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ๅฅฝไน…ไธ่ฆ‹! ็œŸ็š„ๅคชไน…, ๅฐไธๅฐ? ๆˆ‘็œŸ็š„ ไธๅฅฝๆ„ๆ€.ๅฐฑๆ˜ฏๆˆ‘ๅ€‘ๆ”พๅ‡ไบ†! ๆ‰€ไปฅๆˆ‘ไธ€้ปžไธๅœจ. ไฝ†ๆ˜ฏๆˆ‘ๅ›žไพ†ไบ†! ไฝ†ๆ˜ฏๆˆ‘ๅฅฝไบ†้–‹ๅง‹ๅฏซ้ƒจ่ฝๆ ผ!

Long time no see! It’s really been too long, right. I’m really embarrassed, but it’s only because we were on winter break! So I was not here for a little bit, and by here, I mean online. But I’m back! I’m ready to write my blog.

ๅ…ถๅฏฆ, ๆˆ‘็œŸ็š„ๆฒ’ๆœ‰ๅพˆๆœ‰ๆ„ๆ€็š„ไฟกๆฏ. ้€™ๅ€‹ๆœˆๆˆ‘้œ€่ฆไบ†ไผ‘ๆฏๅพˆๅคš, ๆ‰€ไปฅ ๆˆ‘็ก่ฆบไบ†ๅพˆๅคš. ๆˆ‘ๆœ€ๅพŒ็š„ๅŽปๅฐๅŒ—. ๅฐๅŒ—ๅพˆ็†ฑ้ฌง. ๆˆ‘ไธ็Ÿฅ้“ๅฆ‚ๆžœๆˆ‘็œŸ็š„ๅ–œๆญก้‚ฃๅ€‹ๅŸŽๅธ‚ . ไฝ†ๆ˜ฏ ๆˆ‘็œŸ็š„ ๅ–œๆญกๆทกๆฐด. ๆˆ‘ไธŠไบ†ๆท้‹ๅพžๅฐๅŒ—ๅˆฐๆทกๆฐด. ๅพˆๅ€ผๅพ—็š„็ถ“้ฉ— . ๅ› ็‚บๆˆ‘ไธ€ๅ€‹ไบบๅŽปไบ†, ๆˆ‘ๅพˆ้–‹ๅฟƒ็Ÿฅ้“ๆˆ‘ๆœ‰ไธ€้ปž่ƒฝๅŠ›.

Actually, I don’t really have a lot of interesting news to share. I really needed to sleep and rest up after the semester, so I slept A LOT. But I did finally go to Taipei, and it’s very noisy and busy. I’m not sure if I really like it, but I did REALLY like Tanshui. I took the metro from Taipei to Tanshui, and it was an awesome experience. I went by myself, and I’m just happy to know that I have the ability to go to another place by myself, in a country who’s language is not my first…nor my second….

ๆˆ‘ๅ€‘่ฆไบ†ๅŽปๅฐๅŒ—๏ผ‘๏ผ๏ผ‘็š„ๆ˜Ÿๅทดๅ…‹้‚„ๆœ‰๏ผจ๏ฝ…๏ฝŒ๏ฝŒ๏ฝใ€€๏ผซ๏ฝ‰๏ฝ”๏ฝ”๏ฝ™ๅ’–ๅ•ก้คจ๏ผŽไฝ†ๆ˜ฏ้ƒฝ้—œ้–€ไบ†๏ผๆˆ‘็œŸ็š„็”Ÿๆฐฃ๏ผŽไฝ†ๆ˜ฏๆˆ‘ๆ‡‰่ฉฒไบ†็Ÿฅ้“ๅ› ็‚บ้‚ฃๅ€‹ๆ™‚้–“ๆ˜ฏๆ–ฐๅนด๏ผŽไฝ†ๆ˜ฏๆˆ‘็œŸ็š„ๅคชๆœŸๅพ…ไบ†๏ผŽๆฒ’้—œไฟ‚๏ผŽไธ‹ๆฌกๅŽปๅฐๅŒ—ไธ€ๅฎšๆœƒๅŽป๏ผ

We really wanted to go to the Starbucks on the 35th floor Taipei 101 and the Hello Kitty Cafe, but both were closed! I was too outdone! I really should’ve known though because it was the Sunday before Chinese New Year. But I was too excited that I didn’t think it through. Next time we will definitely go!

We also went to Taoyuan Reservoir. It was really nice! Especially as the sun was going down, it was really pretty. All in all, I think my winter holiday wasn’t too shabby. I had some time to think and meditate on how far I’ve come and where I hope to go next. I’m looking forward to what’s next for me. I’m not sure what’s going to happen next, but I’m ready to start living my life and making new dreams. ๅŠ ๆฒน!

Old street in Sanxia!
Old street in Sanxia!
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Lunch with friends. We got to write on the wall, and I felt it only appropriate to remember this forever.

 

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Juli Smith

ไฝ ๅฅฝใ€‚ๆˆ‘ๅซๅธไธฝใ€‚ๆˆ‘ๅพˆ้ซ˜ๅ…ด่ฎค่ฏ†ไฝ ๏ผ Salutations! My name is Juli Smith. I am currently a second year student at Loyola University New Orleans double majoring in International Business and Accounting and minoring in Asian Studies. I was born and raised in the Big Easy (New Orleans), and I like to think it shows wherever I go. I'll be studying abroad for the academic year in Taichung City, Taiwan, and I couldn't be more ecstatic! I have been studying Mandarin Chinese for 5 years now, and I'm ready to put my skills to the test and bring them up to the next level. I also hope to do work with the Taiwanese Sign Language community. I use my hands a lot when I speak, but now I want to use them with a purpose. I'm so grateful for this opportunity to go abroad. Being a first generation student has definitely brought its challenges with figuring out the college process, but I have made it this far, and I am determined to make it to the end. Going abroad is my next step, and I am ready. Taichung, here I come!