My Kansai Gaidai Student Exchange

I have arrived safe and well in Japan! Flight was cool, a lady and her husband gave me and Jace chocolates and money.. it was kinda funny, I gave them one of my koala bear keyrings and they absolutely lapped that thing up. I feel proud of my Australian souvenir buying skills.

Will post again very soon, I am trying to figure out how to work the public transport system. Over and out.

I’ve lied already! 12 days and 14 hours til I take off for Japan.. Holy crap! typing that just now has made me feel a new wave of excitement, it’s unbelievable!

Now now, me being me I like to leave things to the last minute but it appears I have somewhat a list of stuff to do! courtsey of my Mum she’d like me too:

• Print off copies of (for me and her):
  • Travel Insurance
  • Passports
  • Visas
  • Travelers Checks (scan =\ …)
  • Contact details for uni, KGU and QUT
• Give her my banking details? lol
• Get my luggage in order
• Do up a will and give her ‘power of attorney’.
• Prepare Travelers Checks and some cash.

Soo of course I’ll do all the above except for a will and the power of attorney because that’s just rubbish. I’m not going to die, and I think by getting that stuff together I’m just jinxing myself / falling into the trap that my mum has set for me to arrange my sudden and unfortunate death. =\

It's Scuba Steve!

Ahhh anyways! that’s a general list of things I have to do, NOT including all the other little things that still has be done which includes my list of personal ‘things to do before leave Australia’ which includes stuff like eat a Subway sandwich with HONEY OAT bread instead of the cool breads and those sorts of things.

Regardless! there is stuff to do and I’m gonna do it. Watch me work peoples, before you know it I’ll be saying ‘ehhhhh going to Japan tomorrow woo~!!’.

P.S – gotta study more though.

Sooo it’s official. Last night I received an email from what I can only say is the worst picked email address ever! aspadm@kansaigaidai.ac.jp — I think it may stand for Asian Study Program admission? Regardless:

We are happy to inform you that you have been admitted to the Asian Studies Program at Kansai Gaidai for the fall semester of 2009. All the faculty and staff members of the Asian Studies Program join me in extending a warm welcome to you.

Ahh, so anyway, from my favourite show, this is how I felt:
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Happy times! maybe I should do a dance?