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i have many many many traveling experiences. i've been to china (went for the first time last last summer)...and let's just say...BIG culture shock even though i'm chinese, but i've lived in the US for all of my life.
i'll type more later cuz i am prodigiously tired.
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I've never been to china =( I want to go.
Most of my friends are chinese. though I have a few thai and vietnamese and korean friends too. No japanese friends though (wtf is up with that?) I havn't met too many japanese people =/
Anywayyy where'd you go in china??
iiiii went to (and not in this order)beijing to visit some relatives. we saw the bird's nest stadium which was still under construction, guangzhou to visit more relatives, hong kong (even though that's not china :P) cuz we'd be leaving from there anyways and had to visit my great aunt, tai shan to visit even more relatives and see where my dad used to live, and somewhere else i forgot the name to. yuppers. i had worm. and mudskipper, eel, and frog. i must admit. frog is very appetizing.
but everyone smoked everywhere. we were on this overnight train and there was a huge "NO SMOKING" sign on the wall. and the police were smoking right next to it. oh golly gee. and in the restaurants, i was sometimes covered in a cloud of smoke. it absolutely sucked. other restaurants were fine...but this one was horrible.
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That sounds fun though. I wish I had relatives in other countries besides canada (I hate most of my relatives anyway)
I may have some distant relatives in ukraine still... though I wouldn't know who they are or even how to talk to them probably =/ *sad*
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right now I have a friend in Israel, a guy I sometimes talk to in Singapore, and.. I used to talk lo this english girl, but she doesn't sign on aim anymore. oh well. Still tryin' to make more international friends =D
international friends are cool!
I'M IN ART CLASS!!
(has nothing to do with anything)
lol, i like makin frends! and anyone from anywhere works, though i THINK postage for penpals is cheaper for in the US, lol ^^
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We IM and stuff. =D
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I made a friend when I was in Kyoto the first time. Really nice girl I met in this "dress up as a geisha" type place. her mom and sister were doing it and we just sat in the waiting room and talked. (she spoke a little english) Then later she introduced me to her mom and sister and we sat around a bit (few hours waiting) and she gave me a little thing of this japanese candy I can't really describe.. The case just says "Pinky"
So after it was over and we left, I went shopping a bit and I saw her a few hours later on the street and said hi, and then I went back to the hotel and we didn't see eachother again. I don't even remember her name =(
she was really nice. My first friend in japan! =D
I have the Pinky stuff in my pocket right now actually.. lol. I eat it sometimes when I'm feeling down. ^.^
(THIS CANDY IS SOOOO GOOD. IT'S LIKE INDESCRIBABLY AWESOME.... does it compare to soda candy...? I'm... at a loss.... which is better?!?! omg im confused now... *head explodes from amazement*)
gah! pan, dont let ur head explode! that's bad! lol! and actually, i hooked up w/ a penpal through goodreads. we started rping together, then we imed, and now we write, im, AND rp together ^^. we's good frends!
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oh, okay then. so long as it puts itself back together. ^^ hmm... *thinks of something to say* uh... crap, im comin up EMPTY!! *looks around* *sigh* methinks i must go get ready to leave soon... i dont really wanna go, but... *sigh* christmas party for my lil bro that i gots to go to... should be fun, so long as a few of my frends r there ^^
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its was a cub scout pack christmas party... at a place w/ a bunch of bounce houses. i messed up my knee while hopping off one, so i stopped bouncing on them ^^
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when I lived in las vegas someone put one of those outside near our dojo (I was in karate) and we went in there and started beating eachother up xD It was fun. I gave this guy a black eye and he got mad and started kicking at me =P
wow pan... that sounds, erm... fun, lol! i was writing a story the whole time i was at the bounce house place, cuz i kept hurting myself and decided to quit b4 i died or sumthin. i was sad though, cuz one of my hair ties came out, so i had to switch from my braids to a single pony tail. i like the braids ^^
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taht story? umm... *thinks* oh, that one, so far, is bout a girl who was sneaking out of her house at 4 am to go meet sum ppl, and her bf catches her. its really good so far ^^
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uh... nuttin, actually. she shows him sumthin bout WHY she was sneakin out, he freaks and runs off, and then... i need to write more ^^
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well... she has markings on her back, little symbols, and when someone else touches them, she turned into an animal, depending on which one is touched. haha, it was fun to write her bf's reaction to her changing on him XD
i will post a link here wen i get it typed... well, a couple chs of it, nyway ^^ cant hv the whole book sittin on the internet for evryone to read, lol! not if i want it published, anyway... XD
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or a ... a...whatever that bug-eyed creature was called...what was it?
yeah that. :PMERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE! :D
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!! (no, i dont care WHAT holiday you celebrate, so long as you have a good one ^^)
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happy 5 minutes before ivy eats a croissant.
lol, happy 6 min AFTER ivy eats a croissant XD
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Has anyone been to another country?
If so, where and when?
What was it like?
Or what was your most interesting traveling experience?