so i was looking back at the things i planned to do over the summer...and i guess lets see how i did in doing the things i wanted to do this summer!

1. learn chinese
   okay, to be honest. i didn't learn that much. haha. though, my writing did improve-quite a bit. i'm entertained because my teacher likes to say that i make different mistakes from everyone else. i get all the grammar write, but epically fail in writing the words.
2. improve taiwanese!
   okay, thanks to james and charlie...my taiwanese improved. haha, everytime we went to go ktv, they'd go sing some taiwanese songs...after listening to it enough times, you start to understand taiwanese. plus, once mom came over, all i heard in the house was taiwanese.
   
3. reggae with angela.
   unfortunately, didn't happn. at least, not this summer.
4. make a collage of all the yummy & lovely food i ate in taiwan.
   if i find the time in sophomore year, this is going to happen.
5. have a normal sleeping schedule.
   okay, that happened for like the first couple of weeks...and then the last two weeks my sleeping schedule got really really fucked up. XD going out three days, staying out all night three days. yeah. had to make the most of taiwan.
   
6. get something out of internship.
   okay, so i woke up for internship, but all that happened was me getting really really frustrated over the smallest things. i dont want to whine about it because its really not a bad company. if you really want to know, call me and ask.
   
7. spend time with family
   so i went to macau with family, and i actually spent more time with family this time..because i would have a more normal schedule of going home and stuff instead of staying at a friends house like 4 out of 7 days a week.
   
8. have good time mangement skills. just becaue i want to have fun doesn't mean i should ditch class/internship.
   this actually happened. i only skipped out on internship once, and i ditched class twice...or three times? considering how often i skip class at ucsd, i think i did pretty good.
9. go visit other parts of tw
   this didn't happen thanks to the typhoon. next time i go back, i will def. go down.
   
10. not to indulge in food toooooooooooo much.
    ....does indulging in all you can eats and eating until you feel like throwing up considered as too much?
    

reasons to smile. :)
because your friend called you.
because you found a dollar on the street.
because you don't have homework.
because you did well on a test.
because they have good tequila at a club.
because you found the other sock.
because you found the cutest purse.
because you saw a good movie
because you have someone to call your best friend
because you know someone will be there if you pick up your phone and call them.
....whats your reaon to smile?

and even queerer ones...check out this website.


so today. i quit. lol, well i'll be done on friday. i'll let you guys know how how the rest of this week turns out.
3 more days left!

and its been a while since i last blogged. this is partially because i dont have internet at home, partially due to my laziness to drag my butt to my aunts house to use internet. what i can say though, is that this summer is far different from what i had expected. i expected a relaxing, chill summer where i could do whatever i want, but so far, my schedule requires me to get up at 6:30 every morning, and going to sleep sometime after 12, 1. now, 12 or 1 might be really early, but when you need to get up at 6:30 every morning...no excuses, its horrible. back at sd, if i went to sleep at 4, but got up at 12, i'd still get my 8 hours. not exactly healthy, but where i am now, im only getting an average of like 6 hours. combine it with staying out late on certain nights and i just feel exaushtion. which brings me to another topic, i'm probably going to quit my intern either this week or next week because i do want to have the time to go to tainan and visit some family, spend more time with my grandma at her company...etc. and to be serious, its amazing what a year can do to you. i used to be able to stay out all night, sleep a couple hours, and like function the whole day like it was nothing. last saturday, i went out clubbing...got home around probably 7. took a shower blah blah blah and then left the house at like 11 to go meet up with joan + family at tienmu. and then sunday i passed out at 10 and i woke up at 7 (yes, getting 9 hours!) and then feeling like i had an elephant sitting on my back. and its tuesday already, and i dont feel at all recovered. i'm not sure if this is because i'm not getting enough sleep during the week, or if im just not meant to stay up and get too little sleep. blahh.
so what am i doing blogging right now, you may be wondering. well. i'm at intern right now. its 10:30 in the morning. i haven't been given anything to do. and its really. really. cold. they have the ac turned up pretty high. and i really...haven't done much in the last two weeks. all i have done in the last two weeks is sync up one of the manager's mp3 player. and typed an e-mail about at meeting. and read the news online. yeauup. i plan to stay until i get the purchasing order done, which i started earlier this month, which we are waiting to get shipped in. at least i'll have learned something out of this experience. class ends in about 3 weeks too, so i'll be able to sleep till whenever.
mom's coming on the 21st to help grandma out too. so...i guess mom will be around, but since i'll probably be spending a lot of time at joans, it should be all good. :) i plan to visit the school too. should be fun. ^^

and no, i haven't gone clubbing as much as i would like, but i guess its probably a good thing for now, since i dont want my liver to give out + i have work really early in the morning. :P