Day 1: currently 8:44 pm in taipei

omg i’m about to pass out i’m so tired… i’m literally nodding off as i watch my favorite variety show, “Running Man” and i am barely typing all this right now… eyelids are super heavy………. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz…

too early… o_O

so the bad thing about traveling is how ridiculously early i wake up the next morning. it was barely 6:00 when i woke up… meaning i only got like a little less than four hours of sleep. woot. also… i forgot just HOW humid it really is here… and it is SO HUMID. my hair was still damp when i woke up! my neck was sticky, and my face is super moist right now. BUT all that aside, i really am very happy/excited to be back here after two years, and i hope i make the best of this trip!!

waited for two years

right now it is currently 1:31 AM, and i am at… my grandpa’s house! i arrived at grandpa’s at around 12:30, and i’ve showered and everything. not surprisingly, i’m not tired at all! i’m ready for the morning to come, actually, haha. but… as it IS 1:32 AM at the moment, and dawn doesn’t come for another four hours, i will have to sleep soon. ugh my dark circles are going to be killer in like eight hours… BUT THE IMPORTANT THING IS I’M HERE I’M HERE AND I WAITED FOR TWO YEARS FOR THIS AND I’M HERE SO YAAAYYYYY TAIWAN COME AT ME BRO!!!

WOOOOOOOOT

YES A’s IN ALL MY CLASSES. I AM SATISFIED. UT HERE I COOOMMMEEEE!!!! YOU HAD BETTER ACCEPT ME.

sorry it’s another rant

oh my god. oh my GOD. OH MY GOD!!! i am SO glad i do NOT have to go through this after this morning. this is ridiculous! i have asked her REPEATEDLY to please NOT TALK ON THE PHONE before 10:00 in the morning. REPEATEDLY. MEANING MORE THAN LIKE TEN TIMES ALREADY. I HAVE TO WAKE UP TO HER FREAKING ANNOYING WHINY VOICE IN THE MORNING LIKE FOUR MORNINGS OUT OF SEVEN EACH WEEK. THAT IS JUST RIDICULOUS. WHY. WHY. WHY. each time she’s just like: sorry, sorry!

and then the next day it’s like i didn’t even ask her.

her excuse: i thought i could talk quietly but i sometimes forget.

NO! IT DOESN’T WORK LIKE THAT! IF YOU CAN TALK QUIETLY, BY ALL MEANS DO SO, AND STAY THAT WAY. DO NOT RAISE YOUR VOICE WHEN I AM TRYING TO SLEEP. I AM THE SLEEPING MASTER I AM NOT TO BE AWAKEN BY ANYONE OTHER THAN ME.

and now i’m grumpy and in no mood to study for my last two finals. thanks, roommate. thanks a lot. i hope i’m not being too rude and making others cater to me. because i feel like this is respecting others’ quiet time, right? if someone is sleeping, it’s only natural that you keep quiet and not disturb them. and yet i seem to be disturbed 6 mornings out of ten. i’m done i’m done i’m done. yay happy that the year is over and i don’t have to do deal with this for the summer. the end.

shoot me now

I’M SO TIRED OF STUDYING GAAHH and i haven’t even studied that much… maybe like an hour, tops? i seriously need to take a study break every ten minutes… ;alskdfja;ldjsf;lajsf;lajf;lkajf I’MA FAAAAIIILLL

thoughts on freshman year of college: memorable

so this past year has been pretty incredible. though i didn’t experience most of the things that average college students experience, such as drinking, partying, and going crazy, i’d have to say my experience is an experience i wouldn’t trade for anything.

this entire year has been a year where my relationship with the Lord has been the strongest. i’m not saying that i have the closest relationship with Him out of everyone, i’m saying compared to other years in my life, this has surely been the year that has brought me much closer to Him. and i’m eternally grateful. i’m grateful for Epic, grateful for the people around me, and grateful for my parents.

it’s not until you leave home that you realize your parents truly cherish you and truly care about you. it was like that for me. i never got home sick, but when i did see my parents, i wanted to spend more time with them. they’ve sacrificed a lot for me, probably a lot more than i know, and i honestly have no words to explain my thanks.

school was… easy. easy as in not much work, i didn’t have much to study for, and i had endless amounts of free time. so much more free time than in high school, which was very interesting. but… as a result of losing the busy life, i gained some pounds. BUT hopefully they will go away this summer….

because school was so stress-free, i had so much time to become closer to God, and it was awesome. almost every weekend was full of spontaneous adventures with Epic, and i’ve come to cherish the people in there. first semester was rough and tough, but God gave me courage to keep pursuing this community. and i finally reaped the rewards of doing so. at least… i think. well, in my opinion i did. i am comfortable around these guys, and this is the community i never had in high school. and i’m even more excited for next year because having already met the people at UT and seeing their warmth and compassion, i know i’ll be in a better place. i hope… it’ll probably still be hard at UT, but i’ll make it. if God could take me through UTSA, He can take me through UT.

i’m just so happy for the memories i made this past year. going to a creepy barn late at night with everyone and getting scared for nothing, late-night hangouts at alex/andrew/patrick’s place, watching Elf, second dinner at Chacho’s, playing “assa” at alex’s, Anthology, hanging out with Emily, getting ice cream with Helen and Emily, talking at alex’s, conversations with Rachel, and small group. thank you, Lord, for blessing me with these memories. and i just hope that the people i met this year will remember me too, and that the next time i see them, we can all reminisce about the year before. except this time, i’ll be at UT, making new memories, and they’ll be at UTSA, making new memories. but i hope i’ll see them again. soon?