3 posts from August 2008

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Aug 31, 2008
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"Love is like playing piano. First you learn the keys, then you learn the rules, then you play by what's in your heart." - anonymous

And the time has come, not really. With the fact that I am taking no math and science, this year is pretty nice. This year should be easy, I just can't wait for next year. I am pumped, even though I will be faraway from home, I will grow up slowing and soon find my very own common ground that I can grow up on, not the ones my parents have built for me. A week has passed since school started and my own brain has already rebooted to its "school" status. I wish for a good school year - I know that it won't be that stressful but I want to be successful as well. Homework load is not that much - quizzes kind of pile up since I am taking economics and government at the same time, which I am extremely liking which means that next year, I will not take math, science, or even social studies! YAY! For chinese, I am still deciding whether I should drop it or not. Should I just stay in the class and struggle? -if it weren't for the natives, I would be fine!- too bad the Katyisd program doesn't have cantonese huh? At least I know both mandirin and cantonese, I should be fine in my future in Hong Kong.

And I sit and stare at the sky whenever I need to, I think far into time and around the world as well. I will be getting a Nikon in Thanksgiving, I have already discovered a liking for photography - which will help me in my career. I am going to miss the quiet, blue skies of Katy, TX but I also love the thrill of walking in the streets of Hong Kong. It may be dirty in a while, but if I needed to get some clean air, I will just go to Victoria Peak and walk around Aberdeen. There is always fresh air there, rain rejuvinates the area and the beautiful scenery is something that can't be missed. The food there is good too, made by local ingredients that can be found less than 20 miles away. The street vendors are wonderful too for the cheap prices and wonderful clothes you can find. Underground fashion designers help you pick clothes are newly in fashion and can give you a cheaper price if you want. Stationary is also a wonderful item. There is just too many to choose from: but all of them have the same cuteness and are also a must have. My cousins here always bring me to such places since they know me and my stationary "awwness".

I already miss my almost-90 year old grandpa. He's a lively man that walks the mountains at 4 AM and goes to eat dimsum with his fellow friends at 6 AM. When he was young, he was a smoker who worked hard and came to Hong Kong with my grandma to start a new life. My grandpa is never scared to do anything, he always dares me and my little brother to do something that is truly dangerous and in the end, it is his grandchildren that stops him from doing something that daring. When my little brother was born, he get a cancer that affected his talking. My dad immediately brought my grandpa to the US to have surgery to get it out. Even though we are lucky that he survived, we are also glad that we discovered the cancer early enough to have it removed. I haven't seen him and my grandma for almost 2 years now - 2 short yet also very long years for them. Anything can happen in those 2 years, but the family is extremely happy for him to be still there. I will see him this winter when I go there to get interviewed at the colleges there. Going to Hong Kong this winter will let me experience how cold it will be there. Even though there will be no snow, there is no heat and the only thing they do have is an AC. I am hoping that it will not be that cold and that I will be ok in the nights when I do have to snuggle tightly in my blankets.

And the time clicks by, and the clouds rolls ahead of me, and the sun shines sweetly in my direction.