Sleepless.

I haven't been able to sleep well in the last week (wow, would you look at the time this post is written!). Work has been rather insane for the last month or so, dealing with last minute crisis-es, ridiculous provincial-wide budget cuts from the Ministry, an In-tray packed with projects and work that would almost near the ceiling (ok, abit exaggerated here), people with little common sense (or lack of) who end up creating more work for others, and general annoyance. I believe it's healthy to take a day or two (or weeks?) off work every 3-4 months, when you can. To recollect, refocus. Lack of public holidays between New Years and Spring Break sometimes make me crazy! Actually, it's work that sometimes make me go crazy.... and it often makes me hate people in general. meh.

The Mr. and I will be off for the next 10 days to the Land of the Rising Sun and my hometown, Hong Kong! We're pretty excited as this will be our first time traveling together. No, it's not our honeymoon (we never planned for one). Along with my 90+ year old Grandma, the majority of my Mom's family weren't able to make it to our wedding last summer. So, we thought it'd be nice for us to go back and visit my poh poh and the rest of the family. My poh poh was really really sad when she found out (doctor's recommendation) she couldn't travel to come to the weeding last year. :( I can't believe it's been nearly 10 years since I was back! I look forward to seeing my poh poh (she's a real smart and bright girl, still going to all these places around town on her own, yikes), and my new nephews and niece. I'm also taking this opportunity to renew my Hong Kong ID card to the new SmartID card. I already made an appointment online so they better not make me wait in line at the Immigration Department for hours like years ago. >:( We're also excited about the side trip to Nippon. We got a deal on this side trip package and thought it'd be nice to go there since we're already in that part of Asia. We may never take a big trip to Asia or anywhere again (not in the near future anyways), so we decided to add on the side trip to make the most out of it.

I'm a little nervous about the side trip, as I've never been there myself and I can't understand the language. I'm hoping my ability to read Chinese/Kanji will help in some way, if we get lost. I have the train system figured out, which isn't too bad as it's rather similiar to the HK MTR subway. Oh well, getting lost will be part of the fun. Hey, if we get lost we won't have to come back to work! Woo!

If you don't hear from me in 10 or so days, it's likely that I got kidnapped (volunatarily) by Hello Kitty or Doraemon. Or I found full-time employment at Hello Kitty Land. I promise to take lots of pictures, though!

Bubye!