Saturday, May 24, 2008

11 Days Until Yokohama!

Last Saturday, I had a farewell party for my exchange student friend, Saaya. She lives in Okinawa and fortunately, in the desolate desert of Tucson, has a fellow student who can speak Japanese. She's been here for at least 10 months and will be leaving on May 29th. I'll be leaving 6 days after her.

And realizing that I'll be leaving soon is thrilling and filled with anxiety. Last year, when I went to Tokyo, I was just worried over every single possible detail, while this year, I'm worried if my seat on the airplane will be in the middle again.

The school I'll be attending is this: 横浜市立横浜商業高等学校

Translated: Yokohamashi Ritsu Yokohama Shogyo Koutou Gakkou

I have already gotten my school uniform ready. I don't really know what club to join since there are so many. I thought of doing kendo because I do taekwondo, but I don't want to get injured. I guess I'll ask around クラブの中で、何が一番好きですか。

My host family is the Okazaki family. I'll have two younger brothers and the father is an architect. Hopefully the boys won't be awful like a Domyouji from "Hana Yori Dango" (if you get my drift ;D).

I leave Tucson at 6:25am, arrive in San Francisco and leave from there are 11:25am for Tokyo on June 4th. Ah! >A< I hope everything goes well!