Monday, June 8, 2009

new updates

I wanted to update about a week ago, when I went to the consulate of Japan and got my VISA!
It was a really exiting thing, because I am one step closer to getting to
JAPAN!

This past weekend was the
Rotary Niagara-On-The-Lake Bike Trek. The weekend consisted of a lot of bonding, picture taking, bicycle riding, and tears! But it was such an AMAZING weekend!The trek was 54KM, and some parts up pretty steep hills! It was so beautiful to ride along the lake side and be able to ride all the way to Niagara Falls! It was a lot of fun, and for a good cause too!
We got our blazers this weekend also, but turns out they mixed up the sizes and I now have a jacket size 18.. I'm a size 8. Think of how big that is! I was so excited to start putting all of my pins on to my blazer, but I can't because now I have to do something about the ridiculous size!
Sadly, it was the last weekend to see all of the inbounds of 08-09 and us outbounds together at one place.. There were so many tears but it was happy because everyone realized the amazing year they had here! I was crying FOR them, I'm quite the emotional person ;) that may be my downfall in Japan!
I had such an incredible weekend, and I find it truly awesome to have been able to met so many great people through Rotary. Every exchange student has changed me in some shape or form, and it's awesome to have met each and every one! It's also nice to know that you have a friend in every country..