Szörnyű

Szörnyű in english can mean many things :

• Terrible
• Horrible
• Awful
• Dreadful
• Dire
• Monstrous
• Deadly
• Terrific
• Gruesome
• Grisly
• Tremendous
• Dismal

All of these words are very similar in nature (they basically all mean NOT GOOD).

My reason for this word as my post is that today I had one of the worst experiences in my life! I started off the day having a great time! I got up and went to the gym like everyday this summer, and I was planning to go to the fair with some friends. I called my one friend who said he wouldnt be able to go untill later because he went to go berry picking with his family. He then asked me if I wanted to go berry picking. I had never been berry picking before so I said "Why not?" I expected it to be like the normal berry picking fields I drive by every now and then, but NO. We followed this witch lady (she realy was a witch! She went to Africa to study it and everything) into a bog (sort of a forest-swamp) and picked blue barries. The problem with bogs is that there are bugs EVERYWHERE! I would stop and there would be bugs swarming me with some sort of tactical stricking force and they would hide in my hair, bite me, the worst things you could imagine. Not to mention that bogs are very muggy and hot. I was sweating like a pig, and that just made MORE bugs come. After walking over two miles in the woods we FINALY got out, with our bodies riddled with bites.

You may ask "What does this have to do with your exchange?" Well I didn't think so either, but when telling this story, my GREAT friend Ulle reminded me of something. She told me that when you are on exchange you will be asked to do MANY things, and a lot of them you might think are Szörnyű. But, I am an exchange student, and I can't just go do something and then come screaming out of the woods, half naked, with a towel over my head, and the word "CAR!!!!" echoing meters behind me (which is coincidentally what I did with the berry picking ordeal, except the half naked thing.... that was when I got in the car.) You have to politely accept and thank, regardless of how you felt about what you were invited to do. These people are going out on a huge limb if they ever invite you, they dont know you THAT well, your most likely doing it with their family, and they have to go through the trouble of getting you there and back safely. And also being a good exchange student, you should accept any invite you might get, no matter how unappealing it might sound. Thank you Ulle for such a GREAT idea for my blog and for reminding me about this important fact of being a good exchange student! Peace out yo!