My Favorite Subject

Goal to watch a drama in Mandarin Chinese with only Chinese subtitles has been accomplished finally!!!

I realized that in my life, I've taken four years of Spanish in high school, and two semesters of Chinese in college. Yet my Mandarin is probably 5 times more advanced than my Spanish. I didn't know any Mandarin until after I graduated high school. This is really exciting for me, because I truly believe now that if you do something you have a passion for, it really does become a process that is a lot easier and smoother :) So yes, it is only worth it to pursue seriously things that you seriously want to pursue. Quality>quantity!

Worst Feeling

When someone you care about keeps kicking themselves in the foot. And they're too stubborn to take anyone's suggestions or advice or help.

Moving is my Least Favorite Activity

人生有时候会遇到很多种问题：学习上，健康上，家人，etc.所以，我觉得我很缺乏真正的心安感觉。我只想平平安安地过日子。Working on it.

今天晚上搬完家了。搬家非常不好玩。现在我跟以前不一样啦。我觉得越多东西就越烦恼。我知道我有很多没有用的东西。I only use about 10% of all the stuff I own. AHHHHH all of the rest of it is just sitting there and being wasted!!! =.= That’s why I never buy stuff now unless I really need it….since I probly wont ever use it and it’ll just sit there, be wasted (money wasted too), and then just be a huge hassle to move when the time comes.

今天是我这世第一次入IKEA!! xP

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Yammy Sushi o.O

If Only I Had Some Free Plane Tickets in Hand

I want to go to the Pokemon Center in New York City someday!

Speaking of Pokemon, I find this hilarious:

And take a vacation to visit Hong Kong again D= really wish I was able to be on vacation there like.......now

Self-Reminder

"Yun Siu Sut Dai"

This is a Chinese saying which means while you are fretting over little things, you are losing/neglecting the big things that matter. It's something that I need to learn to stop doing.

Childhood

I am super excited to be starting work as a literacy tutor. At orientation, during the discussion of "behavior management" of children of different levels, I began to feel very very nostalgic. I thought of my childhood, where every day was like an adventure, everything was interesting, and nothing was extremely bothersome. I miss all those endless hours I spent watching awesome cartoons, reading books such as Arthur, the Magic Tree House, Amelia Bedelia. I remember going to the toy store, barbies, polly pockets, Pokemon cards, gameboy, jump rope, recess, lunch boxes, tether ball, playing tag, swimming, playing outside, being thrilled to be at the park. My favorite activities as a child included watching cartoons, reading books, recess, playing outside, etc. Time went by slowly, each day was relatively relaxing and innovative, and the world was beautiful. There was nothing to stress out about. Which brings me to my next point:

I just wish I could go somewhere for a real vacation.

Sometimes I want a real break, with no bothers or worries at all. It's funny though, when I don't have ANYTHING planned, I'm bored out of my mind, which isn't fun, but if I have something productive planned, there's always something to stress over, which also isn't fun. Oh the irony..

Nowadays I am seriously a stresshead and time just flies by whether I'm happy or miserable. :(