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A Reflection of My Time in Taipei

My journey abroad has finally come to a close. I can safely say that this has been one of the most memorable experiences I’ve ever had. Phoenix is a rural, suburban desert and I had never ventured far outside of Ahwatukee. Most of my international vacations were maybe a couple days at most. To have an opportunity like experiencing a completely foreign place for weeks was surreal.

This program gave me so many opportunities that I wouldn't have gotten the chance to experience. Shortly after meeting the Secretary-General, I was able to sit down with the Department of Education of Taipei with all the ambassadors and we all discussed the educational systems in each country. To have that kind of influence and exchange of ideas is one of the reasons I really admire this exchange program. Forming those personal relationships with other international teens and making changes on a scale much bigger than us is so incredible.

I’ve got to be honest: it wasn’t always sunshine and rainbows (especially in the rainy city haha). Spending every moment with the same people can be hard, especially when I was having some trouble bonding with my counterpart in the beginning. Combined with the completely new diet, the tiredness from jet lag, and the constant whirlwind of activities every day, I felt a lot of regret at the start. YAEP ambassadors were trained on how to cope with homesickness after you slowly noticed the stresses of a new environment, but I didn’t know what to do when I felt so miserable from the beginning. It didn’t have a lot to do with the people around me as much as it was me trying to come to terms with my situation.

I wish I could say there was a certain point where it all went away and I suddenly loved it. The truth is that it ebbed away slowly as I started to get comfortable with all of my cohort. I felt it in some of the last moments of the trip. But even if it never fully went away, there came a point where I enjoyed myself with the people around me more than I felt homesick and that’s when I started to have fun.

I saw so many amazing parts of culture and history and experienced an environment so unlike my home that I couldn’t help but be in awe every single day. I remember one particular day when Jim had to be at school so I spent the morning with my host mother instead. She doesn’t really know English but I started communicating with her through translation apps. It was slow going, but we had an entire conversation about religion and the facets of Buddhism. I talked about how I grew up Catholic but I’m not very strictly religious nowadays. We learned that we share a common outlook on life: being kind and spreading kindness to everyone. It was one of my favorite memories of the trip and I can’t express how much I appreciate my host mom and everything she did for me despite going through some difficulties herself.

More than the impressive buildings, the beautiful landscape, and the thriving city life, it was the simple things that I remember and cherish: watching movies together, laughing in the hotel rooms, singing on the bus, and talking and getting to know each person as a new friend.

This brings me to the Number One reason why I genuinely loved this program and the reason why any situation can be better: the people. Each and every person that I met has had such a profound effect on me and I’m so grateful I was able to get to know every single one.

Joyce and Bartosz

Joyce (left) is from Taipei and she actually goes to the same school as Shari! Bartosz is on the right and he’s from Warsaw, Poland. He’s only 13 years old, the youngest out of all of us. Bartosz is very special in his own way. He is extremely well-versed in memes, even some that no one knew. It was interesting to interact with him, but I’ll still miss his strange sense of humor haha. Joyce is such a sweetheart. She is so incredibly caring (she went to the hospital with Dustin to help him out) and giving. Maybe a little too giving, I’m always trying to tell her to take care of herself first! But I appreciate nonetheless, her heart is so special <3

Ruth and Felicia

Ruth (top) is from Taipei and Felicia (bottom) is from Riga, Latvia. Ruth is so fun to be around. Her English wasn’t the strongest so communication was a little bit slower, but that didn’t stop us from having really fun conversations. I also gave her some English lessons which also included an analysis of the strength of English swear words LOL. Felicia is very nice and also really fun to talk to. I had never even heard of Latvia before I met her so learning some of the cultural differences and even a bit Latvian was really interesting. We also shared a certain giggliness that came out around 3 am on our last night in the hotel.

Dustin and Toni

Dustin (bottom left) is the Taipei ambassador and Toni (top left) is the second ambassador from Warsaw. These two were inseparable. They had the cutest friendship and I was so glad I was able to have a relationship with each of them. As you can maybe tell, they are freakishly tall and, surprisingly, Toni is only 14! Dustin is so funny and has a way of elevating the mood of the whole group. Even when he cut his whole hand open, the only thing he was worried about was how it was going to affect the rest of the group’s plans. He also never stops talking. Going into shock and limping 4 kilometers he still managed to talk the entire time lol. Toni, even if he is like a foot taller than me, is sooo cute. My mom-friend might’ve come out because I swear I kept pinching his cheeks. I love him so much (even if he didn’t let us paint his nails like we did to Dustin haha). I know I can trust him to show me around Poland if I ever visit!

The Taipei Ambassadors

You probably already know them but this is Albert, Shari, and Jim (left to right in the main picture).

Albert is one of my favorite people to talk to. His aspirations for the future and motivations in life are so admirable and seeing someone with so much passion was amazing. His music taste is on point and I’ll definitely miss him singing to himself all the time. One thing though, this boy cannot smile for a camera for the life of him. We all tried for weeks to no avail.

Shari is the cutest human to walk this earth. She’s one of the four Taiwan Gals, an iconic squad constantly trying to put up with Albert and Jim. She endures all my constant hugs and loves to take pictures. This girl can and will sleep anywhere. I’ve seen her asleep on the MRT, standing up, sitting at breakfast, and in the car leaning sideways at the strangest angle that I swear I thought she was gonna break her neck.

Jim, my counterpart, was so funny in his own special Jim-way. He’s our group’s personal crackhead (purely metaphorically) with endless energy no matter what the situation. But don’t let that fool you, he’s also crazy smart. He also has a habit of switching to Mandarin in the middle of a conversation to talk to the other Taipei ambassadors. So, of course, we think he’s keeping secrets, but really he’s literally just asking where’s the hairdryer or something LOL.

Jenna and Talia

My fellow Taipei-Phoenix ambassadors. They’ve been with me from the beginning, from figuring out the airport process to a reliable source to quote vine references to. There was something comforting about having someone that is experiencing the same cultural changes as you. We talked about the differences between the two countries and expressed our concerns about the issues we might have been having. Having a confidante really keeps you sane when you're in such a new environment. More than that, I grew extremely close to them and I was glad to have made a couple of new friends :)

Each one holds a special place in my heart. I can’t begin to properly express in words how much all of them mean to me.❤️

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The Final Days

7.5

The fateful City Hall day finally arrived.

We dressed in ~business professional~ and had the honor of meeting the Secretary General of Taipei. I was seated to his immediate right. He turned to me and started welcoming us and introducing himself. At least, that’s what I realized after the translator spoke because he was speaking straight Mandarin and I had to maintain eye contact and nod understandly even though I had no clue what he was saying. But apparently I was quite convincing because even some of the ambassadors thought I knew Mandarin for a moment lol. After City Hall, we visited the nearby National Palace Museum, where we totally maintained our level of professionalism...

Sadly, we had to say goodbye to Joyce and Bartosz who were going on their own trip so we wouldn’t see them before we left :(

I felt some nostalgia as we wrapped up our day with our original six Taipei-Phoenix ambassadors, going to a night market and watching Netflix together <3

7.6

The success of the first beach day warranted another visit, although this time to Green Bay Beach.

Splashing around was all fun and games until Toni got stung by a jellyfish. At this point, we did not want a third person to go to the hospital (Jenna had gone at the theme park because of an allergic reaction to a mosquito bite!) but, luckily, it wasn’t serious. The lifeguard told us to put sand over it and don’t worry too much about it. Then Jenna felt a slight sting and we decided to call it a day for the water. Looking back, we weren’t entirely sure if we were actually supposed to swim at that beach... Anyways, we took a peaceful much-needed nap and retired back to the Shilin district to take showers.

Later that day we met up with Dustin’s English tutor at the Wanhua district, where she gave us a tour of the area. It was a lot different than the places we had usually visited. There was a larger amount of poverty and a greater number of homeless people. At the same time, I could see the rich culture and history around us. Especially the Longshan Buddhist Temple, one of the oldest and largest temples in Taipei.

Jim and his family are actually Buddhist and it was so amazing to learn more about his culture. We experienced how Buddhists practice prayer and got to try Jiaobei, a Buddhist divination tool to ask the gods questions. We also may have made a point to stop by and pray to the gods of academics and fortune...

We went out for dinner with our guide, who was like a cool older sister. And we ran into the Taiwan National Basketball team too! Well, “run in” as in we saw coming in and out of the private dining room and debated for ten minutes whether or not to go ask them for a picture.

7.7 - our last day :’(

We went over to Dustin’s house for our final day. There wasn’t any plans, just to hang out and spend time with everyone for the last time.

We split into playing basketball and playing pool. I chose the one with air conditioning. It was also me and Ruth’s first time playing pool, but that didn’t stop us from dominating Shari and Talia. For our last dinner we met in the Shilin District and after eating we went to Shilin Night Market. I had a dash of nostalgia for that place, it was the place we went on our first day, and we visited the same place on the last day too: a full circle :)

Finally, we had to say our goodbyes. No tears were shed, only lots of laughs and a promise to meet up again in the future.

a low quality picture with high quality people :’)

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A Trip to Tainan ~ 7-1 to 7-3

Our lovely ambassadors planned an amazing trip to visit the Southern Taiwanese city of Tainan. Even better, they got a private karaoke bus to take us all there and drive us to each of the places we would visit! Laughing, singing, talking and sleeping, the four hour trip seemed to go by in an instant.

Day 1: After our bus ride, we visited some interesting former military bases and went on the most beautiful boat ride through a river (aka Sicao Green Tunnel).

In true Taiwan fashion, it started pouring rain, so we were chased into a nearby restaurant, which was delicious nevertheless. Between frantically dodging the rain, we managed to see the first ever alley of Taiwan.

We retreated to our hotel and spent the rest of the night chilling and bonding. Someone stumbled upon the free bathrobes, which we immediately donned and found the hotel bar (only sodas and fruit juice for us LOL), which had these singers from the Philippines performing live music.

Thus, we concluded day 1, relaxing in our bathrobes, listening to the singers’ voices and the faint patter of rain outside.

Day 2: This brings us to by far one of the most chaotic days of my entire time in Taiwan. The day started deceivingly calm, we took a short hike to a scenic restaurant. After getting marginally lost trying to get back to the bus, we made our way to the main location of the day: Sun Moon Lake. It’s the largest body of water in Taiwan and absolutely, undeniably gorgeous.

Our group rented some bicycles to bike what was named the Best Bike Trail in the world. After nearly flying forward when my purse got stuck in the wheel, I was able to enjoy the beauty that the lake had to offer. About halfway through, we hiked up a particularly steep hill (which not-so-subtly reminded me that I really need to work out) and we took a much needed break. As we began again, Dustin manned the back. I heard some weird squealing sounds but I hesitated to ask if anything was wrong. All of a sudden, me and Talia hear a crash in the back, followed by some choice swear words (in English surprisingly). We both drop our bikes and rush over to Dustin, who is bleeding profusely from a gash on his hand and cuts on his arms and legs. The others had gone on too far and despite our screaming, it took a couple of minutes for them to realize something was wrong and to come back. Everyone was extremely panicked but we managed to control ourselves and assess the situation. Eventually, I helped support Dustin four kilometers to the nearest road as he started to go into shock. Now, the Taiwanese environment didn’t seem to think this situation was dramatic enough, so of course it started raining. It worked out in the end: Dustin got stitches in the hospital and we all went out to a night market in the evening to end the complete mess of a day.

Well, almost end. There were definitely some late-night antics to celebrate our last night of the trip. And by antics I mean eating instant noodles and staying up until 4am...

Day 3: It only took about two hours to get to Taichung. We had some delicious ice cream and visited the National Taichung Theater.

Finally, we got to reunite with Jenna and Shari at the Gaomei Wetlands and we had a peaceful time just walking around.

And by peaceful I mean stressful because we all screamed out every two minutes because something moved and I was terrified of stepping on a crab but it was fun nonetheless.

And with that, we ended our short trip saying goodbye in the sunset.

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The Gang’s All Here

6.30

The day was going to start at a museum near the Shilin District (the district where Albert and Jim live) but Jim and I were woken up by a call from Dustin inviting us to play basketball at his house. So the day took a small detour and we hung out at his house until we had our first full Taipei activity (except Jenna and Shari who were still out of town). There are three Phoenix pairs, two Warsaw, Poland pairs, and one Riga, Latvia pair. We all met up at the City Council and drove to the beach in the Gongliao District. After experiencing the heat for weeks, it was so refreshing to finally be able to swim!

^ the view from Dustin’s house :0

6.31

Finally, all Taipei ambassadors could meet each other (Shari and Jenna came back!) when we had another City-Council-planned activity to the Leofoo Village Theme Park. We spent the day riding roller coasters, wandering around the park, and having fun hanging out with each other.

Some of the rides had a lot of water, so me and Talia invested in some cute raincoats.

Our habit of making iconic movie references made an appearance once again. This time: Titanic :’)

As I mentioned, we’re going to Tainan right now! We’ve been staying in Taipei for these last few weeks, which is in Northern Taiwan. We’re taking a bus with all the ambassadors to the Southern Taiwanese city of Tainan and then around the middle of Taiwan to Taichung for a 3 day trip. Jenna and Shari has already made plans so they’ll meet us on the last day in Taichung.

*fun fact: “pei” means North and “nan” means South!*

I'll be making a blog all about the trip so stay tuned! :)

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I've been BUSY busy, so I haven’t really had the time to keep up with writing the blog about my ~adventures~ Mostly because a majority of our days have consisted of getting up really early and us getting back pretty late, at which point I have to shower and basically I pass out. But currently I’m on a bus to Tainan (which I’ll explain later) so here is the “catch up” blog to recount all the fun things that have happened!!

*btw this might be split up into two blogs*

6.28

This was definitely an interesting day. I had the opportunity to visit Jim’s high school!

The school is Jianguo High School, also known as the best all-boys high school in Taiwan. Jim was top of his class in middle school, but he said it’s harder to be top of his class anymore because everyone was the best in their middle school. Also, yes, you heard right. This was an all-boys school. and yes, it was weird. Talia came along too because Albert’s private school doesn’t allow visitors so I had some female energy to keep me sane. Jim’s friend Andy was really sweet and showed me, Talia, and Albert around the school. There were only a couple strange stares but overall it was really fun to see what Jim’s school is like! We also met Dustin, a Taipei ambassador traveling to Warsaw, Poland. We traveled nearby to the Taipei Fine Arts Museum and then returned to Albert’s for another night of Netflix. We ordered pizza with korean bulgogi and kimchi too!

We drove up a mountain for a beautiful night view of the city that pictures can’t do justice <3

6.29

Saturday brought us to the heat of Beitou, where we sweated profusely in the steam and humidity of the naturally occurring hot springs. Shari and Jenna went on a short trip out of the city for a few days so weren’t able to join us :((

In anticipation of upcoming college applications, I might’ve picked up a good luck charm ;)

And I swear the world is such a small place because, walking the streets of Beitou, we happen to run into Kate, another YAEP ambassador from 2 years ago!!

The next stop was the coastal Danshuei District. I walked the pier and experienced an amazing cultural boardwalk.

Time for Taipei 101 visit No. 2:

I finally had the pleasure of meeting the other ambassadors from Poland who had arrived the previous day.

We finally went up to the observatory this time (it was raining the previous time) and wow that 1,400 foot height was perfect to find small details of the city. Our group had a fun time pointing out all the places we went to and some random things around Taipei.

For dinner, we found this all-you-can-eat Shabu Shabu restaurant and I had one of the funniest dinners I’ve had since I’ve been in Taipei. This group of people is unbelievably funny and I’m so grateful I was able to meet them! ♥️

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A Little Bit of History ~ 6-27-19

While I might’ve woken up late, today was as much educational as it was fun. It was Jim’s birthday today! He still had to take his final exams, so me and others made our way to the National Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall.

^us utterly failing at getting a jumping picture^

I was already somewhat aware of the contrasting opinions surrounding the Chinese and Taiwanese tension. I had witnessed first-hand some of my Chinese friends insisting that my Taiwanese friends were in fact Chinese, with sharp rejections as a result. Following a disgruntled message from one of said Chinese friends about my visit to the Memorial Hall, I thought it would be best to educate a bit on the history of why the conflict exists.

*this is a very brief overview and I will try to be as objective as possible so it doesn’t become a political debate, although I will share my perspective at the end :)*

A BRIEF HISTORY...

So the relevant information surrounding this topic begins primarily in the 20th century, when Taiwan was ceded to Japan following the First Sino-Japanese War. However, after World War II, Japan surrendered Taiwan to the Republic of China. At this time, China was ruled by the KMT (Kuomintang) which translates to the Nationalist Party of China. The KMT party split and radicalized into nationalist and communist parties and tensions between the KMT government and the Communist Party of China (CPC) escalated into the Chinese Civil War. The CPC’s chairman Mao Zedong officially declared the formation of the People’s Republic of China with its capital in Beijing. The communists “defeated” (no peace treaty was signed) the nationalists who were led by Chiang Kai-shek. The nationalist Republic of China retreated to the island of Taiwan and set its temporary capital in Taipei (where I am right now!) as the ROC. So you have the PROC in mainland China and the ROC who have been exiled to Taiwan. Taiwan has a democratic system and China has a communist system.

This is where the debate arises. The argument is focused around the legitimacy of Taiwan’s claim to autonomy: are they their own country? or part of China (the PROC) but with a different system of government? The latter side is often summarized with the phrase “one country, two systems” which has been extended to debates about situations like Hong Kong.

Wow, I really hope that was actually helpful and not even more confusing. Again, this was a very oversimplified history of the state of things regarding Chinese and Taiwanese relations so I did omit some details for clarity. I also did corroborated the information I researched with my Taiwanese counterpart, Jim and he did warn of the possibility of his own subjectivity from receiving a Taiwanese education.

Back to Chiang Kai-shek.

A lot of controversy surrounds him and his responsibility for killing millions of people. While I did visit his Memorial Hall, I discussed how his role in history might not have been one that should be glorified and the increasingly aware population of Taiwanese people which recognize this as well. I talked a lot with Jim about this type of situation. It’s important to realize that idealizing historical figures might ignore their shortcomings. I think recognizing the complexity of historical figures as humans is extremely important so you can properly learn from history’s events.

Yeah, today was a bit of a cultural/educational/deep-thinking kind of day. After the memorial, it was more light hearted. We had some mango snowflake ice but it started to rain so hard (keep in mind how sunny it was when we visited the memorial hall!!) that we retired to a movie night at Albert's house (Talia’s counterpart). We watched Black Panther and once Jim joined us after his testing, we surprised him with a birthday cake <3

This was a little bit of a different type of blog, but I hope it could be helpful in some basic information or a different perspective! I highly encourage you to do a little research to understand more about all the things I talked about!!

~Sonia Dias~

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Week 1 ✅

I’ve encountered something that I’ve never really had to worry about in Arizona: Rain.

The desert almost never rains besides the occasional monsoon but in Taiwan it rains SO much and even at seemingly random times. The poor Taiwanese ambassadors have to make two potential plans every day just in case it ends up raining! Carrying umbrellas everywhere is the norm because checking the forecast doesn’t help much when the weather changes in about .2 seconds.

The first day I got a true experience of the Taiwanese rain, we had to change the plans to have a simple day of ice skating and shopping, which was a fun way to bond and laugh over our terrible ice skating skills (except Jenna, who wiped the floor with all of us lol).

Yesterday, we visited the breathtaking city of Jiufen.

It took an only slightly terrifying bus ride up a winding mountain path but the coastal view was something I had never even imagined. It was stunning!

I don’t think I’ve ever used the panoramic feature this much.

The rain began to sneak up on us later in the day, and we traveled to the Pingxi district. We did miss Jim, who had to travel back to the Jiufen mountain to get his phone :(

On the bright side, we lit a beautiful lantern (with a lengthy side conversation about how the lanterns might be properly disposed of)! The different colors symbolized the hopes for the future.

Red = Health ~ always most important <3

Yellow = Wealth ~ we have to pay for college somehow haha

Blue = Good Luck ~ good for everything!!

White = Smooth Sailing ~ life is hard but we can make it through it!

Today began the first of 3 days for the Taiwanese final exams so Shari, who was excused from exams, took us to the Xiangshan Hiking Trail where we saw a perfect view of Taipei 101, a supertall skyscraper (the tallest in the world before the Burj Khalifa was built!). To be honest, I felt like dying during the hike but after the hardest parts, I couldn’t help but enjoy the magnificent view.

All the hard work was properly rewarded with a visit to the Taipei 101, where I had the privilege to go to Din Tai Fung, a world famous restaurant known for its Xiao Long Bao (also known as soup dumplings)! We had their famous pork dumplings, and tried some chicken dumplings and wontons too! We even had the dessert buns with chocolate and taro😋

We finished up the day with some shopping at the Xinyi district just before we were caught up in a downpour of rain again :( But we all made it home safe and I have time to rest and get ready for tomorrow :)

I’m already so grateful for all that Taipei has showed me and I still have more weeks to come!

~Sonia Dias~

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The First Few Days ~ 6-24-19

Wow, 5 days down already and, to be quite honest, it’s been a whirlwind of emotions!

The 13-hour flight was eventful to say the least. While I wasn’t affected, the other ambassadors suffered from what we deemed “The Curse of Urban Tortilla.” A seemingly innocent Chipotle-style Mexican airport restaurant turned into two different almost-disasters when its burrito made Jenna sick right before we landed in Taipei and its chicken quesadilla almost made Talia a criminal (there are strict guidelines for bringing meat into the country).

While I was unbelievably excited to be in such a gorgeous place like Taiwan (for example...

My body decided to betray me with nasty combination of jet lag, heat exhaustion (AZ dryness has nothing on Taiwanese humidity), and a little bit of homesickness as I realized how much I missed my friends and family back home.

Luckily, I had an amazing support group with the other ambassadors and my extremely understanding counterpart, Jim. In only a couple of days, I was able to start experiencing the breath-taking, enriching culture of Taiwan.

I’ve done so much in so little time but some of the highlights have been the Shilin Night Market, pottery at the Yingge Ceramics Museum, and shopping at the Wanhua District!

The night market was everything I dreamed it to be. Locals and tourists alike in bustling crowds shopping at the many available stores and eating traditional street foods. I finally had the chance to try my first Taiwanese boba, but from the disapproving judgements of our Taiwanese ambassadors, I guess there’s only better ones to come!

The beautiful glowing lights made for a cute photo op for our lovely color-coordinated ambassadors <3

New Taipei City’s Yingge Ceramics museum showcased the history of ceramics throughout Asia, but also allowed for an opportunity to learn some pottery myself. More importantly, it allowed me and Talia to have an epic Ghost moment ;)

The shopping district gave me the perfect time to indulge in my stationery obsessions and even some down time to have the Taiwanese ambassadors try some American snacks like Hot Cheetos :)

These few days have already been so amazing and I can only imagine the exciting things I have yet to try!!

~Sonia Dias~

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Pre-Departure ~ 6-19-19

Hi everyone! There’s about two hours till me and my counterparts leave to Taipei and I’m really looking forward to that 13 hour flight 🙃.

It’s been a good time so far, besides having to wake up at 2am to get to the airport. The 2 hour flight to California seemed like nothing. I pretty much knocked out and woke up to us landing. Our team is one of the last groups to leave so it was definitely hard watching everyone have so much fun in their sister cities, but now that I’ve thoroughly stalked all their blogs, I can finally write my own (albeit much more awkwardly written, so bear with me).

The adventures have only just begun. I was stopped at security and questioned as to whether my pop tarts were a sharp and dangerous weapon and I’m currently in the middle of a 7 hour layover in the San Francisco Airport. Me and my fellow ambassadors, Jenna and Talia, have already walked around the entire airport, did yoga (because apparently there are yoga rooms here), talked to our Taiwanese counterparts, and subsequently yelled at them because it’s night in Taiwan and they have school tomorrow.

My counterpart’s name is Jim Lee and in the time that we talked over Line (the primary messaging app in East Asia) we’ve gotten along really well! I’m beyond excited to arrive in Taipei. I have an only slightly problematic addiction to boba so I can only imagine how amazing it is in the place where it was created. I really wanted to see if I can pick up some Mandarin too. I have some Chinese and Taiwanese friends in Phoenix that love to talk in Mandarin so I can’t understand them. I definitely think they’re making fun of me, but hopefully I can come back and flex with my new Mandarin skills. I know my host parents don’t speak much English, so it’s gonna be a lot of body language to communicate lol. Only 15 hours and 6,440 miles to go!

~Sonia Dias~

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