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2.10.2013

Shout Out to my English (and Swedish) Homies

My new English friends requested a shout-out on my blog. We met during the fun-week orientation with Work and Travel Company. They were going to spend a few days in Bondi before heading to Melbourne, which was where I was headed. I saw most of what I wanted to see in Sydney, and the rest I can see when I get back at the end of the year.

I had been pretty quiet and awkward for the first week, as I am when I meet new people, and was kind of just tagging along with them, but I soon made myself integral to the group via “that’s what she said” and other innuendos.

A few of them now relish speaking in an American accent (that sounds nothing like anywhere in America). “Mwaniker” is my new name, but they also call me by singing my full name. It cracks my shit up. When they request my English accent, they call me out for speaking “posh.”

They call me their mum because I’m prepared for all situations. All I do is have the map memorized, have everything in its place (OCD), carry a Swiss army knife, and have safety pins to be considered “so efficient it makes me sick.” I’ve also been nicknamed a walking encyclopedia since I share random facts. 

So here's a "hey, hey" to Binx, Scott, Adele, Luke, Jess, and Richard.