Just a quickie...

Not much to update this time around. Since not much has happened, except being at home again. Yeah, I quit my job at the language school. The strange working hours and the clueless manager, who was busy driving the school to the ground, just don't do it for me. So I'm unemployed, looking for a job again... Not the easiest thing that I've found.

Anyhow, some of the photos were taken on a recent trip. The family took a day trip to Ilan, which is on the other side of the mountain to Taipei (very clear direction, I know). One used to have to make it a 3-day trip, but with the new Hseuhshan Tunnel it is possible to do a day-trip. While the pics of the tiger lily and the cuddly cows are from my folks' trip to Hualien. They had more fun then we did back in May.

By the way, the tunnel is 12.9km long, it is the longest tunnel in Asia and the fifth longest tunnel in the world. Cool stuff!

jule

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Cuttie cows

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29. Coastline
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04. Ilan wine factory
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Time of your life - Green Day

As I write this blog, I'm listening to "Time of your life" by Green Day. I've been trying to sum up what has my AIESEC experience meant for me. And since I'm such a "music" girl, I wanted to have a song for it. So, what does that got to do with this particular song? Well, if you've been an AIESECer, you would know and appreciate the meaning. :-)

Like the song goes, "it's unpredictable, but at the end it's right". Joining AIESEC was unpredicatble, every journey and expereince that it takes you on is unpredictable... but at the end of the day, it was right.

Everyone was once young, ambitious and wanting to prove something of themselves. I think what AIESEC gives is just that the opportunity to be young, be ambitious, be able to prove what we are capable.

Funny enough, the song is so cliched and over-used in almost every AIESEC conference. But everything that is mentioned in the song is exactly what it is all about. It is not only a platform to "blah, blah, blah", it is a platform to discover who you are, to shape your worldview, and most importantly be who you are.

It's often unpredictable, but in the end it's right. It was the time of my life.

jule

"It is the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting" - Paulo Coelho

I got this quote from a dear friend's email signature, and I think it's quite appropriate of what has been happening lately. I think there needs to be some clarification about my relationship with my parents.

Some people have the impression that my parents are constricting, while others have the opposite believe that they let me do what I want to do. Well, first of all, such statement is neither true nor false. Because, yes they do let me do what I want. But at the same time they also make sure that I have both of my feet firmly planted on the ground.

Honestly, I am the dreamer. I have big dreams, I believe I can make these dreams come true, but they could also be just what they are - big DREAMS. It really doesn't matter though. I think it's quite a blessing yet a curse having parents like mine. It's a blessing when they finally let me do my own thing, after having to fight for what I believe. While on the other hand, it's a curse when they try to convince me that I'm just an ordinary girl, and that my dreams will never come true.

Still, one thing will never change and that is I'll keep on dreaming, while my parents will always try to bring me back down to earth. Even though it is such an uphill battle, it is the possibility of making that dream comes true that makes it all worth it.

jule