I'm home now, after 11 months abroad, I'm back home. How weird. Yes, definitely a lot of culture shock, but it was okay and im slowly getting back into the swing of things, like how at 10pm on a sunday, you can still go to the store to get a candy bar. haha. yes its true. those things are so different.
i miss belgium already, but i know that ill go back to visit time and time again, so its okay. i miss the french, and being with my belgians. they were wonderful. je vous aime, mes belges !
all in all, it was the greatest experience of my life. any other experience is going to have a tough time beating this one. sure there were many difficult times i encountered, but the good times, far outweighed the bad, and i would do it all again in a heartbeat. i feel like i live two lives. or like i lived two lives. haha. my belgian one, and my american one. i hope i keep some things from my belgian life, and incorporate them into my american life, because i love them both. i want to keep them both a part of me. i miss belgium but i love america and im so glad to be home!
<3 this is it!
Laura
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Friday, May 21, 2010
"Geek" Day
My school organises random theme days for the seniors and I just happened to not know about this one, so it was quite a shock when I got to school.
It was a Thursday, so I started my morning at my other french school like always. After enjoying lunch and sitting by the fountain in the most perfect weather, we went back to class to discover geek day. When I arrived at school I saw my mexican and he was all dressed geek-like, so of course I asked him why he didn't tell me. He told me he didn't know, and I was like, oh really? haha. Cause it sure looked like he knew. Then he's like yelling, and I'm like shh... and we accuse him of being drunk, which I later found out was true. lol. My spanish-speakers, I love you. You can be crazy sometimes, but I love you. :)
Then! , I went to math class where of course the teacher accuses everyone of being late, like normal, and so we go sit down, like normal, and things go on. About a minute later, one of my belgians, walks in all dressed in geek, complete with tape recorder and toy microphone from toy story. My teacher decides this in unacceptable, and yells at him about something I don't remember. The teacher puts the toy outside the door, then decides this is not good enough, so he then throws it in the trash can. Then he sees the window, and figures this is a great idea. So, he threw the toy microphone out the second-story window, and then proceeded to kick my belgian out of class, at which time another belgian was walking up to enter class, and he told her not to in a very angry voice. So she ran away and down the stairs with the first belgian. My belgians, I love you. Math teachers can be crazy sometimes, but I love you. :)
That is the story of geek day. I want to know when the next theme day is, and someone better tell me about it so I can dress up too!
It was a Thursday, so I started my morning at my other french school like always. After enjoying lunch and sitting by the fountain in the most perfect weather, we went back to class to discover geek day. When I arrived at school I saw my mexican and he was all dressed geek-like, so of course I asked him why he didn't tell me. He told me he didn't know, and I was like, oh really? haha. Cause it sure looked like he knew. Then he's like yelling, and I'm like shh... and we accuse him of being drunk, which I later found out was true. lol. My spanish-speakers, I love you. You can be crazy sometimes, but I love you. :)
Then! , I went to math class where of course the teacher accuses everyone of being late, like normal, and so we go sit down, like normal, and things go on. About a minute later, one of my belgians, walks in all dressed in geek, complete with tape recorder and toy microphone from toy story. My teacher decides this in unacceptable, and yells at him about something I don't remember. The teacher puts the toy outside the door, then decides this is not good enough, so he then throws it in the trash can. Then he sees the window, and figures this is a great idea. So, he threw the toy microphone out the second-story window, and then proceeded to kick my belgian out of class, at which time another belgian was walking up to enter class, and he told her not to in a very angry voice. So she ran away and down the stairs with the first belgian. My belgians, I love you. Math teachers can be crazy sometimes, but I love you. :)
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
The Great European Chocolate Exchange
So, there is in fact a great european chocolate exchange and if you did not know about it, then well... it's time to know!
My friend Andrea and I both decided that since we live in the chocolate capitals of europe, we should have a chocolate exchange, or battle rather. This battle began not too long ago in a simple facebook chat conversation. We discovered that we both have chocolate factories in our towns, which not only makes us feel like we live in "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory", but also keeps us in constant supply of pure deliciousness. We decided that we should both send specimens of this world famous chocolate to each other via mail, teleportation won't be invented until 2047, and this shall decide the winner of this chocolate battle.
I first received a package from Miss Andrea in Switzerland a couple weeks ago containing the finest chocolate of switzerland. I must admit, upon tasting this chocolaty delight, I discovered it was most satisfactory. I was quite pleased to discover the subtle, but definable taste of caramel deliciousness, overlaid with a smooth coco-y flavouring. Dare I say it, it was just as palatable as belgian chocolate. While belgium might be the better country, the chocolate is a draw. This battle is one for the ages. It may be a stalemate for years and years to come, but one day a winner will be declared, and I will be there, chocolate in hand.
In retaliation to the swiss chocolate invasion, I sent Andrea a package, which you can see on her blog.
My friend Andrea and I both decided that since we live in the chocolate capitals of europe, we should have a chocolate exchange, or battle rather. This battle began not too long ago in a simple facebook chat conversation. We discovered that we both have chocolate factories in our towns, which not only makes us feel like we live in "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory", but also keeps us in constant supply of pure deliciousness. We decided that we should both send specimens of this world famous chocolate to each other via mail, teleportation won't be invented until 2047, and this shall decide the winner of this chocolate battle.
I first received a package from Miss Andrea in Switzerland a couple weeks ago containing the finest chocolate of switzerland. I must admit, upon tasting this chocolaty delight, I discovered it was most satisfactory. I was quite pleased to discover the subtle, but definable taste of caramel deliciousness, overlaid with a smooth coco-y flavouring. Dare I say it, it was just as palatable as belgian chocolate. While belgium might be the better country, the chocolate is a draw. This battle is one for the ages. It may be a stalemate for years and years to come, but one day a winner will be declared, and I will be there, chocolate in hand.
In retaliation to the swiss chocolate invasion, I sent Andrea a package, which you can see on her blog.
Sunday, February 28, 2010
We're off to see the wizard...
Belgium, and Luxembourg for that matter, are definitely not used to harsh winds. Today has been quite interesting.
This morning I went to church like normal, and it was pretty windy, but nothing that would make me think that it would do damage. However coming home, I was proved wrong. There was a tree blocking my route so we turned around and went a different way. Well, that was blocked too. The same thing happened about 10 other times before we made it to Arlon. (I live in Eischen) So, I am now staying with my third host family that lives in Arlon until the concert tonight at la maison de la culture. I actually saw a couple of those trees fall, too. It was impressive. Power lines were torn down, and also cell phone service was a little crazy.
But I am alive and well, so no worries. I made it out alive this time, haha.
This morning I went to church like normal, and it was pretty windy, but nothing that would make me think that it would do damage. However coming home, I was proved wrong. There was a tree blocking my route so we turned around and went a different way. Well, that was blocked too. The same thing happened about 10 other times before we made it to Arlon. (I live in Eischen) So, I am now staying with my third host family that lives in Arlon until the concert tonight at la maison de la culture. I actually saw a couple of those trees fall, too. It was impressive. Power lines were torn down, and also cell phone service was a little crazy.
But I am alive and well, so no worries. I made it out alive this time, haha.
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Bring on the Spring
So now instead of snow everyday, we have rain everyday. But it's still awesome... mainly because it's warmer but yeah. I hope winter is finally over. and I desperately need some sunlight, cause im lacking it majorly. For one, I think I'm even more white than usual, and also I'm always really tired. I'm hoping with some sun that this tiredness thing might go away.
My internet's not working at the moment, hopefully we'll get that fixed this weekend, and Dad, you better be on skype. I miss my internet, but at the same time it's better for everything that I don't have it. It forces me to spend more time with my host family, and it actually helps my French. Though, I have now taken a liking to The Mentalist, (the english version) which is obviously not helping. It's so completely weird when I'm trying to talk and I can't think of the right word, or when I'm writing at I can't spell anything. Really though, I was writing an email to Judson the other day and I literally was typing words into Google to see if I spelled them correctly because I couldn't remember. Weird... and then today I knew the translation of this word we learned in French class was "shutters", but I couldn't remember how to spell "shutters" so I had to look it up in the dictionary anyway, so I could spell it right. Though that's mainly due to the american accent, making 't's sound like 'd's. Shudder, shutter.. sounds the same to me. And only now am I realizing that shudder is a completely different word with another meaning. wow, just wow.
By the way, Mom, you can update my Trip to Belgium group on facebook, as in sending out mass emails with updates, because I'm not on facebook. I think it's been like 2 months since I last updated it.
Family, don't forget about skype...
Je vous aime ! :D
My internet's not working at the moment, hopefully we'll get that fixed this weekend, and Dad, you better be on skype. I miss my internet, but at the same time it's better for everything that I don't have it. It forces me to spend more time with my host family, and it actually helps my French. Though, I have now taken a liking to The Mentalist, (the english version) which is obviously not helping. It's so completely weird when I'm trying to talk and I can't think of the right word, or when I'm writing at I can't spell anything. Really though, I was writing an email to Judson the other day and I literally was typing words into Google to see if I spelled them correctly because I couldn't remember. Weird... and then today I knew the translation of this word we learned in French class was "shutters", but I couldn't remember how to spell "shutters" so I had to look it up in the dictionary anyway, so I could spell it right. Though that's mainly due to the american accent, making 't's sound like 'd's. Shudder, shutter.. sounds the same to me. And only now am I realizing that shudder is a completely different word with another meaning. wow, just wow.
By the way, Mom, you can update my Trip to Belgium group on facebook, as in sending out mass emails with updates, because I'm not on facebook. I think it's been like 2 months since I last updated it.
Family, don't forget about skype...
Je vous aime ! :D
Friday, February 19, 2010
February?
Well, yeah, I guess it is February, and already half over. Many things have happened, and I'm not sure what's to come, but I'm sure there are many things yet to happen in February.
Yesterday, I went to Bastogne, Belgium to visit the American War Memorial and museum. It's technically American territory, too, so I went to the USA yesterday!!! Woo! haha. It was actually really great. Wars don't seem to interest me that much. But the film we watched was interesting and the giant memorial outside was too. All the uniforms and bullets and knives and such wasn't so interesting to me, but yes, that memorial was awesome. It's a star with all the states listed around the border. On the inside pillars is written what happened in the Battle of the Bulge. It's really made me feel quite patriotic.
The Olympics have also made me feel vary patriotic, of course. I'm rooting for team USA, but with discovering so much more about other countries of the world this year, I can't help but cheer on the others as well, especially if it's Canada. And for anyone who wants to know, I have the official Olympic gloves!!! The ones all the torch bearers had. :) Awesomeness! I have some wonderful Canadian friends.
Speaking of Canadians, I had Brenna and Brianne over at my house the past few days because they wanted to see the south of Belgium and Luxembourg, because they've never been here. So, on Sunday we chilled at the house. On Monday, we went to Luxembourg city, and miraculously caught the bus. We literally ran to the bus stop and waved at the driver to keep him from driving away as we continued to run up. Oh my, yeah we burned off those pancakes we ate for breakfast! haha. So then we tried on insane dresses at H&M before going to the most awesomest ice cream place EVER!
Sadly I don't have a picture of the ice cream, but if it means anything, it was called Mexico, and it had fruity flavoured ice creams and a banana with eyes a nose and mouth with a pineapple ring sombrero. Yeah, we're that cool! I will definitely be taking my family there when the visit. We then found the tourism office that just happened to be playing epic movie music outside so we made a video that is just so completely hilarious that I can't believe it actually happened. You get theatre people together and you just never know what'll happen.
OnTuesday, we went to Arlon so I could show them my school and where we go in the city everyday and such. That was fun. I never knew how much fun that mini park could be until I had my Canadians. Wow, that's all I have to say.
Here's a picture of my host family:
Yesterday, I went to Bastogne, Belgium to visit the American War Memorial and museum. It's technically American territory, too, so I went to the USA yesterday!!! Woo! haha. It was actually really great. Wars don't seem to interest me that much. But the film we watched was interesting and the giant memorial outside was too. All the uniforms and bullets and knives and such wasn't so interesting to me, but yes, that memorial was awesome. It's a star with all the states listed around the border. On the inside pillars is written what happened in the Battle of the Bulge. It's really made me feel quite patriotic.
The Olympics have also made me feel vary patriotic, of course. I'm rooting for team USA, but with discovering so much more about other countries of the world this year, I can't help but cheer on the others as well, especially if it's Canada. And for anyone who wants to know, I have the official Olympic gloves!!! The ones all the torch bearers had. :) Awesomeness! I have some wonderful Canadian friends.
Sadly I don't have a picture of the ice cream, but if it means anything, it was called Mexico, and it had fruity flavoured ice creams and a banana with eyes a nose and mouth with a pineapple ring sombrero. Yeah, we're that cool! I will definitely be taking my family there when the visit. We then found the tourism office that just happened to be playing epic movie music outside so we made a video that is just so completely hilarious that I can't believe it actually happened. You get theatre people together and you just never know what'll happen.
OnTuesday, we went to Arlon so I could show them my school and where we go in the city everyday and such. That was fun. I never knew how much fun that mini park could be until I had my Canadians. Wow, that's all I have to say.
Here's a picture of my host family:
Sunday, January 17, 2010
Ma Nouvelle Famille
I changed families! That's so weird too! So in a nutshell it's like completely starting over but being able to kinda sorta communicate.
Step 1: Packing
I literally dreaded packing for a whole two weeks or so before actually giving in and doing it. The thought was just overwelming: having to fit everything you own into two suicases and a carry-on. Actually it didn't turn out quite that nicely. I ended up with my two, definitely over-weight suitcases; my carry-on; my rotary bookbag; a giant box that I could barely lift; my over-stuffed purse; a plastic bag with all my last-minutes; and my rotary blazer and band uniform. Yeah, parents, you're gonna be taking some extra stuff back to America with you, just be warned. Oh and not to mention that I left behind a pair of jeans, my box of pancake mix, and my webcam. I need to get those at some point. I also thought I might just get away without ever falling on the ever-magical sprial staircase with no railing.... nope. I was wrong. My last day there I fell, and I have the bruises to prove it.. but they're on my bootie so... sorry, no pictures.
Step 2: Goodbyes
Yes, hard, but its gonna be so much harder in July, so I'm not complaining. Plus, I know that I'll be seeing them again. :)
Step 3: New Beginnings
Like I said earlier, changing families is like starting over completely, except this time around I can understand what people are saying and speak back. Also, Belgian culture is more or less the same. (Yes, I know I live in Luxembourg.. still, you get the point.) The food is more or less the same, the standards when you talk to people are the same, table manners are the same, and you eat at the same times. My school is the same. So really, the difference is the people I'm living with. I now have another family. :)
First Impressions
When I first arrived in Eischen, I thought to myself, "Wow, it's just like the pictures." Which is totally true. My town is placed in a valley, and I'm on the edge of it. Therefore, my house looks down on the entire village, and it's gorgeous! At night everything is lit up, too. My village is so beautiful and awesome. I haven't gone exploring through the village yet, but with good reason. Firstly, I would get very lost and never find my way home. Secondly, it's kinda sorta, just a bit chilly outside. and thirdly, the hills! Oh my, was I spoiled with Chantemelle being completely flat. On the bright side, it might keep me from gaining the extra kilos that I normally would with this food.
The food is delicious. Yes, I said it's pretty luch the same.... in the sense that we still eat potatoes at every meal and crème fraîche is a very common ingredient. Christiane (notice the e on the end), is an amazing cook. Goodness, yes, I'm definitely gonna gain a few kilos if I don't learn how to better resist the food. And so deep down, I'm grateful for the gianormous hill that I climb everyday after school.
Now I ride the bus to school. And I actually like it. The bus is warm. :) The people are nice too. But who knows, maybe they're normally mean to the core, but are just half asleep because it's early. I like the nice assumption better. In the morning the bus is almost full, and in the afternoon, almost no one rides it. I'm still slightly confused on this point, but whatever. Apparently these Luxembourg people like to go to cafés after school. Concerning the gigantic hill, I'm just happy that I have to climb it after school and not before. Then I really would die.
Differences
People always ask me which family I like better. I don't think it's a fair question, because they're just totally different. The Lempereurs were very calm people and studied very hard. The Champenois are very animated people and always doing something besides studying. I'm pretty sure they try and avoid it at all costs, but anyway their work still gets done.
Family Members
Christian - my host dad
Christiane - my host mom
Maurine - my host sister who comes home every other weekend I believe
The boyfriend of Maurine, whose name I can't remember at the moment.
François - my host brother who works in Luxembourg but lives here.
Morgane - the girlfriend of François, who's here every other weekend.
Patrick - my host brother, 18, who goes to a school that I can never remember the name of.
Pauline - my host sister, 15, who goes to a different school that I can't spell.
That's a lot of family if you ask me. Now, like half of those people also speak Luxembourgeois and English, and I think a couple speak German too, but I'm not sure. It's weird to hear the Luxembourgeois because I can't tell if it's Luxembourgeois or just me not understanding the French. François also has a Luxembourgeois accent when he speaks French so it can be really hard to understand sometimes.
Luxembourgeois Lesson
Haha, so there's no exact way to write this language, it's just written how you like. However, I did find out yesterday that dictionaries to exist.
Other Goodbyes
So for the past couple weeks our oldies have been leaving to return home to their respective countries like Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa. On the other hand, this means that our newies will soon be arriving, thus making us oldies.... that's weird!
Brussels Party
It was the last Wednesday to party with our oldies, so many many people went to Brussels last Wednesday. Most with the intent of getting drunk. Well, that's life in Belgium for you. But thankfully, one of my Canadian buddies was there too, so we went out for ice cream and hot chocolate and let everyone else get completely drunk without us. We went back a while later to find, as expected, everyone drunk. We normally go to this one bar, which I'm pretty sure we get kicked out of often, so then we switch to the other major bar. The second bar serves every kind of Belgian beer, plus different beers from around the world. Of course, it's more expensive, but it really didn't matter to me, because I wasn't drinking. And we said our final goodbyes as we took our separate trains back home.
I guess that's all for now. Oh wait! Yeah, I figured out that I've been here for about 5 months now. I'm leaving in 5 and a half months. It's so weird to practically be halfway done with my exchange year. The first months were me observing the world and trying to take everything in. The holidays were hard, because you're normally with family, but that was impossible, and still I survived. And now that school has started again and everything is going back to somewhat normal (we know the exchange life isn't reality and it's just a dream, and I'll wake up some day), I feel like I know the way of life. So for the next 5ish months I'm gonna live it up! Live life to its fullest, and enjoy every moment. I want to be absorbed in this culture, so when I wake up from this dream, I won't forget it like all the others. It'll stay with me forever.
Gros bisous à tous ! Je vous aime !
Laura
P.S. Thank you so much Miss Diane for all the cards! I keep forgetting to thank you, but they're awesome, and I always look forward to opening them. They mean a lot! :)
P.P.S I can't get my pictures or videos or anything up at the moment, my laptop is having internet issues and I'm using someone else's for the time being. When I figure everything out, I'll be sure to post some photos and videos. There are tons!
Step 1: Packing
I literally dreaded packing for a whole two weeks or so before actually giving in and doing it. The thought was just overwelming: having to fit everything you own into two suicases and a carry-on. Actually it didn't turn out quite that nicely. I ended up with my two, definitely over-weight suitcases; my carry-on; my rotary bookbag; a giant box that I could barely lift; my over-stuffed purse; a plastic bag with all my last-minutes; and my rotary blazer and band uniform. Yeah, parents, you're gonna be taking some extra stuff back to America with you, just be warned. Oh and not to mention that I left behind a pair of jeans, my box of pancake mix, and my webcam. I need to get those at some point. I also thought I might just get away without ever falling on the ever-magical sprial staircase with no railing.... nope. I was wrong. My last day there I fell, and I have the bruises to prove it.. but they're on my bootie so... sorry, no pictures.
Step 2: Goodbyes
Yes, hard, but its gonna be so much harder in July, so I'm not complaining. Plus, I know that I'll be seeing them again. :)
Step 3: New Beginnings
Like I said earlier, changing families is like starting over completely, except this time around I can understand what people are saying and speak back. Also, Belgian culture is more or less the same. (Yes, I know I live in Luxembourg.. still, you get the point.) The food is more or less the same, the standards when you talk to people are the same, table manners are the same, and you eat at the same times. My school is the same. So really, the difference is the people I'm living with. I now have another family. :)
First Impressions
When I first arrived in Eischen, I thought to myself, "Wow, it's just like the pictures." Which is totally true. My town is placed in a valley, and I'm on the edge of it. Therefore, my house looks down on the entire village, and it's gorgeous! At night everything is lit up, too. My village is so beautiful and awesome. I haven't gone exploring through the village yet, but with good reason. Firstly, I would get very lost and never find my way home. Secondly, it's kinda sorta, just a bit chilly outside. and thirdly, the hills! Oh my, was I spoiled with Chantemelle being completely flat. On the bright side, it might keep me from gaining the extra kilos that I normally would with this food.
The food is delicious. Yes, I said it's pretty luch the same.... in the sense that we still eat potatoes at every meal and crème fraîche is a very common ingredient. Christiane (notice the e on the end), is an amazing cook. Goodness, yes, I'm definitely gonna gain a few kilos if I don't learn how to better resist the food. And so deep down, I'm grateful for the gianormous hill that I climb everyday after school.
Now I ride the bus to school. And I actually like it. The bus is warm. :) The people are nice too. But who knows, maybe they're normally mean to the core, but are just half asleep because it's early. I like the nice assumption better. In the morning the bus is almost full, and in the afternoon, almost no one rides it. I'm still slightly confused on this point, but whatever. Apparently these Luxembourg people like to go to cafés after school. Concerning the gigantic hill, I'm just happy that I have to climb it after school and not before. Then I really would die.
Differences
People always ask me which family I like better. I don't think it's a fair question, because they're just totally different. The Lempereurs were very calm people and studied very hard. The Champenois are very animated people and always doing something besides studying. I'm pretty sure they try and avoid it at all costs, but anyway their work still gets done.
Family Members
Christian - my host dad
Christiane - my host mom
Maurine - my host sister who comes home every other weekend I believe
The boyfriend of Maurine, whose name I can't remember at the moment.
François - my host brother who works in Luxembourg but lives here.
Morgane - the girlfriend of François, who's here every other weekend.
Patrick - my host brother, 18, who goes to a school that I can never remember the name of.
Pauline - my host sister, 15, who goes to a different school that I can't spell.
That's a lot of family if you ask me. Now, like half of those people also speak Luxembourgeois and English, and I think a couple speak German too, but I'm not sure. It's weird to hear the Luxembourgeois because I can't tell if it's Luxembourgeois or just me not understanding the French. François also has a Luxembourgeois accent when he speaks French so it can be really hard to understand sometimes.
Luxembourgeois Lesson
Haha, so there's no exact way to write this language, it's just written how you like. However, I did find out yesterday that dictionaries to exist.
Other Goodbyes
So for the past couple weeks our oldies have been leaving to return home to their respective countries like Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa. On the other hand, this means that our newies will soon be arriving, thus making us oldies.... that's weird!
Brussels Party
It was the last Wednesday to party with our oldies, so many many people went to Brussels last Wednesday. Most with the intent of getting drunk. Well, that's life in Belgium for you. But thankfully, one of my Canadian buddies was there too, so we went out for ice cream and hot chocolate and let everyone else get completely drunk without us. We went back a while later to find, as expected, everyone drunk. We normally go to this one bar, which I'm pretty sure we get kicked out of often, so then we switch to the other major bar. The second bar serves every kind of Belgian beer, plus different beers from around the world. Of course, it's more expensive, but it really didn't matter to me, because I wasn't drinking. And we said our final goodbyes as we took our separate trains back home.
I guess that's all for now. Oh wait! Yeah, I figured out that I've been here for about 5 months now. I'm leaving in 5 and a half months. It's so weird to practically be halfway done with my exchange year. The first months were me observing the world and trying to take everything in. The holidays were hard, because you're normally with family, but that was impossible, and still I survived. And now that school has started again and everything is going back to somewhat normal (we know the exchange life isn't reality and it's just a dream, and I'll wake up some day), I feel like I know the way of life. So for the next 5ish months I'm gonna live it up! Live life to its fullest, and enjoy every moment. I want to be absorbed in this culture, so when I wake up from this dream, I won't forget it like all the others. It'll stay with me forever.
Gros bisous à tous ! Je vous aime !
Laura
P.S. Thank you so much Miss Diane for all the cards! I keep forgetting to thank you, but they're awesome, and I always look forward to opening them. They mean a lot! :)
P.P.S I can't get my pictures or videos or anything up at the moment, my laptop is having internet issues and I'm using someone else's for the time being. When I figure everything out, I'll be sure to post some photos and videos. There are tons!
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