I received an email from the lovely staff of AIIU two days ago which declares that my flight is officially booked. Yay! Which means that in approximately 100 days I will be on my happy way to Tokyo.
In the email it also mentioned the details we will receive at orientation day. By the sound of it they already have acquired our host school and some host family details. Oh. My. God.
I'm really excited to find out where I'll be going. (Please Tokyo) I'd love to be in a more city situated area so that I can learn about the rail system (which I am sure I will be exposed to no matter where I go) and so I can go shopping for all the most amazing things but still be able to visit all the traditional temples. To me, the city seems to have a really good balance to it.
Mind you, I am quite sure that wherever I end up in Japan, I will have a wonderful time and most likely be taken on trips to the city anyway but the ease of accessibility would be so much more convenient.
Anyway, enough about that. So, as you may well know I am leaving the dusty land of Australia on the 26th of March, 2009. Doubtless, I won't get any sleep that night. Well, I have nine hours of a plane flight to make up for it.
So, I will arrive in Japan on Thursday. That night and the following day are expected to be filled with introductory activities to get to know each other (the other AIIU members), japanese language and culture. Saturday, it is possible we will be whisked away by train to meet our host families and get settled into our new homes for an indefinite period of time.
Sunday will be filled with angst as I try and cope with learning about the family and them about me all in an foreign language. And Monday, that has got to be the scariest day. The first day of school. I'll be poked and prodded by the population of the school, much to my discomfort as I momentarily reach the status of "new, shiny plaything". That's gonna be very scary.
But I'm sure it will get better from then on...I hope.
And this is just me hypothesizing! Oh my goodness, this is definitely going to be quite some adventure.
<3
Ashley-chan
Saturday, December 13, 2008
Fly me to the moon...uh...Japan
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2 comments:
oh my gosh, you are EXACTLY like my friend rachael. don't worry - that's a good thing... on but you're much less of a goth. your blog is really funny. =]
me xxx
zomg. a random commented you. ...or at least, they're a random to me. xD congratulations my dear you have received a comment from someone OTHER than yourself and I. I have a headache but the thought of you in japan still makes me jealous.
and i talked to sam last night on webcam. he said that there was (very little) snow on the ground outside. zomg. snow.
you suck.
<3 me.
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