Loving Reeds

Since I have been here, I've noticed how important sport is at Reeds. Normally you would think that sport was more about being actif and having fun, well here it is more about the results than the sport itself really. During their weekly assembly on monday, a representative of the girls and boys in the 6th form give you a detailed report on how Reeds had scored in sport games last week. They're not shy with giving out quotes such as 'man of the match', or calling out names either. So that also means that if you made a complete fool of youself by missing an open goal with hockey, now thanks to these 'exciting' reports the entire 6th form will get to know it, don't worry. Well this will not be the case this monday, since Reeds has just won 5-0, including me scoring and setting up the other goals. The only thing I don't understand, but I don't mind it either, is how they interpretate their 'Match Tea'. In Holland you get watery lemonade and if you're lucky you might get a little biscuit. No, here at Reeds, the girls seem to have no problem with it that when they just burned all those calories, to eat them all again with their 'little' Match Tea: a whole buffet full of cake, pie and sandwiches, not forgetting the tea of course. No wonder they're saying England is getting more and more obese...

My hostfamily is so nice as well. Their little son, Jamie, is really funny and reminds me of my own brother. They really have a lot in common. Only I think my brother would think Jamie is a real hero when he hears that Jamie locked the door of his sister with a piece of rope only. (Yes luca, you still have a lot to learn ;-) )
And Annabel, what can I say? Everybode loves her, even though I've never met somebody with such bad Dutch pronounciation. (I seriously think a video of her saying a simple "Hoe gaat het?" would be a real hit on youtube. Trust me.)

I'm also really excited about the fact that my parents are visiting me this weekend in London! However, this also means that half of the exchange is already over, and that thought is everything but pleasant. I really love Reeds, and I think that all the extra work when I come back is definately worth it!