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Miranda Yeung

Connecting with teens around the world
Name Christoffer Ravn Rahbek
Age 16
City Hellerup
Star sign Aries
Hellerup is a little suburb, with old villas dating from 1890 and big gardens.
We are right on the coast and have  harbours and nice parks, yet  only 10 minutes from the centre of the capital, Copenhagen.
We have definite seasons in Denmark. The temperature goes from minus 8 degrees Celsius, with snow and a lot of rain from November to  March, to  25 degrees or more  from April to October, perfect weather for beach trips and garden parties.
My first language is Danish, and then  English and German,  as we learn them  at school. I also understand some Swedish and Norwegian because  they  are similar to  Danish.
In my spare time, I like to go running, go to parties and play online or computer games with my friends.
I also take  singing lessons and listen to a lot of music.  I love reading manga,   drawing and watching movies.
During the winter holidays, I spend one or two weeks skiing and snowboarding with my family, mostly in Italy or France.
Over the summer holidays, I travel with my family, mostly to Italy, for swimming and  cultural experiences.
I like  running and skateboarding, but my favourite sport is probably  combative sports like taijutsu. I've  also tried fencing, ice skating, tennis and archery.
I like 60s, 70s and 80s music the most, like Jefferson Airplane, The Who, Deep Purple, The Beatles and Supertramp.  I also like modern music like Daft Punk, Trentemoller, Timbaland.
Some of my favourite movies are The Simpsons Movie and Die Hard 4.0.  I also love the TV show Friends.
Danish teenagers  try to act like adults. But that doesn't mean listening  to the same music or visiting the same Internet sites  as their parents! They try to  maintain their own  youth culture.
A lot of  Danish boys have long hair.  We dress very casually in skater shoes,  jeans and sweatshirts - I guess we  follow  skater/rock fashion.
What I love about Denmark is the people.  They have a good sense of humour,  which  is heavily based on irony -  it can be difficult for others to understand.
I also like that the climate is not too hot - although it can rain  a lot. It's a very safe country: no wars,  not too many crimes, and people care deeply about the environment. It's clean and tidy here.
Christmas is a very big celebration in Denmark. Another big celebration is New Year's  Eve: at 6pm, we start listening to the Queen of Denmark's New Year's speech  on TV.
I love travelling.  With  my choir,  I've  been  all over the world,  including Africa, Iceland, the Faroe Islands and South America.
As an AFS exchange student,  I'm lucky enough to get to know life in Hong Kong  - yet another enchanting experience.



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