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Hey guys!
To tell you the truth, not much has been happening in the last week. I have spent nearly all weekend on the internet sorting out final preparations for japan and italy, chatting with travel buddies trying to sort out itineraries and packing. I went out and bought a massive bag to fit all my clothes in - will be dividing them between my backpack and this bag so that i have two bags to take to japan - need 1 for the week of training and one bag for everything else... Was nice to chat to my brother and sister in law for a while, and to heather - one of the girls i met in amsterdam in november and who i will be meeting up with in siena for a weekend with maria... other then that, back into the routine of work tomorrow and saving up my hard earned money for the trip.. will be having dinner with sarah and michael on wed night at wagamamas to wet my appetite for japanese food and soon ill be living on the stuff - im so excited! Ill update next weekend - but nothing much happens during the week at the moment - pretty much work, then dinner, tele and sleep - cause i have no money to go throwing around... chat soon :-)
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