Mandy thanks for the intro to the month. I do want to add not only the love for family friends and romance but places. I just got back from Australia and seriously I am love with that country. This was the first time that I have cried when leaving a country that I have never lived in! It was an amazing two weeks and made me think about why we love certain places, and people. I think some of the reason that I loved Australia so much is the people there and that it possesses so many ingredients that I miss in Shanghai. I do like living in Shanghai but there are certain things I miss or would like to be here.
1. The sun. Growing up in the desert I am used to having so much light and when that is lacking it can be difficult. While it was cloudy some while I was in OZ overall the weather was great and the air was clean.
2. I also felt short! This does not happen in China often at all. I felt that I was listened to and people have manners and were really welcoming. 3. It is a beautiful country. The beach is great and the views are fantastic. I have not seen all that OZ has to offer and know that I will be heading back again and again.
4. People compliment others around them (ie I felt noticed by the opposite sex), and are super laid back. It was my first time traveling to a city completely by myself, while I met up with friends of friends there I was on my own often but was able to talk to so many people and was refreshing to be hit on. I now firmly believe that foreign women in Asia should get a trip to OZ for just resetting.
I have now added Australia to my list of loves of countries, right after my first love: Norway.
--Manda
--Manda
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