She Meets Life

As time reaches close to the end, I try to think of what this long journey has become of me. Was there a purpose? Should it have changed me drastically? Am I still the same person? What did I learn from this journey? There's just too much to think about that I've always left the answers to those questions simply hanging in the air. From time to time, I'll contemplate on the opportunities that I've been given. No doubt I'm grateful for both the good and the bad times. I've learned a lot from it but what does it really mean? In some sense, I feel even more lost than I was when I first made the decision to not only fly to a completely different country but to live there for almost a whole year. The journey to "finding myself" (whatever that means) is definitely not over...in fact...it is gradually beginning. Fear of reality, I'm slowly coming out of my shell by unintentionally making mistakes, coping with losses,  and "facing" life. ye...

Hello folks, I thought since it's the first week of Spring term and since I feel a bit lighter than usual...I'd make a short visit to the blogging world. The orientation week went by really fast with greeting new BBA students and 9 exchange students from Ireland, Hong Kong, California, China, Turkey, and Florida. I got the opportunity to speak to the exchange students exclusively and give them a brief idea of my semester experience. Now that I think about it, I didn't tell them much about my experience for a couple reasons, one being that I don't like to talk on and on about my experience  in front of strangers and the other reason is because I think it's better to not hear stories since everyone goes through different experiences regardless of what one has heard or read. SO instead, I introduced myself and then I asked them to ask me questions regarding travelling, exams, classes, library info, etc. Whatever, i was satisfied. hehe Anyway, I feel a bit like an ...

Hello. I guess I should write in here since I've "survived" my first semester in Austria. What to say? It was definitely different than my home university. (duh..isn't that the whole point of going abroad?) It became more challenging as the exam week approached because I had no idea what to expect. Luckily I didn't have exams for all my courses because some of the course were Seminars. To explain, Seminar courses consist of group work/project, mini quizzes, presentations, etc. It's a hard course but I personally think that the Lectures are more tough since you have to digest all the information from the beginning of the course to the end... and if you don't attend lectures or study throughout the semester, you're screwed when it comes to the exam. I didn't do that. I attended my lectures and studied 2weeks before the exam week... But i still found the exam difficult. (T_T) We had 90mins to take the exam.. 18 open ended questions. The grade fo...

just reminiscing on where I was last time I celebrated New Years..I was with my best friend in Utah. We were really close but things happened and 2011 was just a roller coaster between us. Our friendship sunk. I gave my all to go back to the relationship we once had... she didnt. It was hard on me. I changed. I got tired of friends. tired of pretending to act like things were okay. Socializing can get tiring. I just wanted one person I could trust and be myself with. traveling and meeting new people has opened my eyes. It continues to surprise me at how people act amongst their peers versus how they are in general. But that's how it is in life...you meet people..you either get along or you don't.. if you do end up getting along with them..you get closer and begin to know each other more and then somehow... you don't get along because you end up knowing too many things. So you choose to loose in touch with each other. sooner or later..you're back to square one. being ...