Host Family Information!!

   So I just received my host family information!! I will be staying with the Kanamori family. I have a 17 year-old host sister (who's name is not specified....hmm), and host father who is a company executive, and a host mother who is a company employee.
    I will be attending the high school attached to Toyama International University. I do not know whether or not my host sister will be attending there also. During my interview, my representative from YFU asked me what type of environment I would like to live in, and I said a rural or suburban area. Many other students through YFU wanted to stay in a city, but I have had my heart set on living in a more rural area! (:  just found out I am living away from the city in Toyama! yay~
   On June 17th, when we fly to Japan from Berkeley, we are landing in Narita airport in Tokyo. Toyama is a good distance from Tokyo, so I am staying the first night in Tokyo and I will be flying to Toyama the next day!
   Okay, Okay, getting my host family placement makes my YFU experience very real, and it just hit me, I will be leaving for japan in 17 days.... Ahhh! (: excitement level has surpassed 200%
   ((Also, when I was researching Toyama, I found this.....not sure what to think of the glowing jellyfish they have been finding in Toyama Bay, but I am intrigued, i want to see some this summer haha.))

uhm, these are moon jellyfish....I think(:

~ Jane Claire ♥   

Tick-Tock, One More Month to Go!

         I just got a package in the mail from Youth for Understanding sending me information for preparing for my study abroad experience in Japan....This made me realize, I'll be in Japan IN ONE MONTH. Woah. it just hit me--31 more days, this is amazing!! But as excited as I am ((and believe me--i am beyond happy right now)), I also just realized I will be flying internationally in one month to study abroad....Away from home, people I know, friends, family, woah. Sure, I am nervous, I think it is impossible not to be nervous at this time. Even so, i can only begin to imagine the great experiences in store for me while I will be studying in Japan. 

((Just a moment to side-track.... As it is now, I do not know anything about my host-family I will be staying with while in Japan. However, last night I had a dream where I found out about my family and went to stay with them! (: it was a nice dream, haha.))

In this package I received  I got information about my pre-departure orientation in California! from June 14th--June 17th, I will be at Berkeley at orientation. Basically at orientation, we will be touching on cultural differences in Japan and going over Home-Stay Etiquette. Orientation sounds fun, I am very excited! I have also never seen the Pacific Ocean before....hmm, is it weird to be excited about that?? ((don't answer that. I'm excited.))

じゃね!
~Jane Claire (^^)