Goodbye 2010

What a year it was...it kind of seems like a blur now.

Jan: It all started with getting accepted into an MA program and scrambling to register for the first course (which I managed to do, only a few weeks late).

Feb: Jeanine visited me from Korea during Chinese New Year!

March: Watching the final Olympic hockey game at an insane hour of the day

April: brought a delegation to Yilan for my birthday

May: did a 3km swim in the ocean. 10 years since high school graduation.

June: yea I have no idea what I did in June, must have been stunned by the aftermath of the final season of LOST, but I do remember saying goodbye to Hope after a fun year of her being in Taipei.

July: first Canada Day in Canada in 6 years, began my master's classes in LA, discovered Target...July was an exciting month!

August: Kenting trip and said goodbye to a wonderful roommate, Ashley

Sept: Started the crazy schedule of work and school, plus found out I'd be teaching in Hualian this semester too

Oct: big typhoon and flood in Yilan, oh and I got an iPhone!

Nov: homework, homework, homework, and found out I'm going to be an aunt!

Dec: the usual Christmas and New Years fun

I usually ask my students to discuss what they think were the top 10 news stories of the year, and here are a few:

The good:

The Chilean miners rescue

The World Cup

The bad:

The Haiti earthquake

The Pakistan floods

and the Ugly:

The BP oil spill

Wikileaks?

2011 has some great things in store so far:

January: visit from a classmate and trip to Thailand

Feb: Carol is having a baby

March: my grandma is coming to visit

April: Sarah is having her baby, my 29th birthday

May: take a nap....