discoveries
1. I have less than 2 months here. I am falling in love with this place. There's just so much to see here, and I really wish I could come back next semester or next summer. But alas, life goes on. Plus, I am in love with all the wonderful people here.. there's just something about people that reassures me everytime that I want to be a doctor everyday. It saddens me that I will soon leave this place.
2. Been looking up random things about different med schools. Wow, it's definitely a dream of mine right now to get in, to be immersed in the study of medicine. The more I think about it, the more I want to be in geriatrics. After coming to China, I have realized that part of the culture is a deep respect of elders, and I really do feel the same way. My grandma told my mom several things about me after I went to visit her in Guangzhou this month and it really touched my heart. But I've always felt that I can relate more to older people.. maybe it's because I feel like they have a lot to say (and I love to listen to people), and I am definitely the type they all love. hahaha.
3. I liao taired (chatted) with Dani's (my roomie) fudao (tutor) today at dinner.. she asked me where my fudao was from (beijing city) because I had used lots of er-hua (beijing mandarin, ie standard mandarin, supposedly as er-hua, where you put 'er' after some things like men (door) or bian (side) so that it becomes merrr and biarrr.. sounds very pirate-y). haha, I didn't even realized. I spoke with my fudao today for 1.5 hours and we had a really good conversation. 99% in Chinese. Sometimes, when I'm trying to type up these journal entries, I feel like saying the chinese word for some things.. it's kinda ridiculous. I'm beginning to read my parents' emails without the help of a dictionary and it's an absolutely amazing feeling.
4. I feel so.. invigorated. I looked up some scheduling stuff for the Spring, and I'm more than excited to do everything I have planned, even study my butt off. In retrospective, I really didn't hate this past summer. It just wasn't very eventful. But it was worth it. I have never studied so hard in my life, but now I know it pays off... even when the number doesn't show.
5. Small messages from people make me so incredibly happy. I thank all those who leave me messages on AIM, facebook, and lj. You have no idea how much I miss everyone at home. All these little things make my day so much brighter (especially since Beijing has gloomy weather). I love you all.
6. Life gets real good when you let it all go and realize that one day your time will come, and man, will it be that much better because you had to wait for it.
2. Been looking up random things about different med schools. Wow, it's definitely a dream of mine right now to get in, to be immersed in the study of medicine. The more I think about it, the more I want to be in geriatrics. After coming to China, I have realized that part of the culture is a deep respect of elders, and I really do feel the same way. My grandma told my mom several things about me after I went to visit her in Guangzhou this month and it really touched my heart. But I've always felt that I can relate more to older people.. maybe it's because I feel like they have a lot to say (and I love to listen to people), and I am definitely the type they all love. hahaha.
3. I liao taired (chatted) with Dani's (my roomie) fudao (tutor) today at dinner.. she asked me where my fudao was from (beijing city) because I had used lots of er-hua (beijing mandarin, ie standard mandarin, supposedly as er-hua, where you put 'er' after some things like men (door) or bian (side) so that it becomes merrr and biarrr.. sounds very pirate-y). haha, I didn't even realized. I spoke with my fudao today for 1.5 hours and we had a really good conversation. 99% in Chinese. Sometimes, when I'm trying to type up these journal entries, I feel like saying the chinese word for some things.. it's kinda ridiculous. I'm beginning to read my parents' emails without the help of a dictionary and it's an absolutely amazing feeling.
4. I feel so.. invigorated. I looked up some scheduling stuff for the Spring, and I'm more than excited to do everything I have planned, even study my butt off. In retrospective, I really didn't hate this past summer. It just wasn't very eventful. But it was worth it. I have never studied so hard in my life, but now I know it pays off... even when the number doesn't show.
5. Small messages from people make me so incredibly happy. I thank all those who leave me messages on AIM, facebook, and lj. You have no idea how much I miss everyone at home. All these little things make my day so much brighter (especially since Beijing has gloomy weather). I love you all.
6. Life gets real good when you let it all go and realize that one day your time will come, and man, will it be that much better because you had to wait for it.