Wahoo!! We got the best news! Looks like my wife has been placed in Mie as well! ... In fact, in the euphoric afterglow of receiving the news, I think I may even have told the person acting as our interface to the JET Programme that I could kiss him >D. (Names have not been mentioned to protect the innocent.)
Thank you to the organisers of the JET Programme for working so hard to make us happy :D. It's such a relief to know that my wife will have a sense of purpose while being in Japan. (Not that she wouldn't have found a sense of purpose, but rather it's so comforting to know what that sense of purpose is before leaving for such a foreign country.) I think it's really a testament to the fact that the organisers recognise the importance of making sure that everyone is comfortable and feels secure when they first arrive. Maybe it's an acknowledgement that we're about to embrace a huge amount of change, and perhaps the organisation is hoping it helps provide a degree of security for us.
Despite the fact that we haven't received definitive proof of where exactly (i.t.o. the city) we're going to be living, I feel quite confident that the organisers are trying their utmost to make sure that my wife and I are placed within a reasonable distance from one another.
So now, it's on to more practical things:
For starters, in exactly one weeks time the Cape Town JETs will have our local pre-departure and orientation meeting. As far as I understand it, the intention is to meet-and-greet, and it serves as a platform to ask any questions we may have.
I'm not sure whether I'm being a bit blasé about it all, but so far, I don't really have many questions... other than questions about medical insurance, which is a bit of a concern for me, and even then, I don't think it's the kind of questions this meeting is intended to answer.
I am looking forward to meeting the other adventurers that will be joining me on this journey :D. For that reason alone I'm very excited about going next Saturday.
In the meantime, we have a lot to do this week:
- Officially request my visa from the Japanese embassy
- Prepare our apartment for rental
- Read the General Information Handbook (200+ pages)
- Familiarise myself with the Accident Insurance Policy Guide (which is a document we received in the post this week)
- Oh... and learn Japanese :D
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