Blazer Lyfeee

          Hey, so this is going to be the most random post ever, but I'm just sitting here in my room in Brasil staring at nothing in particular--honestly just zoning out--and my rotary blazer just happens to be on the wall right in front of me. So... I guess I just thought it would be a cool idea to post a picture of my blazer every once in a while, so over the course of a year you could see it get more and more pins! I'm not sure if this will even be interesting to those of you who aren't exchange students, but maybe you'll like it. I personally love seeing other exchangers' blazers and exchanging pins with people not only from Brasil, but from all over the world!

My second day in Brasil

Two weeks

          Now before I get any further into this post, I should probably explain what the significance of an exchange student's blazer is. For those who don't know, every rotary exchange student gets a blazer to take on exchange with them, and in most countries they are navy blue. When a student first arrives in their host country, it's traditional that they wear their blazer, so their host family can find them at the airport. The blazer sort of symbolizes the student's exchange year, and it gets covered it in pins that exchange students give them from their home countries, pins that they find in you host country, pins from back home, and whatever else they can manage to attach to it! At first my blazer was pretty bare, with some pins from my club back at home and pins that my friends gave me before I left... call it the minimalist stage, haha.
          Now I have been here over two weeks, and my blazer is looking more covered already! I exchanged pins with all of the other exchange students in my district, and my host sister gave me a couple, too. I also brought pins to hand out, and so the other exchange students all have a USA pin as well. Here are some pictures of how my blazer is looking now!
          That's all for this post! I hope you all found it interesting, and I'll try to update you on how my actual life in Brasil is going soon. Until then, tchau gente! Beijos!

*If you want to sound like a real teen in Brasil, you have to learn to say oxe! when something surprises or excites you, and beleza which means cool, great, awesome etc... they all giggle when I say these words, because they're Brazilian slang, and they think it's funny when gringas (Americans) like me use them.