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[i_llbedammned]

I'm leaving for Taiwan soon. I'm a bit excited and nervous. I've never been on my own in a foreign country before and I don't speak the language. I realize that I'll have my step brother to guide/translate for me, but I also know he won't be around all the time. People have told me that it's a friendly place, but you really can't amke generalizations like that about a country. If there's life, there's someone there to mess with it. I'm paranoid that I'm either going to get lost or I'm going to accidentally get detained by the Chinese government, for Taiwan is part of China even though they don't want to be, for having subversive material accidentally in my bags. I blame my parents/family around me for increasing my paranoia. They keep bringing up all these horrible scenarios and I can't help but play them out in my head.
At least I'm not afraid of being home sick. I tend to be very good with travelling and feeling at ease where I am. That's one thing I have going for me.
It should be interesting to see how this turns out. I'll be at a wedding while I'm there for my step brother. I know I'll be able to see many Buddhist things, my step brother has already told me that there's tons of temple stuff on the island he lives on. I'm rather looking forward to that, I find that old type architecture/statues interesting. I've even heard rumors that I'll be able to go see a Chinese rock show while I'm there.
I'll be sure to come back with many stories.