Let's greet Summer 2010 :)

I’m done all my final exams, which accounts for only 2 classes, but it wasn’t as easy as you’d think. Anyway, regardless of the number of exams I had to write, studying was a pain in the butt. Studying for a class that you have never paid attention in is very difficult and time consuming. It's like telling a baby to read a chapter book. I had the honour (NOT!) of doing so. You don't understand what it is you're reading and everything is new to you. You're basically teaching yourself everything you need to know. Well, what’s done is done. Now I can relax for the next two weeks until my summer class begins. In my previous post, I mentioned that I will be going to Shanghai for a summer course, but before the departure, I must attend three weeks of classes here. Although it’s only one course, having to study and memorize how to write the characters for tests and doing homework will take up most of my time during the week.

I don’t plan on going out with my friends or doing anything special before I leave, but my sister and I are planning to cook dinner for my family the night before. We are currently still deciding what will be on the menu. Once summer school starts, I’ll be too busy doing homework and packing for my trip so I won’t have time to post any new entries. But once I get to Shanghai, I’ll try to find the time to post up some pictures and give details about how my trip is going so far. I am really looking forward to this trip! At the moment, I am trying to convince my parents to let me: a) extend my trip to Shanghai for another week so that I have more time to explore the area OR b) allow me to go to Japan with my Japanese friend that might be visiting Shanghai during that time and spending a week or so there. Either way, I hope they allow me extend the length of my trip.

I will definitely be home-sick, but at the same time, I am someone who loves to travel and explore. I love to try new things (especially when it comes to food)! And it’s not like I will be gone forever, it’s only going to be an extra week! It would be so amazing if could go to Japan, but I would still be happy with another week in Shanghai.

My luggage is not very big, so I’m trying to limit myself as to how much and what I need to bring. I don’t want to bring too much, but I also want to make sure I have enough. I guess bringing more of something is better than leaving the country and then realizing that I forgot to bring something or regret not bringing something. I know I will be buying lots of stuff from China to take home so hopefully there will be enough room in my luggage. If there isn’t enough room, then I guess I’ll have to buy another small luggage or a travel bag. I am extremely excited for this trip, as I have mentioned it already about a thousand times, and absolutely cannot wait to try the new foods!

After I come back from my trip, that's when summer will really begins for me. I will be stress-free from exams and tests and won't have to worry about doing homework until September, when everything starts all over again. That's life for you. Everything in this world goes around and is repetitive. You start in one place, and you move around until you end up in the same place again. Then you start all over again. Our education is an example. Work is another example, where you do the same thing every single day from a certain time to another time. Karma is the best example of them all. It's also something that I personally believe in. What goes around comes around. That is why I always give up my seat on the bus to elders because maybe one day in the future when I get old (yes, I do realize that I, too, will become old), and I have to take the transit, someone will lend their seat to me. (Though I'd prefer my children to drive me instead.) What comes around goes around; remember that!