Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Disbelief.

Well where shall I start? Back in February an opportunity came up for me to participate in this international summer exchange program to Taiwan. At first I was hesitant and I didn't really want to be gone for at least half of my summer (even though I always rant about my hometown not-so-home-sweet-DEADmonton). The catch was that this exchange thing was really cheap: I would only have to pay for airfare and $200CAD ish fee for a duration of three weeks in Taiwan including accommodation, food, transportation and all that jazz. But an even more unbelievable thing is that they only took twenty, yes TWENTY Canadian youths from age 17-25 from across Canada... while taking 100+ from Malaysia/Thailand,I know what your thinking, does Taiwan dislike Canadians? LOL But anyhow I decided to give it a try because I applied thinking I wouldn't make it, even though it was such a hassle to get a full body check up, urine & blood tests, and an chest x-ray done to prove that I'm in good health in order to apply. I dislike going to doctors, so to me it was inconvenient to the max.

So guess what I received in my email today?! I'M ACCEPTED?!?! a few weeks ago, I had received a "your on a waiting list" note and all of a sudden I'm in, and I have to send in my flight information by May 30? Like.. I didn't even expect to get in, and now I'm bombarded with admission information.

At the same time, it seems like so much is coming up this summer and the other day my family had got a call from California (family friends) inviting us to go down during the summer to attend their daughters' wedding and catch up. Also around the same time, I was planning to use my saved up air miles to visit a friend that had moved to Toronto this summer and I was looking into tourist attractions, flights, dates, etc, etc. So now this. I'm not in a dilemma, but ironically last night I was praying to God asking Him to help me decide what I should do this summer, Toronto vs. California with my family, and now a THIRD opportunity came up... not to mention my want to pay a visit to Vancouver and visit my camp kids from last summer.

If only I could have four summers all in one go eh? So I'm indecisive and I have to use some brain power to think things through and make A choice.

For once, I'm not gonna rant about Edmonton since the weather is lovely, sunny and HOT and I'm going to savor a fugdesicle!

1 comment:

  1. duude!! that's so crazy!! have lots of fun <3

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