I'm here in Calgary

Last day in Canada and I'm stuck having it in Calgary. I guess its a different view than Edmonton but I'd much rather be spending the last day at home and leaving from there. Sleeping on someone else's bed doesn't offer the same amount of comfort that my bed has (especially the tempurmatic orthopedic memory phone mat). But I guess I can't bitch and complain, because if I wasn't staying a friends place, I'd be at a hotel with all the JETs doing who knows what.

Today I had my orientation and met many people on the same journey as me, which makes me feel a little better knowing that I'm not alone. The orientation was torturous as I only had 2 hours of sleep the night before. Not sure what the reson was but I just couldn't sleep. Breaks for lunch, allowed me to go shopping in downtown Holt Renfrew, which had some cheap ass sale going on, just like the Edmonton branch. I spent $200 there, and was able to buy 1 Hugo Boss Tie, a Dunham Tie, 2 pairs of Polo Socks, and 1 pair of G-star Jeans. I saved a lot trust me, it was well worth it to pay $200 for all those. The jeans themselves were originally $210, I paid $68. (They have a sale were they take 20% off the sale price). The ties were about $60, which is awesome for high end stuff, cheaper than stuff at Banana Republic. I also bought a short sleeve dress shirt at BR, despite what you guys think. Goes to show you I don't conform to group mentality! :P

Had Krispy Kreme at night and will probably have it again tomorrow morning for breakfast. The plane leaves at 12:00 tomorrow from Calgary, which will then go to Vancouver. From Vancouver I'll fly to Narita Airport in Tokyo. Total Flight time 10hrs. Lucky for me theres my laptop and a plug in on the plane. Also there's TV screens on the back of each seat. That's sweet. So the big dillema I'll have to solve tomorrow is whether to watch my Japanese Dramas, or the on board movies. The decision will be made when I find out what movies those are. Bet you they suck.

I'll arrive in Tokyo at 3:30 or so (their time), and from there I head down to Shinjuku(a 2 hour drive! wtf), to the Keio Plaza Hotel, where I will have my orientations and my lodgings. Not looking forward to the shared rooms, but I guess I got no choice. Its not like I get to share my room with 2 girls, otherwise it'd be a totally different story. On the 3rd day in Tokyo, I'll pack my stuff and head to Hokkaido, where I get to meet the Mayor, the Board of Education staff members, and then possibly go drinking/eating with them. Should be a very busy week. Hopefully I'll have internet installed ASAP. I can't live without it.

Anyway thats all for me for now. I'll talk to you guys in a bit. Hope you guys had fun at Les' thingy, wish I could be there. I assume that he ws doing his scottish accent bit and then puking half an hour later.