Good News!

I've got my visa! In the last few posts I wrote about going to attend MIT bootcamp on Technology and Innovation! Well the great news is my visa to Japan has been issued! In recent years I've had a lot of trouble with my visa applications, so obviously I was very skeptical if I would get my visa! In fact, the visa pick up time at the embassy was at 2.30 and I had to wait one hour before my passport was returned to me with the visa! That was one tense hour! Even though I'm pretty used to picking myself back up from rejections and failures, but it's still disappointing to miss out on great opportunities! Due to my visa issues, I haven't been able to visit Silicon Valley, haven't been able to participate in CERN's humanitarian hackathon at Geneva, Switzerland, missed out representing my company at BETT show recently! Anyway I hope these issues eventually go away! Interestingly I am an invited speaker at Fireside Summit in the UK this September! Let's see if I'm able to go there and speak! I guess this Japanese visa and my MIT experience will certainly help! 

Here is an interesting fact! I am the only Pakistani attending this bootcamp! There could be two reasons for that! Probably no one else from Pakistan applied or I'm a Genius ;) :) :). So now the excitement starts! I have a couple of days to get my hotel bookings and flight reservations done. Planning to fly out on Thursday as the bootcamp starts Saturday! And I have to re-plan how I utilize the extra days I have post bootcamp! Some of the things that I'm looking forward to seeing the cherry blossoms! This is the time of the year to visit! I'm also planning on visiting Akihabara Market which is one of the coolest places for a geek like me! Really looking forward to having a cool time in Tokyo and learning a lot at the bootcamp! I'm planning on blogging throughout my trip, but like previous times I have a feeling, this will remain a plan only! 

Image taken from: https://www.womanandhome.com/travel/best-time-to-visit-japan-55928/