The Impala's Trunk

Had my orientation at Chuo Daigaku today, and there were 30 exchange students from all over the world. It was quite an experience, and very exciting! :)

It did a lot to quell my initial nerves about being here, and I was further settled when the lovely Ai Ling came all the way to the nearest station to see me. I LOVE YOU AI LING!!

Tomorrow is my placement test (I suck at Nihongo so I think I`ll be starting at the lowest level, haha), and I`m just so happy to be here. This is the initial euphoria stage that they discussed at the orientation (during the lecture on Culture Shock and its stages). Haha. Next is irritability. Hopefully i`ll be in the euphoria stage for longer. XDDD

...I'll be in Tokyo! :D *excited*

Flight's at 2pm tomorrow, landing's four hours after that. God, I can't wait! :DDD

Not breaking Hiatus yet, but I just had to blog about this.

My Official Acceptance Letter for Chuo University (Tokyo, Japan) came via EMS this morning and the... well, /officialness/... of the whole thing finally set in. *rubs face* Even when my University said I'd gotten it a few months back, I still didn't really believe it. I kept expecting the admin lady to suddenly grin and elbow me in the ribs. "Just kidding." ^_^;;

Anyway, my packet basically has all the info/papers regarding the scholarship-- free tuition, free boarding, etc. Now I'm just waiting to see if my other scholarship (for a living allowance from another foundation) pushes through, and then I'm all set. If I don't get the other scholarship, I'll look for a job when I get there. Either way, it looks like I'm pretty set to go.

Unless I have trouble with my visa or other papers, I should be leaving on April 1 of this year. *shakes head* I'm still pinching myself to make sure it's real...