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How Am I STILL Not 21?!

August 20th, 2011 by Manda | 6 Comments | Filed in Friends, Life

Even though my 21st birthday is only a few days away, I’ve never been so upset that I’m not yet 21. All my friends are out at the bars and clubs and I’m stuck home alone on a Saturday night because I can’t get into the places they’re at. Thank GOD this is my last weekend as a 20-year-old because this seriously blows.

Oh 21st birthday, please hurry up and arrive before I have no social life to speak of…! (I kid. Well, kind of. I miss being able to go out and have wild nights, dammit! I never had this age problem in China!)

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When Did We Get So Old?

June 12th, 2011 by Manda | 5 Comments | Filed in Friends, Life

I’ve been on Facebook a lot since being in Hong Kong, seeing as access to the website isn’t blocked in HK. One thing I’ve noticed while surfing Facebook is that amongst my high school acquaintances from my class in Australia there is an alarmingly, and increasingly, large amount of us have been/are getting married and/or babied.

For example, off the top of my head:

  • One girl with a 4-year-old son
  • Three girls with two children under the age of 4
  • One boy with a one-year-old son
  • Two girls that are married

I’m the same age as my friends that are married or with children, and I can’t even begin to fathom marriage or parenthood. I still remember the good ol’ days in high school where my friends and I would gossip about so-and-so and the biggest thing we had to worry about is whether or not we failed the math test or if we would get a date to the next school dance. To think that now some of us have much bigger things to worry about makes me feel so old!

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This Means I’m Next

May 14th, 2011 by Manda | 3 Comments | Filed in Friends, Travel

The two friends I am backpacking around southeast Asia with have succumbed to a most awful virus. High fever (104F/40C), body aches, nausea… they’ve got the whole shebang going on. Luckily the tests for malaria and dengue fever came out negative, but whatever they’ve got still seems pretty miserable.

At least they got sick in Saigon, where we planned to spend the most time in any one city and where there are good (albeit pricey) English speaking hospitals and clinics. Better to get sick in Saigon than somewhere in Cambodia, which is next on our itinerary!

As one friend got sick right after the other, I fear that I’m next…

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