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Name: Shilen
Country: United States
State: California
Birthday: 3/25/1985
Interests: playing tennis, talking to people, going on vacations, and all of that good good stuff
Occupation: Student
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Member Since:
7/29/2003
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| helllo everyone its beeen too long, well i am in jspsn living mylast couple@of hours here. i know many of u have read justin and yasus xanga entry. the emotitons are true. i remember when iwas in china i was really excited to come to jaspan because i would get to see masa and all of the boys...coming to jspsn and experiencing new thimngs really makes trips like this worth it. i am overcomewith sadness so much that i do not know how to react. I was able to meet up with most of the TWCU girls again, and tooo see them after one yearwas heartwarning. I reaslly do not know what to say about the waseda kids..they are family@to us. i remeber seeing the face of justin and yas yesterday and i think it hit jeff and i also at that point that it was the end. its always easy to say keep in touch but we will all be living our lives, and we have new waseda coming in. last night was one of the most emotional nights i have ever experuienced, but i have grown from it. to see people cry got me right in the center. to see justin and yas and masa cry was the saddest thing i have ever seen...those r good guys and too see how much a group of kids can influence justin and yas so nuch was amazing. i leave tommorow to go back, but i am aslready overcome with emotion and im at a loss for words...the thing to leasrn is cherish each other man...seriously...sometimnes the time u have together is too short, cherish each other and your friendships...respect differences and use those to bring u together and remember to be confident in yerself...one of the most amaxing experiences i experienced was sittin across another man with both of us in tears leeting emotions out...it brings peopletogether...to the waseda students who was the 1st ever waseda, you guys arre amazxing and beautiful..i will miss u all...to the new waseda welcome and too the people we have met in japan...see u soon..im out
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| u know...i didnt imagine that while being abroad in China I would learn
so much about myself, and my life. I knew that I would appreciate
things a lot more, but as I think, there is soemthing that I have
really learned that making mistakes is normal. For me, I have
lived my life as a man who has stuck by his word whenever possible, but
i never knew that in my life I had made so many mistakes. from my
childhood never wanting to study until now where I have told people I
would do things, only to forget later I have grown up a lot since I was
young. I am fortuante for the things that have happened to
me whether good or bad. All of the bad things that have
happened, and the many mistakes that I have made have made me who I am
today. I understand that everyone is human and that sometimes
making mistakes is normal. I have learned that sometimes
forgiveness is really a beautiful thing, and though we get caught up in
life, that if we take a moment of reflect on our actions, that we may
learn to love one another.
Basically what I am trying to say is that I am grateful for the friends
that i have, I am grateful for all that all of you have done for me, I
just hope that I return a little back because I know without any of u
in my life, I wouldnt be here today. This goes for
EVERYONE...from elementary to junior high to high school and now to
college...everyone of u has made a difference in my life, and I hope I
can repay everyone back one day. I know I have made many
mistakes, and I know a lot of you have gotten mad at me for stupid
things I have done, but I have learned my lesson, and i thank all of u
for yelling at me, for being mad at me, and most important for
supporting me although I make mistakes.
It's only a few times which I get this great feelin of thankfullness,
Gid Bless all of you...may our friendship and fun times last forever
one love
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| hi again! hope all os well back home in the US, i hear it is rianing a
lot, so i hope that you guys stay indorrs and dont get too wet.
Well what to updae on. Today I have a cool epxerience. i
was invited by my roomate to go to his intensive reading class today
because he was giving a presentation. It was cool because i was
the only non chinese student in the room, and I wanted too see how
classes are taught here to chinese students.
My roomate did his presentation on the gap between the rich and the
poor which was interesting. He brought up governments, NGO's and
other organizations which could help the process of filling in the
gap. But as I started to think, is there possibly a way for the
rich and poor to be equal? I couldnt rally think of any, but i think
its needs to start off with the government. its my beliefs that
in the US, the government does its best to help as much as possible,
and though it is not enough, I find it really hard to believe that a
government can actually help the problem. But than again maybe
they could..aybe if they stop being corrupt maybe.who knows? but
in any case we than separated into groups and talked about different
topics, and I was given the name CHAIRMAN..woow boy doesnt that
match the country, but yeah i had to go up in front of the class and
talk about poverty in America. It actually worked, *clap clap
clap* but yeah it was cool!!
one thing I have to come love about chinese people well at least from
the ones that I have met, is there willingness to learn about other
cultures. Ever since i have been here I have been in constant
discussion about America, culture and life in America. Its really
quite interesting, but yeah im learning a lot!
i hope to et a webcam soon, so all u webcammers log onto MSN so i can
see all of your beautiful faces cause that will make my day.
more later with pictures...
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| hello hello helllo i write too all you from the faraway lands of
CHINA...how it goes?? well its been about 2 years now since I last
updated my xanga, but since I am abroad there is no bettter time to
start. My trip here has been fun so far, everything that I have
expected has actually happened, and of course unexpected things as
well. China is really beautiful, well at least Beijing is, but
righht now it is freezing cold, I am soo jealous of Califronia
people....SOOOO jealous but I think ill be okay. I have
experienced a lot of things while I have been here, like Tianamen
Square, Temple of Heaven and being a college student here in
Beijing.
Before I really sart talking about the trip, i want to mention that
there are times in ones life where you become humble at the things that
people do for you, and for the people that you meet along the
way. I the 6 days before our program started, Jeff, Andrew, Donna
and I were shown around the city by Justin's mom. I cant begin to
tell you the kinds ofthings that we did. Not only did we have a
driver with us at all times, we were able too see beijing from the life
of a very successful family. She took us to eat everyday, took us
around the city, went bowling, had messages and had the best times of
our lives. All of this wouldnt have been able to happen if it
wasnt for Justin, so from the the bottom of my heart, thank you..we
willl get u back one day I PROMISE.
So after those 6 days we moved into Beijing U, and man it is different
than Pitzer. The rooms are smaller, the dorm is empty, mainly
because it is new. Everything is quiet, no lous music, NOTHING.
Whars worse is that they have a CURFEW, 11pm everyday single day
including weekends, so I guess I can kiss party life goodbye, but dont
worry I will break some of the rules eventually..I think..haha..but yes
we also met our Chinese roomate, and he has been really cool, he
actually is a lot like me, which can be good or bad, but we have the
same interests..so yeah.
So we also started classes and MY GOD...soo busy. I remember
people telling me that before but i didnt realize how much it reallly
is. Chinese everyday as expected, a field book due every 4 weeks
but its 3 essays everytime...a bunch of reading..and an indepedent
study..man soo much but I guess we have to do it all, so usually i
spent a lot of time doing that but its hard becausde I want to engage
in convo with people or play soccer, or eat, or do something or
another.
Ill be updating often so keep readin...ive done far too much to talk
bout in one, so I guess i will sart from now..but please everyon take
care of yourselves and be happy...if there is conflict..try to
resolve...and love each other...i misss all of you...and hope to speak
to all of you sooon...
take care
Shilen
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| hey hey hey..well today we are going to knotts berry farm which will be fun. For all of you that do not know I am at Pitzer, and have been here for a week for training( mentor, sponsor, blah blah) I hope everyone has had a good summer tho, cause after speaking to many it seems like people had a productive one. Welcome week for us starts Thrusday morning...so all te little freshmen are going to be moving in and yes I will be helping them...but yea training has consisted mostly of poker, training, and some good discussions and a goood timne to bond with other sponsor groups and def meet new people. So thats all for now and I cant wait for people to come back!! and all the UC people and others have fun for anther month, I am reallly jealous!! deuces | | |
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