Ticking Clock

Hey everyone!

I haven’t posted anything in a while because there was nothing going on. But oh boy! Have things been happening! I am currently in Washington D.C. for Pre-Departure Orientation or as us YESer’s call it PDO. Basically for the past few days all 65 of the finalist going all across the world have been given TONS of information about how to be a wonderful ambassador to our countries and the best way to represent the United States. It was great I was able to see everyone and learned a lot of helpful information about Thailand.

So here I am now at a hotel by the airport I will be flying out of in 2 days. I am trying to avoid the part about how I share how I feel about all of this happening to me. I am not going to lie its difficult. This life changing opportunity does not stop testing your worth. The shear fact that I am doing this is hard to imagine. I am going to do something that is unheard of from where I live. It is like you are having an internal battle with yourself fighting for what emotion that can express how you feel. sadly in the end there is no winner. I will be going through a thing called “culture shock”. So my future posts can be examples of how completely different I will feel at times during my exchange. I am so glad I was able to learn about culture shock the easy way and have someone explain it to me then have to go through it alone!

It is pretty late here so I will be trying to blog weekly not only for my family befits but, it would also be great to see the changes in myself.  I know I wouldn’t do it the first week because I will be so busy with all the change, so after then!

Goodnight everyone!  ราตรีสวัสดิ์

The Thailand Team

Taken in front of the 4-H Center in Washington D.C. The girl in the back right is our group leader who went to Thailand in 2012-2013.

Time slipping away

Today is the 5th of June. I leave in 21 days! HOLY COW. Where has the time been hiding? Tomorrow is the first day of finals and I should be studying instead of blogging but, I haven’t said anything in a month. Sorry, now you know I have a grudge with time. Today I got my flight information to D.C for 5 days of orientation and then they send me off on the 1st of July. I HAVE A LAYOVER IN TOKYO, JAPAN! I will be in japan for 3 hours! That’s so amazing to think about. To be completely honest to the internet. I know this life changing experience hasn’t hit me yet. Because I am pretty sure it would HIT ME in the gut and I will never let go of my mom for a whole year. I truly want this following year to change me into a better person so I can make some small difference in this BIG world. This Friday my sister graduates. She will be going to University of Idaho in the fall and her birthday is right after I leave. For the people “following me” who don’t personally know me. My sister and I are very close. She will be saddest and hardest person to say goodbye to at the airport. And I am saying all this with still not feeling the emotions of saying farewell. I will be adding a lot more to my blog now that school is after Friday. So goodnight strangers!