you know what? i think i'm growing up. it's probably not hard to believe given the circumstances of being in a new situation in a different country...but it's taken awhile.
i'm learning from the past how to stand up for myself and not be treated poorly. i deserve more respect and dammit, i'm out to get it.
anyway, i had my ismt101 final today and i got there at 8:30 only to find out that it had been rescheduled for 10. after that i slept and bummed all day....and now tomorrow i will have to study sooo much for my logistics test but after that, i will be free!!! until july when i start chinese...
my family comes here in about 10 days, i can't wait!
24 May 2008
21 May 2008
spinning like a whirlwind
These last days in Hong Kong are dwindling so fast! I only have 25 more days until I go home and see my wonderful family and friends and of COURSE, my DOGGIES!!! Yes, I am obsessed with them and no, I do not care what you have to say about it.
On the homefront, things have gone sour in one of my relationships with a friend. I just now realized that he didn't treat me right for some years now, and it's time to let go. This happens a lot to me, and I don't think it's just a weird coincidence, but obviously something to do with myself and how I view myself and treat myself. And I am ready for some change in my life because honestly, drama is draining.
I hugged Katherine goodbye today! So sad. Then Vish wrote to me from his home too and that made me feel a little sad as well. I just realized that it's getting late in may and I thought June was so far off but it indeed my friends, is not. I just finished the third of my finals and now I have two left to go, one of which I just finished making my study guide for.
I sort of just want to get out of here. I am lacking motivation to be happy in Hong Kong, and I didn't expect it to end this way.
So bittersweet.
On the homefront, things have gone sour in one of my relationships with a friend. I just now realized that he didn't treat me right for some years now, and it's time to let go. This happens a lot to me, and I don't think it's just a weird coincidence, but obviously something to do with myself and how I view myself and treat myself. And I am ready for some change in my life because honestly, drama is draining.
I hugged Katherine goodbye today! So sad. Then Vish wrote to me from his home too and that made me feel a little sad as well. I just realized that it's getting late in may and I thought June was so far off but it indeed my friends, is not. I just finished the third of my finals and now I have two left to go, one of which I just finished making my study guide for.
I sort of just want to get out of here. I am lacking motivation to be happy in Hong Kong, and I didn't expect it to end this way.
So bittersweet.
18 May 2008
the beginning of the end
woe is me! classes have ended and its only a few short weeks before finals and the entire semester finishes as well. i can't believe it! part of me is really sad and trying not to be emo while another part of me is pretty excited to go home. it's just that everyone says nothing changes when you go home...everyone is doing the same thing and can't relate to you. and no one wants to hear about your travels over and over, but obviously they're a huge part of your life and who you are....so yes. it might be a difficult transition at home. but i look forward to it anyway.
people have been planning going away parties and get togethers and it's freaking me out a bit. ghoribet already left, katherine and beata are leaving this week...and stupid david leibman is in laos so we all are feeling a little deprived. went to a toga party on thursday, then to jen fo's performance and club 9 on friday, then out to oyster bar, dragon i, cliq, volar and home base last night with my best boys. i love those guys so much!! theyre the best.
so now i have some work ahead of me if i want to do well or at least acceptable on my last three finals and paper. then its done. but im taking two classes this summer so the fun continues!
anyway i'm going to live this up. it's too short.
<3 me
people have been planning going away parties and get togethers and it's freaking me out a bit. ghoribet already left, katherine and beata are leaving this week...and stupid david leibman is in laos so we all are feeling a little deprived. went to a toga party on thursday, then to jen fo's performance and club 9 on friday, then out to oyster bar, dragon i, cliq, volar and home base last night with my best boys. i love those guys so much!! theyre the best.
so now i have some work ahead of me if i want to do well or at least acceptable on my last three finals and paper. then its done. but im taking two classes this summer so the fun continues!
anyway i'm going to live this up. it's too short.
<3 me
07 May 2008
malaysia & singapore
i've recently returned from a trip to singapore and malaysia with an awesome group of friends for a week of traveling...let me recount my experiences!
wednesday: we arrived into singapore late at night without any hotel reservations or an idea of what to do. so we headed to fragrance hotel in the red light district on a private minibus and as we approached, were alarmed at the lines of hookers on the streets. the drive there was pretty as i have decided singapore is quite pristine and fairytale like.
thursday: after a little morning mrt hiatus, rizzardi frances and i made it to the the killaney restaurant to meet alex and kristen. we had some odd jam with our toast and then headed to the bus station to hop a 2.40 ride into malaysia. after we got to jb, it turned out that we had to wait HOURS before the next bus to mersing. so we stayed in the bus station, mainly in mcdonalds, just sitting. we ate some weird sweet potato chips and banana chips and alex bought blood diamond. then we finally boarded the bus and ended up in mersing at omar's backpackers hostel. let me tell you...omar is a big deal in mersing. we had dinner at a pirate cove place with our new friend from england, ben, and then headed to bed. well that didn't work out so well because of the whole nasty-bed-eew-ouch-mosquitos-killing-us-loud-noises-incessant-scary-chanting-burning-hot-with-no-ac issue.
friday: we got up pretty early to catch the boat to tioman island. the ride there was quite comfortable and cold and i slept like a baby. when we arrived, the island was so gorgeous and i couldnt wait to get off the boat. we ended up at abc and stayed i
n a pretty bombass bungalow. the mosquito net wasnt quite big enough and there was no ac but i slept well. we went out on the beach and i drew pretty things in the sand with coral and a rock and eventually the tide rose so we headed in. that night we had curry at some place and brought our duty free wine with. because of the wine, i was able to sleep well. oh and malaysia enjoys stray cats.
saturday: we headed back to mersing and had a little group dispute. frances wanted to still go to taman negara the national park but we decided it was too far to trek in a short amount of time. so after much debate, she headed away and we took a slow, diesel burning, odd van to endau rompin for some jungle time. we were greeted by a pretty cool guy who didnt mind that we didnt have enough m
oney with us...and then sent to our awesome bungalow. since we didnt have electricity until 7pm, we sat around playing spades and other card games in the hot hot heat. then i did some yoga and hopped in the shower. afterwards we went to dinner and had some weird shit and then went to a night walk in the jungle. we saw some cool stuff like tracks, an ant nest, awesome foliage and the like. after being bit by a red ant and wanting to chop my knee off, we headed in for some rest in our COOL air-conditioned room.
sunday: we woke up early to have breakfast which was spicy ramen noodles without soup and then headed out to hike toward a waterfall. after peeling leech after leech off of my feet and alex being bitten by a few through his crocs, we ended up at a beautiful waterfall that was about 70ft high. we jumped into the water and on the way up the pressure killed my ears and the pain lasted for QUITE SOME TIME. like a FULL DAY. owch. then we drove to mersing and then got on a bus to johor bahru and ended up in singapore late at night. we waited for a bazillion years to get the bus to the next customs check point and then hopped a moving bus without paying to get there. we ate at a cafe outside our hotel (yummy indian food) and then headed into our bombass room with the bombass three person bed and watched blood diamond and drank jim beam coolers.
monday: today i found out that singapore is amazingly beautiful! we slept in late and then checked out of our hotel, leaving luggage behind. we took a taxi to the boat quay and had a vietnamese/singaporean lunch next to the water. aferwards, we walked along the quay and headed to the esplanade. on the way we saw the merlions and the second largest ferris wheel in the world! (and rats!) at the esplanade, lisa and i shopped around a bit while alex ventured into the violin shop and played us a few tunes. we then went to st. andrews catherdral which was beautiful but exteremly hot and then spent two hou
rs in the singapore art museum. i actually enjoy art more than i had originally thought! after that we had dinner at delhi, a nice restaurant in little india and then headed off to our night safari. we watched a 'creatures of the night' show and then went on a little safari where i discovered a CAPYBARA which is the world's largest rodent hwich is like a sheep but a hamster. then it was off to the airport!
so overall view of the trip:
malaysia is beautiful, but hot and buggy and has ants that are on steroids. the malay language is interesting.
singapore is awesome, but i would be afriad of being caught chewing gum orsomething. the old architecture in conjunction with the modern buildings is beautiful! the water is gorgeous and the sites are nice but the prices are a little too high.
now its time to explore taiwan. :)
wednesday: we arrived into singapore late at night without any hotel reservations or an idea of what to do. so we headed to fragrance hotel in the red light district on a private minibus and as we approached, were alarmed at the lines of hookers on the streets. the drive there was pretty as i have decided singapore is quite pristine and fairytale like.
thursday: after a little morning mrt hiatus, rizzardi frances and i made it to the the killaney restaurant to meet alex and kristen. we had some odd jam with our toast and then headed to the bus station to hop a 2.40 ride into malaysia. after we got to jb, it turned out that we had to wait HOURS before the next bus to mersing. so we stayed in the bus station, mainly in mcdonalds, just sitting. we ate some weird sweet potato chips and banana chips and alex bought blood diamond. then we finally boarded the bus and ended up in mersing at omar's backpackers hostel. let me tell you...omar is a big deal in mersing. we had dinner at a pirate cove place with our new friend from england, ben, and then headed to bed. well that didn't work out so well because of the whole nasty-bed-eew-ouch-mosquitos-killing-us-loud-noises-incessant-scary-chanting-burning-hot-with-no-ac issue.
friday: we got up pretty early to catch the boat to tioman island. the ride there was quite comfortable and cold and i slept like a baby. when we arrived, the island was so gorgeous and i couldnt wait to get off the boat. we ended up at abc and stayed i
n a pretty bombass bungalow. the mosquito net wasnt quite big enough and there was no ac but i slept well. we went out on the beach and i drew pretty things in the sand with coral and a rock and eventually the tide rose so we headed in. that night we had curry at some place and brought our duty free wine with. because of the wine, i was able to sleep well. oh and malaysia enjoys stray cats.saturday: we headed back to mersing and had a little group dispute. frances wanted to still go to taman negara the national park but we decided it was too far to trek in a short amount of time. so after much debate, she headed away and we took a slow, diesel burning, odd van to endau rompin for some jungle time. we were greeted by a pretty cool guy who didnt mind that we didnt have enough m
oney with us...and then sent to our awesome bungalow. since we didnt have electricity until 7pm, we sat around playing spades and other card games in the hot hot heat. then i did some yoga and hopped in the shower. afterwards we went to dinner and had some weird shit and then went to a night walk in the jungle. we saw some cool stuff like tracks, an ant nest, awesome foliage and the like. after being bit by a red ant and wanting to chop my knee off, we headed in for some rest in our COOL air-conditioned room.sunday: we woke up early to have breakfast which was spicy ramen noodles without soup and then headed out to hike toward a waterfall. after peeling leech after leech off of my feet and alex being bitten by a few through his crocs, we ended up at a beautiful waterfall that was about 70ft high. we jumped into the water and on the way up the pressure killed my ears and the pain lasted for QUITE SOME TIME. like a FULL DAY. owch. then we drove to mersing and then got on a bus to johor bahru and ended up in singapore late at night. we waited for a bazillion years to get the bus to the next customs check point and then hopped a moving bus without paying to get there. we ate at a cafe outside our hotel (yummy indian food) and then headed into our bombass room with the bombass three person bed and watched blood diamond and drank jim beam coolers.
monday: today i found out that singapore is amazingly beautiful! we slept in late and then checked out of our hotel, leaving luggage behind. we took a taxi to the boat quay and had a vietnamese/singaporean lunch next to the water. aferwards, we walked along the quay and headed to the esplanade. on the way we saw the merlions and the second largest ferris wheel in the world! (and rats!) at the esplanade, lisa and i shopped around a bit while alex ventured into the violin shop and played us a few tunes. we then went to st. andrews catherdral which was beautiful but exteremly hot and then spent two hou
rs in the singapore art museum. i actually enjoy art more than i had originally thought! after that we had dinner at delhi, a nice restaurant in little india and then headed off to our night safari. we watched a 'creatures of the night' show and then went on a little safari where i discovered a CAPYBARA which is the world's largest rodent hwich is like a sheep but a hamster. then it was off to the airport!so overall view of the trip:
malaysia is beautiful, but hot and buggy and has ants that are on steroids. the malay language is interesting.
singapore is awesome, but i would be afriad of being caught chewing gum orsomething. the old architecture in conjunction with the modern buildings is beautiful! the water is gorgeous and the sites are nice but the prices are a little too high.
now its time to explore taiwan. :)
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