Looking Forward to a New Year

I'm going to miss all the hard work, frustration, team work, success, constant hang outs, and all the good and bad things that comes with being on cabinet. Even though I wanted to rip my hair out sometimes, it was always such a great feelings to pull of a successful event.

Oh well, now that I have a TASA event crashing buddy I'm still going to enjoy the success of the events without the stress of actually planning it. :)

I'm really excited for the new year. Resolution: surround myself with people I love and enjoy their company. And spend more time with the roommates - if they have time for me that is.

I love these ladies. What a great night.

I'm a Freaking Pack Rat

I don't even live in my room anymore and look at much CRAP there is! :( I had a HUGE desire to throw EVERYTHING away, but then I remembered everything had it's own little memory attached to it. -_- UGH! Do you see the very bottom box on the left? That is filled with notes from the 6th grade! I think those have got to go. I used to procrastinate by looking through all those notes. Oh, and the candles on the very top shelf in the middle can be used in SD. And since I move every year in college, I bring back all my junk and leave it in this room so I have to sort though all those papers.

I still have post-its up from like 8th grade maybe? Ai yeah, I'm taking those off now.

I have been inspired by this article to re-organize my room. Mmm. I think some new boxes from IKEA will help me out with this project. :)

Cupertino

I love my house when all the windows are open and the sun is streaming in and it's clean! This picture doesn't really do justice, but it just feels so nice to be at home during the day sometimes.

At first when I got back to Cupertino, I missed Taiwan a lot. During my five weeks there I was constantly surrounded by people my age so it never felt like I wasn't doing anything. Things seemed too quiet here in the suburbs since everything is so convenient in Taipei . And I missed all the good food that was constantly available. It made me realize how hard it must have been for my parents to move here and adapt to American life. It also made me understand why people love going back to Taiwan so much. At least this helped me realize that next year I definitely want to be somewhere hustling and bustling (Seattle, SF, NYC). Although, whether I'll be in a city for school or for work is still the big question.

Even though I had my ups and downs during my five weeks in Taiwan, I wish I could have stayed longer. I wish I enjoyed my time there more instead of spending a lot of my time upset or annoyed at situations. I wish I got to know my fellow teachers a little better, but I did learn some things about myself. I learned I can be a real b*tch when I want to so I have to control my emotions more. I learned that jealousy is probably the most detrimental and unnecessary emotion in a relationship. So I guess in the end, it was all worth it.

Since I've been back for a week and a half the most productive thing I've done is finish a Taiwanese drama in a week. Now that I've started another one I'm trying to ration my time and do other things besides watch the drama day and night. I'm starting work tomorrow and I purchased a planner today (woot!) so I'm going to get some more things done in my life.

K, Fated To Love You is too intense right now and I'm getting distracted by this boy on Skype :). Too many things going on at once!

My Week Of Fun

So much has happened since my last update - I almost never have internet access for very long. I want to upload my pictures onto Facebook, but I haven't had my laptop with me.

Currently I'm at a wang ka (internet cafe) with two TAS boysies who are intensly playing DOTA. -_-" We are waiting for Pat to finish her straight perm and both Jojo and I are sporting new, fobby haircuts.

I'm finally doing what I wanted to do when I first arrived to Taiwan - PLAY IN TAIPEI 24/7! :) Thanks to Ray I was able to escape the program on Thursday and since then my dad and brother have arrived, I went to Yi Lan and had the best cong you bings ever (other than my mother's), and spent all day with my favorite "Taiwanese" boy. Things are going well, but I am sleepy and this place smells like smoke. :( The one thing I hate about Taiwan is that people smoke everywhere - EVEN indoors!!!

I miss my kids at Ping Xi a lot. I cried so much on the last day and I made everybody else cry. :D Even though we were the spoiled American kids they always offered the little things that they did have (like their PMT). They showed us unconditional love even though we were only there for 12 weeks and I really hope they keep up their studies so they can get out of poverty. It's so hard for them though because they have all these obsticles in front of them that aren't in their control at all. Sigh, I really hope I have the chance to visit them again.

Ok, I can't stand the smell of the smoke anymore. I will try to update pictures soon.