"Use your imagination not to scare yourself to death but to inspire yourself to life."-Adele Brookman

你好 (Ni Hao, Hello)!! Hehehe like my use of mandarin on my blog?? Or the picture, above, of Taiwan?? I decided that from now on this won't only be my exchange blog but also my daily life blog until I leave :) I think either each post, or some posts, I'll post a random picture of Taiwan. I joined the Taiwan Group on Flickr. I love looking at all beautiful, diverse, images of Taiwan. It makes me more excited then I already am.

3 months until I go (I think) though I have not gotten any info on departure or placement. All I know is that Taiwan has my application and that when they do release the info on my placement I'll be able to apply for my visa.I hope Taiwan will tell me soon where I am going. Yikes My friend called me bipolar and that exactly what this exchange is doing to me, lol. But in a good way I think. If you talked or saw me two/three weeks ago you wouldn't think I was excited about Taiwan. You think the total opposite. Three weeks ago I was freaking out over leaving and even didn't want to go. Now I want to go and I can't stop thinking about it. I am just so darn happy. I think I am driving my friends and family nuts with my chatter . I think my hyperness is due to my AWESOME WEEK AT ORIENTATION!!! Which was last week. Video will be up tomorrow or Sunday.

I am also almost done High School. I am almost graduated . That realization is kind of is surreal. Of course I might not get a ceremony or get the chance to graduate due to the fact that the teachers might be going on strike I am trying not to think about this. So lets look at my prom dress (which came in today and I got fitted)

What else?? Oh!! I found a Mandarin Tutor ^_^ She is a student at our local University who is from China. I have classes with her 2 times a week and she is awesome It's fun learning a new language with someone who is so cool. I am actually loving the Mandarin language more then I gave it credit for. It is my goal to become fluent or semi fluent while over in Taiwan. Why? Because honestly it is such a cool language. I think some people are put off my by the language because it seem hard. Which, I am not going to lie, it is. I mean with learning all these tones I hope that by the time I come back I can sing because it feels like I am while speaking it. Does that make sense? But it is fun and a new challege. At Orientation people kept saying they could never do what I am doing (going to Taiwan, learning mandarin) , but I realize deep down I wouldn't trade this challenging experience for anything. Why? Because I honestly have a soft spot for this unique language. I definitely want to become immerse in it. Anyway I have had 2 classes so far and have been practicing the tones, vowels, and stuff.I now "Hello" and "How are you?" by heart. It will be interesting to see how much I can learn before I leave. Here are my textbooks and dictionary.



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"Use your imagination not to scare yourself to death but to inspire yourself to life."-Adele Brookman

你好 (Ni Hao, Hello)!! Hehehe like my use of mandarin on my blog?? Or the picture, above, of Taiwan?? I decided that from now on this won't only be my exchange blog but also my daily life blog until I leave :) I think either each post, or some posts, I'll post a random picture of Taiwan. I joined the Taiwan Group on Flickr. I love looking at all beautiful, diverse, images of Taiwan. It makes me more excited then I already am.

3 months until I go (I think) though I have not gotten any info on departure or placement. All I know is that Taiwan has my application and that when they do release the info on my placement I'll be able to apply for my visa.I hope Taiwan will tell me soon where I am going. Yikes My friend called me bipolar and that exactly what this exchange is doing to me, lol. But in a good way I think. If you talked or saw me two/three weeks ago you wouldn't think I was excited about Taiwan. You think the total opposite. Three weeks ago I was freaking out over leaving and even didn't want to go. Now I want to go and I can't stop thinking about it. I am just so darn happy. I think I am driving my friends and family nuts with my chatter . I think my hyperness is due to my AWESOME WEEK AT ORIENTATION!!! Which was last week. Video will be up tomorrow or Sunday.

I am also almost done High School. I am almost graduated . That realization is kind of is surreal. Of course I might not get a ceremony or get the chance to graduate due to the fact that the teachers might be going on strike I am trying not to think about this. So lets look at my prom dress (which came in today and I got fitted)

What else?? Oh!! I found a Mandarin Tutor ^_^ She is a student at our local University who is from China. I have classes with her 2 times a week and she is awesome It's fun learning a new language with someone who is so cool. I am actually loving the Mandarin language more then I gave it credit for. It is my goal to become fluent or semi fluent while over in Taiwan. Why? Because honestly it is such a cool language. I think some people are put off my by the language because it seem hard. Which, I am not going to lie, it is. I mean with learning all these tones I hope that by the time I come back I can sing because it feels like I am while speaking it. Does that make sense? But it is fun and a new challege. At Orientation people kept saying they could never do what I am doing (going to Taiwan, learning mandarin) , but I realize deep down I wouldn't trade this challenging experience for anything. Why? Because I honestly have a soft spot for this unique language. I definitely want to become immerse in it. Anyway I have had 2 classes so far and have been practicing the tones, vowels, and stuff.I now "Hello" and "How are you?" by heart. It will be interesting to see how much I can learn before I leave. Here are my textbooks and dictionary.



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