2/17/2011

Ok well I am still writing because I feel the exchange tends to last a while after you get home. But I feel sad. I was told that I scared someone away from doing an exchange program. So I’d like to dedicate this post to her, if she is still reading that is.

First off, that picture you see on the top the blog is NOT one I like. I could do better…. I’m just to lazy to send in a better one for Emily to post up.

Emily Eberle is someone SUPER amazing. She has helped me out a lot, so listen to what she says cause she knows what she is talking about. I would say listen to me, but since I seemed to of caused you fear instead of excitement then it means I don’t know as much as I thought.

Second I am SOOOOOOOOOO sorry you feel you don’t want to do an exchange now. I don’t know where it is you want to go, but not all places are the same. If you want to go to Japan, go anyway cause not every situation is the same. Actually all of the exchange students I talked to had different situations, so it was a little hard to relate to them. One minute your all talking about what you did over the weekend, and while one person is complaining, the other is screaming with excitement about the soba noodles they ate on Saturday. (actually, for once I was the one excited. I love soba noodles.)

Anyway. There are a LOT of reasons why you SHOULD go. Its like trying a new food, or making a best friend. I think I used this sentence before. But it is soo true! Just because one person didn’t ENJOY EVERYTHING they did, they still had a good time. Just like how you can have a good time with the kid at school you despise. At first your fighting but then you have fun.

In my case, I was meeting someone I thought as my hero, and later found out that they were just like everyone else. And I started acting childish. I think that is why I complained so much. I have spent soo much of my life trying to get to Japan, all I talked about was Japan. And like my other posts show, I really LOVED the place when I got there. It could do no wrong. The demon toilets with all the buttons, the crowded areas, the vegi fields. I even tried soo many new foods involving vegetables that I’m planning on making them here! I just never got a chance to write all that down. I was only writing down the BIG things that happened to me, and well anything bad was big to me, because I idolized Japan. You will have something different. I still have a couple friends in Japan, and they are doing just fine. They love it. And they love their host families so much, that I think I even saw one of them cry when she was told she would have to change. (don’t tell her that cause she would kill me.) And someone else, I had to ride home with on the plane, talked none stop about how all THREE families he had were amazing. So nothing is the same.

But I guess my point is, don’t give up on going on an exchange. Especially with Ayusa. From everything I herd and learned they will help you the most. And even though I was stressing out in Japan I loved it. You just have to know why your going over there, and never forget it! Are you looking for a new home, going over just to learn a language, learning about food. Whatever. As long as you know what you want you’ll get it.

Actually I got EVERYTHING I wanted from Japan. I had to fight for it sometimes, but I got it. I lived the life I expected Japan to be, the first two months, after that I learned about the food I wanted to learn about, and WHY everyone was so fit over there. And I could of learned SO much more if I stayed, but I am not as strong as the others when It comes to leaving my family. I was born in a war zone, so the quiet life of Japan was too much for me afrter a while. But that doesn’t mean it will be the same for you.

Everyone has different tastes. We all learn something different.

So again PLEASE don’t give up just because of my blog. If I could I would love to rewrite a lot of it. But everything I was thinking about then was different to what I am thinking about now. And it has only been two weeks.

So just give it a try, do it your own way. Don’t make your jugments off of me, make them for yourself. You will never get anything by just Reading about it. I know I tried. So again. I am sorry I had changed your mind about this program. But you’ll miss a lot if you don’t go. Go for yourself and no one else. And when you come back… brag about it till your friends and family threaten you to stop. Its fun. :) I promise.

Laters,

Wade.

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