I will be leaving for Japan sometime in mid August. So it is about one month before I go. That is a lot of time to complete my certifications, so I'm relaxed a bit. But relaxing means the same old boring time-kill in the office. Thinking of office, let me describe a little experience of politics today. This colleague (I won't mention names) is kinda jealous of me going to Japan on the project. And through some cheap tactics trying everything that she goes in place of me. Although the so called "tactics" are very childish and won't effect me in minutest way but I had never thought that person to be a player of notorious office-politics. I don't like office-politics and I try to avoid being part of it as much as I can. But I too can be a shrewd player in this business. After all, this is my career too.