Taiwan

It's time for a break!

I'll be in Taiwan for a bit,
a much needed mental and physical vacation.

I've thought a lot about being here,
and it's really a learning experience for my life.

Everyone has issues, and one of mine is complaining.
Yes people have told me that but its difficult to change.
Until I came here I didn't see it too clearly, but my
perspective on life, looking through it half full

I haven't reached some nirvana or permanent meditative
state, its just that the change in environment has
been a needed "slap in the face" to help me see what I
need to change.

Things will definitely change next semester, where
I live, who I hang out with, what clubs I join, but
the point is to make the most of being here.

I'm coming to my home country, TAIWAN, AHAHAHAHA.

2009 is right around the corner.
Time definitely seems like its accelerated.

Zai Jien!

FINALS WEEK & RANTS/RAVES

Culture shock.
It's not for wusses.

Korea has definitely been a trial by error process
thus far.

This semester is over. The going to classes, listening
to some great and some hellish lectures, OVER.
Yes finals start tomorrow.

Being here has frustrated me up to my neck
and I couldn't deal with it for awhile but I've
learned how to deal with it somewhat now.
Yes Korean culture is wack and doesnt make sense
in a lot of ways, so I let it stay that way. I do
my own thing and be myself.

I used to be really angry at the traditional nature of Korean society,
how they mostly all look and act the same, and judge foreigners
etc etc etc.. but now I see its just how they are.
They're products of their society for better or worse.

I'm a VERY open-minded person in a conformist society and
will always stay non-conformist to ways I think are not reasonable. period!

Traveling is one of the best if not the best teacher in life.
It has been my biggest eye-opener.

All travelers are searching for something. Traveling is a personification
of life, meaning a cluster of experiences meant to teach you something.

Different cultures are definitely worth exploring,
but staying long periods of time somewhere you don't
love is either a learning experience or just hell, haha.