Thursday, February 19, 2009

Who Would've Thought?

Who Would’ve Thought I’d..

1) Strip the meat off a fish skeleton with my mouth
2) Learn to do Taichi (it’s hard!)
3) Use a squatter toilet daily
4) Miss chopsticks when given a fork and knife (it’s the truth)
5) Drive a scooter . . . like a local
6) Be complimented on my skills with chopsticks
7) Ride a scooter for 3 hours to visit the mountains (Emily’s idea)
8) Feel like a zoo animal
9) Have to walk to different rooms while my students stay in the same
room all day
10) Be admired and envied for my fair skin
11) Drive a scooter for 30 minutes to attend church
12) Teach in a high school with 10,000 students
13) Work in an office with rats
14) Catch a squid and get inked by it
15) Teach on the seventh floor
16) Live alone in a foreign country
17) Visit China alone
18) Miss Mac’N’Cheese a TON
19) Actually crave McDonald’s
20) Miss the cold weather and snow
21) Live in a place where McDonald’s delivers


22) TEACH IN TAIWAN

4 comments:

John the DAD said...

Hi Amberlee,
1-21 = Who would have thunk it?!
What GREAT experiences all!!!
Love,
Dad

John the DAD said...

Oops, 1-22 not 1-21. I missed # 22.
As they say: 1-22 = priceless!!!
I am SO PROUD of your adventurous spirit and willingness to try new things in the world!
Love,
Dad

Connie said...

You are so right, Amberlee - Who would have thought? That is quite a list! No Fear!!!!!

Kristen and Garrett Halligan said...

Yay for you! Experiencing so much! P.S. Congrats on the decision to go on a mission, that's so awesome girl!! You will go somewhere foregin with lots of gross food for you to try! ;)I never realized how much you were like your dad, you keep surprising me, it totally comes out in you in a foreign country!