Well, I promised a movie a few months ago, and I finally got my hands on it. Not to mention a computer of my own (thanks a ton Garry!) and internet that isn't extremely slow. So here it is! Hope you enjoy it half as much as I did!
Saturday, December 27, 2008
Friday, December 26, 2008
Figuring Things Out
It's been a while since I posted on here. I know I should do better, but if it's not that there isn't anything worth mentioning it's that there is too much going on that I don't know where to start. So I guess first of all, Taiwan was amazing, just as I expected it to be. It was great to get in touch with old friends and see people I haven't seen for 2-4 years. It was awesome. I remembered why it was that I love those people so much. Here's a shout out to all of my Taiwan friends, you guys ROCK!
Well, I'm home now, back in good ole' Missouri. It has been awesome to be home for Christmas with family. Man, I must be having problems with jet lag or something because this whole week I just haven't had any energy. It's just getting frustrating and rather annoying. Perhaps it will get better once I actually get myself a schedule that I actually stick to. We'll see. Well, speaking of getting back to school, I finally figured out what the heck I want to do with the rest of my life. I have decided that I want to be a High School Chinese teacher. Ya, I know High School teachers don't exactly make the big bucks, and teaching high school probably doesn't mean that I'll be sent to China to work, but I'm still really excited about it. I have always enjoyed teaching, and I (obviously) love Chinese. So I think that this is probably the best suited job for me. One of my favorite things from this past semester was helping my 同学 with any Chinese questions that they had. And I don't think I can count how many times I have been told that I should be a Chinese teacher this past semester. So I'm getting really excited about it. The only thing is, I have no idea what I'm going to do about my classes for next semester. When I registered for my classes for next semester, I was planning on doing an International Relations major, and now that that has changed, I don't know if any of the classes I have registered for are going to be needed. So one of the first things on the list of things to do when I get back to BYU is to go talk to a counselor about what the heck I should do for next semester and the rest of my College career. Anyway, I think I'm going to work on uploading pictures to somewhere on the internet so I can show people. I'll post a link on here when I eventually get them up on the internet.
Well, I'm home now, back in good ole' Missouri. It has been awesome to be home for Christmas with family. Man, I must be having problems with jet lag or something because this whole week I just haven't had any energy. It's just getting frustrating and rather annoying. Perhaps it will get better once I actually get myself a schedule that I actually stick to. We'll see. Well, speaking of getting back to school, I finally figured out what the heck I want to do with the rest of my life. I have decided that I want to be a High School Chinese teacher. Ya, I know High School teachers don't exactly make the big bucks, and teaching high school probably doesn't mean that I'll be sent to China to work, but I'm still really excited about it. I have always enjoyed teaching, and I (obviously) love Chinese. So I think that this is probably the best suited job for me. One of my favorite things from this past semester was helping my 同学 with any Chinese questions that they had. And I don't think I can count how many times I have been told that I should be a Chinese teacher this past semester. So I'm getting really excited about it. The only thing is, I have no idea what I'm going to do about my classes for next semester. When I registered for my classes for next semester, I was planning on doing an International Relations major, and now that that has changed, I don't know if any of the classes I have registered for are going to be needed. So one of the first things on the list of things to do when I get back to BYU is to go talk to a counselor about what the heck I should do for next semester and the rest of my College career. Anyway, I think I'm going to work on uploading pictures to somewhere on the internet so I can show people. I'll post a link on here when I eventually get them up on the internet.
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Taiwan
Holy cow! I'm in TAIWAN! Crazy, I know. So many great things going on. So many awesome people. So many amazing places. I remembered why it was that I fell so in love with Penghu, I've gotten in touch with people I had forgotten about and hung out with old friends that I still keep in contact with. I really don't have much time, but basically, life is good and I'm still alive. Stories and pictures either when I get back home on Sunday, or the next day on Monday. Love ya!
Monday, December 8, 2008
Do You Speak Chinese?
So tonight for FHE, we are building forts in our living room and making french toast and waffles. (pictures will come later) So earlier we were getting all of the bread and eggs. For 20 people, that's not a small amount of either. So I had it all in a bag walking back home and some random Chinese guy said hello. He noted that I had a bag full of eggs and bread so I told him that we were having a party tonight. He asked if I was going to school here, I said yes and that I go to Nanjing University. Then he asked me "Oh, so you speak Chinese?" ........ I just thought it was really funny that after 3 min this guy didn't even realize that I was speaking Chinese with him. Anyway, funny story, thought I would share.
Friday, December 5, 2008
End of Classes and Stuff
Holy cow. That's all I have to say... Holy cow. This semester just flew by! I had my last class of the semester yesterday. Pretty crazy. I must say though, I am WAY excited that classes are over. But not quite so excited that I have to leave China. But also very excited about seeing my family and having Christmas. Also, I'm way pumped about going to Taiwan to see my friends. It's going to be great! So yesterday, after we got out of classes, one of the other class' teachers went with a group of us to sing Karaoke. It was tons of fun! And it was all of $5/hour for a room. Split that 7 ways, and you have a cheap recipe for fun! Then we went to get dinner at this place I hadn't ever eaten at... All I can say is that I wish I had discovered this place beforehand. Oh well.
On a random note. The other day in my speaking class, our teacher told us a story that...well, I'll just see how you react... Well, her daughter is in the US studying in College. Instead of calling on the phone, they use skype on the internet to communicate. She said that usually the sound isn't the best. You can't expect too much being over the internet across the world. But she said that the other day it was exceptionally clear. She then attributed the "change" to our good ole' friend, President Elect Obama. It's a good thing his whole campaign is all about "change". I don't really feel like I know quite enough about politics to make much of a statement on Obama, but I know a lot more than most foreigners do. Yet, the media has put him up on such a high pedestal that he can do no wrong. EVERYONE loves him. People here just assume that I love him as much as they do. They can't imagine that anyone wouldn't like him. Grr... It just frustrates me that anything that is slightly good that happens in America from now until Obama is out of office is automatically going to be attributed to him because he's a superhero. Do I think he'll do good things, ya, sure I do. Do I think that he can do no wrong, absolutely not. Another thing I just love is that if you don't like Obama, it's because you are racist. That makes sense. Grrr..... Anyway. Enough about that.
On a more positive note, I got my suit! Horray for cheap stuff in China! Now I just need to find a tie that goes really well with it... Um... Finals are on Monday and Tuesday, not worried about them really at all... Not much else is going on, just having a nice relaxing weekend here in Nanjing... Oh man, it's my last weekend here. Sad day. But next weekend I'll be in Penghu! Yahoo!!
On a random note. The other day in my speaking class, our teacher told us a story that...well, I'll just see how you react... Well, her daughter is in the US studying in College. Instead of calling on the phone, they use skype on the internet to communicate. She said that usually the sound isn't the best. You can't expect too much being over the internet across the world. But she said that the other day it was exceptionally clear. She then attributed the "change" to our good ole' friend, President Elect Obama. It's a good thing his whole campaign is all about "change". I don't really feel like I know quite enough about politics to make much of a statement on Obama, but I know a lot more than most foreigners do. Yet, the media has put him up on such a high pedestal that he can do no wrong. EVERYONE loves him. People here just assume that I love him as much as they do. They can't imagine that anyone wouldn't like him. Grr... It just frustrates me that anything that is slightly good that happens in America from now until Obama is out of office is automatically going to be attributed to him because he's a superhero. Do I think he'll do good things, ya, sure I do. Do I think that he can do no wrong, absolutely not. Another thing I just love is that if you don't like Obama, it's because you are racist. That makes sense. Grrr..... Anyway. Enough about that.
On a more positive note, I got my suit! Horray for cheap stuff in China! Now I just need to find a tie that goes really well with it... Um... Finals are on Monday and Tuesday, not worried about them really at all... Not much else is going on, just having a nice relaxing weekend here in Nanjing... Oh man, it's my last weekend here. Sad day. But next weekend I'll be in Penghu! Yahoo!!
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