Bittersweet

There are exactly 12 more days of high school left and less than three months until I go off to college. This is definitely exciting! No more having to wake up six in the morning. No more having six periods every Monday and Friday. No more having to hike from South campus to upper. No more P.E. No more required English classes. No more having to ask mommy for permission in order to go to the movies. No more only hanging out with friends once every two weeks. No more lectures from daddy. Going to college = AMAZING! But of course, as my title indicates, going to college isn’t all just happy and sweet, it’s actually quite bitter as well. I’m sure going to miss the comfy library couches. I’m sure going to miss complaining about APs. I’m sure going to miss the BLT sandwiches from Café Luna. I’m sure going to miss skipping Olympics to take sticky-pix with Lauren. I’m sure going to miss hearing sophomores whine about civ. I’m sure going to miss having my mommy check in on me when I stay up to finish a paper. I’m sure going to miss fighting with my sister for the bathroom. I’m sure going to miss grocery shopping with my mommy every Saturday. I’m sure going to miss a lot. *Sigh* I’ve never held two such contradictory feelings towards one thing before. What am I supposed to make out of all this…besides a blog post?

My Escape

I love Taiwanese dramas! Why? Because everything in a Taiwanese drama is so far from reality. First of all, Taiwanese dramas (or at least the ones I’ve seen) make it seem like the only concern in life is love and social issues. Everything else such as schoolwork and earning an income never seems to be a matter of distress to the characters in the dramas. That’s why I like to immerse myself in these dramas because they allow me to forget about the real problems. Also, the plots of Taiwanese dramas tend to be hilariously unrealistic. In “It Started With a Kiss,” for instance, the girl is about to graduate from high school and separate from her dream lover, but it so happens that her house collapses in an earthquake at this time. And coincidentally, her dad knows the mom of her dream lover, so she ends up living at her dream lover’s house. Yeah…I don’t believe that so many coincidences can actually exist in real life. Nonetheless, it’s quite entertaining to see such things play out on the screen. So if you’ve never seen a Taiwanese drama before, go and see one! You’ll enjoy it!