Thank you Taiwan

One day until my time in Taiwan is over. One day until I jump to the plain and fligh away. Okey, I am not flying home yet, but I am still not staying in Taiwan any longer. One day to enjoy this wonderful country. One day until I really have to start to prepare myself that I am going back to Finland.

Taiwan taught me so much. I can honestly say that I am not the same person anymore who came here 5 months ago. I like the person who came here but I really really really love the person who is going home now.

I have to admit that when I came here I didn't have a clue how sad I really was inside. I thought I was living happy life. I thought my life was perfect. I thought I was enjoying my life to the fullest. But no way, I wasn't!
My life wasn't bad and I wasn't unhappy before, I don't mean that, but I didn't know who much happier I could be!

I didn't have a clue that it would be possible to go to sleep everynight without tears, without being afraid of nightmares, without hoping that night will last long because I was happier when I slept than when I was awake.

I didn't know that there is still people exist who will show their unconditional love to the totally new, weird looking wester person who can't even speak their language, who does everything against to their cultural rules and who really doesn't have a clue about what is wrong and what is right in their sociaty.

I didn't believe that it would still someday be possible to honestly say I am happier than I have ever been. Happier than one year ago, happier than two years ago, even happier than three years ago. Say that I am happy about myself, I am happy about my life and I am happy about new perspective of life that Taiwan has taught me.

I didn't realize that there is different, better and happier way to live my life. The way where I can decide by myself what I want to do, where I want to go or what things really make me happy. I don't have to think what other people might think about me or my decisions, and I definitely don't have to do anything that I don't want just to impress someone else.

When I now go home I won't be Noora anymore, I will be 裴琳. Or well, of course I will be Noora because nobody in Finland could say my name if I would be 裴琳, but even my name would be Noora again, inside I will forever be 裴琳.

裴琳 loves life. 裴琳 loves to be social. 裴琳 loves to meet new people. 裴琳 never says I can't. 裴琳 enjoys adventures. 裴琳 is spontaneous. 裴琳 loves to laught. 裴琳 wants to see the best in every people. 裴琳 never judge people by their skin color, race or religion. 裴琳 loves new cultures. 裴琳 tries to enjoy the little things in life. 裴琳 thinks positively. 裴琳 is not afraid to show her feelings. 裴琳  wants to do something good everyday. 裴琳 sees the value of herself. And the most important 裴琳 is happy!

謝謝

我答應寫一篇中文。但因為我只會說一點點中文，所以我沒辦法寫長篇大論。我會盡我所能！

謝謝，我的室友。
謝謝，我的新台灣朋友。
謝謝，我的新外國朋友。
謝謝，劉老師，我的中文老師。我學了很多中文。
謝謝，靜宜大學，台灣最好的大學。

我很愛台灣，還有在這裡的一切。我愛台灣的天氣，食物，學校，茶，還有我特別愛台灣人。尤其最想對我驚人的籃球隊說聲謝謝。
在我來到這裡之前，我本來想著要放棄籃球。可是當我來到這裡，並被邀請與新球隊打籃球，卻發現我又再一次愛上籃球了。我的隊友是如此的棒，如果沒有她們，我無法想像我的交換生之旅會有多無聊。我還想特別感謝菜，花還有林詩涵。 你們教我如此多關於台灣的生活方式和如何享受台灣的生活。我不知道我怎麼能沒有你們在芬蘭生活。我不知道我怎麼能回到芬蘭，沒有我所有的籃球的朋友。

我隻身來到台灣，可是現在我有這麼多的新朋友。我不僅有外國朋友，也有這麼多美好的台灣朋友。我會想你的！

還有當然謝謝，我父母。謝謝你允許我來這裡。

不幸的是，對於我在芬蘭的家人和朋友，我真的不想回家，我想留在這裡。我的心永遠留在台灣，所以如果我想要我的心回來，我必須回到這裡。如果我能向台灣朋友保證，我答應我一定會回來的。我希望你還會記得我！;)

 謝謝你台灣，希望我們很快能夠再見面！