Bags are packed, everything has been checked and double-checked. My itinerary is set, everything is good to go. I wish I could say I am super excited to get this adventure started. I find myself just excited, not too high, but not too low. Sort of in the middle. Maybe it is because I will have 25hrs worth of sitting on my butt in an airplane to look forward to. But I think part of it has to do with my sub-par performance on the GMAT exam. I was fully prepared and capable of getting the score I needed on that exam. Yet for some reason I terribly mismanaged my time, panicked, and just bombed the last 10 questions in the math section. Which ultimately doomed me. I was really hoping to get the score I needed, turn in all my application material, and be done with it before I leave. Instead, I had to notify Cal Poly and SJSU to put my applications on hold, until I get back and take the GMAT again in June, which sucks, because it hurts my admission chances, due to rolling admission.

But hey, everything happens for a reason! Great triumph rarely comes without at first experiencing great disappointment. I have the will to pass that god-forsaken test. Where there's a will there is a way.  I have already learned so much from this painful experience, it has definitely humbled me.

I know once I land in Sri Lanka, all these feelings of worry will melt away in the warm morning sun. That is assuming the taxi my friend supposedly is going to send me actually is waiting for me.... But that is a story for another time!
I will enjoy my time in Asia to the fullest and I will come back refreshed and ready to slay that test!

Ok.... enough of that depressing crap. On to to the good stuff. My flight lands at 720pm Dubai time. I have decided to explore Dubai during my 7.5hr layover. I will be visiting the Burj Khalifa aka the tallest building in the world. Upon arriving there, I will promptly go straight to one of their many bars and have a cocktail....maybe two. Maybe even grab a bite to eat there as well. Then I will proceed up to the observation deck on the 124th floor and take in the sure-to-be-amazing views of the Dubai skyline. From there, I will watch Khalifa's supposedly awesome water fountain show, take some touristy pictures and just soak it all in. If I have any time left I am also going to try and head over to the Emirates mall, which is supposedly the most amazing, extravagant mall ever. Just walk around there will be awesome as well.

Now see, after just talking about it, I am getting more excited already!
My flight leaves 445pm tomorrow.
Wish me luck!