Nursultan (Nurik) Jumadilov

2009-10 Inbound from Kyrgyzstan

Hometown: Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

Sponsor: Bishkek Rotary Club, District 2430, Kyrgyzstan

Host: Bradenton Rotary Club, District 6960, Florida, USA

School: Manatee High School, Bradenton, Florida

Bio

Nurik's Bio

Hello everyone! I am Nursultan Jumadilov, I lived in the capital of Kyrgyzstan called Bishkek, which is friendly like Bradenton city, with fresh air, soft weather and all season beach. If I have to characterize myself, I guess I'm friendly and kind :).

I love running, especially the long distances, and also love smart decisions. Like playing chess. I have a personal love for international community, and I am always curious about what is happening in the world. Also, honestly, I love school, and I love taking part in my favorite clubs, which are Track Club; today I learn to swim, and progress quite well.

I love trying new ideas, and today I can believe that I am able to better myself and show the world to all people who want to see it. Today I can show or tell friends in Florida about my country. I see everyday differently beautiful country USA. And I hope they know where Kyrgyzstan is and how beautiful it is, friendly, and kind... my country.

September 5 Journal

In this month I saw a lot of different places. For example “Busch Gardens” - it was like “Disneyland” (in Uzbekistan), but better.

I was in “Tampa Bay” on the canoe. It was very good, I never didn’t rest like this. It is was like Tim Miligan’s jet boat. In the “MOSI” museum, I understand how important knowledge about hurricanes to people. Today I know that a museum can be fun J. And you will not want to sleep after a half hour.

In the Myakka River State Park we saw alligators like in Busch Gardens. But we didn’t see turtles. But we saw a lot of birds.

Today I am in Track Club (run to long distance). I will run with other good students in Monday. It will be competition. And I will know how fast I run.

Mr. Springfield teaches me swimming. I have good progress in swimming. I can swim today in other level then before.

I took 7 lessons in Manatee High School.

• Env.Sci. (natural)
• Web design
• Cptr. Colg. & Car (computer)
• American History
• reative photo
• English
• Adv. Algebra W/Fin. AP (Finance algebra)

All good. J

January 13 Journal

Hello again after long time. I have been here for five month. Today is January first. I try to study as fast as I can at school like other American boys. I'm trying to save my time for the hardest lessons for which I need to spend more time to understand. But, it is not so easy. Sometimes I can’t follow as quick as I want my classmates like in Web design. Some of them really attach their lives to the computer. Students here are very open for talk and I like it. Every week gives me something new and nice. I am learning from them and may be they are too, not only me. In September I couldn’t understand who is who. Because they looked similar. But today I know them very good. I didn’t lose time.

This period of time is cold here. But without any snow I am happy here. Every week we go with host family to café.

Last time me, Tim, Sharon, Andrew were in dock. We took a lot of pictures. It was different. Many companies built on the dock’s ground fabrics. In fabrics people work with materials from ships. I got some pictures. Day was windy.

I was in Cross country club. People like to run for a long distance. I ran with them. I wasn’t last! I wasn’t first! But I was in first group. I didn't have the same endurance. They began trained a long time ago. But I understood I don’t like run every day very hard. I like very much to run as fast as I can from first step to the last.

Usually I have similar days. I ride bike. Because I don’t want to lose my time. I hope people will have good memory about me. I like this people, I start to understand a lot.