Letter home

hello again - have to show the new girl around today. she seems really nice. eager to be liked, but not weird at least and she made me laugh a few times too, so think we will all get on well - yay!

but then if Jackie - canadian leaves in June (she and her boyfriend, julian are going to canada to live - oh julian is australian and is also a nova teacher who seems to be camping at our place...oh well only till June (thank the lord as he is a HUGELY pompous annoying know-it-all FIGJAM type) - and it's a bit crowded though might not be if he weren't so incredibly obnoxious - these places really are tiny though!

The new girl is lauren and she is from Ohio - so pretty middle america stuff huh. nowhere exciting like New York, but then maybe that's what makes her nice. There were people from new york at orientation and they were likeSOOOO much more confident than everyone eles! Just like on TheApprentice!

So yeah lots of people from every country to meet here and once things settle in with getting head round job and set up at home then will be able to focus on meeting people. Lots of them are from Canada and say aboot funny :) and A at end of every fricken sentence!

Going out to dinner after work on Sunday with Jackie for her friends b'day so will meet some people then.Think that's why the other girl (stalker one) is annoying me as she is too keen bean and I just want to be able to make up my own mind who I am friends with. Feel like with her I've had no choice! Anyways best get on with day - heaps to do now before new girl wakes up as didn't do it yesterday thinking I'd have today to do it - she arrived 9pm last night!

Think it is fear of losing touch that has made me soo homesick partly, coz felt better yesterday reading emails and knowing people were still there and can still keep in touch - felt very far away when first got here.

It sometimes weird coz i'll go out during the day and really like how everything was interesting and different, but get sad at night coz missed home. When I first got here it was terrible and very surreal at first, like I was walking around on a movie set because everything was just so different and I could just open a door and step bacx into home and familiarity again.

And well yeah sometimes I get annoyed if things are hard - like trying to do anything is a challenge when in another language you know, so sometimes I'd get fed up and miss home, but then at the end of the day.....or definitely at the end of the year I knowI'm going to be glad I chose the challenge and did the different culture thing.

Thank you all soooo much for all your support though. Its sooo good to have friends who are there for you and care so much during a time like this. BUT that makes me miss you more knowing you are such good friends!

Thank you for always being there for me. I love you all so much and I'm glad I went away if only to know how much I'd miss you and how much I value your friendship.

Love Always,
Fernleaf.

p.s. oh and I have grand plans to send parcels of nicknacks and paraphenalia home for you soon as I've got organised and settled also. just takes awhile coz everything takes ages in language barrier and can only do shops on days off, so have to wait a week between, but that's also the days I call home, but I will get there.

oh yeah and I looked on http://www.statravel.co.nz/ and flights are bout$1200-1400. You could probably keep eye out for special deals though and cheaper to book direct with airlines though?airlines that seemed to be cheap were china air...um and others that come up when you search on sta travel.

but of course I do understand how expensive it is and well japan is not for everyone. your lives are for you, so if you are to go anywhere in the world you might prefer to spend the money on a countryyou would like to see, especially since I will be home next year-YAY!!

Anyways, will write more again soon keep in touch, love, me.