A week ago, I was feeling ridiculously miserable. After all, spending your very last summer of freedom locked up inside a building located within a city filled with exciting places to visit (such as the shopping malls) is most definitely not ideal at all. I think the only thing that kept me going were the new friends I made, and the new people I met. And even more so, the constant reminder that I would be at least doing some good in this world during vacation, even though my mom was the one who really pushed for me to teach. Nevertheless deep down, I wanted a sense of productivity, and thus I didn't put up much of a fight. My only form of counterance towards her demand was submitting my application a day before it was due. Procrastination ftw. Actually, AID has far exceeded my expectations and has turned out to be such a spectacular program....filled with brilliant individuals, all so very accomplished in multiple aspects. I remember complaining about being sent to an island so close to communism China, but my opinions have changed much since. Not only is the school nice, but the staff here are so heartwarming and cordial that it is impossible to feel touched by their enthusiasm and flattered by their high anticipations of my capabilities to make a difference here for the children. Of course, I think otherwise. I have no patience, and a terrible work habit that I need to fix before college starts (i.e wait until last minute to do things). But when I see the smiling faces of the kids, a will develops within me to do whatever I can to make their futures brighter, and better. So even though I could be back in Taiwan relaxing in AC everyday, shopping, and doing other fun things like going to nightmarkets or watching Harry Potter, I've come to deeply appreciate this priceless opportunity-- to teach somewhere isolated from large populations of humanity, somewhere peaceful and quiet. I'm even getting used to seeing cockroaches everywhere, even though I'll still freak out. And the people I'm teaching with are all super awesome (: I'm so relieved to be comfortable around them. Everyone has their own quirky weirdness.....which combined equals lots of laughter. Brian is making us all go back to the hotel now....so I will continue my rambling thoughts later.