My cousin got married!

  My cousin, Amanda, got married last weekend. My brother, sister and I went to her wedding and helped. Amanda and her boyfriend(now is her husband) have been together for 10 years. They met each other in college and after graduated they went to United States for further studies. When I was little, my sister and I loved to go to Amanda's room and saw what's she was doing. Amanda is 10 years older than me, therefore whenever my sister and I went to her room, she was always studying. After we grow up, getting busier in schools, we seldom see my cousins and seldom spent time together. However, she is very smart and whenever she comes back to Taiwan for vacation, she will share her stories in the US. I liked her wedding very much because the atmosphere is very nice and cute. They made slide shows of their 10 years together and video of the blessings from their friends in the US. They also arranged a little dance performance in the middle of the wedding. And the couple was very cute! I hope they will have a very happy time together!

I'm 21 ！

I turned 21 this month on the 9th. I was very excited because I got to see my friends and we planned to go for dinner. Four of my friends were all in different departments, but we used to be in the same one. We can always have so much fun together and what I like them the most is that we all have goals in the future and we are all doing our best to achieve the goals. Whenever I feel frustrated, I know I can share my feelings with them and they will understand and encourage me. I really enjoyed my time with the girls and feeling relaxed (not to think about that the midterms are coming lol ). Before I came to Taipei for college, I usually celebrate my birthday with my twin sister and with my family, however, after coming to study in Taipei, I didn't go home very often. This is my second year not having celebrated with my family, but I was very blessed to have my friends with me, and my family on the phone! I felt like a lucky girl!

Spring break adventures! Osaka,Japan!

  On this year's Spring break, my family went to Osaka,Japan for a short trip. We planned to go see the cherry blossoms! I was very excited for the trip, although I don't know how to speak Japanese. We went to Kyoto for the first day to see cherry blossoms on a famous trail-The philosophy Road. The cherry blossoms are so beautiful that they caught people attention in every ways. There's pink cherry blossoms and white ones. They looked very elegant and charming with the breeze blowing on them. We also saw many vendors selling souvenirs on the sidewalk, mostly handmade Japanese style bags and wallet. What I enjoyed the most was there were people dressing up in Japanese traditional dress-Kimino, walking on the trail as well. I like their colorful dress because it represent every girls' styles. We also went to a famous old temple called Kiyomizu-dera for viewing cherry blossoms at night. The next day, we stayed in Osaka to explore the city. Osaka is a very big and modern city with a lot of department stores and malls. During the weekday the city is very busy and all the people wear suits, but in the weekend, the city is very relaxing with people picnicking under the cherry blossoms trees in the park. I really enjoyed the trip to Japan, I had discovered a different kind of beauty of Japan than i used to know!