This time last year, December 31st 2011, I was on the plane from Vancouver to Winnipeg (my plane route was Jakarta-Tokyo-Vancouver-Winnipeg, probably the longest flight I've ever been at the time). I was alone on that very long journey from home, and I was going to a place that I don't even have any idea what it is going to be like and where I know no one. It felt strange, but it felt great.