moving on...

I get really excited when I talk to my exchange friends about the past year...sentences that begin with "do you remember the time when we...." - it's so awesome, like 2 flashbacks but only one image! :)
But as much as I miss my life in the US, dwelling on the past hinders 'progress' and so I've finally decided it is time for me to move on - start living in The Present, and as Harold Wilson said, "He who rejects change is the architect of decay. The only human institution which rejects progress is the cemetery."
I dont want to decay so the following actions should be taken immediately:

1) stop checking chicago tribune or USAToday for news updates. checking weather forecast there does me no good either.
2) take the US bills/notes out of my wallet. it is NOT accepted here.
3) change the time on my watch to the current time here. i dont need to know what time it is in Illinois. (right now, I add 24+2 hours for current time)

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Was able to see my old friends from NZ last week. Jen and Anita grew up so much and Anita is almost or prob as tall as me! I still remember seeing her as a baby 10 years ago! Anyways, Jen bought a really cool cellphone last week and it has pretty neat features like taking photos with crazy frames. here we were testing it out :p




Outing with Madz last week :) Another old kiwi friend..