Hello everyone i just started a blogger but my other blog is ari411.vox.com...Im going to Japan in 3 months!!
Well yesterday I went to the Orientation that AFS requires and it was super fun. Even the food was good. I know you guyz wanna know went on during the orientation...Well it's hard to explain because usually every time its different. The AFS people separated the groups into sendees and parents. In the sendees room, we went over the rules and then we did some activities. We had a couple scenarios that we could possibly face like, being offered a joint...I know I know, dumb right.
But when the returnees came they talked about their experience. Elisabeth went to Germany, Adam went to France, Weston went to Costa Rica and Jillian went to Thailand. Lisa and Adam went for a whole year so would relate to them a little more. And Weston and Jillian went for the summer.
Orientation tested my people skills. And guess what guys?? I have really good people skills. If you didn't have your orientation yet, then talk to everyone there. You'll never now that the person you are talking to has any connection to the country you are going to unless you ask! Little did I know the lady who owned the house we were in was born in Japan!! I would ave never know that because she doesnt look Japanese at all...
I have a new buddy thats going on the plan with me. She is a native Japanese but she left when she was two months old with her parents. So I guess her parents want her to learn more about her culture...
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