2 Months To Go :)
2 more months!! 2 more months, on the dot, until I go (if everything goes well). 2 months left to learn as much Mandarin as I can. 2 more months left to buy everything I'll need for a year abroad. 2 more months left to pick a good new luggage bag, apply for a visa, get both running shoes and sandals, finish my novel and a bunch of other things. Basically 2 more months until I go abroad, on exchange to Taiwan 
The realization is slowly starting to set in. However it still feels unreal. It feels like in 3 more months I'll still be here. But I won't. I don't think I'll actually realize I am going on exchange until I am on exchange. But the pressure to get ready (ex;learn chinese) and buy things is there. I afraid I won't have enough time which is silly.
I have also planned my summer on this: A) Spending as much time left with family and friends. One of my friends leaves back to her hometown at the beginning of July. I'll miss her. She's one of a kind friend who is herself. No one can compare to her (even though I like to compare her to others). B) Finishing my Novel. I promise myself that I would finish it by June 29th, 2011 (that when Grad Ceremony is) however that look unlikely now so my new date for when it should be finished is August 18th 2011. Whoever said writing a novel is same length of the pregnancy was right. C) Get my Driver License. My test is on July 6th. I am 18 and have had my learners for 2 years it about time I get my license. D) Practicing Mandarin.
Everything else I do is side work hehe
On another note:
The realization is slowly starting to set in. However it still feels unreal. It feels like in 3 more months I'll still be here. But I won't. I don't think I'll actually realize I am going on exchange until I am on exchange. But the pressure to get ready (ex;learn chinese) and buy things is there. I afraid I won't have enough time which is silly.
I have also planned my summer on this: A) Spending as much time left with family and friends. One of my friends leaves back to her hometown at the beginning of July. I'll miss her. She's one of a kind friend who is herself. No one can compare to her (even though I like to compare her to others). B) Finishing my Novel. I promise myself that I would finish it by June 29th, 2011 (that when Grad Ceremony is) however that look unlikely now so my new date for when it should be finished is August 18th 2011. Whoever said writing a novel is same length of the pregnancy was right. C) Get my Driver License. My test is on July 6th. I am 18 and have had my learners for 2 years it about time I get my license. D) Practicing Mandarin.
Everything else I do is side work hehe
On another note:
I HAVE GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL. IT'S OFFICIAL.
And bought a new camera!!! Which I can't show you the image of because the computer won't let me
My Graduation Ceremony will be on June 29th, 2011. My Prom & After Prom will be on the same day. However today was the last day of examination and the last time I'll have to walk in the school hallways (as Grad Ceremony & Dance will be in different location). It a weird feeling to be graduated. Me and my friend walk out of the school doors and I couldn't help but wonder if this was a dream. Others remind me of school in Taiwan and I keep telling them it not the same thing. I mean for the past 4 years everything, every mark, has been in preparation of University and now that life after childhood is here it hard to comprehend.
In other news Rotary e-mail me. I e-mail my coordinator asking them to e-mail Taiwan on when my guarantee forums would be coming (as I need to apply for a visa ASAP). And it turns out my forums will be ship out at the end of this week. I don't know if this was planned or to my coordinator happy but either way I am thrilled. I can't wait.
I want this exchange to be amazing, challenging and rewarding. I know their will be ups and downs. Highs and Lows. But through it all I was to be determine and push myself. I want to become fluent in Mandarin. I want to be the type of person who has a open mind and optimistic view on things. Sure their will be times when that will probably see a impossible concept, but I want to surpass those challenges and come out more of a develop person then ever.
Also I know what high school I am going to New Taipei City. However I am going to keep this information hidden until I receive the forums.
Until Then :)
~Maura~
And bought a new camera!!! Which I can't show you the image of because the computer won't let me
My Graduation Ceremony will be on June 29th, 2011. My Prom & After Prom will be on the same day. However today was the last day of examination and the last time I'll have to walk in the school hallways (as Grad Ceremony & Dance will be in different location). It a weird feeling to be graduated. Me and my friend walk out of the school doors and I couldn't help but wonder if this was a dream. Others remind me of school in Taiwan and I keep telling them it not the same thing. I mean for the past 4 years everything, every mark, has been in preparation of University and now that life after childhood is here it hard to comprehend.
In other news Rotary e-mail me. I e-mail my coordinator asking them to e-mail Taiwan on when my guarantee forums would be coming (as I need to apply for a visa ASAP). And it turns out my forums will be ship out at the end of this week. I don't know if this was planned or to my coordinator happy but either way I am thrilled. I can't wait.
I want this exchange to be amazing, challenging and rewarding. I know their will be ups and downs. Highs and Lows. But through it all I was to be determine and push myself. I want to become fluent in Mandarin. I want to be the type of person who has a open mind and optimistic view on things. Sure their will be times when that will probably see a impossible concept, but I want to surpass those challenges and come out more of a develop person then ever.
Also I know what high school I am going to New Taipei City. However I am going to keep this information hidden until I receive the forums.
Until Then :)
~Maura~Posted at 9:31 PM | 2 comments
.I hope you enjoy reading my oversea journey. Hopefully I can inspire others, like others have inspired me.
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