flying the coup

Good Evening STARSHiNE Alicia says hello...

THiS iS iT.... ONE MONTH AND COUNTiNG

Can you feel it? It's definitely fast approaching and I just can't believe it.

Well the more I think about it the less I believe it.

I know this is going to sound really stupid because I appreciate everyone for calling me brave but I think this is the beginning of my freak out. Shit, yall I'm really scared.

Only to repeat what I've written before... No job, No place to live, No language, No close family or friends... I must be crazy right?

Ok now that I've gotten that out of my system I would like to open up my schedule to YALL.


Ladies and gents if you would like to add your name to my dance card this would be the time... I have every intention of spending my time with you. Yes, you. And, you. And yes even you.

So whichever... or however.... please... call... text... write... facebook... ♥ i love you all

can i get a what what!?!

HEY.Hi.HELLO

sooo... my patootie is sitting in Borders again... ugh I know right?!?! I hate how cheap we are and its ending result in our being internet-less...le sigh

well this is me updating and I am happy to announce that my TAiWANESE PASSPORT has finally arrived... woot woot... throw ya hands up... shake your bootay... put a ring on it =P

I would scan it and put a picture up but I don't know how legal that is... and I don't want to get into any trouble before I leave. (I did have quite the scare with CHP the other night... whew)

I have more good news though.... I heard rumors that my mom might be coming back to Taiwan to check in on me this December... well she didn't tell me... but its true... and what's more amazing is that I think my sister Jenn will also be joining me in December. =

Things, I'm sure, are going to be drastically changing for me in the next year. This is definitely a whirlwind experience...

I feel like I'm Dorothy in the Wizard of OZ (which by the way my awesome friend CATHY took me to see WICKED and it was indeed as awesome just like my friend)... Right now I'm getting swept up in spending time with my friends and packing my life away only to be dropped down into a world unknown to me.

and people... I'm scared.

But just like in the Wizard of OZ I just have to know and believe that I already have everything I need within myself to succeed.

well off to work... life is expensive... and so is my shopping habit ;) ily

Isn't that the point?

I know, I know! I haven't posted in a hot minute, my bad! =/ SO here I am... sitting on the floor at Borders using their WIFI to update my blog. I think I might have been avoiding updating because there hasn't really been anything new to post... kinda.

Since the last time I've posted all I've done is just submit my paperwork for my passport and now I'm waiting for it to come in the mail. Which by the way I'm totally stoked to see my Taiwanese passport. I wonder if it would be illegal to scan it and post a picture of it on here???

Well annnyyywaaay... another reason I've been kinda avoiding the whole blogging thing is because I've been getting some static from people about going. I mean it's the same old shit. You don't have a job. You don't have a place to live. You don't speak Mandarin.

Um, duh people, I know all of this. You'd figure people would realize that this REALLY is happening since I purchased a one way ticket. SO if you have a problem with me going or don't have anything nice to say about it... do what your momma told you to do and don't say anything at all.

The other thing is that everyone's been been asking me what I'll be doing for work once i get to Taiwan. You know what? That IS a very good question... here's what I got...

Yup... nothing.

The fact is, I don't have a clue what I want to do.... which (I assume to be a natural conclusion) would be the obvious answer as to why I don't know what kind of job I am interested in. Do you honestly think that I would still be at Sushi House for this long if I knew what I wanted to do with my life? If i did I probably wouldn't be moving to Taiwan. I'd be making moves to pursue my dream career.

But I guess that's the point... I'm on my way to figuring it all out.

Who knows that the job availability is like and what might change in the month ahead. But don't fret my pets... I do have some fields of interest.

Ok don't get all excited folks... these fields are pretty difficult to get into (and being in a foreign country with a language barrier doesn't make it any easier)...

PAUSE....maybe I should just explain a couple things first.

Teaching and being a private tutor for English is major biznasss over there... as long as you speak english, you're gold. But if you know me at all... you'd know that first on my list of things NOT to do is be a teacher.

There are a lot of American based company's in Taiwan but could you imagine me confined to a cubicle (well hmmmm I don't know if they have cubicles over there... I'm sure they do.) and most of them require a firm handle on the language (which I do not yet possess.)

Onto things I would like to dabble in...

Any and all things music.. possibly taking over a music station and playing only the best music ever... (or whatever they tell me to play.)

well you get the point... in general... broadcasting and radio...

Journalism... writing (online or for a paper or ohhh maybe on online paper)

maybe even the entertainment industry..... production, behind the scenes... ya know.

but I don't really know... ya know?

I know that this adventure is technically going to be my new life and people are wishing for me to be a little bit more apprehensive and prepared about the big move but hey... what do you want me to do? Spend my remaining time in my room learning Chinese while searching for jobs and apartments???

I think I'll go hang out with my friends... deuces! (haha for now, I'll post soon, ily)