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Day 1 - PDX to LHR
Let's see if I can keep up with this.
Was ready for my 20 day trip!
Shooo got to PDX, went to the Alaska lounge to see if I could chill there before my flight starts boarding. Unsurprisingly they were too full to accept Priority Pass visitors. BUT when I looked at my app, there were 3 other restaurants that offer $28 off your bill which is so generous because water bottles are like what $10?!
All of this was only $12 which I totally regret because I ended up buying more food at my layover which I had to run to! Next time future note to self, spend ALL the $28 and pack up on food for long flights! Rookie mistake Amy. But later was able to get into the Alaska lounge as well, got to have some peace and quiet and some food before take off.
Took British Airlines which was pretty nice.
It had a nice detachable remote, most movie screens it's touch screen, or if it's like United or American Airlines you have to use your tablet or phone to watch movies off of.
Also decided to use a travel pillow for first time, made a difference my neck doesn't feel sore or achey like it usually does! So happy my parents buy things in Costco bulk and board extra brand new items in the closests 😆
Only issue on the flight was typical lady screaming and hollering at the flight attendant seats were too small. Calm down Susan, you screaming isn't going to make our 10 hour flight any better.
Of course I think she got her way because I didn't see her afterwards...
THEN flight was delayed by 2 hours for low tire pressure! Which turned out to be fine and it was at the right pressure. Lovely.
Get to Heathrow and see this MASSIVE line for customs. Of course it's afternoon, everyone is flying in, what did I expect le sigh.
...1.5 hours and I am FREE! Now where is my check in bag that's filled with family gifts of Stumptown coffee beans and Asian spices?!
30mins later of staring at the baggage carousel. Slowly realized I've seen some of the same luggage a few times, pull out baggage ticket number and look it up online..
Realize with slight annoyance staring at blank space next to status above Chicago...Make predictions it's probably in Chicago...
Lug my gym bag and backpack around, go to baggage lost office, told to go to baggage enquires, give them my baggage info from my first flight...
Yup. It's still in Chicago. You know, with the amount of stress from all the trips I've taken these last couple years, I feel like at this point nothing (knock on wood) can shake me with fear TOO much....At least I got chase sapphire with insurance on it, and the airline said they'll refund me for clothes I have to buy for the days I don't have my luggage.
But they also gave me a lovely travel temp package.
Nice set eh? Sigh...Fingers crossed it'll get to the airport tomorrow. Told them I'll pick it up there since I fly out to Spain in a couple days and don't wanna risk missing it shipped after I leave.
At that point I was at the airport 4 extra hours than intended, and delayed 2 hours. Too tired, cbf, decided to just go home and be lazy with my lovely little British posh sounding cousins.
😊❤️✨
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How I read
A book: Oh, only 180 pages left. I will finish this today.
A textbook: Another 8 pages?! Are you kidding me?! I can’t do this. It’s really too much to handle.
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What is it?
It doesn’t feel like love because it’s not like I’m heartbroken or anything.
But at the same time I don’t understand why I still feel so angry.
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It’s not like I loved you or anything.
I just miss the person I thought you were.
The person you presented yourself to be.
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i didn’t realize how much of a hard time i was having in the last couple months until i started listing them out today to a friend and i felt my eyes grow warm.
i’m tired.
I’ve been complaining too much lately, been sad or expressively tired these days.
I’m going list some positive good things to remind myself how lucky I am.
I have great, supportive awesome coworkers that are there and who I can go to for laughs. We’re all pretty different from each other, but I think it’s what makes things interesting at work when we’re having one of those rough days.
I’m able to afford the study materials I have right now, and have the future potential opportunity for higher education.
The love I have from my family always being there.
Ever so grateful for the friends always there to listen and hear me out, even if it’s just nonstop tears and nonsensical conversation.
I’m tired, but I’m okay and I’m happy for that.
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I’ve been thinking about you lately on and off, not in any specific way, but in a way that makes me think it’s strange we’re leading completely different lives and we’ve changed so much since we were kids.
It’s just funny how much we’ve grown up and at one point we were completely, so irrevocably in love with each other.
And I never thought I would be able to move on and let go of that love for you.
How funny things change over time. I wonder how you’re doing, what you’re like now.
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Maybe I’m just hard to love.
and easy to leave (via difficult)
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My life is a struggle between my need for acceptance, my fear of rejection, and a desire to not care at all.
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I had an acquaintance message me the other day:
“Is Phnom Penh worth visiting for a few days? I'm planning on visiting Cambodia but wasn't sure if I should visit Phnom Penh or skip it entirely.”
I know the kind of traveler and person he is. I ended up telling him if he didn’t want to be sad, not into history as much, that it was fine if he skipped it. The main places are the Killing Fields and the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum, the museum being really small but having so many things to read, from diary entries to reports soldiers wrote about prisoners back then.
He told me he was probably just going to skip Phnom Penh and spend 3 days in Siem Reap.
I got so irrationally/rationally angry at them, it reminded me how travelers I met who only went to places, just because it’s those places you “should go to”/for the Instagram picture.
I got ridiculously upset, and how can you not when the place you want to be at so badly, is being visited by someone else who could careless about really being there except for Angkor Wat.
I realized from the short, somewhat rude conversation from them, of what I actually missed.
I miss seeing:
-Interacting, seeing the elderly monk women who were involved so much with Buddhism.
-Feeding the birds in front of Grand Palace.
-The street food snacks, desserts, markets, and food dishes that makes you feel like you’re really at home.
-Laughter of little kids running around or holding onto their parents so tightly on the motorbike.
-Walking along side the river, a boat ride treat from the auntie that treated you to so you could relax and just look out at the scenery.
I realized it wasn’t Angkor Wat that first comes to mind of what gives me the most feelings when I think of Cambodia, it was the little things that stick to my mind and memories the most.
I just miss it a lot. I know I’ll come back but, there are just days where I get crazy nostalgic feelings and imagine myself there again.
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I don’t think I’ll ever get over being abroad and not be sad that I’m not there.
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Thank you so much Victoria for helping me!! Graduation, I'm ready for ya ;). #harrypotter #graduationcap #beaverboards #mischiefmanaged #isolemnlyswearthatiamuptonogood
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It’s halfway the term and it’s weird to see how far, how fast the term past by.
It took awhile to get used to being back home after 6 months being abroad, only for the term to be almost over. I had my last culture show, my last dance performance, I didn’t realize how these lasts would make me feel.
Once I graduate, I’m never going to stop moving forward, doing things like working, taking my GRE, finishing up my last pre reqs for PA school (which honestly who knows if I’ll go through...).
Realizing time is slipping through my fingers has been making me feel sad sometimes. These last moments of my undergrad makes me look back on the person who I used to be, and I don’t regret one thing, from the good to the bad. I’ve become more confident and sure of what I want in my life, in a way more selfish in doing things for myself.
I’m even perfectly happy and content on being alone relationship wise, once in awhile I’ll think yeah I wish I had someone, but I’m not afraid nor have those thoughts of thinking something was wrong with me. I got over my fear (mostly) that is described in a old private post I wrote not too long ago after being hurt for a short period of time.
“I guess I just hate going through the process of saying goodbye to that person. To the fact that person isn’t going to be yours anymore. That looking at pictures, memories, makes you sad and you go through missing that person in a way that they don’t miss you. To accept standing on your own feet again without be able to look forward to ending or beginning the day by talking to them, telling them how your day was and talk about issues and they would be interested in what you had to say just as much as you are interested in them.
Yeah they aren’t the one if they’re no longer willing to stick around for you, but it doesn’t mean that letting go doesn’t hurt as much.”
It’s halfway through the term, and like Taiwan, there’s never enough time to say goodbye to that part of your life, sometimes the end just happens fast regardless when you’re too busy enjoying the moments.
Just, can’t believe I made it through five years and never thought I’d say I’m going to be sad when it ends. But now, after all this time of the things I put up with, I can finally say I’m okay.
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On top of Teapot Mountain! #TopoftheWorld #Taiwan #Jiufen
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End result of 拔罐. It was a pretty cool experience...Even though I cried half of the time during the massage part lol. My back feels really good now. #Taiwan #拔罐 #liketolivedangerously #notreally #traditionalmedicine
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Me: Do you want me to take off my shirt?
Doctor: Noooooo I'm too shy!
LOL, the doctor who did the procedure and massage for me was so cute and nice.
So I wanted to try this Chinese traditional medicine practice called “拔罐/ba guan,” they first give you a massage and I honestly started crying when they started hitting knots that I didn’t even know I had. The doctor stated most of my knots were on lumbar 3-5 I think, cause that’s where the back is curved when people bend over to look at their computer a lot? They said if I did acupuncture it wouldn’t hurt as bad, but maybe I’ll try that next time for fun.
Usually they use actual fire but the clinic I was at did it the safe way, they used that little gun on the cups to suck the air out instead of putting oil and burning a fire to get the air out.
It was…An interesting experience not going to lie. When the cupping procedure started, my back felt super tight as the air was being sucked out of the cups, when the circles turn purple during the process it means you have poor blood circulation. The doctor said he could tell I was right handed and I used my right hand a lot by the color of the circles, also by the way I was reacting during the massage lol. When the two circles on my neck turn the darkest, he could tell I usually stay up late and told me I should go to bed earlier.
In the end he gave me these Chinese pads similar to salon pas, they smell super Asian haha. My back does honestly feel good and I feel more relaxed.
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