Let's talk about break for a bit

SPRING BREAK IS HERE! YAY!

Fine, fine, it's almost half over at this point, and I'm sitting here in an internet cafe with nothing better to do. Anyway, let's start.

First off, this break, like the two previous to this one, is work-loaded. Entirely. I have to do like a bunch of homework EVERY DAY and it detracts from why I'm even here in Taiwan--spending time with relatives. Ah, what the heck. Teachers are teachers. They have no heart. Moving on...

It's been about four and a half years since I was last in Taiwan (yeah, call me culturally deprived). Now that I'm back here, I don't really know how to feel. Although I love seeing my grandma, she alone can't make everything better. My parents make me feel so...American (they literally translate everything for me, even when I can understand what's being said to me). Instead of enjoying my time here, I'm thrown into a position where people think I don't understand a thing about Taiwan just because I'm American-born and haven't been here in years.

Whatever. I need to leave this cafe now.

Let's talk

I KNOW that a lot of you use other people to communicate stuff to me. For instance, Person A tells Person B to tell me that he hates me or something like that.

Now I want to make a few things clear:

1) This form of communication is very...ineffective. If you're like Person A, you're just showing me that you're too afraid to confess your words directly. Say it like you mean it! It's the best way to get your point across. For instance, if you hit me and ran away and then told my friend to apologize for you, I would much rather hear the apology from you yourself.
(this method is also ripe for miscommunication)

2) If someone tells you to tell me something or w/e, tell them to try to reach me first. Should that be impossible, then go with the original plan.

3) Suppose you know that this one person did something bad to me and didn't apologize. While I appreciate your help, DO NOT go remind that person. It's up to him/her to realize what he/she has done wrong and apologize to me personally.

If you're wondering, I tend to forgive people who take action themselves much more easily.

Let's have a bit of faith...

It's 12:55AM and it doesn't seem like I'm going to be receiving the homework anytime soon. So let's talk...I've been wanting to do this for a while but schoolwork hates me DX

About a week ago, Claire and I talked a little about a very important lesson we learned at church (for her, at Alliance). The lesson: most of the little (and big) things in the world distract us from Jesus. Call me crazy, but both of us have been seeing it a lot in our lives lately. Homework, projects, YouTube, prom-talk (discussion only, no actual try-to-get-a-date or any of that stuff), etc...all of these things just drew us away from Him.

We may temporarily enjoy these things (or be so focused on them), but in the end, they're worth nothing when compared to Jesus. He is the one who brings us joy, He is the one keeping us strong. There is nothing greater than Him.

(sorry if my description is like...really bad. I'm extremely tired and my brain isn't fully functioning in terms of thought-processing)

Now a little more on faith. Recently, my dad gave me a little talk about how three months from now, the things that are currently stressing me won't matter as much. He is right in every way, EXCEPT this one line: "Even when God shuts the door on us, there's a window out."

The truth is, God will NEVER shut that door on us. He will always be there for me, for you, for everyone. When situations turn from bad to worse, I turn to Him for guidance. I cannot describe in words what He has done for me. He has never let me down before; He won't be doing so anytime soon.

Upon hearing those words from my dad, I was REALLY SHOCKED. He was in the church life all throughout his childhood, and all of his siblings are church leaders today. Even though my dad hasn't been to church for so long...I still couldn't believe he said that.