我的感恩節回家節暨東華校慶暨東華國際文化節一個星期為期七天的假期(台北五天花蓮兩天)愉快的結束了=) My 5 day break in Taipei, the thanksgiving holiday, National Dong Hwa university international festival, has finally come to an end.
11/21 全家好不容易團圓了… For the first time after three months, my whole family gathered together to celebrate dad’s birthday. Ever since I gone for university, and my sister Maranatha to a private junior high which required students to live in a dorm, we seldom have times to really just gather up and eat a meal. I used to think that having meals together with your family is the most normal thing to do in life, but I didn’t realise how hard it can be, to have a simple happy life, till I go for university, apart far from home. I love my mom and my dad. Though mom hasn’t changed much with her gossiping phone calls and dad’s love for us to buy too much food and mom would complain about the leftovers, I love them forever. My sisters Gloria and Maranatha went to have some supper滷味 after the youth service Saturday evening(11/21). I thought that this day would never happen, but it actually did. Three of us, in a cosy store, eating noodles with chopsticks, catching up like friends! The scene I’d always dreamed of actually came true. We were just talking about junior high school, high school, and of course university life. No fights, no arguments, no “I’ll tell MOM!.” Just awesome. Maranatha accompanied me to the night market later in the evening, I just felt like going(I was on my holiday!) and she said she’d love to go with me. We bought nothing really, some more snacks, and a pair of shoes lol! (Don’t tell mom!) White guy spotted that evening: 10 Ten. Oh what’s more, The day I hung out with Alison(11/18三)to have breakfast in IKEA and spent the night in Eslite bookstore, white ladies spotted: 6, white guy spotted that day: 22. Which is quite scary, and most of the guys I saw were young, around 30 I suppose, which makes it even more scary. When did white foreigners occupy the Taipei City when I’m gone?
The last day I spent in Taipei was nice. I had this idea that I should spend time with my little brother who is seven now on my last day in Taipei and so we went for a little walk to grab a cup of milktea 五十嵐! My favourite. And went to a local bookstore to hang out and just doing nothing. That’s what I like to do, sadly, hang out with myself or friends in a bookstore, browsing books or just standing and doing nothing. We were just looking at things and browsing some DVDs and talking like kids, I mean I was talking like kids, he’s seven. And as we walked back home, we bumped into Moses and Allen. What a surprise! So I decided to invite them to my home and catch up a little. I was doing countdown actually, countdown the hours I still had before catching the train to Hualien. In the last hour in Taipei, I was talking to my two dearest friends, which makes a perfect end for my Taipei holiday. Dad gave me a ride to the train station, and here I was in Hualien Meilun with my the other dearest old freshmen classmates Vivian and Nancy, we had supper at the 自強night market 棺材板~ 太好吃了!! 大土豆紅豆湯真好喝! I guess Taiwanese like to catch up by having supper! Delicious. Having gossip about our dear old mates and talking about life in Dong Hwa and life in Meilun. Very nice. I love my holiday! My thanksgiving holiday friends visited number: approx. 5. Families, church old friends, Enchi, Jennifer, Alison, Moses, and Allen. Bookstores visited times: 4. Readings during the holiday: The Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, Have a little Faith(read first part Spring standing at the second floor in Eslite bookstore), and The Uninvited a ghost story play. School will start tomorrow and I cannot complain. School must start because I’ve decided to make my English right and know English the language and the culture as much as I can in four years. And after the break, I know I’ve had a very pleasant rest and am ready for the challenges ahead. I enjoyed my holiday and this is what I thankful for. I’m thankful for my thanksgiving holiday! Thank you thanksgiving! Another thing I done for my own pleasure, I sent a message to Adam to wish him a happy thanksgiving on Friday 11/27 and it makes me feel good. It don’t matter if he’s gonna reply me or not, I just wanted to write him a thanksgiving note and it feels right and I have no regrets.
Happy thanksgiving! Wheather you celebrate it or not ;D
Cheers,
Yahsin
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