Nothing better than waking up and getting an envelope thrown on my bed, well it was the first of two postcards (in envelopes) from Mexico- both from different senders!! MEXICO! Haha yeah I was so excited, the first postcard depicts a self-portrait of the famous Frida Kahlo. The other from Luis, containing an old $1000 Mexican bill and postcard captioned "Palenque, Chiapias, Mexico". Beautiful!
As the title suggests, I'll be heading off to Vorovoro Island of Tribewanted fame. It's for my final TS unit so don't even think I get to travel to every island for free. Oh well, just a post to note down my excitement as well as a blink of curiosity and anxiety. Compost toilets here we come! Just hoping I don't get an allergy attack like I did back on beachcomber.haha but yes...Vorovoro Island...see you on Thursday!
Monday 1. Downloaded and listened to Brazilian funk & Swedish pop on my phone. 2.Chatted on skype (5 minutes- 3 hours "Busy" status) 3.Reply to Facebook messages...(Miguel, Dario & Jannah: whom I miss so much!) 4. Submitted an essay on "Achieving Sustainable Tourism" 5.Danced around the house to some music 6.Lunch with my mom...played with my dog Chubs 7.Cleaned up 8.Nap on the couch which turned took 2 hours...took my sleepy self to bed and slept. 9.Work out and shower 10. Called a friend, txted, went out to the porch to watch the sunset, hmm...watched the news... 11.Cooked dinner with mom, made some garlic bread...had a bit of Swiss choc...chatted with my bro 12...um...all of this, but it's pretty hard to not think of anyone from SWY23!
A walk to uni isn't the same anymore. Every song reminds me of some memory or someone. And every dream I dream is linked somehow to the last 2 best months of my life.
So I'm back home, touched down on the 3rd of March. One week before the devastating earthquake/tsunami which took its toll on the lives of many loved ones, homes, businesses, towns, and even animals. The current nuclear threat continues to worry many and I constantly keep telling myself that if I was there, I'd be helping out as much as I can. But for now, all I can do is keep praying for my fellow friends around the country and constantly think of my family in Yamagata Prefecture. At the end of the month, our university is holding a fundraiser for Japan...pretty excited with helping out with my fellow SWYers!
Here's a slight preview of thing's I'm bound to come across in the next couple of days...ok so maybe a little bit stereotypical there with Hello Kitty...but it's JAPAN!!!! Met a few delegates through facebook and emails. I can't wait to meet everyone! I'm willing to learn so much from this trip and further meet with my host family and experience true Japanese hospitality! :)
Oh and happy new year folks! I wish you the best in 2011 - LIVE :)
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So heaps of things are currently underway...preparations for SWY, family stuff, finishing up the guest book for the dolphin project, and pretty much keeping myself sane for the festive season!
Haven't met up with my girlfriends...kinda missed out on something else and well I'm way behind my exercise schedule so I'm trying to dance around the house as much as possible! LOL
Had our meke practice today, pretty AWESOME! And then was later whisked away for Christmas/New Year grocery shopping- pushing the heavy trolley was a good work out! So that's about it on my updates so far...
2 weekends ago I got to check out Takalana Bay Retreat (carrying out some research for our TS project) and woah it was magificent - the food, accommodation, bonfire, waterfall (minus the tiring hike), people and not forgetting the wonderful dolphins at Moon Reef. It was magical!
