My Exchange to Taiwan

From California to Tainan during 2016-17 with ASSE.

[mariogonzalesv]

Still. No. Visa.

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AUG 11 2016- Host Family!

I finally got my placement info 2 days ago and it finally feels real. I’m gonna be living in Tainan City (but i’m one hour away from downtown. so i’m basically in Tainan’s suburbs). My school is in a different district but it’s only a 10 min bus ride away. My host school looks so nice and it seems like they’re really good at sports which is a perfect fit for me. I wanna be on their soccer team so bad!!! It sounds like they’re really good. I got lucky with my city because i’m only about 2 hrs away from kenting, a hella cool beach town, and it’s a lot less polluted than Taipei. I’m gonna be living with a host mom, dad and a 13 year old brother. Up next is my visa and then I leave in 14 days!!!!!!!

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AUG 7 2016

18 days away from departure and I don't know whether i should be excited or not. STILL no host family. Pleaseee someone help.

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RYE Taiwan 2016-17

i kept forgetting to make a post about this, but i’m going to Taiwan on rotary youth exchange next school year!! I’ll most likely be in Taipei! All exchange students reblog this and tell me where you’re going so we can be friends! Especially if you’re going to Taiwan, too!!

[gapyearexchangelife]

I’ll also very likely be in Taipei :)

So that makes it about…four of us? That I know of on here currently going to Taiwan!

[mariogonzalesv]

I'll be in Taiwan with ASSE!

[allisonkay17]

REBLOG 16-17 EXCHANGE STUDENT

I’m trying to befriend and follow more exchange students for the 2016-2017 year!!! Reblog and tell me what country you’re going to!!

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Taiwan

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Intro to exchange- Jun 20 2016

Sadly, I’m sitting here in my living room fresh off of the Warriors’ loss to the Cavs. During the school year I had been planning on watching Mexico in the Copa America and celebrating the Warriors’ NBA championship all summer long. Well that’s not really working out because i’m only 2 weeks into summer and both teams have been eliminated. What a start to the summer :). Now it seems like i’ll just be spending all summer getting ready for my exchange to Taiwan! I’m from the San Francisco bay area and I will be in Taiwan with ASSE during my junior year of high school. I know that I will be leaving on August 27th but I still don’t know where I will be living. I just hope that a host family will choose me soon because it’s kinda weird not knowing where you will be spending 10 of the next 12 months. Anyway it would be really cool to get to know anyone else who will be on an exchange this year, especially in Taiwan. I’ll keep posting as Aug 27th gets closer.