Adventure! Lets go find some!

So! Hello there!

I'm in a bit of an excited mood today. I have been thinking about going overseas to like the United Kingdom or Japan or something and I think I have finally decided to do it! I was actually in the process of saving to do it last year, but as we all know things changed and I missed out on a lot of things I wanted to do. (PAX, London, Otafest...ect.)

So now I am committed, I am not going to let anything stop me. I think I am setting my sights on Tokyo. It's not supposed to be easy, especially for people who have never traveled aboard before but I think I can handle it. I am going to be purchasing a Japanese language program from the internet. It's world classed apparently and I have seen it advertised on television a lot. It's called Rosetta Stone. Apparently it teaches you languages like you were taught when first learning your native language. It's guarenteed to get to speaking and writting within the first lesson. It's expensive though, all the tiers cost something like 500 dollars. Oh well.

I'll be going through a program called SWAP, it helps place you in the new country and gives you some temporary accommodations. I need to save up the 2500 for living expenses though. and of course another 500 for the SWAP costs. Plane fare is a lot cheaper then I thought it would be. I looked online and if you book it far enough in advance it's only 500 each way. Part of the requirements are that I have a return ticket purchased before I leave. At the very least I need to have enough money to buy a return ticket aside from my base living expenses.

I'm really excited, I have talked to several people that have traveled to Japan and lived there for awhile. They all say it's a blast and worth all the hardships you might face. Makes me even more excited. If Japan doesn't pan out or I can't find a job then I will go to the UK. Not as exciting but I have always wanted to go.

I wish I was going now. Haha. I'm super impatient about these things. I don't know when I will be leaving. After Christmas I suppose. The family is all coming together this year and I guess it might be the last time I would see everyone for a long time. Who knows if things end up really good, I might apply for citizenship lol. I don't see that happening but it could. Japan is a very awesome place. A lot of it is very attractive to me, the whole culture is intriguing. Plus I would be the only person in the family to live outside of Canada as far as I know. Can't go wrong with that.

Either case, I here by now vow for all to know. I am going to go on this trip and nothing is going to stop me. Not hell or high water, at the very least by this time next year I will be in Japan or England. Making another blog entry perhaps. lol.

Well that's all I have for now. I have a WIP about the 90's and how much I loved them. Should appear sometime before the end of the month. Oh yeah and Happy Birthday to Mister Elric and Myself. Our births happened at the end of this month.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

Till next time. Wander the shadows and find your own escape. Just make sure they aren't figments of your mind.