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Watched For Colored Girls (2010) in class today... What a beautifully touching, poetic film. Now I really want to read the book.
Went to AsiaSF with my classmates after class.... Suchhhhhh an amazing, hilarious chill place. Kind of pricey but definitely an experience. The women are soooooo gorgeous. The owner was such a sweetheart and complimented me to boot: "You know she's going to be rich, is smart, and is a virgin." Lol! Can't wait till I can go again and to the club too.

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It's crazy how fast time flies. Summer session ends on Thursday...
On Friday, I have a doctor's appointment and then I need to pick up my visa and then I'm off to Washington from the 13th till the 20th. Then I leave on the 22nd for Seoul. Yeeeeeeeee!!!!!!

How do I feel? I'm not really sure, haha. I'm stressed, nervous, excited, worried, crazy?

So far my to-do list:
-Medicine (aka inhalers) and doctor's note on Friday
-Visa pick up on Friday
-31inch luggage
-netbook or new battery??? haven't decided... oh noes.
-shuffle/music device
-running shoes
What I have purchased:
-rainjacket

Sad really.... the contrast is so ginormous.
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Lately I've been reading and surfing a lot of posts and I just can't wrap myself up in how real this all feels. People are so inspiring and interesting.

Here's just a few excerpts one of my favorites so far: Traveling Alone by Jan Haag (http://janhaag.com/TRter.html)
"No matter how much I want to go, especially to another continent, there is always a moment, prior to departure, of abject terror. It's often longer than a moment -- a day or a week -- when I would give anything to get rid of my ticket, cancel the idea I have put in my friends' heads that I am an adventurous soul, pull down the shades and stay where I am."

"For traveling alone, though it is the only way to go, is not something anyone, especially women, do easily. No matter how much you believe in it, no matter how much experience you have had already doing it, it isn't easy to take that first step of the thousand miles -- all by yourself. We've been trained otherwise."

And the last and most important quote I need to remember: 
"Each moment -- travel teaches you -- is divine: each moment on the road, each moment at home. Cherish it."

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