tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1102707703175232269.post5038794040164239416..comments2023-10-14T18:21:04.781+10:00Comments on poise on arrows: the first of the 30 days of DecemberBri Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15180506542757400585noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1102707703175232269.post-4028706168711035332011-12-02T16:31:43.647+10:002011-12-02T16:31:43.647+10:00"what do I already regret not doing a lot of ..."what do I already regret not doing a lot of whilst being here?" is probably the best question you can ask yourself on a trip like that.<br /><br />I did a LOT of rose-smelling in my time in Lanzhou, and even though I didn't go as many places as you, I definitely got more than enough wonderful memories than I ever hoped to have. <br /><br />For me, the joy of my time there was in my friends - I spent as much time with them as I could. I loved reading and studying, but those books weren't going to go anywhere and were going to be there a few days later. My friends WERE going somewhere. They were going to graduate, they were going home, they were traveling other places! <br /><br />DEFINITELY journal/blog and read, but an hour a day is about where I'd leave it. I actually regretted traveling and "doing" so much at the end of my time because I didn't get to say goodbye and spend afternoons doing stupid stuff like skip rocks on the Yellow River, eat crazy-spicy 火锅 till we cried, talk about girls, or take walks around town one last time. <br /><br />Just surround yourself with and cherish the people you've got here and now, because those people are.....well, to me, they were everything.<br /><br />Okay, I'm done now, promise! Hope I didn't harp on it too much :)AustinGuidryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07263635416383168925noreply@blogger.com