The Eve of Japan

Ah, the celebratory first wall post- I've deflowered my well- someone had to I suppose, and it was just a matter of time before I did it.
Okay, to the important stuff... the night before I leave. I leave! I'm actually leaving. Or should that be emphasized more with an exclamation mark? Regardless, I'm leaving tomorrow at 1:20pm. They've asked us to be at the airport of course, 3 hours prior to our take-off- something I never understood.
Regardless, I'm leaving. Leaving with 60 other ALTs (Assistant Language Teacher) from Toronto, all going to Tokyo on a marvelous 13 hour flight.
Regardless- I'll be in Japan in 24 hours approximately.
Where has this summer gone by... furthermore, where has this year, these 22 years gone by? I remember the day I applied- looked over my application- referred it to James of course who then looked at it. I remember Jane sifting through it, along with Sarah to capture the true essence of the experiences I had previously- Kasia with her always wise, yet doubting assessments of my judgement (much appreciated). I sent off my application into the abyss of a slew of thousands of application and to this day question why me- yea, why me? Its not that I'm too bold to wonder why I was chosen, but when I look around- I can understand it. If any of you have read "Stuff White People Like", you will know why (great recommendation by the way- thanks so much David).
However, I'm fulfilling something more than what white people tend to do. I'm learning. I'm living abroad. I'm teaching. I'm becoming engrossed with a foreign culture. Learning a new language. Wait, what is it that's different? That i'm not yet too sure of, but I am sure to find out soon enough and after a year maybe this blog page will be full with inspiration for others, or a wall of just collected thoughts. Who knows?!
Why keep a blog anyways? I wanted to make this wall- not because I'm going on an extended vacation, but to improve my writing skills- thanks for the suggestion Jasmine. And furthermore, to give you the best impression I can of a culture that is completely 360 of what we all know to be what is called home.
Think of some questions- I'll answer them and maybe something might spark your interest.
I'm getting very sleepy at the moment and I haven't even finished tying up those loose ends.

All the best for now and please, remember that Japan DOES have technology- I AM still able to be contacted, even more easily than Kingston to Toronto.

I'm really leaving.