Kindness

Today I took my little brother and the family dog on a walk and at one point, we stopped at the park for a while. An Asian family was there, watching their kids play, the two women and elderly man talking amongst themselves. But then they approach me, and are petting the dog, and smiling merrily at me, and even just that makes me feel at home. I felt as if they loved me, and they didn't even know me. They didn't speak much English at all, but even so, I felt like we were able to communicate well. I don't know if I was just feeling really sentimental today or something, but it just made me feel like people are just so amazing. People are great, and although no enormous act of service was done or anything, the pure and simple kindness of strangers was enough. When I left they all wave goodbye at me and embraced me as if I were family or a good friend! I mean, if all foreigners (I mean, not that they're not U.S. citizens, but probably used to live in Asia) are like this, then bring it on. I'm ready to travel the world! Or maybe I'm ready to move. Goodbye, home country, kindness is what I'm after. Wouldn't it be amazing if everybody could just be so utterly compassionate and alive and kind?

Languages I Want To Learn

-Mandarin Chinese
-Japanese
-Arabic
-Armenian
-Dari and/or Pashto
-Persian (Farsi)
-Tamil
-Filipino
-Uzbek
-Afrikaans*
-Swedish
-Frisian
-Danish
-Finnish
-Russian
(see more in similar travel-language-things to do-posts)

Greatest Travels (mostly Asia)

-Japan
-South Korea
-China
-Vietnam
-Singapore
-Philippines
-India
-Indonesia
-Armenia
-Turkey
-Thailand
-Taiwan
-Malaysia
-Pakistan
-U.A.E.
-Bhutan
-Sri Lanka
-Israel
-Maldives
-Mongolia
-Cambodia
-Lebanon
-Tibet
-Georgia
-Yemen

Being Labelled

I don't like labels. But of course, I've been dubbed plenty of things- emo, goth, boring nerd, the like. And the thing about labels is that you dont ever really know what that person's like. And for me, boring is pretty much the only word that ever gets to me. I don't know why, but it hurts me, because I'm not, in any way. And especially when people think that just because I'm smart means I don't have a life....what? No. And I've proved just the opposite. I can be downright hilarious, bad, mischievous, adventurous....and really, smarts is all some people see. But I don't really mind too much. I just wish it wouldn't be so big of a thing. After all, I wouldn't even label myself, because why in the world would I confine myself to a stereotype, a generalization, never to live up to anything else?

Regrets

I don't want to live with regrets. I used to look back on everything I screwed up on all the time. Now, I just live life freely. Nothing to worry about, because I know I messed up and why go back on the past like that? No need at all, love. It's a pointless thing, regret.

A Great Escape-Treasures and Junk

Treasures and Junk has the best and largest selection of antique things that I've ever seen, and it's the perfect getaway from the rest of the world. In fact, today I purchased a few aged photographs. 5/5 ☆☆☆☆☆

Birds Set Free-Dalton Rapattoni

Goodness, I died. Salty Dalty's performance was breathtaking. As always, it made me feel something, tonight especially more than ever with that Sia number. And when he got choked up at the end, I nearly fell of the couch crying. What a joke my life is.