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posted by Tikaniu on 01 Jul 2009

Well here I am

Update later... I better go to sleep =) I'll reply to all comments and such later my friends! Have a good night!

posted by Tikaniu on 01 Jul 2009

Halfway

So basically I'm in a hotel halfway across the world from my house. I'm in a COMPLETELY different time zone in a different culture and away from the life I'd recently become accustomed to. This is a serious adventure... the impact still hasn't hit me yet.
The plane ride here was 15+ hours... I didn't do anything but sleep and play some gameboy (oldschool style yo... gameboy advance). It was sooo uncomfortable, and I was a little anxious that something would happen while we were on board... I mean, being on the plane made me realize how fragile life is. My dad says it's more dangerous to be on the highway then it is to be on a plane, but we just flew HALFWAY across the world. What a miracle! I thank God that he kept us safe from danger and let us arrive here in this foreign country.
I feel so foreign here... I look around and see all these Asians and I feel a little out of place. My appearance is sorta Asian... but back in America most people can't tell what my race is. They're always like, 'I know you're mixed, but what ARE you??!' So I guess I fit in. Sorta. But whenever I talk people look over at me and my siblings. Our accents are soooo not-Asian. We are straight-up American. But besides the whole staring thing, the people I've met and talked to our very friendly and nice. Just sometimes it's hard to communicate when you don't speak each other's language.

I miss my friends so much. This school year I got really close to everybody and now I'm like a billion miles away from all of them! At first I was sad, especially on the plane ride (lots of thinking time), but now that I'm actually here in Asia I'm alright. I'm in exploring mode... and shopping mode! There's markets right in the streets! And most things are cheaper than back in the US. Just imagine giant flea markets full of Asian goodness <3 Ohhh but I still miss all my friends. I'm afraid that when the newness and foreigness fades away (I'm gonna be here for a month or two) I'll get lonely and bored and then really homesick. I love you guys! I'm so glad I have a computer!

Anyway, the new layout I promised is done... I just haven't put it up yet. I don't have my home computer with me -I'm on a laptop right now. But it shouldn't be too hard to set up. One boring summer day I'll sit down and get everything squared away. But as for now, zaijian (goodbye in Chinese)!

posted by Tikaniu on 20 Jun 2009

Q!!

WOW I can't believe it's been almost a month! Sorry guys!! I'll definitely be updating more once I'm in Asia... I think I'm going to have a lot of free time. I also finished that new layout about two weeks ago; I just haven't set it up yet! Seeya guys soon and sorry for the lack of updates! I've definitely been photoshopping it up though and I have more stuff to add to my portfolio.

posted by Tikaniu on 24 May 2009