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Just to fill you in, in case you didn’t know, Kevin Rudd is Australia’s current Prime Minister!

Ciao for Now!

First of all i’d like to apologise for the lack of posting this week.  Spent this entire week getting on my feet and used to wtf is going on around me.  But all is well, i nearly have my laptop up and running (Borrowing my mates adapter) and things, as far as this blog goes, should be back to normal.

Found this whilst scavenging – ¥500

Ok so the first thing that all the new students had a hard-ish time coming to terms with was food.  why? because we couldnt cook! As in literally was not allowed to cook.  This was because we hadn’t technically “checked in” or something in the first week, plus there were temporary room mates (homestay students) and apparently that complicated things – UGH i dunno.  so we had to SCAVENGE!!! … ok not quite, but we started checkin out the local restaurants etc. to find some good eats.  It was kinda hard at first, i found myself going to sleep hungry because the shops were closed or one thing or another.  But now i’m starting to get the hang of trading hours, whats good, whats not, and things are coming a long smoothly atm.  In fact, i have a couple croissants out in the common area calling my name… i can hear them.. they need to be eaten.  Will do that soon.

3 days 1 hour 35 minutes and 17 seconds to go… wow.  Now that it’s so close the reality of Japan is finally sinking in – and it’s hard to be excited about it.  Not that the reality is a bad thing! But the reality is just that: a reality.  At the end of the day, it isn’t going to be this fairy tale dreamo thing, it’s still going to be life, in a place completely different. Sounds awesome!  Buuut it’s going to be a new reality.  A new life.  And it starts in an airport, with no phone, hand drawn directions based off someone’s memory and about 23,000 yen in my pocket.  And I am meant to build my new life using these tools (or lack of).  Sounds like fun!

There are a lot of emotions coming up this week, good and bad.  Well… no not bad at all, only good.  I mean, i’m gonna miss people, but i don’t think that’s a BAD or negative emotion – it’s natural.  And i’m not sure where i’m trying to go with all this, but what I want to say is: no, i’m not excited, but i don’t think i could be, or should be.  I’m in a very good place, i’m at peace and happy i’m going to Japan, even a little scared now.  I feel i’m ready to leave Australia – but i still want every second of my remaining days to count.  I’m gonna miss this place.  Gonna miss the people and the random shit i get up to.  But like i said, come Saturday – it’s a new life, new people, and new EVEN MORE random shit.  It’s gonna be great, it’s gonna be hard, there’s gonna be high’s and low’s, and I want them all to hit me head on.

WOOOHOOO!

I got my Open Licence!  Now I can drink drive and speed

“The Road to Japan” blogs are going to be specific updates on my road to Japan. They’ll also contain a summary of the other blogs that are related to Japan leading up to that chapter of “The Road to Japan”. The idea is, in the end, all chapters of “The Road to Japan” should tell the whole story of my entire experience, from applying to become an exchange student to Japan, all the way to my experiences whilst in Japan. Can’t wait!