I eventually made it to Tokyo yesterday!! I got off the airplane after a 4 hour flight from Shanghai, and thanks to my Japanese passport I smoothly flew through Immigration and Customs, grabbed my luggage and sailed out the door to the bus that would take me to Terminal 1 where our designated meeting spot […]
I attended my first Online Pre-departure Orientation the other day. It was actually really hi-techy and cool because the conference call occurred over the Internet. 20 other students from different areas in the US attended, and the Director of the Japan CIEE program who led this orientation session was in Japan. The concept of how […]
Airports are one of the most interesting places to people watch. To my right, there’s a man clipping his fingernails on top of a trashcan. Hotel music is lightly playing in the background to lighten the mood of a dreary Sunday morning. People are marching towards their boarding gates with hurried expressions on their faces. […]
In less than two weeks I will finally be heading off to Japan! The idea that I am actually going abroad feels extremely surreal. You see, it’s been more than a year since I applied to this program. I can still remember the excitement and exhilaration that I felt when I was first nominated by […]
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