pre-AO

The gang's all here.

Pictures so far:
* cuddling for warmth in the cold (BRING SWEATSHIRTS!)
* me in the oversize baggage chute
* Aya in a luggage cabinet
* Jessa playing on the escalators

Things done without pictures:
* dinner at Biwa, the restaurant of a JASCer from the 55th JASC
* learning how to tie knots creatively

JASC starts tomorrow.
(Eep!)

whoopsie daisy

Apparently the excitement of the final push was too much for me and I forgot to update.

Countdown:
until JASC: 2 days.
until I leave for the train station to head to pre-AO: 20 minutes.

The past year is about to be realized.
Whoah.

This is what my excitement looks like:

What do you eat before JASC?

Tomorrow, the eight American Executive Committee members will meet in Portland.

Tomorrow, there is no schedule yet, I am making it as I type this.

Tomorrow, we're going to figure out how we're going to divide 5 girls and 3 boys into two rooms.

Tomorrow, is the beginning of JASC 60. kind of.

So

Today, I had myself a feast.

Question: What does a vice chairperson eat before a huge conference like JASC???

Answer: 5 bowls of rice, 3/4 pound of sirloin steak, a bowl of salad with sesame dressing, and a bottle of Coronita.



I am now ready for JASC. What are YOU going to eat before JASC???

Today was my last 7am Saturday morning meeting.
I'm so happy.

Just over a week...

...until 18 Amadeles arrive at Reed.

Hidemi and I decided we're very nearly giddy with excitement.

we're getting so close

Before July is over, I will have eaten dinner with the Consulate General from Japan.

Sweet.

Stitch. This isn't meant to be mean...

I have a Stitch piggy bank, a lovely gift from Jenka Eusebio. Jenka was in the same RT, and I was using my money recklessly in Tokyo last year, so she gave me a piggy bank. Ok, she was in my RT, but I wasn't a crazy money spender.

While I was staring at this Stitch... a friend's face just popped up and replaced Stitch's face...



Yes, we have a Stitch look-a-like in JASC 60. And we're going surfing in LA. This is going to be a great photo opportunity :D

He behaves somewhat like Stitch too, well, at least he used to. I've heard he has changed. I don't want to sound mean, but this person is pretty much my favorite JASCer. haha

Let me know when you know who I'm talking about. ;)

Hidemi

The Corporation

Jessa, an AEC member, recommended me to watch The Corporation. She introduced me the video several months ago, but didn't have the time to watch it until recently. I've just finished watching part one.

It is strongly biased against the modern corporation, but at the same time makes you think about this huge unstoppable institution that has such a great impact on our everday lives. I recommend you all to watch it too, especially CSR RT! but it would definitely also relate to other RTs too. Science and Ethics, Law and Society, etc.

Here is a direct link:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=192012118972057552&q=the+corporation&ei=Cl1-SP_xEp32rAKO3c2RBA

10 days of JASC prep

I'm excited for the Big Showdown.

Ambiguous Excitement

I just realized there are only 11 days until college food.

I think I'm excited?

I FOUND THE VIDEO OF HIDEMI'S NEWS REPORT!

Now why this wasn't posted on the Amadele blog I don't know, but you should all go check out http://jasc60.blogspot.com/ (the Japadeles' blog). At the bottom of the page is a video from the Missoula site visit.

Yay, Hidemi!!

12 days till lift-off

I'm so excited to meet my RT members.

Let this be a challenge to all of you:
Memory RT - or more specifically Chii, Emiko, Hannah, Higa, Noe, Rachel, and Yuichi
- is going to be the best RT of this year's JASC.

Consider that the proverbial throwing of the gauntlet.

CSR meeting on MSN

We just had our second CSR RT meeting yesterday on MSN Messenger.

Although I do not know much about CSR, I firmly believe that our RT will be the best RT in JASC 60. My RT partner leader Yukio Iseki believes this too, in fact, more than I do. Our RT members are ambitious, knowledgeable, and curious. Our Japadeles are planning to host a large CSR conference in Japan after JASC. It is difficult for the amedeles to put together something similar in scale in the US, but we are all going to impact our own local communities in our own ways. Edward Phillips will present to a company that is paying for his JASC participation cost, I will be presenting to the Japan America Society of Minnesota's Corporate Roundtable event, and Peter Weldon is looking into the Business Association of Southern California.

we are looking forward to our stay in LA where we will be talking to a lot of businesses!

Will 30+ hours of joint RT sessions be enough?

we'll see soon...

The Countdown Begins

Only 13 days until Amadeles arrive.

I'm really excited to play Woof-Oink-Moo.

I decided that every day leading up to the conference, I'm going to write something that I'm excited about. If there's something you're looking forward to, excited about, nervous about, respond!