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The only thing more stressful than anticipating moving to another country is the last two days before you travel. We decided to stay for the Easter weekend so we could appropriately say goodbye to family and reap the rewards of Easter feasts. This was generally a terrific idea, but this also means that it's very difficult to get anything done because everybody seems to be closed during holiday weekends. Go figure.

So the past two days have been a flurry of activity. Finalizing seat arrangements, getting our hair done, desperately trying to find Andrea's misplaced backpack, packing, repacking, weighing.

The weight of our imminent departure and the magnitude of our journey has finally dawned on the both of us. It's very hard to pick up and leave all that you've known for the unknown. This, however, is part of the reason we are embarking on this trip. We hope that pushing ourselves to try something completely different and more than a little challenging will reap it's rewards in some way. Perhaps new careers, perhaps new outlooks on life, or maybe, simply, new friends and new memories. In any event, we aim to return changed.

Tomorrow morning we leave the Great White North and by the end of the day we will be in glorious Hong Kong. Tsim Sha Tsui, Victoria Peak, Nathan Road, Macau and Lan Kwai Fong await us. I'm not sure if this trip will be as epic as my earlier trip with the MBAs, but I think I'll remember more of the trip this time through.