I hate feeling so dependent on other people in Taiwan. I miss being able to drive myself anywhere & having a cellphone! Sorry if I come off as a brat, but I really hate being dependent on others. ):<
I'm in Pintung now and last night I watched "Nobel Son" with my family in my uncle's insane home theater. I really like "Nobel Son", it was so twisted/trippy!
Saturday, July 18, 2009
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Applications
Starting college applications online is kinda a scary experience.
I wish I could figure out what I want to major in!
Mom wants pre-med, dad wants whatever I want and I'm leaning more towards communications.
It's unfortunate that I am not a science person and never have been, but I wouldn't mind having a medical career.
My mom said it wasn't difficult to be a doctor, and while I highly doubt that, the difficulty of becoming one isn't my primary concern. My primary worry is that I really don't think I could be a good doctor. That's why I'm leaning towards communications, and more specifically, design. Although the need for designers is much more lacking than the need for doctors, this career choice is more appealing simply because I know it's something I'm good at. True, I'm not the best, but I can learn and I suppose it helps that I love design.
Still, the problem persists: what to put as a potential major?!
I wish I could figure out what I want to major in!
Mom wants pre-med, dad wants whatever I want and I'm leaning more towards communications.
It's unfortunate that I am not a science person and never have been, but I wouldn't mind having a medical career.
My mom said it wasn't difficult to be a doctor, and while I highly doubt that, the difficulty of becoming one isn't my primary concern. My primary worry is that I really don't think I could be a good doctor. That's why I'm leaning towards communications, and more specifically, design. Although the need for designers is much more lacking than the need for doctors, this career choice is more appealing simply because I know it's something I'm good at. True, I'm not the best, but I can learn and I suppose it helps that I love design.
Still, the problem persists: what to put as a potential major?!
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Restart
Since the last time I've posted I've gone to two coutries, one of which I am residing in right now. My vacation in Japan wasn't as exciting as I hoped it'd be, mostly because everything was way too overpriced. On the good side, the food was so, so good. I can't even describe how amazing the food was. Now I think the no matter the ethnic background of a dish, the Japanese can simply make it better. While being in Japan wasn't exactly the eye opening experience that I'd hoped it'd be, it was nice seeing how the other side of the world lived. They drive on the opposite side of the street, have incredible hygiene and impeccable manners. I feel as though I'm doing Japan a serious disservice by not mentioning its other qualities but to be honest, I don't remember much since I've been overwhelmed by Taiwan.
Taiwan, to put it simply, is my absolute favorite place to vacation. Good food, good shopping, what more do I need?! I guess a good answer to that would be good company. While I'm staying with family friends, I can't help feeling nostalgic at times. I miss my friends. I miss my family. I miss my dog. I miss my car too. It's so weird not being able to go anywhere by myself again! But besides the expected nostalgia, my vacation is going pretty fantastic!
Last weekend, I went to Kenting, a beach area in southern Taiwan, with Annie, Fabio, their two cousins, my dad, my brother, Scott, Wesley, and Aunt Tsai. It took us about two hours to get there but we stopped by a local shop to get "naked green bean soup" before going to the hotel. NAKED GREEN BEAN SOUP IS SOOOOO GOOOOOD. Really, it was deliciousssss! But anyways, we arrived at the hotel and moved our luggage into our hotel room (everyone was staying in one hotel room) with two bedrooms and two baths. Then Annie showed us around the resort and we played on the beach that was connected to our beach resort, which was called Yoho. The beach was pretty nice, except there was ALOT of corral on the sand since it also had a tide pool. After wandering the beach, my dad, brother, Wesley, Scott and I went to swim in the pools. I admit I was kinda hesitant about wearing a bikini then cause I felt reaaally out of shape from Taiwanese/Japanese food. But yeah, we swam and it was kind of awkward with Scott. I'll give a background so you know what I'm talking about:
Scott was a childhood friend. He was born exactly one day after me, 10/11, and he ic currently going to school in Illinois. He stayed at my house for a summer when we were young along with my cousins because he was my cousins' neighbor at the time. Since that time I hadn't seen him until three years ago when I went back to Taiwan in the summer. That summer I hadn't talked to him at all since we were both going through that awkward teenage "too cool/shy to talk to anyone" phase. (Hahaha) But upon going back to Taiwan this time, Scott was really amiable and he and my brother became fast friends when my brother stayed in Ping Dong with my cousins since KaioShiung got too boring for him. When he came with us to Kenting I still hadn't talked to him at all because I hadn't seen him and we didn't really talk until that night.
After swimming, we went to the local night market where I bought two dresses and a cute umbrella. (That was also when my dad, brother, and aunt left because my dad and brother had a flight to catch back to the US the next day.) So, with only the younger kids left, we went back to the hotel where part of the group went to the beach to go star watching. The stars that night were absolutely beautiful. It's funny how you forget small things like that when you live in the city. The breeze was warm that night and the ocean was relatively peaceful as we watched the stars. Fabio, my cousin's cousin, whose house I am staying at in Taiwan, has astrology as one of his hobbies so as we sat there he used his laser pointer to show us which stars were which and even provided us with binoculars to see the stars up close. He said he saw 4 shooting stars that night, but I saw none. I have yet to see any shooting stars in my lifetime. ): But anyways, we star watched for about two hours and in those two hours I got to talk and catch up with Scott. He was throwing rocks into the ocean when he first talked to me saying, "If I throw this past the tide pools, you have to run around the entire beach!" Not a conventional way to start a conversation, but I played along. Seeing as it was a pretty far distance away I agreed. He didn't make it, but I don't think he intended to since after that we started talking about, pretty much everything. I asked him about life in Illinois and he asked about Cali high school dances and etc. In the midst of our conversation, he saw a shooting star in the sky behind me and I was pretty sad that I didn't see it. So after that he said that I wasn't allowed to look at him while we talked anymore since I had to see a shooting star that night. I didn't/tried not to look at him the rest of the conversation but I still wasn't able to see a shooting star. He saw two that night. All in all, he's a sweet guy but (sadly) I probably won't see him much this summer since he's staying in another city (Ping Dong).
I don't know why I chose to talk about this instead of everything else that I've done in Taiwan. Maybe because this- the revival of an old friendship- meant the most to me? All I do know is that this is still the beginning of my stay in Taiwan/internship & I'm really looking forward to the rest of it. (:
After dinner at the night market!
Taiwan, to put it simply, is my absolute favorite place to vacation. Good food, good shopping, what more do I need?! I guess a good answer to that would be good company. While I'm staying with family friends, I can't help feeling nostalgic at times. I miss my friends. I miss my family. I miss my dog. I miss my car too. It's so weird not being able to go anywhere by myself again! But besides the expected nostalgia, my vacation is going pretty fantastic!
Last weekend, I went to Kenting, a beach area in southern Taiwan, with Annie, Fabio, their two cousins, my dad, my brother, Scott, Wesley, and Aunt Tsai. It took us about two hours to get there but we stopped by a local shop to get "naked green bean soup" before going to the hotel. NAKED GREEN BEAN SOUP IS SOOOOO GOOOOOD. Really, it was deliciousssss! But anyways, we arrived at the hotel and moved our luggage into our hotel room (everyone was staying in one hotel room) with two bedrooms and two baths. Then Annie showed us around the resort and we played on the beach that was connected to our beach resort, which was called Yoho. The beach was pretty nice, except there was ALOT of corral on the sand since it also had a tide pool. After wandering the beach, my dad, brother, Wesley, Scott and I went to swim in the pools. I admit I was kinda hesitant about wearing a bikini then cause I felt reaaally out of shape from Taiwanese/Japanese food. But yeah, we swam and it was kind of awkward with Scott. I'll give a background so you know what I'm talking about:
Scott was a childhood friend. He was born exactly one day after me, 10/11, and he ic currently going to school in Illinois. He stayed at my house for a summer when we were young along with my cousins because he was my cousins' neighbor at the time. Since that time I hadn't seen him until three years ago when I went back to Taiwan in the summer. That summer I hadn't talked to him at all since we were both going through that awkward teenage "too cool/shy to talk to anyone" phase. (Hahaha) But upon going back to Taiwan this time, Scott was really amiable and he and my brother became fast friends when my brother stayed in Ping Dong with my cousins since KaioShiung got too boring for him. When he came with us to Kenting I still hadn't talked to him at all because I hadn't seen him and we didn't really talk until that night.
After swimming, we went to the local night market where I bought two dresses and a cute umbrella. (That was also when my dad, brother, and aunt left because my dad and brother had a flight to catch back to the US the next day.) So, with only the younger kids left, we went back to the hotel where part of the group went to the beach to go star watching. The stars that night were absolutely beautiful. It's funny how you forget small things like that when you live in the city. The breeze was warm that night and the ocean was relatively peaceful as we watched the stars. Fabio, my cousin's cousin, whose house I am staying at in Taiwan, has astrology as one of his hobbies so as we sat there he used his laser pointer to show us which stars were which and even provided us with binoculars to see the stars up close. He said he saw 4 shooting stars that night, but I saw none. I have yet to see any shooting stars in my lifetime. ): But anyways, we star watched for about two hours and in those two hours I got to talk and catch up with Scott. He was throwing rocks into the ocean when he first talked to me saying, "If I throw this past the tide pools, you have to run around the entire beach!" Not a conventional way to start a conversation, but I played along. Seeing as it was a pretty far distance away I agreed. He didn't make it, but I don't think he intended to since after that we started talking about, pretty much everything. I asked him about life in Illinois and he asked about Cali high school dances and etc. In the midst of our conversation, he saw a shooting star in the sky behind me and I was pretty sad that I didn't see it. So after that he said that I wasn't allowed to look at him while we talked anymore since I had to see a shooting star that night. I didn't/tried not to look at him the rest of the conversation but I still wasn't able to see a shooting star. He saw two that night. All in all, he's a sweet guy but (sadly) I probably won't see him much this summer since he's staying in another city (Ping Dong).
I don't know why I chose to talk about this instead of everything else that I've done in Taiwan. Maybe because this- the revival of an old friendship- meant the most to me? All I do know is that this is still the beginning of my stay in Taiwan/internship & I'm really looking forward to the rest of it. (:
After dinner at the night market!
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