I'm free!!

For the first time in two months, I can access my blog without a censor. For the first time, I feel happy about my environment. For once, I just feel SO good. I've been out of China for about five days now and am enjoying every moment of it. I'm glad I stayed in China for the entire school year, but it's times like this when I realize I may have overdone my stay. It's weird how your envirornment can change your state of mind so much. At least for me. I've always been one to take things to heart, and I feel like the social psyche just encroached far too much on my state of mind. Anyway, it's over. I've moved on.

Vietnam's not perfect and I don't mean to make it sound like it is. Take all this with a grain of salt - I'm on a post-China high right now! Hehe. All I can say now is that I feel such a relief being here, though. I'm really happy to see all the progress in the country since the last time I've been here and I'm really proud that this is where my cultural and ethnic heritage lies.

Although, I am tired of being treated like a foreigner here...talk about the irony. I come from China where everyone refuses to believe I'm not Chinese, and then now that I'm here, everyone assumes I'm a Japanese or Korean. Of course, people believe me when I tell them I'm not and don't try to argue with me. But it's still frustrating. I went on the bus today and everyone stared at me the whole time. I guess not a lot of foreigners ride the bus. Blah. I guess I kinda felt to a degree how "obvious" foreigners feel when they're in Asia. Except I AM Viet! I promise!

There's a lot on my mind and I can't put everything into words right now. But it's really hot here! I think I got heatstroke today. And I'm eating everything! And motorbikes are soooo much better than e-bikes. OOOK, that's all for now. More later!