived home safe and every one was happy the day after. We didn’t have any big accident except me but that was ok.

The lesson that I got was that to be a leader is a bite hard work specially when you lead people in same age as you and they have been drinking alcohol.
God have leaded our way and keep us safe.

I would like to say thanks to GOD who has been close to us during the Pic Nic; forgive us because we were a bad student.
I would like to say thanks to Miss and Mister CORDELIE Luc who helps us a lot for the Gaz, without there help we didn’t had this wonderful Pic Nic.
I would like to say thanks to Our Director Miss RAOLINADRASANA Lalaoharisoa, who let us to use the CEL/GED’s Car, we would be walk if we didn’t have the nice Car.
I would say thanks to the Head quart of “Domaine de la Cascade Manantantely” for the wonderful place and to let us get in the place for free.
At the end I would like to say Thanks to our best teacher and to all of the CEL’s Student who have been nice and kind and share the best moment with us out there.

Is it hard to be alone or not?

2009-10-29T09:02:00.000-07:00

We are not from in rich family even in the really poor; my mum is a teacher in public primary school. We are not like a really poor but I can say one of the poor people compare the other. I am proud of my Mum because she is working really hard for her family since my Dad died. Since my Dad died I can see the sadness on my Mum’s face. I learnt from my parent that it’s better for the both of parents to have a good job. The man doesn’t have to depend on the women’s income and the woman doesn’t have to depend on the man’s income but they have to help each other when they face a difficulty or the hard time.
Sometimes I am asking my self: when can help my Mum out of this poorness and this trouble? I wish I can pay my Mum’s ticket to travel around of Madagascar by Plan. I am proud of myself too because I don’t depend on my Mum much more that before right now. She didn’t pay much on me anymore even my trip or my pocket money but she still helping me when I am stuck.

How do I get money then?

I become a translator for any tourist, NGO, Student and some journalist foreigner and I become a photograph with my small digital Camera which was my Christmas gift from my host family in Norway.
About the photograph’s job is a really funny story.
I learnt a bite how to take picture when I was at Hald, this can help me a bite on how to take a picture. And also I have my old laptop which I got from Norway also, who I can use to edit the picture that I took. Many of my friend or my Mum’s friend asks me if I am able to take a picture for them. They charge me $ 0.8 to $ 5 per photo, it depend on the size of the photo. I took more than 20 photos per week from September 2008 to June 2009. Why did I stop in June? Because the scream of my camera was broke so my client did want to ask me to take a photo of then. Even thou I lost that job, I still work on the translation thing. Andrew Lees Trust offers me a job of Book translation from English to Antanosy ( my own dialect in my home town) I participate a bite but I was really busy school project so I didn’t do it anymore.

I can see how hard is life and how hard is to be an only child, you don’t have any support from anyone else, you work for your on like my Mum did even she has her sister around. I can see through her face that is suffering much of finding out about what will happen tomorrow, where I can find money to buy my needs. All of those questions are in my mind right since I live alone. Even its hard, suffering and it might makes me crazy, I am always say that today is a bad day but tomorrow will be a prefect day. I never give up. I am trying to be up and having the better day tomorrow. In my mind says that God never let you down, I might be suffering in this earth, and somewhere which I couldn’t see, will be the paradise where I will be happy forever and ever. Or it’s not the time yet.

God helps me out of the trouble so he show me the way to the future. Soon I will graduate from my University; I hope my real life will start after that.

I wish that I have 6 brothers and 7 sisters, so my Mum and I never be alone.

SCHOOL FIELD

2009-01-04T04:20:00.000-08:00

December 17th, 2008.
This is my first school field so I was really exited. The entire student from my class has to meet at FASIMAINTY early in the morning (7h 30mn) but the car did show up after one hour later. We had a school field in the RIO TINTO site (QMM). We visited their mine site in MANDENA and the TREES NURSES. The trip was really nice and we got lots of information about the mining project and how to prepare the TREES NURSES. The study was finished at 14h 30mn but the buss picked up us at 15h so we had 30mn to relax and talk with friends. I taught my class mates a CARD Game MAFIA but the story teller have to do in Malagasy. It was really fun to hear the story in Malagasy; especially I did it my own dialect. I was really happy to see my class mates really exited doing the game. I am looking forward to have another school field again.

CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR EVE PARTY IN MADAGASCAR 2008

2009-01-04T04:12:00.000-08:00

SUNRISE IN MY HOME TOWN ( NEW LIFE)

We had our vacation from 19th of December 2008 to 6th of January 2009. Christmas and New Year vacation after I finish my English exam at 10h and the Party start. There was a festival for ten days so lots of thing going on. All of my friends were in Town, Stella, Lalaina, Alpha, Eliot, Tantely and the rest of the old friend from high school. The parties start From Friday 19th of December. The Saturday night 20th of December, Lalaina and I drove from the Beach to down town to pick up someone. We didn’t know that someone sat behind the pick up (4x4) because he didn’t tell us that his going to be in the car. The road is really good, we drove really fast and suddenly we hear a bottle felt down from our car. We stopped and looked for what was that. We found one of the guy from the party was lying in the road and his face and his body looked like it burnt covert of blood. I was really afraid; I said to my friend that we had to drive him to the hospital. We found a doctor in the hospital and they took care of him. He went well because the damage wasn’t really big. We didn’t sleep until in 6h am because we were a bite worry. After while the doctor came to us and said that he is fine we can drive him home.
I like being in Madagascar and it’s really fun but I prefer to be in Norway with a safe drive and the security. But God has his plan even thou you are in safe country so I just have to wait my turn wherever I am.
All of my family who lives abroad arrived in Town to celebrate a Christmas and New Year. We had party in town with friend and at home with my family. I couldn’t realize that time is running and Christmas is today. I have to be ready for church. The 24th I was with friend. We didn’t go to Church but we spent time in Center where you can meet so many old friends. We had some “Brochette” and some drinks and music in Center Town. Lots of Cars and people were there. It was really nice to see.
The 25th morning I woke up at 7h because I have the church will be full if I am late. My church is 20mn by walk from where I live. We had two services but the last one was really long. It was really hot in Fort dauphin. Our church is made by Rock so it more hot inside than outside and full of people. I gave someone my sit and I prefer to stand outside than inside. I wish I could be in Norway to be in the snow but that’s the way it is. I didn’t stay until the end because the service finished until 11h. Everyone get a new close. I didn’t have time to go to store to buy a new one so I wear my old shirt and pant. It looks new for them because the last time I wear it was in Norway.
I didn’t spend time with Family the 25th afternoon. I went back to my apart and had a little sleep. The owner of apart that I rent wasn’t in Fort-Dauphin, she went to Ambalavao so Her son and I were alone at home. Her son invited me to have a party at their house. I called Tantely to come over and and we planed what we going to do. We had some drinks and some found so the party start in for the afternoon. The party didn’t stop at our apart, we took a Taxi and we went at friend’s house to celebrate with them. I was really tired and my stomach hurt me so I have to go home to take some medicine.
I missed my host family. I want to have Christmas Eve with them in Norway then back to Madagascar for the Christmas day. I missed the time with them sharing gift and the family time but I do like the party in Madagascar that everyone dances and happy, everyone is out having fun. It wasn’t like in Norway but I do miss my Christmas Eve in 2007.
The party still going until going school will start. The 29th of December I got a call from AZURA HOTEL (3 stars Hotel in Fort-Dauphin), they need some extra waiter for the New Year Eve. So I accepted to work with then instead of having party with friend all the time.
It was my first time to work in big Hotel like AZURA so it was fun to serve the clients and the people who used the swimming pool. I worked all the day in 30th and in evening, we went to the Karaoke party, singing lots of Malagasy song and foreigner songs, that was really fun. I didn’t have New Year party with my family because I still had to work at the Hotel. It was sad but I need money to pay my rent and something else. I finished work at 2h am in 1st of January so I called my best friend and we went in center town to join our friend. We stood up until 10h in morning and I still have to work from 11h to 21h in evening. I was really tired but it was fun to be with friends. The day after, I had a break so I had time to see my Family.
The vacation is over so it will time to think about the future. The direct of the Hotel wanted me to be a DESK CLERK in the Hotel if it is fine for me. If I accept that then I have to work from 18h until 7h in the morning.
I hope I can manage to do that. I had lots of fun during the Christmas and New Years. My vacation was fun but I do miss my friend and the people that I used to be the entire world. I really miss them.
That’s the end of the story.

BACK TO MY UNIVERSITY AGAIN

2008-10-16T05:46:00.000-07:00

Finally I am back to school again. The Monday 13 of October, I started my last year at CEL/GED (3rd year). I am studying about management of environment. We are 15 students in the same program and we have one student from England. The school is 45 minute for walk from where I live and near the beach where used to go. I am walking everyday even its really hot in Fort-Dauphin and the school is in hill too so its quite hard to walk all the time .
Maybe you ask me, why I chose this program. Four years ago I apply in this private university because I liked to conserve our biodiversity. Fort-Dauphin is rich of Biodiversity but we didn’t have enough technicians to work and learn about how to conserve and protected our richness.
I am back again to continuous my last year. This year I have a goal to learn really hard and doing my best. I am still wanted to develop my hometown and conserve the biodiversity.
I didn’t study with my class mate from four years ago because I missed school for two years so I look like a new student at CEL/GED right now. My Old Group called “LAFA” but now I am studying with Group “HASINA”. Seeing my friend and my classmate from four years ago makes me sad because they will graduate this year and I am still in 3rd year but I know that I have been away for some years and that was good for me and it’s a good experience.
After I graduate this year, I want to work a bite then I am looking forward to be back in Norway or somewhere else because I want to study more and I am not going to stop here. Being in Norway for ten Months taught me many things that I can think about my future.
At the end I would like to say thanks to:
• To God that gives me a life again so I can study
• My Host Family in Norway ( Orkdal, Fannrem) to help me and posse me to do my last year.
• My contact Person and her Husband in Norway( Orkdal, Fannrem) for their help.
• Ingrid Karin swan to suggest me to continuous to study and finished my last year
• And my best friend Tanately and the rest of my friend.
Thanks for all of you and I hope God will help you back.

INFORMATION WORK

2008-09-04T07:41:00.001-07:00

Since I arrived in Fort dauphin, my plan was to build my hometown by helping the Christian youth to do something.

During my stay in Norway I tried to find something which can fit for Christian youth in Madagascar specially Fort Dauphin. I found many things but I choose only two which are “KRIK or Chrisc” and “Natt Kaffe”.

I didn’t stay for long in Fort-Dauphin. I left the 1^st of July because I have to meet some friends from Norway in Tananarivo. I was so exciting to meet Inki’s Sister and her husband. I have the opportunity to talk again about my first impression after been away from my home country and talk a bit in Norwegian. They had two days left in Tananarivo when I met them so we have to hangout and spend those two days. I really liked to talk with them because I felt that I am in Norway and next to my friend Inki. We were five people walk together and looked for Malagasy Arts: Tanately my best friend, Doctor Daniel, Christine and her husband.

As you know, I had an Information work in Madagascar. I went to Manakara ( East part of Madagascar in coast) with Glad ( my teammate).

We took the “taxi Brousse” from Tananarivo to Manakara. The Malagasy time still used because they said that I have to be in the Bus station at 15h 00pm but the Bus left at 17h 00pm. Our Bus had some problem in our way from Tananarivo to Manakara, we have to stop many time and we have only one driver.

It was my first time to go to Manakara, but I was so exciting. I live in south east of Madagascar who has rain forest so and Manakara seems like the vegetation there too.

We had to work with Group which doing the Bible Camp. We take part as a leader during the Bible camp during two weeks. So nice to be with the group from Tananarivo because we met many students who have been in Norway specially at Hald: Pastor Barson, Aina and Ando, we never stop talking about people in Norway and the life there compare Madagascar.

The Bible camp is camp lead by the some group from Tananarivo which is teaching the youth Christian from 17 years to be a leader during the first week; They learn about Jesus is son of God, my Doctor, our teacher , my savior, my good friend. Each theme has to link with a game and handcraft so they learn about how to do it in the first week. They learn to be a leader, to be a teacher for the Sunday school, some notion of communication and VIH AIDS. The second week, they divide the leader who follow the teaching in the first week in different group. They had practice with some Sunday school and they became a teacher so they taught the kids everything they learnt in the first week.

During the first week Glad and I had one and half hour for our Information work. They were from 17 years Old up so it fit for our project. It was 37 young Christian who attend the Bible Camps Days, I was very happy to see them. We talked about our stay in Norway, and its time for us to give them what we have learnt really far. We taught them how to start “CHRISC” and “NATT CAFFE”; they listened to our presentation and they asked us many question about CHRISC and NATT CAFFE because it possible as they said to do it in Manakara, We told them to start it and give us some report later. We made a book in Malagasy which is talking about how to start CHRISC and NATT CAFFE so they can read and follow the notion.

In the second week I took part as a teacher in Sunday school but our student was a bit old from 11years up so it was a big problem. I did teach about games and handcraft but I used the gift that God give to me. When I was in Norway or in Madagascar I really like to talk what written in the Bible, the mean of it. It was nice because the children listened to me and the ask me many question about Jesus, and her mother so sometime I was stuck because I didn’t go to theological school. When I was stuck I like to say “ask me later, I will look for it tonight and give you the answer tomorrow”.

I would like to stay in Manakara for while but I had to go back to Tananarivo to meet my Host family and my contact person in Norway. My contact person and her husband have lived in Madagascar for some years so it wasn’t their first time but for my host family it was their first time. We didn’t have much time to be with them, it was only for one day because the arrived in Madagascar during the time that I was in Manakara. I tried to speak Nowegian again and I supposed to say “I have been waiting you for one hour but I said I have been waiting for you for one year”, I said in Norwegian “ Jeg har varæt her for ett år”. They didn’t say I was wrong but I found out like 30mn later that I said the wrong sentes. We talked about being in how was to be in Madagascar again since I have lived in Norway for ten Months.

I stay in Tananarivo for three weeks because I have to meet Barson and say good bye for him and doing some school work. I lived with my cousin. During my stay in Tananarivo I get to use to be in Madagascar again so it was a big problem for me to communicate and running after the bus, everything was nice.

I went back to my home town after being away for while. I took the bus again from Tananarive to Fort-dauphin for two and half days. We didn’t have any radio in the car so we sung with the passanger in our way night and day because its realy boring just sit and sleep. I really like being in the Bus in Madagascar.

I arrived in Fort-dauphin 17th of august and they were a big festival there. Long time from home and I didn’t spent much time with friends so I was very happy to be back again. We had many party, camps and trip in Rain Forest. It was very nice to back again I said but I missed something, I wanna be in my home town with my friend from Norway, I wish they can be with me in Fortdauphin so it will be much better but they still in my mind and always next to me.

After two week I had to move out from my home town again because I still doing my Information work. I went in Mahatalaky, outside of Fort_dauphin, 32 km to the north east. I was there for one week. It was a Choir meeting but we profited the time that we can talk about our Stay in Norway and our Project again. We had a bite problem about Video projector but we found a solution at the end. Our presentation went well and people were happy to hear what we want to do and they said that they want to help us if we need it.

I can see that they really to do CHRISC and NATT CAFFE, because during that meeting they have something like KRIK in Norway did each year. I said that it’s possible to start CHRISC and NATT KAFFE. My only problem for CHRISC is the Material and someone who can support for now because the Group that I supposed to work with they are busy but soon you will heard what happen with our project CHRISC and NATT KAFFE. I am done talking about my stay in Norway but I am still working about how can I start CHRISC and find the place and some one who can support me. I am going back to school soon doing the same subject that I have done two years ago.

Back to Fort-Dauphin, Madagascar

2008-06-23T00:31:00.000-07:00

We took the Plan from Paris to Madagascar on Sunday 15 June 22, 2008. I couldn’t believe that I met the Hald student from Cameroun in Charles de Gaule airport; we are not supposed to meet there because they left one day before us from Norway. Since that time, I believe that its possible to see again our friends from Hald one day, we need to wait then it will show.
We arrived in Tananarive Sunday evening really late and dark, it was about 23h in evening but its already dark. I missed the light from the sun utill 23h or 24h in Norway. When I saw the darkness in Antananarivo in the first time we arrived in the airport then I felt that I am home again far from the light again. It not problem electricity but we don’t have sun until 23h if you see what I mean. It’s not like in Norway.
Pastor Barson and Gwladys’s Mother picked up us from the airport. My contact person and one driver drive me from the airport to my cousin house. When we arrived there, my cousin wasn’t there. I knocked in the wrong door so I have to say sorry to the neighbor but I didn’t say it in Malagasy , I didn’t realize that I am not in Norway anymore and people doesn’t speak English at all. Barson and the driver had to drive to Sabotsy Namehana because I didn’t know where to sleep and it really late in evening too so I don’t know where to go. I slept in Sabotsy Namehana .
On Monday Morning we had meeting with The FKTLM President, my contact person, our new contact person Helisoa and Doctor Daniel. It was a bite difficult for me to explain and find the word in Malagasy about everything that I have leant in Norway because I used to learn everything in English but it was ok after few hours. I didn’t know how to behave when I talk with the FKTLM President because I used to explain something with my hand but I look strange when I did that during the meeting. I looked many time on my watch when we still waiting someone. I didn’t know that time is running after you in Madagascar not you run after the time. I get angry when the meeting start late but my contact person said you are not in Norway anymore, relax and take your time. Everything went well during the meeting, we learnt a new thing again and I have to think that we are in Madagascar not in Norway anymore.
I arrived in the night in Tana and I stay in Sabotsy Namehana during the day so when I went back to my cousin’s place to stay there, I realize that I am not in Norway anymore because many people walk in the street, inside the bus there is no button that you can press when you want to stop, you have to say “Misy miala” it mean we stop here, they play a music really lowed inside the bus, drive really fast, you don’t have your space and its really noisy around you.
When I arrived in my cousin’s house people, I saw many people smile and give you singe that they are happy to see you again. I get tired to say “hi” to everyone I see because they have to stop and greet them, I was a bite late in my way from Sabotsy Namehana to Ankatso.
I took the Bus from Tananarive to Fort-dauphin on Tuesday afternoon. They ask me to come to the bus station at 12h am with my luggage and I was a bite late because I many traffic in the way from Ankatso to the Bus station so I called them that I will be there in one hours. I get angry when I was there at one o’clock and they didn’t start to fill the car yet. We have to wait until 17h so we stay in the bus station doing nothing and waiting for the Bus will leave, finaly we left Tana around 18h. it was really funny to see inside the bus if I compare the bus that I used to take in Norway. Many people and we sat in the sit supposed to for five people but we are six sit together and I care my hand luggage on my legs, no one listen IPod or read a book but they talk and talk. They have to drive for two days and they drive during the night too because they have two driver and they switch all the time. It was realy hard to sleep in the bus because they drive really fast and you don’t have enough space. There are many policemen in the way from Tana to Fort-dauphin so we have to stop many times. From Ihosy to Ambovombe (105 km before Fort-dauphin) the road was really bad so I become really red from the earth which can come inside the car when they drive really fast and someone open the door or the windows.
I arrived in Fort-Dauphin on Thursday afternoon around 16h; it will be nice to be home again but I really want to go back again to Norway to see friends. I didn’t felt that its really important to see my family and my old friends again.
I brought some gift from Norway to my family and some friends, they were happy to received the gift, they didn’t expect me to be a rich guy because I called my Mum when I was in Paris tell that I didn’t get any money. When they ask me about something, I just answer I have in my mind and I need you to work with me, they expect money or gift.
I was a bite shocked when I met many prostitute in the street and outside the bar or night club in the evening, most of them are teenager. I ask to my friends:” why does Fort-Dauphin has many prostitute, they said: “because of the mining project and the works from abroad like South Africa, Fillipine, and the rest of the world, they can pay much money so the parents send there daughter to find someone who has lot of money”. This is the problem in the poor country and the foreigner profited the situation. The parents need money so their young daughters have to work for the rest of the Family.
I could realize that ten months in Norway it really long and many things can changed during that time. Many family has cars 4x4, people has mobile, many new building, new road, the internet connection work really fast than I expected, new feelings, new song in my choir and on TV and new language.
It’s really nice to heard that most of people in Fort-dauphin speaks English, I can say Fort-dauphin is the first place in Madagascar who speaks English because of the foreigner for South Africa, Canada, Asia……..The national TV (TVM)has emission in English called “TEEN walk”. The English language can’t stop to grow in Madagascar right now, I really like it.
I went to Church on Sunday morning. The Service start at 9h and they start on time but we finished really late compare in Norway. We end at 12h because we had baptism and confirmation. It was realy nice to see many people in the church and different voice when the sing. Everything was in Malagasy so I didn’t need to translate for me like in Norway sometime.
At 19h in evening we had kind of welcome Service for us in my Church and we talk about our stay in Norway. I arrived there at 18h 45mn, I saw only three people in the Church and I ask if I came early or it supposed to be at 19h 30 but they said at 19h. People arrived around 19h 15mn and we start at 19h 30mn. The leader of the meeting arrived 30mn after we started. That was very exiting. Everything went well in Fort-Dauphin and in our Church, people nice to me and kind but I want to go back again in Norway. I hope that I can come back again one day.

That’s all of my life stories since I left Madagascar and back again after ten month.
Thank God, all of the Teacher from Hald , FKTLM, all of my friends from Hald and the rest ….Learn many thing in Norway I hope I can used here in Madagascar all of the good thing that we can use. Hope to see all of friends from Hald again one days.
Thank for all of you

See you next time
ROCK

LAST WEEK IN NORWAY

2008-06-10T15:14:00.000-07:00

Finaly I will go back to madagascar on Saturday 14th of June. I am looking forward to go home but I am gonna miss my friend from Hald and the people that I hanged out with in Norway. Nice people leave and nice people come, so it'll not a big problem to get a new friends again.
I have been in Norway for ten month now so I have learnt so far about my self and my future and also about the thing that I want to start in my home twon.
I going home on Saturday but I am not realy to be in my own culture again because I have been changed since my stay here in Norway.

On Thurstaday 12th of june after, the farwall party, the sad time start for everyone. Class is over and the stay in Norway is over for the international students. I though that it will be easy to leave friends from Hald so I try to be happy and not to think that I am going home. I looked arround and I saw the sadness on their face but I keep smily. On thursday too it was my first time to see peoeple handed out in the living Room and they didnt feel tired utill the first taxi came to pick up some student who will take the plan back home at 4h am.
I didnt cry when I saw my friends from east afrika and america latine leaving because I said I am a man but I was realy sad. the second taxi arrived at 8h am pick up the next stundent from cameroun, asia and serbia. I was realy realy tired but I have to say good bye, I couldnt manage to keep smily and laughing even I tried to that; I started to cry when I saw one of my friend from Cameroun take his taxi because, I reameber that its not possible to see himm again and we had agreat time and sharing a problem. I felt that I had brother when he was at hald because when I had problem, he always there to give me solution and I can tell him my problem......

I can say I was lucky because I have one extra day in Norway compare of the rest of the student because they left one day before me. I felt alone when all of the international student left even we still have student from Norway that I can talk with at Hald. but even thou I have good Norwegian friends from hald that I can talk and makes happy again.
Hard to leave Norway but I always think that everthing is possible with God.

I wish I can come back and see again all of friend in Norway as my frends from Thailand say come to visit us.
thats the end of my stay in Norway.
Now its time to be home again.

WEEK END IN STANVAGER

2008-05-26T06:54:00.000-07:00

I arrived in stanvager arround 23h on friday mai 23th 2008. Inki picked me up ( student from Hald and she has has been in Madagascar for six months and also she have lived there for long) from the aeroport "SOLO". We went directly to the church where some youth people had meeting and sociale thing. Two girl from Hald Helene and Elina was there to so it was very nice to see them after been alone with my host Father in Orkdal. We palyed foot ball in in artificiel grass with some teanegers and we went home arround 1 clock in the morning. I was very happy to be again inside Inki's house because I saw many things from Madagascar specialy in my room; i felt like I am in Madagascar. Her parents have been in Madagascar as Missonary long time ago and you can see when you visit their house that they have been in Madagascar.

The day after I talk malagasy with Inki's parents and they still understand what I said. I was very imprest they never forget to speak malagasy , speacialy Inki she can speak like a Malagasy girl. Anyway, Inki, Helene and Elina has proposed me to go to "Prikestolen"because its my birthday. We left home from 10h and we come back arround 18h in the same day.
Elina drived us from home to the Preikestolen parking, then we started to climb the rock "montagne" . It was very fun to meet many tourist in the way and in top of the " Montagne".

I dont know how to say because it was very nice to be there and realy fun. I just want to say thank for Inki, Eline adn Helena to bring me there because it was the best trip that I ever had in Norway.

In the night, Elena invite us to her house and we had some food there and I had my birthday cake to. It was funny the flag on my Cake made by Inki's Parents because its not Malagasy flag but Norwegian flag. I forget that I was in Norway and I have lived there almost ten months know because I was very happy and I felt like I had my birthday party at home. we stay there untill 1 clock in the morning and I can see that Inki was very tierd but she have to be there because it was my birthday ( I would like to say thank for her).

The sunday Morning we went to church and it was my first servise leading by ladie's prest and also she has been in Madagascar some weeks. I have been working with ladie's prest butI never be in her service on sunday.
In the same day we meet one of friends from Madagascar ( she is Malagasy girl) and we had a great time together.
I would like to stay in stanvager for long but I have to take the bus to mandal so I left Stanvager arround 16h 30. I took the same bus with Sammy, Edson, Cirne, Cissil, Sølvar, Oda and one more studend from Hald so I wasnt alone in the Bus because it was many student from hald.

Everythink was very nice but the time was realy short

17th Mai and 7 Days in Orkdal

2008-05-22T13:31:00.000-07:00

16th of Mai, time to go back again in Orkdal. we took the Bus from Mandal to Kristiansand and Bus again from Kristiansand to Oslo. From Oslo to tronhaim we took plan and my contact person pick up us from the aeroport. We arrived late in the evening so I went to bed after the long trip.

I have been in Mandal for long and I it was a bite warm but when I arrived in Orkdal again it still cold. you can see that I was brown in Mandal but now I became a bite with again. I have been wearing only T-shirt in Mandal but here I have to wear jacket every time I go out .

The day after it 17th of Mai, its the Norwegain independance day. First we had service in the church and after that we went out in the street to see the carnavale. It was my first time to see many people out in Fanrem ( Place where I live in Orkdal ). They dressing up and wearing nice cloths, even the farmer they didnt wear dirty cloth as everyday at work but they wear realy nice cloths like suit. I realy like to see the women wearing the national coustume and the man olso. you can see that each tribe had their own coustume and different color. I can say that most of the norwagian kids can play instrument because in 17th mai the play music and its realy nice o heard and to see them.

After the carnaval we went to the school next to my house and we had some cake and Ice cream.

Its realy different about how they celebrete their Natonal day compere of mine. we have carnavale and the soldier participate in the carnaval too. and different speach before the carnavale made by the primary school, kinder, high school and the millitary.

I have to stay in Fanrem for 7 days before I go to stanvager. During that 7 days I didnt know what to do and where to go. The only thing that I can do was watching movie and read a book.

One sunday we had trip to Hitra that was very nice because I never been insinde tunel under the sea so it was a good experiance and the landscap was very nice, I could say how lucky are thenorwegian people live in this country.

the rest of my stay as I said before nothing to do so I weak at 11 in the morning and have breack fast, I didnt know if its break fast or lunch but I need to eat something becasue I am hungry then check e mail and starting to watch movie or read a Book. I have seen 37 movie in 7 days : American pei 1,2,3,4 and 5, saving private ryan , Forest Gump, you have got email, terminal, briget jones, big cheap spy........many. But on wensday night some friends from volley ball team pick me up to play beach volley ball in Hoston, finaly I had something to do but it was only for 2 hours.

The seven day that I stay in Fanrem I have been inside of my house 22 hours a day inside the house exept the 17th and 18th of mai but the rest I ahve been inside the house, that was realy fun and I can see that I became a bite with.

THE HOUSE WHERE I LIVE IN FANREM

Its time to say good to Orkdal and I hope I can come back again to see my hostfamily and the rest ofmy friend there.

The last tree month in Orkdal and the funny things was happen in my life

2008-03-26T14:34:00.000-07:00

MY HOST FAMILY

Since I have lived in Norway I become blond Girl, my color changed a little bit so I got more light color. I look great with the blond hear

FJELLMAN VOLLEY BALL TEAM

I have leaved in Norway for seven month now ( from August till march) but I have tree month left before I go back home to Madagascar and I have been traveling arround of Norway, in the north, east and in the south . I travel a lot because I have to attend different camp and meeting.
The last tree month from january till March in my practice place, I have many good and bad experience for being in Norway.
Since January I got to know more people arround the orkdal, I mean the people same Age as me but its to late because I have to go back to Mandal and going back to madagascar in June.
I realy like to hang out with poeple and talk. I learn that most of the Norwegian people are not shy when they are drunk and they like to talk about their faith .
I like volley ball game and I had play with fjellman team in since october untill now. we had many macth in the second division, I had fun game with my team and its great and new experience for to play if the norwegian team. I am here in Orkdal to do my work about mission so I invite my friend from the volley ball to attend some service and be in the Natt kaffe, some of then were there. I was very happy to see them and I hope they will come every time.
Soon i going to have my holliday and I going to Oslo so and the season of the volley ball it over so its realy sad that I am going to leave this place and leave the team. we had good bye party and we went in the Bowling place to play and hang out together. I wasnt so good and I wasnt the best but I realy like to part in the sociale staff with the team before I leave. I realy miss them but thats life.

I was in camp in mesnali from 19th of april till 24th, I had infection on my left arm so I couldnt go ski for the rest of the week. they send me to the doctor late in the even so I had a small operation to get out the infection. It realy sad because when they go in montain then I stay at home, sleep or read book or wacthed movie. if you look at this picture my hand was realy big and it was funny to see the that I have something realy big in the top but the hole is not realy big its just small hole but we are in Norway, even we have small problem they will take care much and realy worry even you feel this is not big problem. Now I have to take medcine for ten day and tree time a day, I dontlike much medecine but I hav eto eat it because I am in Norway now not in Madagascar. When I went to the docotor late in the night all of boys group pray for me and they want to come back in one piece so they wrote something on the back board. when I come back in the morning they were happy to me alive again.

The first night in the camp we get to know each other and we sing many different song. I played Djambe and Tor hookon played Giutar so we were like an choir group.

The first day skiing, it wasnt realy cold (4 below zero) but strong wind, we went for cross country. we stop for a break then we eat matt pack , I have some chocolate in my finger then I put my finger in my month to clean the rest of the chocolate but when I took it out i cold feel my finger anymore, it was realy realy realy hurt, I almost cry and I was afraid that the circulation of my blood will stoped then one old man come to me he hit my back realy hard to makes me warm. I look like someone who had punitionment. 20mn after I feel back again my finger.

Now I learn something new in the winter time, dont make wait your finger when its windy and realy cold out side, keep it dry.

In easter day we had service in the montain early in morning like five o clock and we weak up at four because they want to see the sun raise and enjoy the sun . It was realy cold in that time (24 below zero), I wear two heavy jacket and two pants. we have to go cross country ski like 20mn so I cold feel my face and everything wait in my body became with, I could breath to much and I felt that I have some thing in my noise. Thats was Crazy but I still alive now. its funny to heard what Charles ( Hald student from Cameroun)said. When Charles see the water become Ice in the boutle then he said that its possible to eat water in Norway not only drink. We left the boutle in the car like 1h then it beame ice in it.

We went cross country in the way back home to mesnali and we ahd some small hill, most of the Norwegian people were felt down in that hill so Charles said its not a big problem even we felt down olso because even the norwegian who was born in their feet on ski felt down olso.

Running after the sun. In orkdal when its sunshine many people go out side have some walk and some have some sun bath. the sun for them its realy expessif thing.

Since January I sing with the mans choir in Orkdal and I am the yougest, most of them are between 30 to 80 years old. it realy fun, I like tosing withthem beccause they are the best than the young choir here in Orkdal. I sung solo last easter that was a good experience been sinning with the mans choire here in Orkdal. They made a comment in internet about our song becasue I sung two verse "kjaerlighet fra Gud" in Malagasy languge and the choire sing in Norwegian, look at this website about what they said ( its in Norwegian ): http://www.trollheimsporten.no/Default.asp?WCI=ViewNews&WCE=36491&DGI=16

I want to stay with them but I have to go back to school and prepare to be home again.
I miss a lot my practise place but thats life.

Impuls 08 in Trondhaim

2008-01-28T11:06:00.000-08:00

The Friday 25th of january untill sunday 27th of january, I attend the IMPLUS 2008 in KVT tronhaim. its was very interestig meeting. I met most of the poeple that I knew form Krik. we slept at the school in the nigth and it was very fun to see people sleeping in the floor with there sleeping bad it makes me remeber when we are in the camp in madagascar. I shared my room with teh student form folk high school and some people form different part of norway. I get to ow people and that was very fun when we start to talk about my country and faith. There is group from England who attend the meeting to so it was good to be with them because they had a traslator so I stay with them and we become a good friends.

I enjoy the meeting and I was very imprest about the way like how the preach the gospel to the norwegian youth. they did it in different way.

To be in that meeting is one of the opportuinity that we can talk about our school here in Norway, our faith and our country. we sing one song from Madagascar in the open stage and that one of the opportiuity to show our country (Madagascar)and the school where we study here in Norway (Hald International center).

If you want to read and look for the thing was happen during the meet please look at this web site http://www.smootown.no/

Infield cours at hald

2008-01-14T23:48:00.000-08:00

The 1st of january 2008 I went back to Mandal to have infield course. It was very nice to see again all of the Internatinal student. The second of january all of the intrenatinal arrived at school then we start to have dunner, weclome party.

It was much snow during our infield course in Mandal. Before I left my practise place I said " Im going to Mandal to be inthe warmest palce in Norway" but The snow still following me. I have been living in the north of norway so it was ok for me to be with the snow.
I had much fun in Mandal, I met many people during the infield course.
The last nigth it was very hard for me to leave but I want to be with my team in Orkdal.

When I was in Taxi, to go back to my practice place, I say "I had fun in Mandal, and I dont want to go back to my practice place".

Now the infield course is over so time to work and learning new things for my country in Orkdal.

I know if I will stay in Orkdal I will get the some fun that I had in Mandal. The point that I am here, its not to find something for fun but something will be good fore my country and the people who live there.

At the end I would like to say nice to be with all of the student and I got new knowledge from the infield course to improve my information work.

I missed them so much but THATS LIFE.

My life in Norway

2007-09-04T06:18:00.000-07:00

The Prostant church in Madagascar send a christians youth from FLM ( Fiagonana Loterana Malagasy "Malagasy lutteran Church" )to attend the exchange program at Hald Internatinal Center in Mandal, Norway (http://www.hald.no/). Many student from different contry come to Norway to attend this exchage program every year, so this 4 from Brasil, 2 from thailand, 2 from laos, 2 from Peru, 2 from seribia, 4 from Uganda, 2from kenya, 2 from camerun, 1 from Tanzania, 1 from Bolivia, 2 from Madagascar and the rest from Different part of Norway so we are about 67 students attend this program in 2007 -2008. How did I know this Program?

I am choire member in my church in Fort-dauphin, Madagascar,the name of that choire is " Ankon'ny lanitra", it means " echoes of heaven" My place in that choire is tenor. every four year the group choir has a big meeting on one place in Madagascar, some youth from different country come to attend that meeting to . the last meeting that I attended in jolay 2006 it was in Tananarivo, they introduce us the student who will go to Norway. The preident of SPFa told me that next year the FLM send a student from my city Fort-dauphin but you should have a english test before you go. I didnt care that because I alway thing about my study in Fort_dauphin, I have work to do for the last year at my University Libanona Ecology Center http://www.libanona.com/).

When I went back home, the church have an anoncement to the youth more less than 25 years old to do the english test if they interest to go to Norway to attend the Exchange program for ten months. My director at the choire ask me if I intersted on that. I did not give her my answer at the first time because I need to my friend ( the five Guy: Lalaina, Tantely, Stella, Alfa they are my best friend in Fort-dauphin) and my Mom.

Next time I told the director that Im going to do it. The first test it was in Fort-Duphin , it was a writing test. we were 7 people did the test at the some place but one gril she study in Tananarivo but she comes from Fort-dauphin, she did her test in Tananarivo and send the copy to Fort-Dauphin. The FKTLM ( Fikabanin'ny Kristiana Tanora Loterana Malagasy " Group of the youth christian from lutteran chuch malagasy") need two from my city and two from the region Alaotra to have the last test in Tananarivo.
I was the tierd so I can go for the next test, I mean I miss the the first test. it suposed the girl who study in Tananarivo but she lives in city She's name is Gwladys and one of my classmate she's name is Onja ANNAEL.
God want me to go and want me to do the last test even I missed the first test. Onja had a probelm with her father, her dont want her do go far from him, (Iwould like to say be hard on your children, give them achance sometimes) she realy want to go for the last test in Tana but her father was the problem, she was very sad. I didnt think that I can have the second chance to go for test, but seven days before the last test in Capital of Madagasacar, she texted me and told me like she cant go she need me to remplace her. I was happy but I was very sad for her.

I didnt have much time to prepere my travel to Tananarivo, I didnt save money for that. The only bus that I should take will leave on two days, I asked by my self where can I find a money to go there. God help me, My Mom give somemoney and my friends help me a little bit. The trip will be tree days normaly nonstop, but the road was very bad because it was the rain saison. I left Fort-dauphin saturday morning as we did every time with friends we dont sleep the nigth before we leave your city, so I was very tired on bus and we left early in the morning at 6h 00 mn am. Its was rain seson so the road was very bad, I stop two times for one day without food because we could pass the bridge, the water was over the bridge. I was very squered to be late for the test. I just prayed all the nigth, soudenly in morning we saved from the problem. I arrived saved in Tana on tuesday morning.

The first nigth in Sabotsy Namehana I meet two student from the program Hald and they showed me the pucture from Norway and the life at Hald. I found it very interesting but I always think about the test the next day. I was little bit squered because it was only one girl from Alaotra and we are two from Fort-dauphin, so I thougth that I could succed the last test. On wensday mornig we left the house to attend the test it was a women from Hald and Pastora Barson who did the interview. We had writing test again before the interview. Glad had the interview first and I was the last, I was little bit afraid. We will know the result after few month. I went back home on tuesday and back at the bad road again. To go back was fine.

It was fun to see friends and the family in Fort-dauphin but I always think about the result from Pastor Barson.

In christmas eve I got a call from barson that I am on the list who will go to Norway and stay there for ten month. I was very happy and I the party start it was a big party with my friend, I was like a crazy man, smiling alone and sream like " I am going to norway". All of my friend were very happy. To go to norway it was gift from Gud because he help me and I got the result on christmas eve.
I went back to Tana on March to prepere my passport and all the paper work.
The school in Norway needs my CV and my Back round so I just sent to them.
The twelveth of august 2007 at 00h 45mn we left Madagascar to go norway, we took Air France from Ivato to Paris; We arrived in Paris arroud 10h 00 pm. at 15h we took anouther plane from Paris to amsterdam and from Amsterdam to kristiansand ( Norway).

In Amsterdam, we saw the sun still up at 20h 00 so I said: " ok, I am not in Madagascar, I am so far way". It was very nice to meet the student from Kenya, Peru, Brasil, Bolivia an Unganda at the airport in Amsterdam, they will go to Norway to attend the Exchange progam. They are like a people that we have met before, we talked during the flyght.

We arrived In christiansand arround 22h but we still see the sun, that was new for me. One of the leaders from Hald pick up us from the airport and he sent us by a big taxi from christiansand to Mandal where is the school. We had pizza the first nigth and went to sleep because we were very tired.
the first day we went to the down town the explore the twon. On the street I saw only white people, I said in my mind that I am not in Madagascar. The town was very clean, road are very nice, bike and the people have their won way and the car respect when the people across the road on the white line. most of the house are white and made by wood.

Our food its always bread in the morning and the night but for lunch we have different meals. I miss the food from Mada. here in Norway you eat manytimes and you drink much milk. I had a big problem the first mouth, I went to the toilet manytimes a day.

The norwegian students arrived on wensday and we had sociale nigth. We showed to day a capoera dance, I didnt practice that dance before but one girl from Peru taugh me 7 hours before the show. it was easy for me because it seems like something that I have learnt at the Kung fu Club in Madagascar. I meet tow norwegian who have been in Madagascar, their family worked there as a missionar. Some of the norwegian student are shy. They looked shy because they dont want to talk to the people they never met before, when you start to talk to them they are open and good friends, I mean tehy never start to talk to you. I had one friend from Peru, he behave like my friends in Madagascar, his name is Nagib. We like to stay outside and talked, sometimes we sleep outside because we want to see the sunrise and we realy want to know what is the time for the sunrise.

I missed alittle bit my volleyball team in Madagascar but at Hald you have everything you want so we played a beach volley. the norwegian like to play Soccer. I was very surprised to see the norwegian Girl play like a boy. I realy like sport so I'm like crazy man who play basket ball alone outside. we have some Tai boxing teaching by one man from Tailand, He ask me to help him because many student want to learn that. I help him sometimes.

The first sunday we went to church, its a lutteran church in Mandal. it was very fun because I didnt undersadnt any thing beacuse the worship was in Norwegian. I was lucky because one nice Norwegian student translate some of it. the worship was little bit from Madagascar, its shourt, you can clap and the Babtism before the preaching. You can wear any cloths you want and any hair style you want even you are christian, thats norwegian church. I was very suprise to see my leader wear simple cloths to go to church. but they told me that on chrismas eve its a big day for them.

they norwegian student like to go to bad very late arround 00h am, they just talk or play games but they speak norwegian when they are more than two so its difficult for me to be with them even I want to play or talk with them. thats mean I should learn Norwegian languge. we have norwegian class two times a week, I realy like our teacher, she is nice and we always got a gift from her sometimes. To learn norwegian for me its not very difficult more than french.

I realy like singing and be with the choir. we have choir at school and I took part of it. Agi ask me if I can lead the choir and to be the director, it was very difficult for me but I said yes. I taugh them a malagasy song that I realy like, I was very imprest to heard them singnig like a malagasy choir. We sing at school and at church.

Norway its a cold country as the people say. we leave near the beach in Mandal, I realy like to swim, in Madagascar I swim every week because its very hot and my shool is near they beach but here in Norway the sea was very cold, I went t o the beach tree time and the last time it was very cold but me and Nagib want to try, that was realy realy cold, you cant be longer in the water, twenty second max.

We have six week at hald before we go to our practice place. Me and Glad we will be in Orkdal Commun for six month. we going to work with the christian youth, the kinder garden and some work in church. we went to visit the place for four days. it was very cold there six degre in the morning, we went to the montain to visit my contact person's house (she have been in Madagascar as a missonar), it was realy cold and we met some thing betwen snow and rain. Glad was very happy to see it, I was unhappy, I said I want to go back to Mandal because its more warm there. The norwegian people always said "there is not Bad wetheir but there is Bad cloths" its mean if you have cloths for rain or for the winter you can be outside. I dont like much to wear much cloths but now I havent no choice and then I choose norway.
after the visting my host family and the place that I am going to stay for six months, we took the flyght from Tronhaim to Stanvager. In stanvager I met many family who have been in Madagascar, and they spook malagasy. its so funny to here them speak the official languge.

We just stay there for one day then back in Mandal again.

Back to school it was more fun to meet the students, before we visit our practice place we had a norwegian night. it was very fun and I missed home at that time. I was like a crazy because that was the time that I can dance and make somethingfor fun, I like dancing and have a party with friends. We had the second party, before we left Hald and that was fun to see your the teacher sing and dance hiphop. it was hard to leave the friend but I told to one girl like the six month it will e like six day so we will meet again on weekend. I was very sad to leave them but thats life.

In 28 of september, We took the Bus from Mandal very early at 7h 30 to kristiansand them kristiansand to Oslo and we took a train from Oslo to tronhaim then my hostfamily pick up us on trian station arround 21h 30. Back again at the place realy cold in Norway.

Orkdal is a commune but I live in fanneram near the farm with the ministry in Orkdal church; I realy like my host family and the father at home he make us laugh. they have four children but they live in Oslo. we live in big white house, its realy old house (150 years old).

I realy like to help the father so we repere the car together and do some work together at home. My Mother here in Norway she want me to fixe her table. it very difficult to do it but I made it. I put smo gospel music in her phone and she was very happy.
Compare to Madagscar and Mandal, Orkdal is very cold, the first week we have like 2 or 3 degree in the day but in the nigth we have 1 or 0 degree. In november I dont think that I can survive to live on under zero degree but Im still alive untill now he had -9 degree. they told me wait, soon we will be -20 or -30 degree. I am not afraid on that because if you have warm cloths its fine, you just learn how to wear cloths.

they waiting the time that Im going to practicee skiing. skiing is a popular sport here in orkdal, they have ski jump. I want to try to do that soon.

They first week I felt realy bored because I have nothing to do on weekend and I didnt have friend. I talked to Guri ree Bjorkås, (she is my contact person she have been in Madagascar as a missionary) my problem. We found a solution that I can go to tronhaim to enjoye Krik once a week. I was very happy to enjoy krik in tronhaim every tuesday evening, I met many young people same age than me and they are christian. we have volley ball, basket ball, soccer and dancing sometimes. after the training we have some gadering, prayer, sharing the gospel and play some card game. I met one guy from Fanneram so we went together to tronhaim to enjoy krik. Sometime his family drive us, sometimes my host family sometimes we took a bus, its not very far from where I live, 45 mn by bus. As you know I like to have a relationship so on the bus I met one man from Africa ( Sommalia), I was very happy to met him and we take the some bus every tuesday. we just talk about life in africa and we compare africa and Noraway. I often take care the kichen in Madagscar but here my hostfamily ask me to cook a malagasy food or International food so every tuesday I have to do that. We have dinner with Guri every wensday so somtimes she wanted me to cook a malgasy food to and I did it.
The Norwegian like bread and milk. I dont like much the food but I live here and I have to used it because its part of the learning the culture. We had breakfast bread with something, "matpack" for lunch, at four o clock dinner, thats the real meal. The norwegian like to eat just little bread for the lunch and different kind of food in Dinner. I used to eat three times a day in Madagascar and we have rice so I missed that. my hostfamily try to make me happy so they baugth rice for me and meat. The things that I realy like in norway are the Ice cream, Cake, and milk they are rich on that. Every meeting that I attend we always have Cake and coffee but I dont drink coffee so I just took the Cake. Me and Birger went to Melhus to attend a meeting so we ate much Cake. anywhere I go in Norway I found the cake and Coffee.

I work with the church, kinder garden, barn gospel, Baby massage, choire " join Us" and I take part of the comfirmant leaders.

In the kinder, they kids dont speak english so I tried to used body languge. I am learning Norwegian form the kids. The first word that I get from them is like "Hallo på do" it means like hallo toilet. they like me verymuch and I realy like to work with them every thursday even its realy hard. one girl in kinder she like me and I awlays get a gift from her. The name of that kinder is "Liavoll".

We had malagsy exhebition in orkdal menighthus for four day, It was succesful and I missed my home when I saw everything form Madagascar. In orkdal we have many people who ahve been in Madagascar so they brougth many things from Madagascar.

The exhebition visited by the student and the people who live in Orkdal. we show them too one dance from Madagascar " Mamgaliba", we danced five times a day during the exhebition, it was very hard but It nice to show the norwegian about madagascar about the life there even they think that Madagascar are one of the poor country.
I didnt like much when somepeople think that if you are blck means you are poor, I can say even we are poor we are happy and have fun everyday. if you have a money you have a problem. every thing here in Norway you should pay. Its diffucult to meet poeple in day here in Orkdal because they are so busy at work, they never walk to the office always by car so its funny when my teacher in Norwegian class told me that she lives near Atla in top of the hill but she never meet him because He always took a car and stay at home.I missed my coutry and my twon, because its a small city and you know each other.
I have attend two times a confirmat camp in "Søvassili",I took part as a leader. its realy hard to be with them because they are teeneger but I try to make something for fun with them then they like it. I played basketball, and some games with them. i profite to share the gospel with them because someof them are not realy christian. In norway its like culture to be a confirmant and they pay for get that. We sing in Malagasy gospel and explain to them whats the meaning. I realy like the things they do during the camp. they have climbing staff and some prayer inthe night. I realy like to see the confirmant work on team. we had a games "Cauching flag".

I found a volley ball team near where I live, I take part on that team so we had training every wensday nigth and sunday nigth. it fun to be with them. I had my first match with them in Inderøy in 17 november 2007 but we lost the game, it was my first macth with them and my first macth in Norway. I hope next time we will win.

On thuesday evening we had some foot ball game and honkey in door with out ice. its my first time to play that game it was very fun but know I going to learn more about that game.

The first of november untill fourth of november, I went to lillehamar to attend a big meeting for NMS U, It was very interesting even it was in Norwegian, Monica our contact person at Hald translate for us. I realy happy to meet again the team nettverk student there, we are like a family.

I take part in the worshiop group there, I played a Jambe and lead the choir from hald. Me and Glad sung one malagasy song and malagsy dance.

As I told you that I work with NMS U so the 8th of november I went to Mjuklia for a camp, it was a camp for 10 years old. It was snowing there so we went out to play outside withthe snow and they like to through the snow to me so I get little bit sick in the nigth. the last nigth all of the leaders want to stay up untill in the morning so we didnt sleep untill 5h in morning, we wacth movie and somthing for you tube. it was very fun.

The krik (http://www.krik.no/) in tronhaim had a christmas party on 23th friday november nigth, I was there to explore what they do. first all the boys pick one girl's name to be their date during the party. Mine doesnt show up so I didnt have one. They walk arround the house with their date before to get their place. after that we eat many different kinds of food. during that they have some show and talk about joke, it was in norwegian but I understand some of it. after that they go arround the christmas tree; singing and dancing. I never see that before we dont have kind of thing like that in Madagascar. I saw all of the norwegian who were there was very happy to sing and dance arround the christmas tree. I took part of the clean up and arrange the table because after that singing and dancing, we have swing dance. We danced swing utill 2h 30pm in morning. at the end it was very fun.

CHRISTMAS in Norway

Its my first time to have christmas way from my country and in the white crhistmas. We start to celebrete christmas in the fisrt of becember, in orkdal. You don't belive that I become josef here in Orkdal. We take part of the christmas time with the student in 4 primary school so I was the josef. it was very fun. Glad was the Marie.

I was very suprised to see people are very busy to go shopping for.

In christmas eve I was in Orkadal church , singing one malagasy song and talking about christmas day. after the service we went back home to eat food, typical food in Ckristams " lutefish". we spend four hour just eating dufferent food. after the food its time to get you gift. we was eigth people in the house but we spent tree hours to share the gift, I get a many thing.

its time to dance arround the christmas tree after the sharing the gift. We looks like crazy people.

since christmas eve untill 27, we just eat and eat, anywhere we go its alway food.

in 27 of december we went to the bowling place just play because I get bored when we just eat and eat.

I miss little home for the praty not only eating but dancing with the family.

In 25 of december its not many poeple went to church but its like a tradition to be in the church on crhistams eve; so the church are full of people on christmas eve.

My challenge in winter time in Orkdal
I come from in warm country, I never touch snow before. When I was in Mandal in August I was squared to live with the Snow. At that time, the Snow for me was an Ice and you can’t do anything outside. I really like to spend time out side and play outside. In Madagascar I never play Foot ball indoor, so I thought that I can’t do that during the winter. I met my first Snow in Orkdal and I see they play soccer outdoor.
Be with the snow is really fun from me and I really like it. We spend two hours outside in Mjuklia with the snow and we play with the snow like make snow ball, snowman, and go down from on top of the hill. It was fun to play but they through too much snow to my face so I get little bit sick in the night. I went in Mesenaly ( Lillehamar) in November and I met the team netteverk student (International student from warm country). We had Snow there and it was their first time to see Snow and was very happy. I looked like a person who has been long time in Norway because I have met Snow before them.
All of my friend in Orkdal invite me to enjoy them skiing. I have tried Surfing in Madagascar and they said I can do ski too but I was a little bit squared. The first of December my host family ask me to enjoy them skiing but they said we start to learn outside the house before we go to the public. It was my first time to hold and use ski. It was fun but I heart myself to fell down many times. We start in flat then my host family saw me how to do it in the small hill near where we live. My only problem is I could have the control on the ski. Next time we will try to be in Public ski field.
I really like winter sport in TV, I spent time on that, learn how they manage the ski and how they do.
I never lived under zero before I came in Orkdal; here in Orkdal I met many time under zero and sunshine outside. When I was inside the house I thought that it wasn’t cold much because I see the sun looked like strong so I wear one tee-shirt and one light jacket, outside was very cold , I went back home to get more cloths.
To be outside you should wear many cloths and heavy jacket too. I stay two hours outside with the kinder every Thursdays so sometimes I couldn’t feel m fingers because it was really cold.
When I was in Madagascar, my colour was little bit brown but know my colour has changed, it become light brown. My skin becomes soft. I can feel that I have change in my physical life.
In Madagascar I used to weak up at 6h pm. Here in Orkdal it was hard for me to weak up at the sometime because it still dark. I become lazy so I weak up at 10 or 11h pm if I don’t have work to do in day.
It was fun to see me wear shocks and two shocks sometimes in my host family’s house. I used to have indoor shoes at home during the winter, I never do that in my country but I should wear it here in Orkdal.
It was really difficult for me to walk on the Ice so I felt down once since I came here in Orkdal; the way so slippery.
You can not kiss the window because you got a big problem if you do that; your tang will fix on the window if you want to try.
I used to wear just tee- shirt inside the house in Orkdal but my host family was very surprised because if you are foreign people or people from warm country you are not used the cold.
I don’t feel comfortable when I wear many cloths and heavy cloth but you should wear that

LOOK AT THE MALAGASY BOY ON HIS FIRST TIME SKIING IN NORWAY.