Finally, after a year of preparation, and applications,
and stress, I finally was able to say that I was ready to leave for Japan. I
felt sick all the way up until I was in the air, even then my stomach was a bit
grumpy. Saying goodbye wasn’t as hard as I thought it would be… But I think
that more had to do with the fact that I was in such a rush. There was no time
to cry about leaving for a year, instead I had to think positive – otherwise negative
emotions really would win.
Going through customs I had a minor hiccup where a
security woman questioned me… I think I looked a little too nervous. I felt like
I was on Border Security. That didn’t really make me feel any better, I have to
say.
On the flight over, it started off being what I
expected. Movies, TV, food. Singapore airlines is so generous when it comes to
food and drink (and it’s certainly delicious) but I definitely didn’t need to
eat the portion size they gave – not that that stopped me. Since I had some
troubles working out the TV remote, the girl next to me on the flight offered
me some help. Eventually we ended up talking and I found out she’s also an
exchange student from Adelaide University! She’s going to London for 6 months
and has done lots of travelling in the past.
We pretty much stayed together from there. She only
had an 8-hour layover, but she let me be her plus one in her KrisFlyer Gold
membership club and so we spent our entire time in there eating the buffet food
and lounging about. We explored a bit before that, but the airport was too
confusing and we didn’t want to walk for too long with such heavy bags. We said
our goodbye’s already as I am writing this, but I’m sure we will see each other
again some day! Not sure what I'm going to do for the rest of my layover (which is is 11 hours in total, 4 hours remaining), but it'll probably just end up be me consuming more food at the buffet. (Thanks Georgia!)
I still feel anxious about the trip and it’s going to
be hard settling in when I get to Japan. But, right now I also feel extremely
happy and I know more good things are to come my way.
Next on the list: JAPAN!ヽ(^。^)丿
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