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[Aug. 23rd, 2006|09:42 am] |
it's not you, keith, it's that the beginning of August is probably the time when everyone's returning from vacations/packing/leaving again, etc. Although, Fred hasn't posted in a while. Fred!!! Where are you??? If you're anywhere near Taishan, or China or Both, let me know cause we should meet up!
I'm in an internet cafe at the moment. The guy in the row in front of me is watching "Van Helsing" and my cousin sitting next to me is watching the Chinese version of "Ghostbusters", complete with those awful yellow jumpsuits. ;-) My stay has been relativly pleasant, in part because of my grandma's excellent cooking. I'm leaving for Guangzhou tomorrow morning and will arrive in Hong Kong on the 28th. Amanda, if you're reading this, call my uncle's cell or house and tell me when you want to meet up, either before or after we get to Hong Kong. When/Are you coming to Guangzhou? We should go out for bubble tea. :-) Keith, I hope you're having a pleasant summer, or at least as pleasant of one since the last time I talked to you. I probably won't be getting on AIM much anymore (although "much" is obviously not to be taken literally ;-) ), since I don't know how I'll manage that in China. It might be blocked, but I'll try. Right now I'm still trying to figure out MSN.
Hope everyone has an awesome school year and good luck with everything!
-Toni |
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[Aug. 4th, 2006|06:57 am] |
Well, it seems as if I post something and then the whole board goes quiet :). Where did everyone go?
Keith |
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[Jul. 23rd, 2006|10:18 pm] |
Ok, ok, I'll post something :).
There hasn't been too much going on with me in the last few weeks--just a lot of work, which of course I can't really talk about :). I'm currently off on training until the middle of August, so I'm not even in my office anymore. Believe me, though, this is actually a good thing, because my "internship" was actually rather boring, but to no fault of the people in my office. It was just a situation in which the office had very little in the way of actual work that needed to be done, or that I was actually capable of doing. Sadly, certain jobs in my field require some degree of familiarity before one can actually peform competently.
I do have a great story from my training class this past week, but I'm afraid I'd rather not post about it here--a bit too public, even though I don't think anyone besides us really look at it. If you guys are curious, give me a call or catch me on IM. Let's just say that I was a few minutes away from being under questioning for a while.
Amanda and Toni: You guys will be thrilled to know that I got my car yesterday. I got a pretty sweet deal on a 2006 Honda Accord Ex. Sadly, no navigation, but it has all the other options that I could possibly want.
That's about it for me here. I'll be moving up to Silver Spring in about 2.5 weeks and we want to have people over as much as possible. Although you two girls will be out of the country for at least half of the year, you'll have to come hang out once you get back. Fred, you know you're always welcome.
I hope you guys are happy now :). |
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[Jul. 21st, 2006|11:51 am] |
OMG guys,
I'm finally finished with this absurd program. I'm leaving bright and early tomorrow morning. I'm so excited to be going home. Just sitting here at this school is making me mad. I agree with you Toni when you said that I should sue, but I actually think that is Georgetown's responsibility. I hope to talk to you all soon when I get back.
-Amanda |
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[Jul. 18th, 2006|01:40 pm] |
I have to say, I LOVE summer school. No parents, living with two of my best friends, having a car and being 2 1/2 hours away from having to work full-time. Don't get me wrong, I'm working for my classes, writing papers and all that, it's just a break from "would you like eggflower or hot and sour soup with your order?". Visiting my uncle, blueberry picking, hanging out with all my friends (not to mention Eugene has, unknownst to me beforehand, a roaring ballroom scene :-D). It's been good. I'm really sad that I'll be leaving soon. After that, it'll be a year and a half before I see most of my friends again. Such is the cost of studying abroad. I'm really excited, of course, but now that I'm seeing my friends that I haven't seen all school year, these kinds of thoughts are entering into my mind. I miss you guys, hope your summers are going well!
Amanda--I'm glad your internship is finally over. It is absolutely ridiculous that you paid so much money to be a hostess for Haagen Daz. If we were the stereotypical Americans, I'd say sue for your money back. ;-)
Fred--When do you get back from Taiwan? I want to hear all about it! (beer gardens aside ;-) )
Keith--tell us about your summer! |
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[Jul. 11th, 2006|01:00 pm] |
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Sorry I haven't been keeping up with the journal guys. I feel bad for not being there for you guys when you were having problems. I am just catching up with journals and e-mails. So I finally finished my internship which consisted of washing dishes, hostessing, and ridiculous paperwork at Haagen-Dazs. I have to say, it was a great experience....not. Sorry for being so pessimistic, but there is just no way that I will recover my 2 months wasted on this retarded program. Anyways back to happier things. I went to London for the weekend. It was very refreshing and the people there are so much nicer than people in Paris. Although, my statement can be disproved by my encounter on the train coming back from the airport. This random French lady sits right next to me and starts talking to me. She asks me a bunch of questions and what not. It was kind of creepy and highly unexpectly of anybody French, but she finally gave me her contact information and told me to contact her on the weekend so I can work on my French and learn about the culture. It was a really random moment and I don't think I dealt with it very well since I was sleep deprived from waking up really early and not being able to sleep the night before because of all the ruckous caused by the Italians winning the World Cup and everybody knows how I am when I'm sleep deprived. Anyways, I thought I'd share that interesting story. Now, I'm just counting the days until I return to the states. Toni, I hope you are having better luck with your summer classes. Fred, I was really disappointed when I read that blog about the beer garden, but I'm glad you redeemed yourself in the last entry. I want to hear all about Taiwan soon. I hope you are feeling better as well too. I've also realized that the only people who use this journal is Toni, Fred, and me. (oh and Keith probably reads it, but never posts anything, LOSER! jk, wish he would share with us his summer adventures) haha that sounded really corny, oh well hope it works. |
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[Jul. 10th, 2006|12:53 am] |
Hey guys,
I gotta be honest - I'm quite afraid of posting stuff on blogs like this, especially when we're supposed to be candid and whatnot. I'm still immature in the sense that whatever I write, I think people will react in a way I didn't intend for them too, or they'll just think I'm weird. But god. We're already juniors in college, and that fact just hit me. Two years into our college careers...I still remember high school freshman year as if it was yesterday. So, the point is, I shouldn't worry about what others may think - we're all friends here, and even if that weren't the case, how can we really find out who we are if we let our inhibitions get the better of us?
Sophomore year was a changing point in my college life, I can already tell that. I was quite a different person coming in last fall, than I was in May. I think even now I've changed since then, based on a lot of what I"m experiencing here in Taipei. I know my last post was...well, looking back at it, I regret writing such an immature and pessimistic post, but I guess it is a vivid sign that change is indeed, a prominent force in our lives.
I realize we've all been affected in some way by everyone we've run into over the past year.
My very faith in Catholicism was shaken by the people and places I've seen here. Like now, I do believe ancestor worship and stuff like burning money is more than superstition. Even if it is just some neurotic habit of a culture, there is a certain degree of magic imparted onto it by believing humans. I hate, hate hate hate getting into metaphysical stuff, because a lot of times my mind's on what I'm going to eat next rather than on things like this, but this time in Taiwan, has been different than the other times i've come here.
Thanks to Amanda for her postcard - it was really awesome to get it. Toni, you're always getting Korean roommates, maybe you should see why no Taiwanese have come along =D.
I think by now, bubble tea is running through my veins... |
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[Jun. 29th, 2006|11:27 pm] |
Sorry I've kinda been MIA. I moved to Eugene last Saturday for summer school. I'm living with one of my super good friends, Jiyea (who is coincidentally also from South Korea--I guess I just have a penchant for South Korean roommates). Also, my cousin/best friend Emily just moved here a couple days to live with us and go to summer school, too, so the three of us are just chilling. I was originally in two classes, "Philosophy of Film" and "Poetry Workshop". I was having a lot of fun in the poetry class because I love writing poetry and reading it, etc, and the people in it were really diverse (age-wise and otherwise) and were very supportive and helpful, etc. but the class ended at 5:30pm!!! And the film class sounded cool, but the first movie we watched was "In the Cut" and I don't know if you guys have heard about it, but it's the whodunnit movie with Meg Ryan and Mark Ruffalo in it, and it had some really graphic sexual scenes in it, and you guys know how I feel about that. We're required to rent movies outside of class to watch, and the one I chose was kinda the same ("8 1/2 women" = how many gratuitous scenes of naked people can we fit into 2 hours?). So I dropped both of them and signed up for "Philosophy and Cultural Diversity" and "Women's Literature, Art, and Society". The first one is pretty cool, the prof takes a new approach to teaching it, but the people in the class are kinda b****y because I missed the first two days and NO ONE will give me their notes. The women's class is ironically, another film class, but the prof is from Australia and totally awesome. Anyway, I've rambled on for way too long. Hugs/condolences to Fred (hang in there, Fred, I believe in you and your ability to speak Chinese!) and Amanda (I'm frustrated for you, I would totally literally go punch those people in the face for you if we were on the same side of the Atlantic Ocean).
-Toni |
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[Jun. 28th, 2006|09:46 pm] |
studying chinese...is so tong4 ku3. i'm desperately entertaining thoughts of going back. i can't take it anymore. gaah! just a couple more days until the summer camp program that i went to some years back starts up and maybe then i'll see some people i know and maybe then..i'll stay in taiwan. but shit..if i feel like i'm hitting a wall every time i crack open that textbook, isn't that saying something?
well made some friends so far, but their interests lie in the chinese language itself so we can't get far off the ground in terms of compatability. There's a Belgian beer garden we're going to friday that seems really promising, so maybe then i'll be happier. i'm not sure how a beer garden works, but it's bound to be a pleasant couple hours. ahh..unlimited belgian beer lol...
my, this blog has gone quiet for a while...
hope you guys are all well!
-Fred |
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[Jun. 19th, 2006|11:47 am] |
I'm officially pissed off right now. The internship that I was guaranteed is non-existent right now and I was just told that I shouldn't worry about waiting a day and that I should be patient. Its only a freaking 2 week internship. Missing a day is a lot. I hate the fucking people that work here. This is fucking retarded. I can't believe I'm paying them. They are so fake and phony. I feel so taken advantage of. I better be getting the internship at Haagen-Daaz or I'm just going to leave. I'm so fed up with this bs. We've been taking econ for god's sakes in french and we were asked to transcribe the freaking news. How seriously useless is this program? Somebody please save me from this hell hole. Oh and Fred, where the heck did you disappear off to. I need your freaking address so I can send the postcards. Ugh I am seriously so pissed right now. I'm taking deep breaths and trying not to break everything in this freaking room.
-Amanda
Toni, I know it sounds like I have a split personality, but I just went to talk to the person in charge and she really pissed me off. That is why I wrote such an awful entry. |
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