Hey guys!
So today one of my friends talked to me about culture exchanging – y’know, when you go study in another country to learn their culture – and how she wants to go to Germany. According to her, all expenses are paid but – I don’t know. (shrug) If I could, I would definitely do a cultural exchange to (South) Korea, Japan, Germany with aforementioned friend, Italy, Spain or England. The last one does sound a bit pointless, seeing as I already speak English, but I want to go to at least one place where I speak the language. Besides, England is a lot different from Malaysia and Canada – I want to see the differences.
I would go study in Bahrain, where the lovely girlfriend of mine lives, but it would be intensely awkward if we break up. :[ I will, however, definitely visit Bahrain, and aforementioned girlfriend, one day if we haven’t broken up (I dearly hope not). This is not an option for me.
(I also just found out that I could go there for about 1500$, round trip with fees and taxes included. I shall work like a slave if I have to.)
If I mentioned this to anyone in my family from my mother’s generation, he or she would most definitely ask: “But why don’t you go with your mother, your family? You wouldn’t have to pay for the trip then.”
It’s because any family member I go with will form an opinion about the place, and then try to make me think the same thing. Also, he or she (most likely she) will hold the fact that she took me on a trip over my head whenever I do something wrong, which I assure you, I do 90% of the time in their eyes.
But that’s just me being a bitter little girl.
In any case, I’d rather go with a friend than family. I feel my friends understand me better than my family because they’re basically going through the same phases I am and criticize a lot less, and don’t try to assimilate me, whereas adults… well, their adolescence was very different from mine and I doubt they can relate much. Also, I find a prominent liking of criticism within my aunts and uncles and mother… coincidence? I think not!
Again, bitterness…
On a different note, I also want to go traveling the world – with or without friends. I want to get a taste of as many things as possible, learn as many languages as possible (for that I would need at least four months each) and take so many photos… I also want to make a video of me hooping in each of the countries, it would be awesome, I think. I want to send out a message with that, but I have no idea what. I only know that I want to hoop and poi in every country I go.
But first, there are exams to ace and tricks to learn…
Also, piercings to consider having. Nothing drastic, of course – I’m just having trouble deciding whether or not I want to have:
(1) one piercing on each ear lobe;
(2) two on my right and one on my left;
(3) one on my right and two on my left; or
(4) two on both sides.
That is all… for now. But I don’t see myself getting any more, I think my personality makes up for my plain appearance. If anyone would help me decide, I would be grateful. (None of that ‘you shouldn’t change who you are’ nonsense.) Cost is not a factor; I will have a job in January.
‘Til next time!
–Kerri Lyss.
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