"Bold" Girl

First of all--sorry for not posting for such a long time. I have been off having the time of my life, meeting new people.

After this week, I can easily say that I terribly regret not having the courage to break-off from the group for housing earlier. I now have confidence that I won't be lost in confusion in a foreign country by myself. I learned how to make hotel reservations alone, with only minimal guidance from Kristine. I've realized that I actually am a likable person regardless of how I feel about myself at times. I've accepted that I really do enjoy being independent.

I was hanging out with a group of people who were living at Backpackers the past 4 days and we decided to play a game called "one word" where we went around in a circle and everyone had to think of one word to describe each person.  I was called "bold". They told me that they could never imagine living apart from your classmates when they're right down the road and I could easily live in comfort with people I already know. They said that they were stunned that I felt no anxiety or was not weary at all about living with 4-5 people that I've never met in my life. I guess I never really stopped to think about how much courage it takes to be in a foreign country for an extended amount of time and then decide that you don't want to live with people you know. The decision to break-off from everyone was surprisingly simple and took no more than 5 seconds to make. After looking at all the stuff that I'm doing completely independent from the group, I guess "bold" is a good description of what I feel and it actually makes me proud. Therefore, "bold" is the greatest compliment that I have ever gotten in my life.

I'd love to write more but I have a test to study for--it's the first one for our Classical course here. Wish me luck, everyone.