inspire me.

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Taiwan Day 1

First day back

I'm sweating so much

I don't think I've ever really been this pink before

And I still can't believe that I'm actually here!!!

I was actually pretty nervous taking the plane myself for the first time, but it turned out to be not scary at all. I got my food catered to my diet (and also got it before everyone else, teehehehehe), watched some movies, listened to music, played games I used to play on my computer when I was younger, and I also got to meet a kid the same year as me who's going to Cornell in the fall and his little sister, and they were really chill so that was nice.

Anywho, HELLO WORLD FROM TAIPEI, TAIWAN ^____^

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Like a lotus flower that grows out of the mud and blossoms above the muddy water surface, we can rise above our defilements and sufferings of life.

[hunterandstone]

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In ten years very few of you will look as good as you do right now, so secretly revel in how hot you are before it's too late.

Daniel Wetterstrom's wise words to college freshmen. (Thanks to @mishakae for sharing this with me)

View the complete list of 50 here!

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My neighbors are the cutest.

There's an elderly Jewish couple that's been living in the house to the right of mine for as long as I can remember. When my sister and I were kids, they used to leave us Christmas presents at our door every year. Before my sister left for college two years ago, they gave her a card enclosed with a one-hundred-dollar check as a graduation gift, as well as a good luck gift for college. I got the same thing in the mail just today, and the cutest part (besides the fact that they're both well in their eighties yet still remember our ages) is probably how they put a bunch of five and seven-cent stamps on the envelope and actually got it stamped by the post office and sent out to me, when I'm actually really right next door.

But it's okay. Still cute. Teared a little bit from the cuteness, and I guess I can't deny my wandering thoughts about how often I'll see them (when I was in elementary and middle school, I would see them nearly everyday on the way home, and considerably less within these past four years, but we still had some contact) and if I'll ever see them again at all. Terrible thoughts, I know. I'm going to try to shake them off.

Knocking on wood. Hoping this is real wood.

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Forever being guilt-tripped.

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Looks up scholarship

Reads "Average Award: $2,000"

Gets kind of excited

Starts to read description: This scholarship is for students who are currently attending a college or university or who will be attending in the fall of 2013.

Oh hey, that's me!

Reads on: Applicants must have a minimum 3.0 GPA and be at least 18 years old. 

18 years old.

18 years old.

18 years old.

Maybe I'll be 18 by the deadline date...

Deadline: July 31

Can you like, extend the deadline by five days....

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For his recently published picture book Freckles (Splice Pictures Publishing), the Swiss photographer Reto Caduff has taken pictures of freckled women all over Europe. His pictures prove: freckles are beautiful. Don’t hide yourself in the shade! I think what I love about this the most is the vast diversity of people who are blessed with freckles. (x)

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIBFv60Ilik

Yes.

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Don’t sit and wait. Get out there, feel life. Touch the sun, and immerse in the sea.

Rumi (via pax-cafune)

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I was skyping with my younger aunt from Taiwan, and she's sure that I'm going to break my vegetarian diet while I'm there over the summer, but I insisted that I wouldn't. So we made a bet. Nothing huge, just a small gamble. She's wagering 1,000NT (about $30 in US money) and because money is dear and precious to an poor, unemployed individual such as myself, I'm offering my cleaning services for her new apartment. Two more months before I become thirty bucks richer. Hehehehe

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Gateways

So I just had my Holy Cross Orientation from this past Thursday to Friday (6/13-6/14) and it was great!! The staff and Orientation Leaders kept us busy pretty much 19/7 (and I say this because I had about five hours of sleep) with welcome speeches, lectures, quizzes, academic advising/browsing, eating tons of food, meeting new people, hearing touching stories, playing games,having  friendly competition such as scavenger hunts, challenging each other to dance-offs, and even throwing a midnight party called "The Edge." I also took my ID photo with my totally dead eyes, so I'm sure that it turned out close-up and terrible, BUT THAT'S OKAY BECAUSE I'LL JUST PRINT OUT A CUTE PICTURE AND PASTE IT ON TOP. (Just kidding. I'll probably just suck it up and live with it.)

The orientation got me even more hyped for college, and I'm looking forward to dorming in MA for the next four years!

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I shall now begin to hope and pray that March will be an auspicious month.

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My Chinese teacher's husband knows how I applied for Hamilton, so he makes several Jeremy Lin references whenever he brings up the college.

:So, have you heard anything from Jeremy Lin's brother yet?

:Nah, not yet.

:Well, he told me that if I could set him up with you, then he would get Jeremy to date your sister.

My parents asked him to drive me home after Chinese school, and he says "We're not used to driving beautiful women around." Then on the car ride, he continued to joke around. Hahahaha I love their family. And who knew a Carvel manager could be so funny?

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You think that no matter what you do, nothing will be able to ameliorate your situation... BUT NO MICHELLE, NO, IT'S NOT TOO LATE

IT'S NEVER TOO LATE

TIME TO STEP YOUR GAME UP COME ON LET'S DO THIS YA YA YAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!

Ok now that my self-pep talk has ended, I shall go recommence my studies.

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My eyes are getting droopier by the second.

It's as if they really don't want me to get any work done tonight...