TRAVEL JP: DAY 1

So who's excited? Raise your hand (yipee!)

So our call time is 6 in the morning. Arrived hour before at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport with my mum, dad and the love of my life. All the participants were group based on the area were they gonna stay in different prefecture of JP. Me and my other classmates were luckily part of one group, the GROUP E Chiba, Japan wearing pink as our team color.

In our pre-departure orientation at PIA Office, each of us were assigned to pick a partner that will be our buddy in our entire journey. So meet mine, Kimson Albert Valdez my classmate. My pretty buddy, love you always muche!

Okay. The #SelfieQueen'sSelfieOnAPlane :D

Departure time: 9:00am, Manila Philippines

Fading in, fading out on the edge of paradise.

Lunch :)

Touchdown JP :) #TEAMPINK

Arrived past 3 in the afternoon at the Narita International Airport. The cold outside was not a joke. #JapanFeels

Almost an hour trip to our second stop. Hotel Emion, our home for 5 consecutive days.

Merikurisumasu! Greetings from the huge christmas tree on our hotel ground.

Meet my roomates. #FirstDinnerInJP

That's all for today :) Perfect view from our room's balcony. Oyasuminasai JP 

TRAVELJP: The Start of the Beginning

This is it! My first blog about my nine-days-well-spent in Japan. Konichiwa! So before I start, I just wanna share my experience on how blessed I was to be part of the program. And also, I'll give you guys some background about the JENESYS 2.0 Mass Media 7th Batch.

Japan -East Asia Network of Exchange for Students and Youths (JENESYS) is a program planned to promote potential interests towards Japan within the young generation. It is a project advanced by Japanese Government and was announced by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to increase visitors to Japan as well as to facilitate global understanding on Japanese values and daily living.

JICE (Japan International Cooperation Center) was the one in charge in conducting the programme and of course, with the cooperation of other Japanese governments. With their motto "Share knowledge and experience. For our world, for the future", links "Japan's technology, knowledge and experience". You can also visit their page http://sv2.jice.org/jenesys/e/ for more information and for you guys to catch up their other events.

Let the story telling begin. :)

Me and my JENESYS story can be compared to the quotation " If you love somebody (something), let them go. If they return, they were always yours". Cheezy right? Laughs. But I can prove that its true. Last April 2014, I heard from my theater director that the first batch of Jenesys will be held. So I tried the fastest way to complete all the requirements like passports, letters, certificates and others. But unfortunately, I wasn't able to make it on the deadline because of my passport schedule. I feel so disappointed on that time. I cried. Honestly. It feels like, mygad! I just let the opportunity wave in front of me without grabbing it. Still, I continued processing my passport. Hoping that someday, I can use it.

September 2014. AGAIN. I heard a news from my classmates that some of them were qualified to be part of the next batch of Jenesys. And I was like, where the hell on earth am I when the registration was still open? How come I was not inform? Actually I am, but the deadline was over. I cried. AGAIN. Told myself that maybe, I was not meant to be part of it.  Let go. Let it go.

I wish I wish *insert magical sound effects here* TADA!!! The next batch of JENESYS FOR REAL! Because it became mainstream in our room and in our college, all of the broadcasting student were inform about the opening of Jenesys 2.0 Mass Media Programme. And because all of my papers and materials were all set, it was just a click away to Japan. *HOPING AND PRAYING* Week  after, I received an email saying that i have qualified the pre-screening and will proceed to the interview. My heart jumped like I won in a lotto game. So I did my best in the interview. Blessed by the Almighty God, I became part of JENESYS 2.0 Mass Media Program Batch 7. Here's the thing. If you really love something, you can let it go. And if it was destined to you, It will come back to find you. 

Thank you for reading my first story telling on my TRAVELJP. I will post my Day 1 to Day 9 adventure next time so please stay connected :)

#TRAVELJP:TheStartOfTheBeginning

#WHENINJAPAN

Page 1 of 365 Volume 2015

        

                First day, first month, first blog. Hi there everyone. Happy new year! How's your day guys? Hope that you've spent the day well and make the most out of it. Cause I did! :) So far, this is the not-so-boring-new-year to me. Even though fireworks and firecrackers are not as many as last year, the dark sky was filled with colorful lights saying that the raindrops will never affect the nights celebration (cause its raining in our place).

                 My family and I went to church past seven and then get busy in the next hours in cooking and preparing stuffs. Then 12 midnight came. The 2014 in the calendar on my phone is now 2015. The time in my homescreen is now 00:00 with the date 01-01-15. HAPPY NEW YEAR! In 5 months from now, I'll be one of the graduates of PUP and I'll be turning twenteen. My golly, good thing I'm still sixteen-looking. Haha. Four months from now, me and my behalf will be celebrating our 2nd year! (Cheers!)

After eating (burp) I checked my facebook account and then greetings are everywhere. Past 1am, I'm getting ready to sleep but then a guy came into our room asking "tulog ka na?" And I was like, "why are you here? .... so early?" Haha. Because I'm expecting him but not as early as 1am. I thought he'll came past 8 in the morning of January 1. These are on of the nights that will never die. <3.

            We ate a lot, we talked a lot, we laugh a lot. I cleaned his face with eskinol (that I used to do to him). We take a look on our "remembrance thingy", remembering the dates, the places and what we really did. Its a fun thing! We slept together, sharing pillows, blankets, hugs and kisses. What a lovely 2015 to start with. :)

          I really enjoyed writing the first page of my 2015. Spending time with my family and loved one, laughing on one joke, singing with one song, dancing in one music, breathing in one air. Hoping and praying that I can overcome whatever bullshits and hardshits that this year will bring. :) Happy 1st day of 2015 loves!

    Come one let's sing! These are the days we won't regret. These are the days we won't forget. These are the days we've been waiting for. On days like these who could ask for more? xoxo