My identity management work has been keeping me on my toes but since early August, I’ve been planning a trip to Japan.  And that day is drawing closer and closer.  This Sunday, I’m flying out to Vancouver for a couple of days on business and then on September 18, I’m flying to Tokyo.  I’ll be there for about 2 1/2 weeks, flying back to Canada on October 6.

These past few days have been pretty stressful; the business trip came up all of a sudden and I had to accelerate the preparations I’d been making for my Japan trip in order to accommodate it.  It has been a bit more stressful than I’d like, but I do what I have to do.

One neat little thing that came out of all of this is my new laptop.  I now own an Asus Eee PC.  I bought it because I thought it’d be very convenient for staying in touch while traveling.  With some Skype credit, it becomes a great alternative for telephony as well!  I’ll let you all know how it goes, maybe give a bit of a mini-review, even.