Done deals!

okay, my mom is done paying for my whole program. This exchange is set in stone.
25 days until departure!

Host sister emails me!

I woke up this morning and looked at my inbox to find that my host sister has emailed me! I wasn't sure if I was going to email them but I am glad that she emailed me!

I'm really excited to meet them all! I'm so glad my host sister loves fashion also. She's planning on taking me to Harajuku and Shibuya :)

I finally got my passport :)

Host Family Information!

I went to our orientation yesterday and they finally gave me my hostfamily information :D
I am soo excited! No pictures with it though, but that's alright.

My host dad is a researcher, my host mom is a Labo tutor and I have a younger host sister. Her name's Mau and she's 12. They also have pets; they have a dog, rabbit, bird and turtles. Their home is in Kanagawa ken, Nakaharu-ku! I have to take the train to Tokyo everyday :)

I'm sooo excited to meet them! Only 31 days until departure.

Okay! things are finalized! we just need to pay off the remaining $1400!
My orientation is this Saturday May 8, 2010 noon :)

I'm pretty pumped. I have my friend Ria going to Japan with me but she's doing 2 months, I'm doing 1. And apparently there's another girl going but I haven't met her yet! I'm soo pumped though :)

Flight itinerary.

June 10 - Thursday

Air Canada
Depart Winnipeg - 11:50am

Air Canada
Arrive Vancouver - 12:49pm

Air Canada
Depart Vancouver - 2:05pm

June 11 - Friday

Air Canada
Arrive Narita - 3:55

July 10 - Saturday

Japan Airlines
Depart Narita - 9:30am

Japan Airlines
Arrive Manila -1:05pm

August 10 - Tuesday

Japan Airlines
Depart Manila - 9:00am

Japan Airlines
Arrive Narita - 2:25pm

Air Canada
Depart Narita - 5:55pm

Air Canada
Arrive Vancouver - 10:30am

Air Canada
Depart Vancouver - 2:25pm

Air Canada
Arrive Winnipeg - 7:01pm

The beginning

You wonder when this whole exchange student idea started?
Long story short. My mom and my little sister didn't take me to Philippines/Hong Kong with them because I wasn't allowed to travel alone (different flights). I love travelling and to miss out on something like that was really disappointing!

To sum it all up, my idea came to place on November 29, 2008. Can you believe that? almost two years ago! I've started preparing myself for that long. It started off with my idea of going just for the summer > A whole year > Semester > One month in Japan & one month in the Philippines.

I feel that this summer may just be one of the best summers ever.