By Lately my life has been a bit of a rollercoaster. There have been many new experiences, things I never thought I would do. I’ve been pushed in ways I never thought I would want to be pushed. The thing about rollercoasters is that right when you get to the top of the drop there’s that tickling feeling in the pit of your stomach, and for a brief second you want to get off. I would equate the feeling I had when I came to SSU with the feeling I get on a rollercoaster. There was even a moment when we got to New Brunswick that I thought “take me home. I want to get off”. But the other thing about rollercoasters is that once it’s all over, the cars stop, you sit in your seat, your hair windblown, you look to the person beside you and say: “That was AWESOME!”
Asia is something very new for me. I have not done much traveling, so even that aspect of it is new for me. We talked about expectations in class the other day, and I was thankful that we did because it was a reminder to not set my expectations too high, but to just enjoy the experience for what it is.
I think Asia is just another drop on the rollercoaster that is: SSU. I am both excited and nervous, as I think most people are, but I know that it is adding to the experience and that at the end, I will look back, and to the person beside me and say: “That was AWESOME!”