Arrived
I have arrived in Japan! Im in the Language centre, which has no computer for students (its true!) so I mooched a moment on the teachers one! I can also find a wifi net in my homestay, but it is very, very weak…
I am still pretty jet lagged and couldnt get to sleep last night for a while and sat up thinking depressing thoughts about not seeing people for a year and not getting to do things for a year etc. It really makes me appreciate the difficulties students who come to NI from asia must have, and even more so the missionaries who used to go out taking their coffin with them and didnt expect to return alive or see their families again… And its only been one night! But I am ok now, just tired! Hopefully I will sleep well tonight.
The earthquake kylie mentioned was off the coast from Sendai, where Natania was short term. It was felt here and as far south as Tokyo, a 7.2 on the richter scale. It caused a tsunami as well, but it was only 10 inches tall!
Anyways must go and stop using this computer and let Miriam show me how to get home!
August 17th, 2005 at 10:25 am
Hey, good to hear you arrived safe and sound. Hope you adjust to the time difference quickly. And don’t worry, a year seems long at the beginning but you’ll be so busy and everything that the time will just fly by *smile*