Only the beginning..

After literally years of planning and preparing, months of waiting, weeks of stressing, days of nervous anticipation, a few hours of packing, and a 5hr bus ride aboard the mega-bus I am finally here:

Washington D.C.

I was accepted into The Fund for American Studies' (TFAS) Engalitcheff Institute on Comparative Political and Economic Systems (ICPES) earlier this year.

I will be taking 3 courses (9 credits) at Georgetown University. Yes. I am officially a Hoya, living in Hoya dorms, playing Hoya basketball in the Hoya gym, drinking Hoya water, whatever the heck a Hoya is..

The 3 courses I will be taking include:

Comparative Economic Systems

U.S. Foreign Policy

Public Policy Internship Seminar

But I will also be interning close to 30hrs/wk with the APP, the Asia Policy Point, (an independent, U.S. nonprofit research center that meets the practical needs of executives, scientists, engineers, educators, policymakers, and journalists. Professionals learn to integrate both Japanese information and U.S.-Japan technology and economic policies in their research and strategic planning.)

But pretty much I'll be working on updating their website, filing files into the filing cabinet, and oh ya know, helping out in getting some of their legislation passed on Capitol Hill.. no but seriously, I am. 

I will be touring the White House next Saturday.

I will be attending a Major League Baseball game, D.C.'s own Nationals team.

I will be scampering about all of D.C. seeing all there is to see during the duration of my stay here.

All of this and more, much much more, will be mine in the ensuing 8 weeks. Stay tuned.