Over and out!

Right now im suffering the effects of jet lag by watching the Disney Channel at 5am!

So last week my mom and Dana came out to play in Shanghai and it was so nice to have them! it was like a tease for almost being home! We did what girls do best...shop! And also, after much frustration went on a river boat tour. With the experience like i had last semester it meant so much that my mom was able to come out and see my life and friends in China. I knew this going into the whole semester than coming back was going to be hard because people just don't get it and i can't expect them to. As caring and wonderful as my friends and family have been there are just somethings that you can't understand unless you have been there!

Last Saturday we got to visit the all anticipated Shanghai Expo woohoo! I felt like i was walking through disney land all of the pavilions were so over-the-top decorated. When we first walked in we were overwhelmed by the beauty of the US Pavilion, they had KFC and Pappa Johns and a plane wooden outside two thumbs up for the US under whelming. Some of the pavilions i really liked was India and South Korea, i have pictures on facebook if you dyying to see! We got the chance to go in the North Korean pavilion which called itself "The Paradise for People" really.... they had a bridge that you know didn't actually have water under it but instead just blue paint, classy right?

Well now it starts my good bye, i really can't believe this semester is over already. I can't believe four months ago i was going into this whole adventure not know thing anything that was going to happen and now sitting here having experienced it all. I truly believe this semester taught me so much about myself and how to deal with adversity. It was without a rollercoaster but i don't think i would have fill fulfilled after if i didn't go through hard times. I got very luck with my friends in China, while we got on each others nerves, i realized in the last days that the semester would not have been complete without all of them, everyone had their role and without it something would have been off. I wish i had more eloquence words to sum up my experience and my feelings. I feel like this is a very anticlimactic end to a semester of blogging so maybe i'll think of something better once i've had time to soak it in!

This semester was one of the more profound experiences of my life. Thank you all who kept in touch you have no idea how much it meant to me hearing a familiar voices so far away. I love you all and for those from Shanghai you have no idea how much you have changed my life!

xoxo
Aryn