Correspondance

I'm sorry for going so long without posting. We've been having issues with getting a proxy to work for the blogger. Lately, I've gone out with my buddy twice. We went out to an old military base to look at frogs. It was actually really fun. We got to hang out and have dinner with some Taiwanese hippies. Last night, we went out to a lounge bar with one of her friends. I'm the only one who is going out with their buddy outside of the allotted time on Wednesdays. Today, we learned how to make dragon whisker candy. It turns out that I am not cut out for a career in dragon whisker candy making. Mine looked like it got into a knife fight. Lately, class has gotten a little more difficult. The discrepancy between what the other people in my class know and what I know is becoming more apparent. Well, I wanted more of a challenge. Be careful what you wish for, I guess. I have not been feeling well at all lately. My stomach has actually gotten worse. That probably has a great deal to do with why I am so tired all of the time. In other news, Meg and I went hunting for our mail and I finally found mine. Everybody is getting a kick out of the card and the fact that Mom put in an update on the dog. I love my puppy. I can't believe that I'll be back in the States in a little more than a week. It's such a strange combination of feelings. I miss home and my friends so much but I also love being here. While we were trying to find out letters, I was actually able to converse in Chinese. I was speaking Chinese, with a Taiwanese dwarf none the less. There were some bits where she was talking too fast but all in all, I got the gist. It's amazing how much you can just absorb by being around the language all the time. There's nothing else like it. I don't know how the other kids in my Chinese class at GVSU are going to be able to keep up with us. The difference is night and day. I think most of it has to do with our confidence in our abilities. Either way, this trip was so worth it.