春节过去了,全部的人都回家了、再开始上班了。我在厦大的学完汉语了,所以我现在考虑如果我还要留在厦门或者我就回马尼拉。很烦恼的决定! 我留在厦门的时候真喜欢我这里的独立生活、自由的生活;对我来说,厦门让我成为到一个熟女。厦门不那么大,也不那么小,所以我不太觉得我留在国外,也不让我紧张。我习惯了这里的生活。在此之际,我也很想家,想我家人和朋友们,想我那边的来中国之前的生活。
哎呀,不要说这样的事了。很难过呀!
哪,这个春节的假日是我在中国的第一次的过春节!这个场合是一个比较有意思的经验。我跟厦门的家人一起欢庆春节。他们做很多很多好吃的厦门菜。在菲律宾,我和家人常常是吃粤菜,所以第一次的吃那么多的厦门菜是让我感受一个很难忘的感觉。
春节的时候,天气也变更冷,所以我是常常穿防寒服和围巾。我希望那么冷的天气不让我想吃那么多,因为家人是给我很多好吃的东西。哈哈!
来读我日记的朋友们,我想祝你们新年快乐,恭喜发财!万事如意,身体健康!蛇年快乐!
(Uniqlo down jacket, H&M striped top, Uniqlo heattech innerwear, scarf and boots from taobao, rings from H&M)
The Chinese New Year holidays have ended and it’s back to reality for everyone. Since finishing my last semester in Xiamen University, I am now at a crossroads of whether or not I decide to stay in Xiamen or I go back to Manila. It is a difficult decision. I love my independence, and I think that Xiamen is a great city for me to grow into an adult. Xiamen is small enough that I don’t feel overwhelmed at being in a foreign country, and it also allows me to slowly get used to the environment without being over-anxious about living alone ina big city. But at the same time, I am very homesick and I miss the familiarity of my friends and family back home.
But back to better news, I spent my first Chinese New Year holidays in China! It was an interesting new experience. I was able to spend time with relatives who made me a lot of delicious Chinese food. In the Philippines, most of the Chinese food I eat are Cantonese food, so it was interesting to be able to experience such delicious home-made Fujianese food. I hope my relatives will teach me how to make the foods that I like, so that I can make them on my own when I go back to Manila.
During the holidays, the weather in Xiamen turned unbeievably cold at night! I had to wear my down-feathered jacket and shawl all the time because of the cold. I hope that the cold weather didn’t influence my wanting to eat so much of the food that my family cooked and made for me. Haha.
And finally, to those readers who end up reading this blog entry, I just want to wish you all a Happy New Year! May your new year be blessed with happiness and prosperity. May you experience good health throughout the year. Happy Year of the Snake!