Monday, September 14, 2009

Another Meeting

Life has slowly started to take on a routine. For example, everyday, I wake up at 7:30, got o breakfast; go to Hebrew class, then lunch and then piulas at 5 and 8. The night time is usually when we have free time but that to seem to be routine (basically all free time is used for either running, swimming or hanging out with friends)
However, some things are not so routine. For example, when the army comes by for a meeting. Today we had one of the un-routine days. The meeting today was on what do we want to do in the army and why did we come. We then had a meeting with a different soldier, where they basically checked up on our Hebrew and made sure that we are enjoying the kibbutz.
Besides have a conversation, we also had to fill out a questionnaire. The questions were not usual questions. They were filling in the blank questions about life, such as: "the boy gets mad when...., a good father..... I want ....."
It was basically three pages of questions. It was also timed. 20 min to answer 60 questions. I remember doing a similar test with my college counselor to find out what college was good for me. Funny how the army and college seems t be closer and closer every day.
After the questions, there was an application form that we had to fill out. the application was for an elite unit and included both medical questions as well as spatial tests and questions about how do we work in a team, what are some positive and negative attributes and other questions along these lines.
When all was said and done, we went back to our routine schedule. The night piulas tonight was to bake cookies for our host families. While there’s nothing wrong with cookies, Israelis need to learn about toll house or Pillsbury cookies and how to make them sweet.
Tomorrow we are going to Tel Aviv. WE are going to stop at all the museums and supposedly end our day at the shook to buy some things. Hope no one gets robbed again.

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