which means "long time no see". 

Well, since I'm back in Taiwan I was pretty busy. My professor got me back as his slave, then school started and many courses added, plus my new fitness fashion keeps me kind of away from LJ. Life kicks generally, and recently I am not exactly a happy person and I don't know anymore what I want to do after I graduate. So it's kind of "let's wait and see" period for me... hoping I will bear the thesis somehow ... ORZ. 

For my diet plan... I am ok, not loosing much wait but the slowly but hopefully steady phase is here. I eat pretty normally (excluding dinners) and exercise a lot (5-8 times a week). 
I'm generally kind of lonely but then slowly accepting that too. Also  after having rebelious moments with my work/professor I seem to be accepting that too. 

Days are just passing so fast recently that I have no time to worry anymore:D from morning till around 9 PM I'm at school, then when I'm back I relax and talk to my family. That's all. Weekends are not much different really. I don't even have money to go shopping :/ Especially that I need to save up for a new laptop :/ And camera :/ And external disc (this one I'm getting in Nov.), and mobile phone... :D

So sorry for not being here... if you care :)

Muka




 

 I had a birthday party last night! Surprisingly! It was supposed ot be party for 2 of my good friends whose bd was this week. And yet they bundled me in it since I won't be here on July 9th! I must say I am really happy and touched... my birthday wasn't celebrated by my friends! Last time was the small party in Tokyo! I totally love the 2 birthday cards I got, the Starbucks cup I wanted, Body Shop Body Butter I wanted and the earings I didn't know I wanted but I love anyway! There was cake too! 

Then our professor from HK came too, and it was so funny with him. We played mafia, and then spin-a-bottle with a very "yellow" questions... thing I learned about my classmates and my professor... not easy to forget XD 

Just this party reminded me our two other parties in the same place, and that we were missing some people. At least I was missing them a lot. Well, I hope they have fun where they are, actually... I KNOW they have fun :) In 9 days I go home too. So weird in a way, but I guess good. I would go crazy if I just had to stay here in July and do nothing but watch movies and work. 

Muka

 We're back... and tired. We left on Friday/Satruday at midnight.... I'm usually not sleeping well in a car so it's like sleepless nigth for me. We then arrived in the harbor in Kenting at 5 AM... 2 freaking hours to early. Took the medicine for sea-sickness early and doze off more in the car. Pushed by a bunch of older tourist we got seat in the boat... according to the strategy - in the middle in the back of the boat. Generally WE didn't puke... other... not that lucky... the guy next to me was puking all 2 hours long -_-
Muka

ps. actually I pasted it from my new blog =_=;;; I am google sucker... I opened new blog just because I want to use google products =_= so I am playing with it now... alkithilien.blogspot.com if you're interested...

ah... I'm writing because of course I should be studying instead. And weather is perfect for blogging (and napping, which I've just finished) - raining and grey. And my mood is generally rather bad this week.... is it PMSing, is it work I need to do, is it something else... I dunno, or don't really want to know.

( Other stuff... )

 Yes, I am back from the tropical island trip. It was GREAT! And that is why I am having this post-holiday trauma (as my friend called it). After spending 2 great days always surrounded by my friends, being back in the city now, alone in my room, having to read papers is just so sad. 

I don't know how to describe the trip. There is so many things about it that it's hard to choose. I will only say it was not as small as we expected, that the weather was cloudy but comfrotable, that water was warm and beautifuly blue, that I didn't swim in the ocean (I wanted but... well... only "I"), that we played ukulele a lot, that we watched and touched sea creatures (crabs, sea rabbits, sea cucumbers, sea snails), that I got many cute sea shells and what not. I love ocean/sea, so it would be good anyway. I could just sit and stare at the waves for hours, smelling the saltiness in the air. 

( More about the trip here... )
Muka

I know. Posting like that on Valentines Day makes me look sad. Well I am lonely and all, but I think I managed through this day well. Even I'm not a fan of it, I'm not an anti-fan either. Because, I want it or not, it is a symbol. A day when all other people in relationships show it off. Their right.
( personal blabbing... )
I dunno if you're interested in reading my blabs, but well... that's why blogs are for. As for Arashi stuff.... I ordered the VERY expensive DVD, from latest AAA tour.... but why Tokyo.... why couldn't it be Taipei again T_______________T I know it was their first con outdoor, but why it couldn't be the second day in Taipei again. Boooooooooo.

Muka

ps. I choose mood "recumbent" because I actually don't know what it means... and am too lazy to check:D

One of the reasons why I love Taiwan is... Arashi!

I have one channel that focus on Japanese programs... and now they're showing Bambino! They also started D no Arashi!!!!! 2 episodes a time, so it's 1 hour of DnA each weekend! Also on Taiwanese MTV they play Beautiful Days single promo :D

Also they play the old J-drama Beautiful Life - it was a first drama I've watched and the first I loved (and I still do love it!!!!)

How not to love Taiwan?

Muka

ps. tomorrow I'm going for scooter license test - wish me luck >.<

Ok... nothing last forever and it seems my luck either. I don't want to go in details, just that this week was pretty crappy. Nothing big happened (thx God!), but generally I felt like killing 50% of my classmates by Friday. There was one good thing - Monday night - a dinner and KTV with my classmates. But even that doesn't save the whole week. And man, we still have a Sunday to go. And honestly I'm not even sure if it's not all my crappy mood, or everything really became crappy itself.

It's not about Taiwan (just making it clear). Because I know I could feel way crappier in Poland hehe.

Btw. Have you heard about the protests in Taiwan? It looks pretty bad, people/police being hurt. But come on... My heart is with the protestants... this f***ing Chinese guy comes and Taiwanese president (oh, sorry, Mr. Ma) dares to break law and basic human rights to keep him happy! WTH is that? It makes me really angry!

this week I will be probably dead with midterm projects and exams. wish me luck.

Muka

Uffffff... this week was crazy... and theoretically I had 3 days without classes! How come that from waking up till going to sleep I am all busy? And it is just beginning, I just have 2 projects going on... and there is more still coming! I can't say it's boring, ne... but actually I really find my classes interesting. Good!

Also this week I got friendly with some of my Taiwanese classmates. We even went to KTV on Tuesday morning. One of them really sing well... like a pro! I get goosebumps all around when she sings. I need to record it next time!
Also I had my Windows re-installed... so I may have lost some data... I actually did loose some. It's just I backed up some... and some... well, I was just too tired too back up more. The thing is I need to have Windows XP Pro for my Friday class where we use SAP B1 software.
I also worked with my group on a presentation we have on Monday... competition is quite strong, so we're still having business lunch tomorrow with the guy from a Jstar Global company (we need to present about their company, as in the course we will try to come up with a business plan for them). It all seem so serious already. And in 3 weeks I need to write a paper! AAAAAAAAAAAAA! Seriously, this is MA XD Soon I will get my business cards and you will have to scheldue appointment with me XDDDDDDDDD

From nice things - my landlord took me for a lunch yesterday... to the 'famous' sea food Japanese style buffet restaurant XD Very expensive hehe... but very good! I ate some things for the first time too... like this huge oyster or whatever the name... I could have studies biology with this food XD Was good though. Felt I little strange though beign there just with the landlord =_='''' I hope noone thought he is me bf or something of this kind @_@ the more embarassed I was when he carried my bag on the way back (_-_) ...

Also I went to salsa lesson today, that the youth hub in my building is organising:D not bad. Then I went jogging:D I slowly trying to get back to my standard distance of 4 km :D for today I run 2.4 km :D But I really enjoy it... I must be a masochist.

What I'm worried about is... another typhoon coming!!! not Arashi yet! and this time it is said to come from western part, so generally it will hit my city @_@ NOOOOOOOOO! I don't want to stay home... there is so many things to do! Just in case I bought 4 more instant noodles and some drinks today... geh...

Also my Chinese classes are starting again:D Yay! And I found someone who is willing to sell his scooter in 4 months for just around 10 000 to 12 000 NT :D I hope it is in good condition, since 4 months later seem just perfect for me!

Need to go, because my room mate is waiting for the net cable! Let me know how are YOU ppl:D

Muka

Ok... first 1,5 week has passed. So far so... ok. Actually only things that worry me are:
1) school - still I wonder if I really am good enough for this all XD especially paper writing...
2) room mate - I know I am so lucky to get the Taiwan scholarship, still if I knew about it earlier I wouldn't ask my "friend" to be my room mate... honestly in last two months I started rather hating than liking him. Honestly... we don't talk to each other now though we live in the same room. I pray to God he will be willing to move out soon, since this is not really healthy situation to hate your room mate.
3) Money... - I pray to God that the money I'm left with will be enough till I get the scholarship money in October... and that I won't have to pay for credits before that time too >.< I knew I will have to spend a lot of money in September... but it's more that I was thinking about :/

Except of that it's all perfect:) I love Taiwan and Taiwanese ppl. Yesterday my landlord invited me for a chat and a bbq... we talked and drunk like for 4 hours, I'm still amazed we managed to communicate though my Chinese is really pretty basic. My classmates are also nice, though some of them are still afraid of speaking English =_=' Today we went out for a dinner with some of them and it was really fun! I'm showing them around the school area because most of them just came to Taichung too:D

I've finished watching Dr. House S.1 too... ok... I want more! Ann - it's your fault! Now send me all the rest! Or I will have to buy it!
Which reminds me that yesterday I was having a health exam in a hospital... that was my first time being in hospital for myself... they x-rayed me and took blood.... now I hope they won't find any rare disease in me... I'm sure House would think something up :D

As for photos... you have to wait... my net is SO slow that uploading anything is a pain! maybe when I go to school, wireless net there is really fast (so I heard), and when I get my scholarship in October I'm buying 3G wireless connection :D

Take care :*

Muka

Ok.... I'm back to Taichung. My second (third actually) home. I'm tired but actually I have time (for now, since my school schedule doesn't seem so bright).

So... my travel:
1) I paid 90 euro for 3 kg over... seriously I am MAD. It's way too much. But I know that actually it supposed to be 6 kg, but the guy at airport was nice and acted like he can't count 32-6-20= 6. I'm glad he did that, or I would cry there.
2) Food was surprisingly good on all the flights, except of HK->TP where I got sandwich with mushroom. Only mushroom. But vegetarian Indian meals were really OK.
3) I was nervous only in the queues, especially HK had a looooong one for people who transfer and need to go for another security check (a.k.a. pain in the ass).
4) Hong Kong's bay looked really beautiful. While landing it feels like you're gonna land on the water.
5) Lame but true - I had tears in my eyes when I saw Taiwan from the window in the plane =_=;;;

My room:
1) After unpacking and cleaning it started to look really nice! I like it a lot!
2) We have cable TV with 100+ channels. Even HBO. Now I need to work out how to know TV program. Especially for TW dramas.
3) The landlord is nice. The deposit money are really terrible... 15 000! OMG! It's around 450USD! Generally since yesterday I spent a fortune already... Also the landlord gave me a bed quilt with Christmas cover hehe, and also said he will give me a bicycle @_@
4) I'm worried over using AC. The landlord said I'd better not use it too much because then the electricity fee will be very high. The room's fan is not enough though. I think I will buy one more to put in front of my bed... will see. If not I'm willing to pay more.

School:
1) Almost everything is done... I just need to do health exam in some hospital, and open bank account.
2) I got my course plan.. . I will have classes whole monday and friday. My professor suggested to take one more (and said that it will  keep me quite busy, like if it's good thing!). I will add Chinese 3h twice a week too. I have Chinese proficiency exam on 22nd. Need to study hehe.
3) If that wasn't enough my professor scared me with asking about my old Taiwanese research... OMG I don't want to start working on it again. This paper has no chances for being professional... since there is no hard data for it! Also he asked me to help write some other thesis that they want to publish. Honestly I didn't get what would be my role, but he said my name would be on it, so it won't be too small *dies*. All that just on the second day here.

Others:
1) People are staring at me. Some are saying "Hello" and passing. Some are stopping for a chat. But they're all nice.
2) I met few of my friends. But I miss being always with other international students, but well I don't live in the dorm. But maybe having all this studies ahead, it's better to be alone XD

Ok... at first it was supposed to be short entry, like "hi, I'm alive".

I would go to sleep if not the fact that 40 min ago the landlord was supposed to come to my room to repair toilet. He still didn't come.


Muka

geh... I've just got back from Taiwan's office in Poland. And  those people (Polish, working there), they will always succeed to make me irritated ORZ. I was knocking at the office doors for like 5 min before they opened (and it was working hours), the guy sighed like I was such a burden to him. Then treated me like an idiot while explaining what is all about with visas. I didn't really want to ask a lot, since he was just talking without listening to me really. But I learned that the visa that 2 years ago costed me 150 PLN now cost almost 400 PLN!!! WTF! It's SOOOOOOOOOOOO expensive! It's the cost of a new fancy suitcase I wanted to buy, but now I am not sure if I can.

In the end I haven't got enough money today and just took the form. Geh.

Anyway, tomorrow I am going to buy out my plane ticket, and pay for the visa... I will be over 1000 USD "lighter" =_=;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; 
the only thing that keeps me happy is the USD rate! 2 years ago it was like that  3PLN=1USD=33NTD, and now it is 2,1PLN=1USD=32NTD :D do you see what I see! It means - buying USDs and going to Taiwan is a golden business now:D but still, when I think how many expenses I will have in Taiwan during the first month... I start to doubt I will be able to think about buying a scooter T_T. And since I can't legally work during the first year of studies, it means - no scooter for the 1st year!

Anyway, I am becoming a BIG fan of Vic Zhou and F4, and also a fan of Vaness Wu music (I love his album V.DUBB!)... the drama Wish to See you Again is just lovely, it is kind of a tourist drama too, so full of beautiful sceneries of Taiwan, many of them I have visited ^_^Y, so I am showing it to my family now :D

just a rant...

Muka

hahahahaha, happy! the announcements are out! My friend is going to Taiwan as well:D so as we planned we should be able to live together for the year:) it will be good to have someone from here to have there. not as lonely.

somehow, though I had many friends in Taiwan, I think I missed some kind of connection with my old life and old friends. that's why it is good to have him go:) Oh, Dear, I hope you will have fun in Taiwan as much as I had :) too bad we cannot take same flight though :/

now, waiting for the papers to arrive :) and we can get our visas :D yay!

Muka

ps. I'm gonna know if I got the second job on Monday. I decided to try it, but they need to make the last decision.

I have just read the news. Arashi is coming to TAIPEI in November. This means, I will be there at that time! I've already talked with my "arashi" friend from Taiwan, and we were spazzing over it. How it is that at the time I'm there Arashi is coming? It's like fate! Thank you God! Because I was getting worried I won't have enough money to go to Japan to see them live!
Of course things can go wrong, but still it's is way much more possible that I will be there! Just need someone to help me buy the ticket like last time.

Kyaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!

Generally, I was also allowed to come on 9th September to Taiwan, so I can attend my older sis' wedding :)

Muka

Yosh! At last it was confirmed. I'm going back to Taiwan! For a 2 years MA studies at NCHU, at E-commerce Institute! Good! I miss Taiwan a lot!

And of course it's can't be all sugar. So there are some problems. One huge - my sister's wedding. Why is it a problem? I thought it will be just fine since classes starts on 15th Sept. But... they wrote me that I need to register in the office on 5th Sept. The wedding is on 6th Sept. Do you see the problem. Then comes the air plane tickets! I already know prices went up, high in the sky:/ Hopefully I will be able to afford it, and there will be some free places left. Hopefully for 8th Sept (if NCHU let me come 3 days late >.<).

Also I sent email to my friend today, as I need her help in my apartment hunt. Actually I want to live in a certain building, so keep fingers crossed.

And again... problems and problems. But I won't let them stop me:D Wish me luck!

Thank you God! It's all great anyway!

Muka

Last night I went to a little birthday party :)

My friend had her party in a small pub in our campus, and to my surprise it was more organised that I had thought. So few of her friends came.
And there I met a really weird guy... well, maybe just the situation was weird?

So I sat there, by the table and was preparing my vodka+juice mix, when this guy said "I know you". So I gave him a careful look, and there was nothing in him that would seem familiar. But he goes again - "You're from Bialystok, right? You were a student of 37th Primary School, right?". Ok but that time my jaw fell down. He could have known where I'm from since the birthday friend was from the same city and few people there were as well. Then he added - "You had the collie dog, and you were shopping in ( a supermarket's name, that is only in the area where I live). Oh, and I'm sorry if you don't want me to say that, but you wore glasses".

Believe me I had no idea who this guy was, he must have lived in the same area and all... but he saw me so many times and just remembered like that? Isn't it weird? I pass many people in my area but I don't remember their faces. What is sad, is that I didn't change much if he could recognise me so quickly XD And I wished I got a little prettier:P Even now I'm really wondering who is he, and if it's possible we didn't met. But he didn't know my name. It all kind of gave me stalkerish feeling :P But whole night he was making a move (very clear) on my classmate so I feel safe:D

LOLZ

and for other matters... I'm bored! I feel that my life is all about waiting now, waiting for the announcement from Taiwan. And I'm getting scared something will go wrong.
What's more my good friend applied for the exchange program (the one I did before), so there is possibility we will both go and rent apartment together. It is so hard not to think and talk about Taiwan only now -_-'

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang everyone~

Muka

awwwwwww... I really earned this kick in the a**. I've got too sure of all the thing with Taiwan, I knew I shouldn't, but I just can't stop thinking, so also talking, about it all the time. So, the month has passed since I applied for Taiwan Scholarship, and I called the Taipei Representative Office in Warsaw to ask for the results... and I didn't got the Scholarship. I'm on a reserve.... with 3-4 more people... probably no one more applied anyway.  I dunno why, but I've got so sure I can get it that I feel rather disappointed now. But I also see that my application wasn't perfect, after all I don't have any paper for my English sufficiency, and I'm even angry with myself I didn't write more nicely in the application, and without better thinking. Eh... it's not the end of the world... but it gives me a scare... that nothing is sure yet. Anything can happen.

Like my friend, he was supposed to go to France, it was all set with some French company, but guess what... the company burned! For real! And that is how he lost his plans... actually now he is thinking of going to Taiwan for PAX, as I had gone before.

I don't really believe in the reserve list... because someone who got the Scholarship would have to resign from it... and being realistic... people who applied wouldn't resign by themselves because you have to really want to go to Taiwan to apply for it, after all it was a lot of work with the papers... and it's rather impossible that they won't get accepted by Taiwanese universities since they were chosen by the Taiwanese Government for the Scholarship. Very very low chances. Low de bu de liao!

God please, just let me go there, I will be fine without those huge money , I just want to go there :|

Muka

ps. I know I'm negative and all... but hearing one "no" your hopes rather don't go up.
ps2. From good things... I really love Arashi's new album's song - Once Again... they should make it a single... I want to see a PV to it, and this is just a GREAT song. I'm listening it on replay mode for an hour already. I will have to order the CD after all... before I haven't money since I've bought the concert DVD. Oh Johnny, you suck out my paycheck!

This year seems luxurious to me. I had ridden really fancy cars, eaten in even fancier restaurants, I could buy a lip gloss of Channel, buy most of the things I felt like buying, in two weeks I go to Japan for a trip, later on I will stay in Singapore in a very expensive hotel, and tomorrow I will drink luxurious vodka XD

Ladies and Gentlemen, this is my new friend - Chopin

OMG, I'm really not rich, how come I can afford all this here in Taiwan @_@ It will be such a shock when I will come back to my old poor self with no money for food in the end of the month @_@

But now I really want to drink that :3

Muka