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Still not finished with the Youth Camp post. I finished typing up all the juicy details of each day, but I still need to type about my feelings of everything that happened.


It's getting less hot each day, and the days are getting shorter too. It's like overcast weather with sun peeking out now and then. Sometimes when the wind blows, I would smell the scent of Taiwan. Not in terms of food. but when you breathe in and it's this scent of ohh i don't know how to explain.




Recently I've been having this craving for asian food, more specifically, korean/japanese/taiwanese food. I looked up like 5 different food blogs about korean bbq in taiwan. and I've watched like 5 episodes of 型男大主廚. And I just followed like 3 different taiwanese blog on tumblr and bookmarked like 3 others. And I was just browsing through foodie Instagram accounts this morning too. What's wrong with my recent obsession of food!!

I'm all caught up on 拆局專家, but only on like ep 4 of 樓奴.
School starting soon :( I'm not ready to begin homework and tests and sitting in classrooms and ranting about teachers. sighh.
Also not ready for sat and act and college apps and I'm just not ready to grow up.



Ohh, sent bro back to WSU last Sunday. Wow, it's been exactly a week already. I'll talk briefly about that I guess. So on Sunday morning we set off to Idaho. Ate at this China Buffet. Price was great, except food wasn't really...not complaining though, cuz the price was cheap. I wasn't feeling too well though, so I didn't eat a lot, which I REGRET.
Then we went to Winco to look around, and then checked in to our hotel. And then we just chilled in the hotel (i slept a lot) until like 6ish where we visited University of Idaho. We drove into campus and drove by the golf course and then visited their botanical garden cuz we didn't know where to go anyway. (Mom wouldn't stop talking on the phone!)



After that, went back to hotel and I was a bit hungry, cuz I didn't eat that much for lunch, so bro drove us to McDonalds. Mom and Dad stayed in hotel. And we got 4 burgers and freaking McDonalds is so expensive now. sighh...
After burgers, some chips that we brought from home. And then I showered, and then we watched 住左邊住右邊. I've been watching 1 episode of that every night...
And then sleep.



Next morning, breakfast. And then bought some groceries from Winco for bro. Then drove back to Washington, to WSU and put bro's luggage in his frat house. And then we drove to see bears! Yes, there's bears @ WSU. We coincidentally went at the perfect time because the workers let them out of their cage to walk around and eat grass and one of the medium sized bears had an itch on his back I guess so he stood up on 2 and rubbed his back all over the cage. So cute!!
There were like 4(?) bear cubs, but they weren't let out of their cage yet.
Then bro showed us some other stuff until lunch time. We ate at this chinese restaurant which was fine, then dropped bro back at his frat house and then we drove back home.

Short trip.




Ok that's it.



[235th day of 2015: 6/10]

Labels: food, school, taiwan, travel, tvb, worries

Got back on Tuesday. And of course, the post vacation depression is inevitable. I miss Taiwan, I miss my family, I miss the food, I miss the humid air, I miss the hot weather, I miss the busy streets, the loud streets, I miss the streets filled with motorcycles and cars. I miss everything. I miss being in the same country as some of my favorite celebrities. I miss being able to turn on the TV anytime, and being able to find a good TV show or a good movie. I miss being able to walk out and do stuff, buy stuff, actually come into contact with people the second I step out of the house.

At night, Bellevue is dead silent. And dark. Opposite of Taiwan. Sighh...

野柳

When I got on the car, ready to leave, all my family members were just standing there, waving goodbye..it was like a movie scene. and it was so hard to keep the tears in.

when I finally reached Seattle, mom called back to let my relatives know that I've arrived. And then I talked to my cousin, and I seriously teared up. I'm tearing up as I write this right now. She said the her son (my nephew) cried for so long after I left, begging my cousin to bring me back. I've seen my nephew cry for similar reasons while I was in Taiwan, and I know what it's like. The image was too clear in my mind.

I didn't want my cousin to know that I was tearing up, so I tried to talk as little as possible. i dont know how obvious I was. Good thing we weren't on the phone for too long. After that, I went upstairs, in my room (everyone else was downstairs) so no one would see me cry.
It's just so hard...

七股

But I gotta admit, this is the least I've cried out of all the previous years.

The other day, I was listening to music. Cuz it's so dead silent here even in the daytime, and I really need to distract myself from reality. And I teared up again. First song doesn't even have anything to do with family or missing home. Instead, it was about  a boyfriend girlfriend relationship. Yet, I teared up about that too..

The song's called 男朋友(Boyfriend), sang by Louis Koo (古天樂). I'm not sure if it was his voice, or if it was the lyrics written by 林夕 or the melody composed by 伍樂城 that made me tear up. Maybe it was a combination of all 3.

淡水

This part of the song:

"回答我可不可以暫時讓我牽牽手
我妄想的不會有
牽一牽你手　我便甜蜜夠"
The other song is called 等我回來(Wait for me to return), sang by Aaron Kwok(郭富城). Melody of this song is kinda light hearted, not really sad or anything, so it's probably the lyrics that made me tear up.
Here's a part of the song:

"不能和你Say Goodbye
我怕走不開　珍重是最難下嚥的對白
這幾天　我已體驗　你在身邊　是多好的感覺

不能跟你Say Goodbye 淚會流下來
藏不住的愛　我想你明白
捨不得　oh my love你在等待　我也等待　等我回來"

Actually, basically the whole song fits me, but I only attached the chorus.

小人國

Idk whats the point of writing this whole post...Maybe cuz I wanna tell someone about my feelings, but don't know who to tell? Or how to tell? Actually, I've already had a short convo about this with M.T. and L.Z.

But, I just need to let it out more I guess.

I wanna talk about my Taiwan trip, but that'll take too long. I guess those experiences will just remain in my memories.

Song Playlist is updated. First 6 songs are ones I found out about in Taiwan. First song, 為你寫詩 is sang by Kenji Wu (吳克羣). Soo hotttt ohmyy..


Sighhh, when am I gonna get out of this depression...




[228th day of 2014: 3/10]

Labels: kenji wu, reflection, taiwan, vacation, worries

Tennis in the morning with friends and some of friend's friends. Pretty interesting i guess.
got home and watched Triumph in the Skies while eating lunch :D


at about 6, family friend picked me up to go to this yearly Taipei Youth Folk Sports Group performance. also picked up her daughter and my mom along the way. we were a little late, but the show didn't start yet when we went in. It was at Kirkland Performance Center.



These kids, ages 11-14 were selected in March this year from different elem, and middle school in taiwan. 5 months of practice, and they are truly AMAZING. well, they all already know how to do the stuff(like shuttlecock, chinese yo-yo), but still, having to memorize the choreography, etc. it was amazingly awesome.

They reached Seattle (from taiwan) last night and today was their first stop and first performance this year, they'll be travelling to other cities.

Performance:

There were a total of 6 parts to this show.

1. Harvest Dance: cool taiwanese tribal dance (Amis tribe). with nice beat and rhythm to start out the show. nothing too "wow" here. but it was nice.
2. Shuttlecock Kicking: These children were sooo good at shuttlecocks. like not even kidding.  hey pass it back&forth, use their face to bounce it, balance it on their feet and manage to twist their feet in this way (i cant describe it). and all these cool stuff. really cool.
3. Magic Wonderland: This was...basically just a routine dance i guess. I really like the theme and their outfits though. They also had umbrellas and they would roll around this ball on the umbrellas.
4. Diabolo Spinning: This was the chinese yo-yo performance. My fav. in all the parts. It was truly "WOWW WOW WOW". My heart was beating fast as i watch them to their tricks. Scared that they'll mess up. It was as if I'm doing the trick. Every time they do a trick, i get freaked out for them. not even kidding. i was soo scared they'd mess up or whatever. this part was FULL of exciting new tricks that keeps grabbing your attention. There's rarely a time where you can relax and breathe normally cuz it was really just sooooo intense!! These kids are pro at this. They could go on Americas's Got Talent and get a standing ovation. It was just woww. some tricks are the ones everyone's seen before, but some were totally new and exciting to see. JUST WOW WOW WOW WOW. im so jealous of them xD
5. Farmers's Delight: So after such an intense performance the pace slow downed a bit and allowed me to breathe again. This was a relaxing part but perfect for after the chinese yo-yos cuz i could finally sit back again instead of being on the edge of my seat. Anyways, this was a cute performance and contained old childhood songs that brings back memories&feelings(: Basically had the kids dance around with costumes as if they were peasants in the more olden days. Portrayed kids playing, and women and men's everyday farming life. 
6. Rope Skipping: This part was pretty intense too, not as intense as part 4 but still. This was jump roping at another new level. Contained several classic tricks like double dutch and swinging the rope twice while you jump. But they had to do these manyy manyyy manyy times. of course, there were also other high level stunts like 4 ropes swinging together.. the ropes were arranged really confusing and complicated. i couldn't even catch on.  and throughout the whole performance i was just thinking" howwwwwww did they do that. how are they jumping. how are the ropes not tangled together" and not only that, they were also jump roping inside jumping roping. there were also jump roping inside jump roping inside jump roping. 1 inside another inside another. i know it sounds really confusing and thats cuz it was just hella cool. and they were like switching sides and switching people for swinging the ropes all the same time jumping the bigger, most outside rope. super confusing to explain, you just gotta be there yourself. but HELLAAAAAA TIGHTT. 

Part 2: Shuttlecocks. See those colorful thingies on their feet, those are shuttlecocks.

Labels: reflection, taiwan

Long time no postttt~

Leadership- group stories with kpop star, A.W. (tall one), and Tiger N. except our story really sucked and didn't make sense...then continued presenting interviews to the class. the interviews are interesting cuz i learn cool & funny facts about ppl, and ppl also have funny questions and comments(: it also makes me learn about ppl on the inside...and seriously when someone like shares some kinda thought, likes, dislikes with me, i immidietaly go like"OMGG" in my head. and if its a guy i think "i want my bf to have the trait" hahaa. me and AW didn't get to go yet..theres only like 3-4 pairs left....

Danshui, Taiwan. soo pretty!

History-nothin much really. really need to work on talking more tho cuz Law gives participation pts :/

Chinese-skit. we got cut off cuz apparently ppl thought we were done performing. whateverr..

PE-the usual running. 2 mile ish?

Geometry-hate this unit...-.-

English-skit. ours turned out okay

Biology- nothin much


saw kpop star with a girl today after school, alone, in a pretty isolated area for +20min. ......somethings going onnn

theres quite a lot going on this week, like Divergent brochure for English, math test Friday on a confusing lesson and presentations like the 2 skits today, and also interview for Leadership..etc..


but next week will be muchh better. i just no it. or at least i hope so. cuz it's HSPE week and that means late starts for freshmen! I'm gonna use those effective hair curlers on wed. night for thu. so that even if it turns out bad, i have time to try to straighten it back. prob. will turn out okay tho. last time i had to style it, but it looked really pretty(: cant waitt



[64th day of 2013:6/10]

Labels: kpop star, taiwan

Happy new year everyone!! 2013...wonder what it'll be like.

*Feel free to stop reading whenever u want, cuz this post is extra extra extraaa long*

I've started on this post like a week or so ago, just cuz every year, I do my timeline of events, and that takes a long time to go back and find out what i actually did. This post is actually really more of for me than for my readers. but yeahh.



This is how I'll remember what I did in my life; even all the little details. They make me smile or laugh and think back to the memories.

I'm typing up the first 4 paragraphs you see here, on December 31, 2012, at 4:41pm. The sky is a little bit light reddish, and light blue. The sun is setting for one last time...

It's 6:45pm and I'm starting to hear the first signs of fireworks ALREADY(:



2012 was fine. The one thing that left a strong impression on me in 2012 isn't the clothes I bought, the hot guys at school, nor the presents I got. I'm very thankful to have met a really good friend, we've become really close really quick. We're soo alike and I totally trust her on all my secrets.
Being friends with her is the highlight of my year 2012; Thank you L.Z for being there for me whenever I need someone to talk to.

I wanna give another thank you to M.L. Although we don't hang as much now, it still feels like we're really close..well @ least too me. I know I can trust you with anything, and I'm really glad we've been able to maintain this trust between us for so many years. <3

Lastly, thank you God, for helping me get through 2012. I don't even know if I believe in God, but I do believe everything happens for a reason, and maybe God is the reason behind all this. I really don't know.

Whatever it is, thank you for letting 2012 be a bearable year.

Personally, I also think I've matured a lot this year.
Especially the trip back to Taiwan in August. I use to be the smallest on my dad's side until my cousin gave birth to 2 kids; one female (1?)and one male(3 yrs old). 2 years ago, the male was born, and even when I went back to Taiwan I'm still spoiled, the center of attention, you name it. But not anymore. This time I went back, the female was born. And it's as if magically, in 2 years I've became a distant relative. 



My older cousins, the ones around 20-30 years old use to fool around with me, tease me, but they've stopped. The family members that use to love putting food into my bowl every minute stopped. They treat me like an adult. And I'm just not use to that.

I'm not jealous of my baby cousins, because I love them very much too. The 3 year old plays with me and thinks of me as one of his centers of attention.
But idkk...something just isn't normal.

I also have another baby cousin (3 year old Taylor) from my mom's side.



I use to like hanging out with cousins from my dad's side better than the cousins on my mom's side. (though i love both sides very much). But this time, I loved hanging out with both sides equally the same., maybe even leaning towards mom's side... Maybe cuz my cousins from mom's side's age are closer to my age. And we can talk about boys, asian celebs, sing asian songs (they have this litttle KTV/ TV thing that has songs, and videos on it) on their cars everytime we rode in it.

I'm taking on more responsibility, and I'm no longer the little girl my relatives once loved to tease and mess around with. They treat me as if I'm an adult, and I have to face it maturely.

Okay, back to 2013. I just hope that all my loved ones and I will be safe, healthy, and happy. And I hope that God will be here to help me get through 2013 peacefully and healthily. Maybe with a little bit of luck, I might even win  Mr. Saturn's heart(;

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE(:

My timeline of events for 2012:

Jan:

• New Year's Eve watching drama with Kevin Cheng
• Found out Kevin Cheng smokes D:
• Dramatic increase in pageviews on this blog(:
• Returning to chinese school without best friend :(
• Bus accident on Friday the 13th
• No school on my bday cuz of snow
• Debit card

"Love-- comes in many different ways.  I always thought that to love you meant to protect you  and not let you get hurt. But the person that hurts you the  most [in the end] turned out to be me. People say if you can't provide your loved one  with happiness, then you should let go. But if I could start over,  I will choose to keep you, to use my greatest effort to provide you with happiness." -The most Blissful Things Special/Theater version;  最幸福的事 劇場版 (Bosco Wong 黃宗澤)

Labels: AL, anniversary, Anthony Neely, birthday, cantonese, christmas, Daniel Wu, graduation, jason chan, JJ Lin, Kevin Cheng, Linda Chung, LoL, new years, nicholas tse, Raymond Lam, reflection, Saturn, taiwan, tvb

Today:

Labels: Bosco Wong, taiwan

Today:

1. woke up
2. breakfast
3. messed around
4. went to pick out glasses. im excited! for them to come...when i come back from taiwan..sigh so long.
5. factoria mall-rite aid to buy fish oil
6. Genki Sushi for lunch with mom and Taylor
7. started packing for taiwan
8. cleaned up bathroom mirrors
9. more packing
10. comp. stuff
11. dinner
12. drama: three kingdoms RPG
13. comp. stuff

Labels: bikini, taiwan, worries