I'm here!

Guess what?!?!

I'm in Japan!!!!!
However, I won't write about that just yet, I promised a post about earlier events soooo let's try and stay cronological shall we. Besides, I have much to write about so far that this post would become too long and no one in their right mind would be bothered to read it xD

I must recommend to anyone who plans on communicating with their host family [when i say 'plans on' i really mean DO IT since its an awesome way to get to know your family before you arrive and also to know what to expect] to do so through Skype. I for one can say that that my Japanese speaking skills are pretty poor and talking to native speakers can be nerve racking for me, however, when I Skyped my family, me going to Japan felt that little bit more real at the time as it still hadn't sunk in fully. And you know what, skyping your family is just plain awesome! They're no longer this email or letter or facebook post. They're real and you'll be with them soon enough! Isn't that just (OMGGGG im going to use the word again) awesome!!! So there I was with my family, sweating from the Aussie heat at 10:20pm huddled around a computer while my host family was on the other end with a fire stove smouldering wearing jackets! Although I could mostly comprehend what was being said, I was lucky enough to have my older host sis (who is basically fluent in english) to talk to when I had no idea what was going on. Seriously though, best conversation over Skype i've ever had. Okaasan asked what my favourite colour was because she was going to buy me a lunch box!! How cute is that??!?!?

Next on the agenda...phone calls. Yes I received a phone call from AFS telling me that my flight details had changed which I started to freak about until they said it was only my domestic. Pheww.

[[ Eh that last paragraph sounded really exciting didn't it. I wanna write about japaannnn but I won't cave in to temptation. Patience. I've been keeping a personal diary so i wont forget anything. I'll just rewrite some things that i've written and post them later. Promiseee ]]

Have I ever mentioned that my friends are amazing? They planned a huge surprise party with my family and kept it a surprise. And what a surprise! My friend took me out for the day to disguise the setting up which was taken place at my house *love love love*. When I arrived home, there was all my friends and family dressed in Japanese style there to wish me luck and farewell. It was an amazing night with food, dancing and lots of fun! The detail they put into it just rocked. The invites took them ages to make by hand and hundreds of cranes and lanterns were made and strung up around the garden and tent [it had been raining due to a cyclone on it's way]. Overall it was the best night and I have the best friends and the best family everrr. It really showed how much they care and will miss me and for me it brought out how much I was going to miss them and how much they mean to me.

They mean the world to me.


You are officially updated. From here on end my posts will be about me in Japan.

I appologise if this post has repeatition or is short and lame or doesn't make sense. It's pretty late and I need sleep. I just wanted to post what I had promised.

Oyasumi

K x