I am a good friend? I dont know. I let people down. I am not paying enough attention to my friends' needs.

Am I a good employee? I don't know. I am not doing well enough.

Am I a good daughter? I don't know. I have hot temper and I am too fast to speak of my parents' wrong.

I am the best gf that I can be? I don't know..

Am I a good person? I don't know...maybe i don't want to know.

I'll be one year older.. in about a week or so... sometimes I still thought I was only 21...

I am maturing... taking step by step...I am not a girl anymore...

I am pushing myself.. pushing myself out of my usual comfort zone... I have realized that is the only way to grow.

I need to be thick skin...or I should say more courageous... and keep reminding myself I am 24!

I cannot run away from my responsibilities any more.

Figuring out what I want and actually doing what I should be doing.... Not to give myself any more excuses because I am grown-up... I am 24!!!!...

Learning to accept who I am... the good and the bad... to be comfortable in my own skin... yes that is how I am experiencing...at 24

I am safe and back in Vancouver, my sweet home. The bombers can't stop us having fun (that the British attitude toward terrorism)!! After more than 20 hours of traveling on Wed, we finally arrived home. It was a bittersweet feeling... traveling stopped here and back to reality at last. Now I have to look for a job. We spent our last night in London with Debbie...she brought us to a pub for drink then dinner. Haha I went into THE MOST beautiful washroom I have ever seen in that Pub... It was so crazily dazzling. Too bad the pic Pat took didn't turn out that great. Just talking to Debbie made me want to work in Europe as well. Just get a working visa and go explore. But it must be very lonely there having no friends or family around, but how often can you make this kind of decision? You have no attachments, no marriage, no kids, no dependents... I will really put this into consideration.

I loved the time we spent with Patrick's friends. They were so much fun. We had so much silly laughs. I missed them so much after we parted in Prague. My time with my BBF YangTing was great too. I relied so much on her while we were in Berlin, where to go, where to eat. We had a great time and I wished that we had a few more days together. She'll be always that special to me.

It is great coming home, but I miss Europe too... overall it was really fun and but very exhausting. I would really like to do backpacking next time with friends, but remember to bring comfy shoes!!!

Rating:

#1. Vienna: Beautiful beautiful city, everywhere you look.

#2. Paris: Great shopping place, very nice and surprisingly affordable, very friendly and cultured people.

#3. Amsterdam: I really liked their canals, very interesting city besides the drugs and Red light district; People speak very well English everywhere.

#4. Berlin: nice people; a lot of nice museums; Dresden: very nice and quiet town, very peaceful.

#5. Prague: beautiful town, downside: rude people with strong attitude problems; London: very polluted and crowded city, but polite people as long as you don't piss them off; Munich: polluted and crowded.   

No place like home!!

I miss Vancouver. I loved the shopping in Paris. The beautiful Vienna. I hate the crappy Czech people (but their architectures are cool).

I miss Vancouver's food!!!!... now I know I had taken so much for granted.

London sorta sucks already ( my first night here).