Old Ming, New Mission

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 Well here I am again. I have tried to re-start this blog multiple times but I don't really know how to introduce what I'm doing or even know what I want to say, but I feel the need to write something now to get myself motivated to keep this blog for the next seven months.  I don't really feel like discussing what coincidence/act of God led me to this place in my life, nor do I feel like anyone wants to hear me retell the last year and half of my life post-Grenoble/pre-Angers, so I will just proceed with my goal list segue that I thought was pertinent and relatively amusing.

As I was packing yesterday, I ran across my school supplies from when I studied in Grenoble, and therefore also found.....MY GOAL LIST.  My goal list for Grenoble is kind of funny to me because I'm not usually one to lay out specific goals for myself.  I'm not entirely sure why I felt so inspired to start one when I was leaving for France but.... ANYWHO, as you can imagine, not many of these got accomplished, but here they are:
              
                1. Ride on the back of a Moped
.....REALLY? This was my NUMBER ONE goal?!  I think in my fantastical little mind I was picturing myself as a brunette version of Lizzie riding around Rome clutching to my wonderfully semi incognito Paolo (if you don't get this reference, you don't deserve to be my friend). Needless to say, it didn't happen, and therefore will remain on my list.

                2. Have a dream in French
I've heard before that if you have a dream in a foreign language, that means you'll never lose your ability to speak it. Well, about halfway through my semester in Grenoble, I DID have a dream in French.  Unfortunately, the dream entailed my host mother calling me stupid but ERRONEOUS.....I understood it. ACCOMPLISHED.

               3. Kiss a French man
Although I'm a little hesitant to call anyone around my age a "man".......ACCOMPLISHED.

               4. Be classicly "French" somewhere (wear a beret, hold a baguette, smoke a cigarette)
What was I even going for with this? Not accomplished.




SO now that all of that has been put into place, moving on to my new goal list for Angers:

              1. Ride on the back of a moped
Lizzie McGuire fantasy lives on.

             2. Buy a bike with a basket and a seat on the back
I just gotta.

              3. Have the kids I'm teaching fall in love with me
With highschoolers, it's either love or hate; indifference does not exist. Therefore, I'm banking on the former.

              4. Be able to distinguish different accents
I have always wanted to be able to tell where people are from in the country based on how they speak.  This will be difficult, but not impossible.

              5. Travel interesting places
On the list: Morocco, Prague, Portugal, Turkey, Corsica. Suggestions welcome.

              6. Keep in better touch with people back in the U.S.
I wasn't very good at this while studying abroad, and some of my relationships definitely suffered as a result, so I vow to not let this happen again!

             7. Have an incredible time
I think this goes without saying, but thought I should throw it in for good measure. 

             8. Keep the things in my last post in mind



My flight leaves tomorrow morning and I am SO incredibly excited and nervous. There really are no words, but I know it will be amazing. Wish me luck!!

ming.

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19 September 2012

Old Ming, New Mission


 Well here I am again. I have tried to re-start this blog multiple times but I don't really know how to introduce what I'm doing or even know what I want to say, but I feel the need to write something now to get myself motivated to keep this blog for the next seven months.  I don't really feel like discussing what coincidence/act of God led me to this place in my life, nor do I feel like anyone wants to hear me retell the last year and half of my life post-Grenoble/pre-Angers, so I will just proceed with my goal list segue that I thought was pertinent and relatively amusing.

As I was packing yesterday, I ran across my school supplies from when I studied in Grenoble, and therefore also found.....MY GOAL LIST.  My goal list for Grenoble is kind of funny to me because I'm not usually one to lay out specific goals for myself.  I'm not entirely sure why I felt so inspired to start one when I was leaving for France but.... ANYWHO, as you can imagine, not many of these got accomplished, but here they are:
              
                1. Ride on the back of a Moped
.....REALLY? This was my NUMBER ONE goal?!  I think in my fantastical little mind I was picturing myself as a brunette version of Lizzie riding around Rome clutching to my wonderfully semi incognito Paolo (if you don't get this reference, you don't deserve to be my friend). Needless to say, it didn't happen, and therefore will remain on my list.

                2. Have a dream in French
I've heard before that if you have a dream in a foreign language, that means you'll never lose your ability to speak it. Well, about halfway through my semester in Grenoble, I DID have a dream in French.  Unfortunately, the dream entailed my host mother calling me stupid but ERRONEOUS.....I understood it. ACCOMPLISHED.

               3. Kiss a French man
Although I'm a little hesitant to call anyone around my age a "man".......ACCOMPLISHED.

               4. Be classicly "French" somewhere (wear a beret, hold a baguette, smoke a cigarette)
What was I even going for with this? Not accomplished.




SO now that all of that has been put into place, moving on to my new goal list for Angers:

              1. Ride on the back of a moped
Lizzie McGuire fantasy lives on.

             2. Buy a bike with a basket and a seat on the back
I just gotta.

              3. Have the kids I'm teaching fall in love with me
With highschoolers, it's either love or hate; indifference does not exist. Therefore, I'm banking on the former.

              4. Be able to distinguish different accents
I have always wanted to be able to tell where people are from in the country based on how they speak.  This will be difficult, but not impossible.

              5. Travel interesting places
On the list: Morocco, Prague, Portugal, Turkey, Corsica. Suggestions welcome.

              6. Keep in better touch with people back in the U.S.
I wasn't very good at this while studying abroad, and some of my relationships definitely suffered as a result, so I vow to not let this happen again!

             7. Have an incredible time
I think this goes without saying, but thought I should throw it in for good measure. 

             8. Keep the things in my last post in mind



My flight leaves tomorrow morning and I am SO incredibly excited and nervous. There really are no words, but I know it will be amazing. Wish me luck!!

ming.

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