Final Preparations

Less than three days remain now, before I leave for Tokyo. Everything is comming together at last. I've tried packing all the stuff I intend to bring with me, landing well within the 32 kg limit imposed by the airline. The rest of the things from my apartment, about half of which is books, will be safely locked away in my father's basement. The paperwork too seems to be in perfect order - except for the small fact that I still don't have the ticket in my hand.

Something like that always happens, whenever I go abroad. There's always one vital thing remaining two days before I leave. Some call it bad planning. I call it a fact of life. Either way, I am used to it. So as long as everything else is ready, I see no reason to panic.

And everything else do indeed seem to be ready. I've even said my final goodbyes to most of my friends. Most of them. A few remain, so I still have a couple of lunches to look forward to before departure.

I've spent the day taking care of some financial preparations. I cancelled one of my credit cards, as I won't be needing it during the upcomming year. It would just be lying there, making unnecessary charges to my account. I also bought myself a fresh pile of new shiny yen. I am not much into cash, really... seriously, I hate the stuff, always using a debit card for purchases, but with Japan being as ridiculously obsessed with printed money as it is, I didn't really see I had a choice in the matter.

Now I am leaving for the theater, to watch the second Arn movie. I'll let you know what I think of it.