Wow. It's been a while since I've written anything.
I guess it's just been a bit of a drag waiting for everything to start happening for me. I've been waiting for this for about 5 or 6 months or something. Up until now emotions have been running suprisingly low. I thought that I would feel something more: nervousness, excitement, anticipation, fear, anything at all but I was fairly calm throughout the whole process. However, I can now count my remaining days in Australia on one hand. So, that freaks me out just a smidgen.
I have a theme song by the way. Only a few people will be familiar with it. It's from the Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya. It's not so much a theme song as a motto or philosphy while I am there. Bouken Desho Desho. Translates as: It's an adventure, right? This thought cheers me up when I'm anxious about leaving safe territory. It's an adventure, it'll be fun and then I'll be back in Australia and forced back into reality. Yay, reality...
I quit work today. In about 8 hours and 20 minutes or so I will have officially resigned from where I have been working for the past three years. That particular bag comes with mixed feelings. After all, working in a deli for over three years really makes you...I don't even know what it makes me. At first, I was just happy to have some money, then I went through a brief angsty period and I was questioning whether this was all there was. Is my purpose at this stage of my life to give people ham? Seriously?
Anyway, now it is like : Yes, I don't have to work for a year!
However, I've made some good friends there and I'll be sad to leave them. They made my Sundays fun. ^_^ It was really good working with people whose company I enjoyed. I'm going to miss them a lot but I am sure that I'll see them again but hopefully not as Deli work colleagues as that would be both cruel and depressing.
I was just thinking how much plastic we use in the Deli. For every order we use either plastic bags or plastic containers. That sucks. I'd petition if I was there for longer.
Just think about the world and how the world would be fantastic,
If we could get rid of all the plastic,
We just need to get enthusiastic,
I'm not trying to be ironic or sarcastic,
Do something drastic and rid the world of plastic.
There you go, Hayden, Tim Minchin reference. ^_^
For those of you who were as unenlightened as I was before Sunday. Tim Minchin is a very funny, clever and deep (He's deep, bro) man who happens to write comedic songs that are often either political or religious satire, smut or hate songs. If you want to look at his ginger rock 'n' roll hair and his rock 'n' roll face with the kooky contact lenses and mascara.
Click here: TIM MINCHIN IS GOD.
Ok, now that I've gotten that out of the way I do actually have some Japan related news. Suprise! I've receieved the itinerary for my first few days in Tokyo for JFIE Orientation.
It is as follows:
Thursday 26th of March:
After departing Narita airport, we will travel by coach to the Narita View Hotel in Chiba.
At 11am we will leave the hotel and travel by coach to Koishikawa junior high school. The trip takes about 1 - 1 1/2 hours and we will eat lunch on the coach.
We will be involved in cross cultural activities at the school from approx 12:30 - 4:30pm. Upon returning to the hotel at approx 6pm, we will be given the orientation schedule and then have time to rest until dinner at 7:30pm.
Friday 27th of March:
7:30am Breakfast
9am - 12:30 Orientation
12:30 - 3pm visit Aeon Shopping Mall (purchase your lunch & complete set task)
3:15 - 7pm Orientation continues
7:30pm Dinner
Saturday 28th of March:
7am Breakfast
8am Final Instructions re departure
8:45am Students short speeches in Japanese
10:30am Leave the Hotel to transfer to your homestay areas by train or plane.
(Here's hoping I get the pokemon plane.)
I haven't learnt my speech yet. Dammit. Must do that. I should be cleaning or other useful, constructive activities but I just needed to relax a little. Alright, well that is about it for me for now.
I may post again before Japan if not, there will be a gap between me going and me posting as I do have to adjust to the lifestyle and family and I don't want to annoy by shirking them for a comupter. Makes sense, right?
<3Ashley-chan
