Wednesday 20 June 2007

25 days... 24 days... 23 days...

Yes, it's T-minus 23 days as of today and things are going pretty much right on schedule.

My visa's been approved and is waiting to be picked up, my airline ticket is confirmed and also waiting to be picked up, my traveler's cheques were picked up, I picked up a pair of dress pants and some ties and will be picking up a suit and some new dress shoes. So, in general, just a lot of picking things up.

Most important, I need to go get gifts to thank a very kind Arakawa sensei for taking me under his wing and a very generous Matsuda sensei for providing me with a home-stay. Apparently smoked salmon is quite popular so I'll probably just get some of that. And maybe hedgehogs cuz everyone loves those hazelnut truffle filled chocolate critters. And Purdy's has Turkish Delight too!! If you haven't tried any, you should. It's quite good if I do say so myself, even if Purdy's doesn't make the best Turkish Delight I've had. Considering the alternative is Turkish Delight from Turkey, I guess it'll have to do...

So that's pretty much it. Just a lot of picking things up or planning on picking things up. It's now not nearly as exciting as I thought it was before, but that's ok. I hear Japan's really hot right now so I'll save all my excitement for when I'm being sauteed in my own sweat in the 40 degree heat and 1 million percent humidity. Air conditioning FTW......