A few days ago, I received my host family information. It's all pretty exciting :) I'll be staying in Tokyo, I've already explored my neighborhood and the district surrounding it with the help of the ever-fantastic google maps street view. It seems like a nice area. It's an eight minute walk from a JR station, as well as a bunch of shops. I have a host sister age 11 and a host brother age 13. I'm an only child, so it's going to be a huuuuge change for me. I'm nervous, to be honest.
I sent them a letter the day I found out the information. I'm debating whether or not I will phone them this weekend, I probably should... There's unfortunately not much written about the family on the AFS website, I guess I'll just have to wait and find out.
Friday, May 25, 2012
Monday, May 7, 2012
acceptance!
So, today I (finally) was accepted to AFS Japan. I'm pretty happy about it! Despite being in the middle of APs, I've decided to post again.
I'm a junior in high school, and I've studied Japanese for the equivalent of 5 years. I'm currently in AP Japanese, and my test is this Thursday. Needless to say, I'm incredibly nervous. I love the Japanese language. I'm a huge language nerd, and to be honest, Japanese grammar is awesome. It's... beautiful. It's SOV and agglutinative!wow, that was geeky In university, I would like to study Linguistics. I'm fascinated by languages and how they work.
Next year, I might end up studying University Japanese at the college near my school. I hope it works out :)
I'm really looking forward to this program. I was so disappointed that I couldn't go last year, so it's really heightening the excitement this year. To be honest, one thing I'm really excited about is the food. :D I'm interested in Japanese culture, and I like some contemporary Japanese literature. By the way... Last year, I went to a FANTASTIC language immersion camp in conjunction with Concordia University. It was honestly the best four weeks of my life, and I want more than anything to go back some day, maybe even as an instructor. I met so many awesome people and the teachers were excellent. They have a ton of languages, so check it out! http://www.concordialanguagevillages.org/newsite/
Hm, random stuff about me... I've played the piano since I was little, and I sing. I love music and good books. That's about it.
Now to wait for the host family information....
I'm a junior in high school, and I've studied Japanese for the equivalent of 5 years. I'm currently in AP Japanese, and my test is this Thursday. Needless to say, I'm incredibly nervous. I love the Japanese language. I'm a huge language nerd, and to be honest, Japanese grammar is awesome. It's... beautiful. It's SOV and agglutinative!
Next year, I might end up studying University Japanese at the college near my school. I hope it works out :)
I'm really looking forward to this program. I was so disappointed that I couldn't go last year, so it's really heightening the excitement this year. To be honest, one thing I'm really excited about is the food. :D I'm interested in Japanese culture, and I like some contemporary Japanese literature. By the way... Last year, I went to a FANTASTIC language immersion camp in conjunction with Concordia University. It was honestly the best four weeks of my life, and I want more than anything to go back some day, maybe even as an instructor. I met so many awesome people and the teachers were excellent. They have a ton of languages, so check it out! http://www.concordialanguagevillages.org/newsite/
Hm, random stuff about me... I've played the piano since I was little, and I sing. I love music and good books. That's about it.
Now to wait for the host family information....
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