The weather is getting sunnier and so is my mood. !!!!Not surprising!!!! I feel like I am pretty susceptible to mood changes due to the weather. Regardless, I feel more motivated and inspired and have a few more goals this month.
Quite a few memorable things happened the past month:
Nono told me that she tells heself an affirmation whenever she rides the YouBike: "I love Taiwan, I am so happy and lucky to be here". I like that, so I do it too. Feeling really excited for the experiences of these last few months, excited to experience and excited to go home and excited to start school. I'm looking forward to hiking more, doing more little weekend trips, go maybe surfing with Nono on weekends (we are going to Yilan next weekend!), waking up earlier. My teacher is pretty strict, harsh, fearful, terrifying; however, I will prevail~ Today, my teacher called those with white/Asian mixed heritage as "mixed breed" (she said that in English), and then in Chinese, using the word 配種. This word, 配種 pei zhong, refers to breeding agriculture/animals to create the "prettiest" product. I've always been taken aback by the abrasiveness used to describe those of mixed races and ethnicities; even the word 混血, translating to "mixed blood," is what people would whisper in China about me and my sisters. I have never really understood how I feel about this myself, but it has always made me a little uncomfortable. <3
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施安雅我是個愛喝咖啡 吃東西 和朋友家人在一起的人。我從西雅圖來台灣學中文 學九個月。歡迎! Archives
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