twiice, not twice

so i thought that last night was my favorite night, but now it's a fact that TONIGHT was my favorite night. why are taiwanese people so much nicer than american people?! we went to twiice with Rea & An -i know she is reading this  (我爱你)  hehe but rea is a baller and knew the owner (who was undoubtably hitting on her) so we got in fo free with an open bar and had a table for literally $10 each...glad we had the table because it would have been miserable to stand for the 5 hours we were there for. but we had SO much fun! rea's cousin, boyfriend & other friend (who has liked her since 3rd grade...balllerrr) were there tonight too, all incredibly welcoming. honestly i love An! i want to take her to america and show her EVERYTHING and we made a deal that if she comes to America then she has to let me take her everywhere. we shook on it, pinky promised, & kissed it, so it's kind of a big deal. the music was weird so we went outside for a little and listened to tiesto (one of An's favorites) dada life (chris's fave) & kaskade (of course that was my doing..). went back inside to the lovely sounds (NOT) of britney spears & pitbull ...don't know why pitbull is so big here, we have heard it at all three places we went...but An doesn't like him either :)

An is soooooooo cuteeee i can't get over it! she wants to ride in the car when chris and i go to the airport and gave us the biggest compliment ever: that we are not like how she thought americans were. i think she was expecting us to be rude and she was kinda nervous she said, but really i was nervous when i was meeting her because she was so kind and i didn't want to offend her at all. Rea too. they are both just genuinely nice people, the type of nice that you see upon first meeting them. nice isn't even the right word, because it's so generic. they are both warm, generous, welcoming, more so than i could have ever expected. today when we were in the cab ride home An referred to us as her family (家庭), something truly touching. not just because of the words, but because i feel as though she has genuinely treated us as family. everyone told me i would experience some culture shock, be thrown off by the food etc etc. but what has really been the most culturally shocking is how much nicer people are here. they aren't nice to gain status, or to make friends. they are nice because they actually want to make us feel at home. which is exactly how i feel. honestly, i don't want to leave on tuesday and being the emotional person i am, i know i am going to cry if An takes us to the airport (which she already scheduled in her iphone). dont make me go back to the land of the greedy & the home of the rude...i don't think i am ready for that again :(((