#pac-rim program

I also just remembered that this is the year when I'll be applying for study abroad programs.

And in a few months I'll know whether I'm going on the Pacific Rim Program. 

I try to imagine how it will change my life, how it will impact me even more than my six-week stay in Japan, but... I know that there will be no way to know until it's over. I might not ever fully grasp it. Just based on my experience in Japan, there's so much that can change a person when you immerse in another culture, and it goes way deeper than any books or guides can ever express... but this time, it could be 8 different countries, with countless individual cultures. There's a Chinese proverb: "Even three miles away, there are entirely different customs."

There's no room for expectations, which means I can't exactly plan a future yet.