twenty oh nine

a sentimental one…

so today i made ‘choux à la crème chocolat’ with sonia and they tasted so legit. like theywas fresh out of a french bakery!!! i have a very good french pastry teacher..for free somemore hahahaha. 

so i have a couple more hours before i leave the house and say bye to everyone for what will probably be the last time (other than georg manu and phillip bc we’re suppose to meet up at time square for new years)  i’m feeling quite nostalgic right now..i mean it’s not like i want them to extend their stay here, i think the timing is perfect, but it’s like one chapter of my life will officially close as i board the LEX tomorrow

those people may never know it but they actually help me piece my life back together bit by bit.  i learned that having a perfect facade isn’t everything in life. i learned that it’s okay to not have it all together every single minute of every single day.  i learned that human beings are the same no matter where u come from.  i learned how to be real.  i learned how to laugh at the most disastrous situations.  i learned german recipes.  i learned austrian recipes.  i learned french recipes.  i learned so many new chinese words from jane & michelle.  i learned how to use sogou pinyin so i can successfully type in chinese.  i learned so much from so many cultures.  but most importantly, i think i learned how to live again after my spring semester & summer where in retrospect, i think i was going through a period of mild depression and failure as a person on so many levels

so dear steffi julia jane michelle sonia phillip gunther christian georg manual and michael, thank u from the bottom of my heart.  i don’t know if any of you will ever read this but if you do, please know that you guys have helped me get my life back on track and no amount of words can express my gratitude