With just under eight hours till my flight, I've only just neared completion of my packing. There are a few final items to pack, which I will do tomorrow morning before I leave.

I can't believe that I'll be leaving Canada for at least four months straight.

It's been a busy past week between the Christmas gatherings and other miscellaneous parties and festivities, along with the errands and final preparations I needed to make for my trip.

So busy that I had actually not considered that I would be leaving the country in less than a week. But now it's finally here and is staring me in the face. I have feelings of excitement mixed with nervousness. I have a lot of sense of uncertainty about the whole thing. I don't know whether I'm worrying too much, or whether I'm actually missing something.

We'll see in a couple days when I actually arrive in Singapore.

A bit bitter-sweet in the sense that I am going to miss a lot of people. I've grown so used to seeing some people quite frequently since I've been in Waterloo for sixteen months.