17th birthday in Taiwan

Heeellooooo
Last friday was my birthday. I have to say that I do not like the number 17 and I don't like being 17 either. But it was an amazing birthday weekend starting from friday morning when I went to school amd my classmates were waiting me with a chocolate cake and some presents, I had lunch with two friends (Salma and Cristal) after going shopping of course, how couldn't I go shopping? Then I met another two friends at a cafe to had a quick drink. Then my first host family took me to have dinner. We went to a barbecue place, I have to say it was the best barbecue I've had in 5 months!!!! My host brother and his girlfirend gave me a beautiful bracelet that I'll always wear. My host mum gave me a beautiful necklace and my host sister (even if she is in America) gave me some chocolate. Later we went to buy birthday cake, they bought me chocolate with mango cake (they know me so well ❤) I finished my day in CKS Memorial Hall, we were alone in the hole place, my mum sent me a package from Spain and I opened it there. It was amazing because that place is so beautiful and big. On saturday my friend Lola from Spain (Lola si lees esto eres una porculera) came to my house and sleep there. We went to a Toasteria place in Dunhua with some girls Lily, Holly, Anna, Gigi, Cecilia, Francesca, Sara, Lucia, Charlotte, Lola and me. I was so happy for having such a good friends during my exchange. Then Francesca, Lola and I went to the Botanical Garden and we watched a movie after. On sunday my second host family took me to have lunch at a typical japanese house, the place was amazing and the food wasn't bad. Then Lola and I went to her host mum house here in Taipei to wait Sara and go together for having pizza and mango ice.
It was an AMAZIIIIINGGGG BIRTHDAAAY so thank you so much to everyone who wished me a happy birthday, love you all!

Oldies departure+only 6 months left????

Last weekend was a sad one, we had to say bye to the people who were waiting for us when we arrived, who helped us during the first months, who made our life so much easier. I still can't understand how you can get so close with someone in only 5 months. Some of the people who left have been so important in my exchange so far, more people will be part of it for sure but I will always remember the ones that helped us in the begging, when I was lost and scared of what could happen. With the departure of my oldies another shocking sentence comes: "oh, we have half a year left" wow, I can only say wow. Already 5 months here and only 6 left. People always say that time goes fast when you are enjoying your life but I didn't realise until I arrived Taiwan. I couldn't be more grateful for having such an amazing life here. I can thank them enough for all they've done for me, especially Lisa who had to deal with me and my problems every single time. I'm gonna miss you guys, thank you for the amazing time we had together!

Pizza night, Wulai and changed host family

This Christmas break has been strange but it was a break anyway. New year's was amazing and different from every year. A spanish girl who lives in another city came to Taipei and she stayed at my home. We ate the 12 grapes as we do in Spain.
At midnight there were fireworks from Taipei 101 and it was so beautiful
On january the 2nd all the family when together to eat pizza and fried chicken to a pizza place in Sun Yat Sen it was really good and I really enjoyed it cause it was the last day I could spend some time with all of them
On the 3rd my home mom and dad topk me to Wulai. The landscapes were AMAZING, everything was green and there was a river and a super cool bridge that crossed the river.
Yesterday I changed host family, I was so amazed cause it's just unbelievable how fast I got close to them, I really felt like if we were a family so when I left them to go with my new family I almost cried.
My new host family I think is also nice, maybe a bit too strict. I have a younger sister who is 15 she is really cool, today we went together to take MRT. The house is different from my last family's but I just need time to get used to it. I live in the same line where my school is so I don't need to transfer which is great. My room is smaller than the last one but I have the wardrobe is bigger. The bed is for two people as in the other room but the mattress is very tough.

Merry Christmas from Taiwan!

Merry Christmas everybody!

This week has been strange and exciting at the same time. We had lots of Rotary meetings and parties for the exchange students. We also have a two weeks break so we don`t have chinese class. On tuesday I usually have my chinese classbut I asked my host mum if I could stay at home, I went to have lunch with two friends, Anna and Charlotte and in the afternoon I went with my mum to paint our nails on a very christmassy style. Since some time ago I want to buy a pair of new shoes so after I went to buy them, they were expensive but they are really prety and comfortable. On wednesday morning I went to school for having lunch with Lisa's classmates, they bought pizza because she's leaving soon. Then we went to a really cool hotel where we had a Christmas Party. We got the chance to meet the Rotary International President and we danced alltogether christmas carrols. When I got home at night my host mum had a present for me, so my host brother did.

Thrusday was Christmas day, so as I always do I spent it in family, it didnt matter if it wasnt my family back in Spain cause I also do love my family here in Taiwan.

Taiwan dosesn`t have Christmas break so on friday I had to go to school. Yesterday we had another 'Christmas Party' where we perfomed for japanese students.

On New Year all the exchange students are going to watch the fireworks at Taipei 101 and the spanish people are going to eat the 12 grapes.

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE!

Winter solstice in Taiwan

Yesterday was officially winter here in Taiwan. When I arrived home it smells like incense which I really like. My host mum had been praying because of the winter solstice, she also had two bowls with a kind of balls made of rice, they can have sesame inside too. Apparently they eat them this day and when you do, then you are a year older. It was super curious, so now I'm a year older!

4 meses en Taiwan|| 四個月了在台灣 !

Hoy 22 de diciembre hace 4 meses desde que llegue a Taiwan, es increible lo rapido que puede llegar a pasar el tiempo, lo que se puede llegar a hacer en 4 meses. Antes de empezar mi intercambio sabia que era un año único, que vivias una vida en un año, y que las amistades que se hacen durante este año son para siempre.
Durante estos 4 meses han pasaso muchas cosas, mucha gente ha entrado y salido de mi vida y otras estan ahi desde el principio. Sigue fascinandome como podemos ser tan cercanos, llevarnos tan bien con alguien que solo conocemos hace 4 meses y que puede que al principio no hablásemos.
Despues de 4 meses ya tengo mi grupo de amigos cercanos, los que se que puedo hablar con ellos, que son como yo, que piensan como yo, los que tienen cosas en común.
Ayer mi distrito tuvo un concurso de discursos, teniamos que hablar durante tres minutos en chino, el tema podias elegirlo. Tenían un timbre con el que controlaban el tiempo. Me sentí muy orgullosa porque poder escribir mi discurso en chino, poder hablar en chino cuando llevo aqui 4 meses sin haber estudiando chino antes es un logro para mi. Estaba nerviosa y tenia miedo de que se me olvidase lo que tenia que decir y me lleve el papel al escenario, por eso quedo un poco mal porque tambien contaban si leias o no. Pero yo estoy orgullosa igual. En alrededor de un mes tambien cambiaré de familia. Estoy triste por dejar mi familia actual porque creo que mi madre y yo tenemos muy buena relación, pero tambien contenta por ver como sera vivir en mi nueva familia.
La Navidad aqui no se celebra, no tienen vacaciones, van al colegio el 24/25/31. En las casas rara vez se ven decoraciones y es por eso que no parece Navidad.
No me apetecia escribir en ingles porque mi cabeza esta saturada de chino e inglés. Ayer Lisa me dijo que le gustaba mi acento y que cree que mi ingles es muy bueno... NO PUEDO EXPLICAR MI CARA DE FELICIDAD CUANDO LO DIJO!!!! porque estar aqui con americanos, canadienses, australianos e incluso europeos que hablan ingles perfecto te hace pensar que si de verdad los años que has estudiado ingles han servido para algo -_-.
No se que mas decir solo queria escribir por los 4 meses
Bye bye

Day 101 in Taipei

Hi everyone! Day 101 was maybe 2 weeks ago(?) But as I always forget to post and day 101 was pretty cool I wanted to write something on this blog. So basically in the morning I went to the hospital to see how my foot was going, (is slowly getting better thanks) and then because I wasn't  going to school I spent the full fay with my mum (love her). She took me to Shilin where there's is a park full of flowers. The flowers were there since November 1st so as it was the end of November there weren't as many as before but I did like it anyway.
More important things!
I started a Youtube channel with a french girl at my school, not sure if we are going to film more videos, but you can watch the first one cause it's very funny! (I leave the link at the end)
On Tuesday I recieved my Christmas box that my mum sent me. It was full of FOOD and clothes. What else could I ask for? Haha
On the same day I met another spanish girl, Lola, who lives in a town not too far from Taipei (sorry but I don't remember the name) I took her to Taipei 101 to buy a advent calendar
The weather is finally getting a bit colder, they don't have heaters so inside places it's colder than outside. Now everything looks more christmassy. There's a Christmas Village in Banqiao, it's very pretty at night, it has a lot of lights so it looks beautiful. Christmas here is nothing so I miss it a lot because I'm like a little kid at Christmas :(
So that's it for this week, thanks for reading bye bye!

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