rediscovering eden
Who am I, that the Lord of all the earth
Would care to know my name
Would care to feel my hurt
Who am I, that the bright and morning Star
Would choose to light the way
For my ever wandering heart
Not because of who I am
But because of what You've done
Not because of what I've done
But because of who You are
I am a flower quickly fading
Here today and gone tomorrow
A wave tossed in the ocean
A vapor in the wind
Still You hear me when I'm calling
Lord, You catch me when I'm falling
And You've told me who I am
I am Yours, I am Yours
Who Am I, that the eyes that see my sin
Would look on me with love
and watch me rise again
Who Am I, that the voice that calmed the sea
Would call out through the rain
And calm the storm in me
Whom shall I fear
Whom shall I fear
I am Yours
testimonies
Sunday, January 31, 2010
-10:50 PM
1. Stepping into 师大 and then the NTNU Hostel lobby
2. The lift that keeps closing on people
3. Talking water cooler
4. “Dudette” “Yes?” “Not you dudette, the other dudette!” –Yingxin (who often turns delirious and forgets names at night!)
5. 地下餐厅
6. Playing bridge, hearts and taiti with awesome buddies
7. The common room with the TV, sofa and lots of space to play cards
8. Playing TOD (especially the all-nighter on 5 Dec!)
9. 师大夜市 <3
10. Food coupons
11. Bubble tea from 会上隐 （茉香奶茶）
12. Asking for toilet paper (and once, even twice in 2 days XD)
13. Teasing couples
14. Karaoke
15. Melty Kiss and Hi-Chew
16. Flipping through the dictionary (and googling) for 繁体字
17. Blue and pink room slippers
18. Water parade
19. Bed check at 9.45pm
20. Hearing Yingx Germ Selene Minghao etc. etc. swoon about DBSK
21. Prank calls
22. Worrying about overweight luggage
23. Gossiping at night with Selene and Ying Xin *tsk tsk* Okay not gossip; it’s just chitchat la.
24. 蓝组
25. Using nicknames (F4, KingKa etc...)
26. Crashing rooms
27. 淡水
28. Singing opera at night
29. Watching Selene do the limbo
30. Exercising in the cold cold night
31. Sleeping in class (and popping Vit C to stay awake)
32. Celebrating birthdays
33. 锅贴 and 水饺
34. 梁山伯与祝英台的爱情故事
35. Seeing our 班长 cross-dress (and the fake boobs)
36. The big hammer (after the balloon shooting @ Danshui!)
37. Meeting for rehearsals
38. 扯零
39. 皮雕
40. 吸管
41. 中国结
42. Watching catfights between Selene and Yingxin
43. Late-night intensive mugging (seeing people in the common room at 1am/2am!)
44. Having supper while mugging at night (Yoghurt with fruits instant oatmeal, milo, crackers, beef cup noodles!)
45. Room card-keys (which require special technique to use!)
46. Watching DBY in Taichung on Graduation Tour!
47. Squatting toilets
48. Feeling awkward in 偶像店s
49. The awesome stationery shop
50. Taking half an hour to reach the korean restaurant (thanks Selene XD) (The bimbimbab is AWESOME)
51. “我门失踪了！”
52. Spraying insect repellent everywhere (doorframe, mosquito net etc.)
53. Getting rid of the weird insectish things in our room (using a modified wire hanger!)
54. 爱情万岁
55. Receiving 1000NT, distributed by teachers, at random moments
56. Yummy bread from SunMerry Cafe
57. Arcade games
58. Using water pressure to wash the toilet
59. Sharing a tiny netbook
60. Eating strange burgers for breakfast
61. Fretting about 分班测验，默写，小考，期中考，期末考 and the end of term achievement test
62. Doing 造句 with Google
63. Chionging 习字，新诗 at night (with roomies to consult!)
64. Camwhoring
65. Watching korean movies instead of mugging at night
66. Blasting music (mainly Korean, DBSK etc.) in the room
67. The clothes bed XD
68. The cool balcony that joins 508 and 510 together!
69. Long bus rides
70. Eating in our rooms
71. Baked pasta and 肉锉面
72. Hanging wet clothes everywhere
73. Small drizzly rain
74. Umbrellas in the corridors
75. 辅导员s
76. Free 红茶 and 绿茶 in the huge pots with long ladles and plastic bags and rafia string and straws!
77. Walking down the streets like we've been there forever and rule the world
78. Freaky baroque music in the basement
79. 天灯
80. Talking about guys (we don’t mean the RI guys y’know XD) (okay except when we were complaining about their ungentlemanliness on the first day)
81. Preparing farewell parties for teachers
82. Handwashing clothes
83. Watermelon-guava-dragonfruit-kiwi-orange-pineapple-jambu-CHERRYTOMATO D: fruit boxes twice a day
84. Selene and her expenditure reports and earring shopping!
85. Yingxin and her “Changmin! Changmin! Junsuuuuuuu!”
86. “I think Jaejoong is ugly” –Laura (just to spite Minghao) “IOGJARJIOSJFOISJOISJMCOKMX! *strangles*” –Minghao
87. G5 and Janfusun Fancyworld (and the puke basins)
88. Cheese croquette from the Japanese restaurant
89. Mopping the room floor
90. Singing in the room with Yingx (and influencing Selene to eventually start singing in the shower!)
91. Kahmo (not-very-yummy) spaghetti
92. Playing pingpong at Hibiscus Hotel
93. Attempting to play pool on the 11th floor (with Addy’s instruction) (hint: keyword “attempting”)
94. Feeling good when we replied in Chinese to people who spoke to us in English. (And being able to speak Taiwanese too!)
95. Disposable underwear
96. Wearing my luggage key on my wrist and a ladybug whistle around my neck nearly all the time (I can’t believe I nearly forgot that)
97. Opening and closing my yellow luggage bag many many times a day (to put valuables and all)
98. 古亭站！
99. 西门丁！
100. Our awesome day at 中正纪念堂 watching 宝岛一村 and being really high at the Chiang Kai-Shek memorial hall. The view from up there was stunning! It’s like dark, with the pretty pretty lights!
Okay admittedly these are barely representative. I’ve wrecked my brain a fair bit and this is what I’ve got so far. I tried to squeeze some points together to make space, actually. But this list is really just a snippet of everything. I don’t know why, but I just miss those 4 weeks so much! Maybe it’s the weather, or the freedom to do anything you want, or the company. Probably the combination of everything. If I had the opportunity to go again there are some things I’d do differently though. For one, I wouldn’t go with the misconception that 1 month is very long. And I would spend more money (it’s worth it man)! I think the most saddening thing is that it’s highly unlikely I’ll get to stay in a hostel with such lovely people and do such lovely things in a lovely place for one whole month again. At least, not in the next 2 years.
Why the sudden Taiwan fever again? Maybe because ever since I returned things have been so tough and there’s been so much to worry about. Over there, not much, other than exams and homework. Which are inconsequential at the end of the day, anyway. In other words, the 1 month was like, time off from the harsh realities of life. Another reason why the Taiwan fever. MINGDAO HIGH SCHOOL IS COMING TO RGS! :D :D :D Hopefully my buddy’s coming :D
