Brown Nuggets

Playing Tourist

Just returned from Perth where I took another trip down memory lane. This time at Murdoch University (ate at the Asian Caravan - where food is no longer served from a caravan, visited a bustling Bush Court - with the usual Friday flea market and ECA booths, the library, Sir Walter's Cafe and the Student Village), explored Fremantle (Weekend Market, E-Shed, Prison, Shipwrecks Museum, Cicerellos, Jesters) and shopped at Harbour Town. All in the span of 11 hours! And guess what? I'm going again first week of March!

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I shall never again complain about how hot the weather in Singapore (or anywhere else for that matter) is. After experiencing the European winter, I have realized it's better to be a little hot and sweaty than to be walking about all day in soggy shoes, freezing my ass off in the trecherous rain. Europe is a gloomy place to be and I hear that the weather stays pretty much the same (maybe minus the rain) for 10 out of 12 months during the year. Fortunately, the sights are pretty and every street corner and building oozes of history and is worth dozens of photos. If stones could speak, I can imagine the stories they would tell...

In Italy, I visited Venice (even though it was only 5 hours and raining most of the time) + Milan City (Duomo + several other unidentified locations + the shopping street) + San Siro Stadium (where I watched David Beckham play for AC Milan against Reggina). Getting around in Europe is not easy and expensive. Street names all sound alike, most town centres are miles apart, cabs are not readily available and the train system is too complicated for my liking. Still, I suppose a few more trips and I'll be galavanting around like a local. Hope to visit in the summer next time round.

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Planned a 10-day holiday with my mom to London/Paris/Bordeaux from 24 March to 2 April and booked promotional air tickets with SIA. Unfortunately, it seems that my leave has to be shortened to 6 days so we'll only get to do London. Problem is, I'll have to top up like 1.4K to change the return dates! Fabulous. Just fabulous...

Trying to work my way around the situation but can't confirm anything until my roster is released. Crap...

posted by Pocahontas @ 10:05 AM