{"id":1380,"date":"2018-07-13T14:03:32","date_gmt":"2018-07-13T12:03:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.speakup.lt\/?p=1380"},"modified":"2018-07-13T14:03:32","modified_gmt":"2018-07-13T12:03:32","slug":"futbolo-fanas-krepsinio-salyje","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.speakup.lt\/en\/futbolo-fanas-krepsinio-salyje\/","title":{"rendered":"Futbolo fanas krep\u0161inio \u0161alyje"},"content":{"rendered":"

A football lover in the land of basketball<\/strong><\/p>\n

I was 18 years when I got the worst news I could ever get. I couldn’t study medicine in my country. That was the only reason why I came to Lithuania, to study what I always wanted. But I had to study in another language which I hadn’t mastered yet; the language which many Spanish people are terrified of and totally avoid it if they can. And in my situation there was no way I could avoid it.<\/p>\n

My first year in Lithuania was an adaptation period. Back then, I was just a kid and I had never travelled before to any other country, so everything was shocking as many things and situations were different from the ones in my country (obviously). I must not give 2 kisses when saying hello to someone, you either hug or shake hands; can you imagine how weird it was trying to give kisses at the beginning??? Another thing is that Spanish people are usually loud when talking, so I had my scoldings for doing so when I was in a bus or a trolleybus (labai atsipra\u0161au!!!). And being a football lover didn’t help me blend in with the basketball culture here.<\/p>\n

I usually hung out with classmates but, at the same time, I pushed myself to make friends with local people in order to practice English more and more. I really couldn’t say many words or even understand what people said. However, somehow at the end of the first year, I noticed how my English improved. As for Lithuanian, it improved from nothing to a level in which I could express myself properly! I mean, I couldn’t explain the meaning of life, but I could say how I was or, at a restaurant, I could say „please cepelinai with gryb\u0173 pada\u017eu.” Surprisingly, Lithuanian is helpful when teaching some Spanish grammar to students (something I didn’t really expect).<\/p>\n

Trying to be honest here, my first year was a very hard year because adaptation is never easy. Many people told me (and still do) how brave I was to decide to do this, not just to be in another country but also to learn English and Lithuanian while being there. I do not think braveness is all you need (that’s just something extra, because I was terrified when I came here), what you need is something that I see every day in my students and the students of my colleagues, and that is the strong will and ambition to become a better version of themselves.<\/p>\n

This was just the first year and I can tell you that every year was different. Stay tuned for more!<\/p>\n

Kevin (the eSpanish one)<\/p>\n

Futbolo fanas krep\u0161inio \u0161alyje<\/strong><\/p>\n

Man buvo 18 met\u0173, kai i\u0161girdau pa\u010di\u0105 baisiausi\u0105 naujien\u0105, koki\u0105 tik gal\u0117jau tuo metu i\u0161girsti. Ne\u012fstojau \u012f medicinos studijas savo \u0161alyje. Tai buvo vienintel\u0117 prie\u017eastis man atvykti \u012f Lietuv\u0105, kad gal\u0117\u010diau studijuoti tai, apie k\u0105 visada svajojau. \u017dinojau, kad reiks studijuoti kita kalba, kurios dar nebuvau \u012fvald\u0119s, nes tai kalba, kurios nema\u017ea dalis ispan\u0173 baiminasi ir stengiasi visi\u0161kai i\u0161vengti, jei \u012fmanoma. Bet mano atveju b\u0117gti nebuvo kur.<\/p>\n

Pirmieji mano metai Lietuvoje buvo prisitaikymo metas. Tada a\u0161 dar buvau tik vaikas, kuris niekada nebuvo i\u0161vyk\u0119s \u012f joki\u0105 kit\u0105 \u0161al\u012f, tod\u0117l atvykus \u012f Lietuv\u0105 daug dalyk\u0173 tiesiog \u0161okiravo, pavyzd\u017eiui, akivaizd\u016bs elgsenos, manier\u0173 skirtumai. \u010cia sveikinantis ne\u012fprasta pak\u0161tel\u0117ti \u012f abu skruostus, tur\u0117jau arba paspausti rank\u0105, arba su \u017emogumi apsikabinti, ar bent galit \u012fsivaizduoti t\u0105 keist\u0105 situacij\u0105, kai bandydavau \u017emones pabu\u010diuoti? Kitas dalykas yra tas, kad ispanai kalb\u0117dami yra gana triuk\u0161mingi, tad da\u017enai va\u017eiuodamas autobusu ar troleibusu sunkiai sukontroliuodavau savo kalb\u0117jimo garsum\u0105 (labai d\u0117l to atsipra\u0161au!). Taip pat, buvimas futbolo myl\u0117toju nepad\u0117jo susilieti su krep\u0161inio kult\u016bra vyraujan\u010dia \u010dia.<\/p>\n

Da\u017eniausiai leisdavau laik\u0105 su savo kursiokais, bet tuo pa\u010diu metu skatinau save susirasti vietini\u0173 draug\u0173, taip gal\u0117jau tobulinti savo angl\u0173 kalbos \u012fg\u016bd\u017eius, nes tik atvyk\u0119s \u012f Lietuv\u0105 \u017einojau labai ne daug \u017eod\u017ei\u0173, buvo sunku suprasti, k\u0105 sako \u017emon\u0117s. Ta\u010diau pirm\u0173j\u0173 met\u0173 pabaigoje pasteb\u0117jau, jog mano angl\u0173 kalbos \u017einios patobul\u0117jo. Taip pat, ir su lietuvi\u0173 kalba, met\u0173 prad\u017eioje gal\u0117jau i\u0161lementi vos kelis \u017eod\u017eius, o pabaigoje netgi geb\u0117jau tinkamai i\u0161sireik\u0161ti j\u0173 nepritr\u016bkdamas! Ai\u0161ku, negal\u0117jau paai\u0161kinti gyvenimo prasm\u0117s, bet gal\u0117jau pasakyti kaip man sekasi ir u\u017esisakyti cepelinus su grybu pada\u017eu. Negana to, lietuvi\u0173 kalba man padeda ai\u0161kinti ispan\u0173 kalbos gramatik\u0105 pamok\u0173 metu (niekada neb\u016b\u010diau tuo patik\u0117j\u0119s).<\/p>\n

Kalbant atvirai, pirmi metai buvo labai sunk\u016bs, nes prisitaikyti niekada n\u0117ra lengva. Daug \u017emoni\u0173 man sak\u0117 (ir vis dar sako) koks dr\u0105sus buvau, jog nusprend\u017eiau priimti tok\u012f sprendim\u0105 \u2013 ne tik i\u0161vykti \u012f kit\u0105 \u0161al\u012f, bet dar ir i\u0161mokti angl\u0173 ir lietuvi\u0173 kalb\u0173 b\u016bnant joje. Nemanau, kad tam reik\u0117jo tik dr\u0105sos (nors, ai\u0161ku, tai irgi svarbu, nes daugelis dalyk\u0173 g\u0105sdino atvykus \u010dia), tam reik\u0117jo to, k\u0105 kasdien pastebiu savo bei savo koleg\u0173 mokiniuose ir tai yra didelis noras bei ambicija tapti geresne savo versija.<\/p>\n

Tai buvo tik pirmi mano metai Lietuvoje. Nemeluosiu, visi metai buvo skirtingi. Laukite t\u0119sinio!<\/p>\n

Kevinas (tas Ispanas)<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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