The 40 hour journey has officially begun!!! I am blogging to you from the Pittsburgh Airport (which has free wireless if you use Internet Explorer, btw). Both suitcases are on their way and I am currently praying that they don't charge me later on because one suitcase weighed 54lbs and the other weighed 58lbs (only supposed to be 50lbs each). They didn't charge me in Pittsburgh, but the lady said I may get charged at some point because they are heavier. Does anyone know if they actualy do this?
Anyway, I have a lot of books and a lot of magazines (thanks Nitya!) so I will have a lot to do on the plane. Next time I blog I'll be abroad!!
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
One Day Left!
In exactly 24 hours my long journey to Indonesia begins! To clarify, I will be spending a whopping 23 hours aboard an aircraft carrier with an additional 20 hours in layovers***. My dad said that Singapore Airport has free WiFi (actually he pronounced it WeeFee) so I will probably be blogging from there during my long layovers. AMINEF arranged our flights in such a way that most of the ETAs meet up in Chicago or LA before boarding our 15 hour flight to Hong Kong (hopefully we all get along because that is a really long time!).
I finally finished packing my suitcases yesterday. Took a lot of rearranging to get them each under 50 pounds, but after a lot of repacking I was able to do it.
The rest of today will probably be spent eating a lot of my mom's food and watching a lot of trashy American television that I won't have abroad :(
T minus 24 hours!!!
***Update: My father promptly told me that an "Aircraft carrier is a HUGE SHIP that carries aircrafts." Furthermore, he warned me that if I don't fix the error soon my, "friends will laught at [me] if [I] write that [I'll] reach singapore in an aircraft carrier in 24 hours. It would take at least 24 days!!"
thanks dad.
I finally finished packing my suitcases yesterday. Took a lot of rearranging to get them each under 50 pounds, but after a lot of repacking I was able to do it.
The rest of today will probably be spent eating a lot of my mom's food and watching a lot of trashy American television that I won't have abroad :(
T minus 24 hours!!!
***Update: My father promptly told me that an "Aircraft carrier is a HUGE SHIP that carries aircrafts." Furthermore, he warned me that if I don't fix the error soon my, "friends will laught at [me] if [I] write that [I'll] reach singapore in an aircraft carrier in 24 hours. It would take at least 24 days!!"
thanks dad.
Monday, July 21, 2008
Only 1 week left!
When I last blogged, there was still a pretty long laundry list of things that I needed to do and buy. Since then, the list has been dramatically shortened. Granted, I still need to get a lot (namely a year's supply of bug spray, lol) but all of the important things have been purchased (Note: I also got my visa...yay!).
Packing for a year in Indonesia is really difficult and can leave you feeling completely unprepared. Whereas typical relocations involve securing an apartment, signing a lease, buying coffeemakers and toasters, etc. this whole Indonesian move requires very little of me. For the most part, Fulbright and AMINEF are taking care of all of the details -- the flight, our accomodations in Indonesia, etc. This decision is definitely for the best, but believe me, it can leave you feeling like you have not adequately prepared for living abroad. However, we do have a pretty long orienation in Jakarta (3 weeks!), so I am hoping that by the end of that, I'll feel more prepared.
I leave for Jakarta in exactly a week. In fact, at this exact time next week I will be on the plane to Chicago!
Packing for a year in Indonesia is really difficult and can leave you feeling completely unprepared. Whereas typical relocations involve securing an apartment, signing a lease, buying coffeemakers and toasters, etc. this whole Indonesian move requires very little of me. For the most part, Fulbright and AMINEF are taking care of all of the details -- the flight, our accomodations in Indonesia, etc. This decision is definitely for the best, but believe me, it can leave you feeling like you have not adequately prepared for living abroad. However, we do have a pretty long orienation in Jakarta (3 weeks!), so I am hoping that by the end of that, I'll feel more prepared.
I leave for Jakarta in exactly a week. In fact, at this exact time next week I will be on the plane to Chicago!
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Welcome!
Hey there everybody~
As this is my first foray into the world of blogging, please accept my apologies for the mistakes I am bound to make!
As most of you know, I will be living in Indonesia next year as a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant. Since I am still unsure about what kind of Internet connection I will have, I thought a blog would be the easiest way to keep everyone up to date on my shenanigans abroad....
To update everyone on what's happening right now, I just got my ticket from AMINEF (organization that handles all of our paperwork/itinerary/orientation/etc.) via e-mail and I will be leaving on July 31! I got from Pgh --> Chicago --> Hong Kong --> Singapore --> Jakarta. My orientation is in Jakarta where we brush up on our Indonesia (God help me), meet the other ETAs, and go over all of the information we will need to know.
Now I am off to DC to get my Indonesian visa (hoping there are no problems) and celebrate with Nitya and Mark!
As this is my first foray into the world of blogging, please accept my apologies for the mistakes I am bound to make!
As most of you know, I will be living in Indonesia next year as a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant. Since I am still unsure about what kind of Internet connection I will have, I thought a blog would be the easiest way to keep everyone up to date on my shenanigans abroad....
To update everyone on what's happening right now, I just got my ticket from AMINEF (organization that handles all of our paperwork/itinerary/orientation/etc.) via e-mail and I will be leaving on July 31! I got from Pgh --> Chicago --> Hong Kong --> Singapore --> Jakarta. My orientation is in Jakarta where we brush up on our Indonesia (God help me), meet the other ETAs, and go over all of the information we will need to know.
Now I am off to DC to get my Indonesian visa (hoping there are no problems) and celebrate with Nitya and Mark!
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