Elise Adnanes - 16, Mongolia
Elise recently turned 16, after living in Mongolia for a little over two years. She likes fashion, friends and shopping - and tells us all about what it is like to be a teenager in Mongolia, today.
As a teenager, what are your interests? What stresses you out?
Homework, appearances, sports…these stress me out. I find clothes, fashion, reading, hanging out with friends interesting. When I’m stressed, I watch a movie or read, sometimes I play sports. I do sewing for a hobby. I like reading as well.
Since you became a teenager, how has your relationship with your family changed?
I might have become a little more distant from them, there are more things that I don't always tell them.
How have your friendships changed? Are you still in contact with any of your friends from childhood?
Well, I guess they've become more complicated, but we're still really good friends. We do different things. We have more to talk about. Everyone has changed, some for the better, some for the worse…Boys are more important as well. I guess it's always been important to me, but lately (in the last years) it's become a daily thought!
What do you think about peer pressure? Has it influenced you?
Not really, I think it's mostly stupid and that every person should be able to be who they are and not try to be something that they are not. Some people are very different from me, some are similar. I wouldn’t place myself as influenced. I’m a free spirit most of the time!
Have you started thinking about your future? Is it scary or exciting?
I plan to become wealthy! It's both…I haven’t really thought about an university, I don’t know what I want to be for sure. I have dreams, but they might not always be realistic.
How do you think it’s different being a teenager in Mongolia and in Norway?
I think it's better to be a teenager here, because of the school that I go to. However, it really depends on the school you go to in Norway, some schools are better than others…The good thing about Mongolia is the school, the bad is the cold. The good thing about Norway is that you can do a lot more shopping than here!
Adnanes, Elise. Personal Interview. 10 November 2009.
Elise in Mongolia. 2009. Facebook. 10 November 2009 <"http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/photo.php?pid=9740051&id=694080327">
Elise recently turned 16, after living in Mongolia for a little over two years. She likes fashion, friends and shopping - and tells us all about what it is like to be a teenager in Mongolia, today.
As a teenager, what are your interests? What stresses you out?
Homework, appearances, sports…these stress me out. I find clothes, fashion, reading, hanging out with friends interesting. When I’m stressed, I watch a movie or read, sometimes I play sports. I do sewing for a hobby. I like reading as well.
Since you became a teenager, how has your relationship with your family changed?
I might have become a little more distant from them, there are more things that I don't always tell them.
How have your friendships changed? Are you still in contact with any of your friends from childhood?
Well, I guess they've become more complicated, but we're still really good friends. We do different things. We have more to talk about. Everyone has changed, some for the better, some for the worse…Boys are more important as well. I guess it's always been important to me, but lately (in the last years) it's become a daily thought!
What do you think about peer pressure? Has it influenced you?
Not really, I think it's mostly stupid and that every person should be able to be who they are and not try to be something that they are not. Some people are very different from me, some are similar. I wouldn’t place myself as influenced. I’m a free spirit most of the time!
Have you started thinking about your future? Is it scary or exciting?
I plan to become wealthy! It's both…I haven’t really thought about an university, I don’t know what I want to be for sure. I have dreams, but they might not always be realistic.
How do you think it’s different being a teenager in Mongolia and in Norway?
I think it's better to be a teenager here, because of the school that I go to. However, it really depends on the school you go to in Norway, some schools are better than others…The good thing about Mongolia is the school, the bad is the cold. The good thing about Norway is that you can do a lot more shopping than here!
Adnanes, Elise. Personal Interview. 10 November 2009.
Elise in Mongolia. 2009. Facebook. 10 November 2009 <"http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/photo.php?pid=9740051&id=694080327">
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