7000 people living in my apartment building........

Hi all,

Thought i would put a title that gets your attention. It is actually the truth. I got an email from Melissa, a JET who is living in Kawaguchi. She comes home and I am her replacement. Anyway, in the building that i will be living in there are 7000 people also living there. It has its own supermarket, post office, bank and chemist. Plus a few other small shops. And the best bit is that the building has its own post code. How cool is that. Kawaguchi has a population of 500,000 so it is going to be a huge change from Alice Springs. I can't wait.

I just can't believe that there are that many people living in one building. And its own post code????? WHOA!!!!!!!!!!!!

I also found out that I am going to be working in a Senior High School.

I am really starting to get excited now.

Love me

JET Orientation and communication from Japan

Hi all,
JET stands for Japan Exchange Teaching (JET) Program. Anyway, I arrived back from Adelaide today. Paid alot of money to fly down for 4 hours of orientation. But I am so glad that I did. I was starting to think that no information was coming, but they answered most of my questions. We got to talk to past JETs which was good.

I also got an email from an Australian girl who is living and working where I am. She is also a JET. She gave me lots of info on what my apartment will be like and what work will be like.

Love me.

Placement in Japan

Hi all,

I recieved my placement for my time in Japan. I will be in Saitama-Ken. Which is a prefecture, kinda like a province or state. The place I will be in is Kawaguchi. It is right next to Saitama City, which is where I was last year in July. So I will be North of Tokyo. Tokyo is only a short train ride from where I will be. The other Japanese teacher at my school here in Alice is from Saitama City so I will get to see her when she comes for a holiday. I am really excited about going now because i get to go back to an area that I know.

Also starting to get abit sad about leaving my friends and students. My family are already planning trips to see me. And hopefully some of my friends will come see me too.

Love Tubby