Why??? Continued

Since my flight just got delayed and I have nothing else to do I figured I had time to finish my last post and talk about my personal reasons for going to China. I have always had a an interest in China and Chinese culture. Then while I was in the Air Force I had the chance to serve in South Korea. It really changed the way that I looked at the world. I found it fascinating how different everything and everyone was. Then when I started back at college I knew I wanted learn another language and I thought about it and realized that learning Chinese would probably be the most benefitial and interesting . Then I started taking the class and that is when I really got hooked. It was not just about the language and the challenge of learning it but it was also the Chinese people that I met. They where all nice, helpful and very encouraging. I have to say if it had not been for my two teachers that I had I would not be going to China. Then I began to learn more of the language and the culture. I knew I wanted to study abroad so after taking Chinese I decided obviously to go to China. I really cannot explain why I am going for two semesters instead of just the normal 1 semester. I tell people it is because I like the "go big or go home" way of thinking but it probably isn't that either. It probably just comes from my philosophy that every couple of years or so I have to do something that scares the shit out of me. Because that is what I have done starting with joining the Air Force and every time I have done that it has forced me to grow up and improve as a person and that has made all of the difference to me. That is the long and the short it probably more than any of you ever wanted to know but there it is. My next post should come from Beijing so please keep reading.