One of my major concerns is that I’m going to be plunged into a and in which I only have a slight language competency. I can understand enough Chinese to catch the meaning of a conversation, but I can barely speak enough to respond. I don’t imagine that I’ll be able to pick up enough vocabulary before I go, but I hope to learn some more through immersion. It’s not normally in my nature to undertake something so unprepared so I’ll be operating well outside of my comfort level. It’s good to take the opportunity to do that because it’s the only real way to grow. I’m lucky to have my dad around to help translate and I’ll really enjoy seeing Taiwan through his eyes. I just hope I’m not too much of a burden on him. I’ll still debating whether or not I’m going to go out exploring on my own. The last time my sister was there, she got out with a few of my fluent cousins. Whenever she couldn’t or wouldn’t respond to conversation, people would think she was Japanese. I’ll try to converse, but I know my accent is horrible. Thus is the price I paid to try to blend in.
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