Day 60: The Last Hour

My 60th day in Taiwan is not really a day but a mere 85 minutes, and I'm spending it alone in the boarding area of the CKS International Airport. The boarding area already feels like Manila and I still can't believe my 60-day adventure has come to an end. When I was about to go home from a 9-month stay in Korea, my mood was "I've done a lot here so I have no regrets! I'm ready to *fix* my life! I'm definitely coming back!". But going home from a 2-month stay here, I feel like a part of me will always be with Cloud and Sea Leisure Farm. It's an attachment to the family and the farm that I was a part of, rather than the country and its culture.

I'm really glad I chose this TN. I came here for the experience - mostly tea making and living in the countryside, and I got that plus a lot of memories with a family in Taiwan. Auntie always says that there must be a reason why fate has brought us together. I think it's to learn from each other so we could live our lives better, and be rays of sunshine in one another's lives during the past two months.

When I think about it, I became interested in Taiwan because of my fangirling back then. I was able to find this TN in AIESEC's website when I filtered by school - National Tsing Hua University, because it's where my friend studies. If those things didn't happen, I might not have been interested in going to Taiwan for an exchange, I wouldn't be able to meet Auntie and the family, and this blog wouldn't have existed. Things do happen for a reason, don't they?

I'm sure we'll get the chance to meet again someday, so everything doesn't end at 60 days. In Chinese, "goodbye" actually means "see you again or till we meet again". 再見了,台灣!

Everyone's off to their next adventure~

I'm also sharing the music that little brother plays in the car. Listening to these will always remind me of the time I spent here. Click here to download!

1. 愛不單行 - 羅志祥
2. 我愛他 - 丁當
3. 雨後天空 - 袁詠琳
4. 背對背擁抱 - 林俊傑
5. 地球上最浪漫的一首歌 - 黃鴻昇
6. 匿名的好友 - 楊丞琳
7. 雨愛 - 楊丞琳
8. 很久很久以後 - 梁文音
9. 最最 - 梁文音
10. 滿滿 - 王錚亮 & 梁文音