day zero - all (not quite yet) set to go

tomorrow i'll leave for japan. the suitcase is packed (mostly). almost everything is prepared. my last day of work was yesterday and it was a nice day to say goodbye to all of that. i'll miss my colleagues and some of the kids too. not all of them, but yeah. anyway, i don't really know what to expect from the next five weeks. i've got kinda mixed feelings on just about everything. anyway i hope that my usual optimism will prevail and that i will have one hell of a time. i've planned to take a notebook along (you know, one of the paper ones, not the electrical kind) so that i can write down what i've been doing. i've even thought about publishing those entries in this blog. retroactively, if i don't get a chance to do it while i'm over there. if i do get a chance, expect to see at least summaries of what i've been up to in japan every few days. i'll even spread this blog's url to some friends of mine, nice idea, huh.

03/06/07 mülheim an der ruhr, germany