Yay.... I'm going to Pisa...

Amended that Euro-Asian trip (again)!

LOL, it's becoming almost as interesting planning the trip as going on the trip.

My sister called me last week and told me that Ryan Air was offering discounts on all these flights around Europe. So I checked out their website and of course there were plenty of offers.

I really didn't know which ones to pick but on a whim, I saw Pisa and booked a flight from Brussels - because it was one of the few left.

As it turns out, this fits nicely into my trip.

So here's the amended itinerary:

1st - 5th Feb - London
5th Feb - 9th Feb - London/Sister
9th Feb - 11th Feb - Brugge, Belgium (get here via train)
11th - 12th Feb - Brussels (train)
12th Feb - 16th Feb - Pisa (flight-Ryan Air)
16th Feb - 23rd Feb - Paris (yet to book)

My sis will handle all expenses in Brugge etc while I need to find myself a hotel in Heathrow, Brussels and Pisa and also, book a flight from Pisa to Paris!

Easy peasy as they say!

Oh boy, I'm so excited :)

Yes, I know it's over 4 months away, but there's just so much to consider!

It's pretty tragic when...

I have to create another blog to escape my normal blog!

I figure: who's going to read this anyway, right? I mean, I'm pretty obscure here so I'm safe! It's just that the other blog - you know the fannish one - well, there are people on the friends list saying a lot of things that bother me and I'm finding it very hard to air my thoughts without any repercussions that I fear would come.

So I thought I'd talk about my personal life (or bits of it) here! No one reads this right? It's can be my little place of weird mumblings! :)

Lyn the travel agent called me today and finalise my plane tickets - she's booked me actual seats on the aeroplanes! Meep, I never thought it'd go so fast. I need to buy insurance next and then it's off.

Under 5 months....... yikes!!!

I don't know why but I've always had this fascination with planes. I wanted to know the make and model of the plane ---> yeah, maybe that's the childhood boy in me that never happened.

737 to KL, 747 to London.
777 from Paris to KL
777 from KL to Sydney

Damn those 747 are really packed - 3-4-3 configurations!

I think I cracked my back when I took a 747 the last time.

Job hunt is still going. Don't know if I'll find another job at the end of the year. We're busy at work and I feel sometimes like I need more from life. All work and no play makes M a very very dull girl! I don't hate my job - I just feel like it imposes too many limitations on my life and I constantly have to make amends to fit life around work.

Yay, the Europe Trip is PLANNED!

It's booked and paid for! On Wednesday, I parted with over AUD$1,800 in cash (because credit incurs additional fees) and have booked my flight to London! Here's my basic itinerary:

Jan31: Fly from Sydney to Heathrow
Feb26: Fly from Charles de Gaulle to KL
Mar2: Fly from KL to Sydney

In between all that, I will be in London, Paris and Bragge. I haven't thought of any where else but I might wander around. You know what's funny? It's already September and since my trip is on 31 Jan, it's just under 5 months!

Yeah, holy cow...

I still haven't told work yet. I may just quit and be jobless or hopefully I'll find a new job (and negotiate this)...

It's really not that I don't like my job - heck I am starting to enjoy it, but career wise, I don't think that it's really helping me learn much and I feel stagnant. I don't want to be retrenched 10 years in the future and have nothing to show on my CV because at the moment, that's the scenario.

Also I'm not opposed to my colleagues, but I just don't like the company policies and management. They treat us like shit, truth be told and I know it sounds cliche, but I'd rather work for people who actually do care about their employees.

Yay another update...

So uh, the reason I don't write so much is because I actually have two blogs! One is a "purely fandom" one where I indulge my love for scifi and other related shows, and here is where I'm going to talk about M's life.

Went out with some pals, had dinner and lamented about PCOS. All rather silly whinging really! I worry more about nothing. Worried about not having kids. Worried about getting uterine cancer because mum and her 4 sisters had them and I'm not that far, age-wise from the age when they got them. Worried over my future job prospects. Worried about what I'm going to do with my life.

Anyhow, to stop me worrying, here's something nice to look at:

Pic of the pool I sometimes go to swim (in summer)...




And a pic of the waves hitting the cliffs at bondi: