Travelling!

3 04 2011

Okay, I’m really excited. I have just realized that if I continue putting in the amount into my loan repayment as I am right now, I can leave in a year. I can go travelling in one year! Can you believe it! I am so excited to think about it. I mean, I do not want to jinx it, but I am excited.

And, I met this amazing girl at the place I work, who loves traveling as much as I do. Oh man. And we decided we are going to go traveling together, with two other people, so that as a group of four, we can save on costs and increase safety levels. She is really easy-going and I think we would get along while traveling. I am actually excited about it. I do not want to think about it too much, because then I get anxious and upset that I am not traveling right now. That is why I avoid all talk about traveling, until I am actually on the trip itself. I do want to do a working holiday thing as well after my money runs out, so I can make some money and meet some cool people in Australia or New Zealand.

Isn’t it just wonderful? The opportunity I have to make enough money to go traveling wherever I want. I mean, is it luck or choice? Whatever it is, I am glad for it. I am glad for the opportunity and luck to be born in a country and in a family that enables me to live the life I want, with very few restrictions on it.

Where do I want to go is the real question? I mean, there are hundreds of places to visit and see, and so little time. I am planning, but plans change anytime. The plan right now is Myanmar, Malaysia, Philippines, Japan, Korea, China, Russia, and then the working holiday. Lets see how it actually works out. :) Please wish me good luck in paying off my loan and traveling as soon as possible.


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September 22nd

29 10 2009

I am happy I’m going to Asia, its really exciting, as Bing would say ( a friend I met on my travels). The more I’m travelling, the more open I am to conversing with random people. I’m also not eating as much as before – maybe its just the heat, but I usually have to force myself to eat breakfast and the other meals. The funny thing is that I go from normal – to extreme hunger in 2 seconds flat. It is the oddest thing. What do I have in my bag now? A few t-shirts, two dresses and tights. Very meagre, which I like. I have a 100 singapore dollars for the 1st 2-3 days. The hostels usually go on the credit card. So only have to worry about meals and train. I had an overwhelming sense of relief the minute I shipped those items home. Its so odd, I didn’t realize how worried I was. I also didn’t realize how much I overpacked. I have been eating these nuts since Adelaide – they are just not getting over. I also have a pack of tuna and a sardines pack fr those mornings when I wake up starving. My bag should weigh 13 kgs. I want it to weigh 10 kgs. I will reduce more in the next few days. If 10 kgs, I can take it in the carry on, overhead compartment. All I know about Singapore is that chewing gum is illegal. and its a really clean city. I’m eager to learn more about it. 3 kgs is suprisingly a lot of stuff – I took out a lot of stuff in the morning. Two dresses, jeans, 2 skirts, 1 jacket, one tanktop – 7 items. I dont know if I can take out 7 more items. We shall see. At least all of these items I dont mind throwing at all. They dont hold any special memories like the other items do. I really like jules – really nice guy – we are such an unlikely pair of acquaintances – a Kiwi and a Canadian-Indian girl. I love these serendipitious meetings – He speaks softly.

I could use the pashmina as a shawl and a scarf and a bedsheet. I think I will go sit in the airport and eat. I think 10 days in Singapore, and then off to Indonesia, Malaysia, Cambodia, Vietnam, China. I love the palm trees in Darwin and the Mindil Beach sunset was absolutely awesome. THank you god for giving me the chance to come here.


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My dream trip

30 07 2009

I was thinking about what my dream big trip would be. And I have condensed it to the following:

1. I would be in Australia and New Zealand for a year, travelling a month or two months, living in certain places for 3 months, and working for a month or two here and there – 1 year total

2. I want to go from there to Asia, starting with teaching English in Japan for 6 months. Then I want to travel through India, Tibet, Cambodia, Thailand, Vietanam. Maybe China and Hong Kong would come in there, but probably not – for 3 months each  – 1 year 6 months total

3. From there, I want to do a MBAs without Borders deal in Uganda or some other part of Africa – 6 months paid volunteering in Africa would be ideal – 6 months total

4. From there, I want to travel around Africa – Egypt, Morocco, Turkey, for a bit – 3 months

5. Lastly, I want to go to teach English in Brazil for 6-8 months and then travel around S.America for a year – 1 year 6 months total

All adds up to about 5 years.

That, folks, is my ideal trip, I would be 31 years old by the time I am done with this dream trip. I think I have covered everything that I want to do in this travel agenda. I am excited for the journey, for the journey will never be as we plan it, but the planning is one of the most exciting parts of the journey, and therefore, I plan.

Who knows, I might totally abandon the plan at stage 2 and decide to ruminate further in Tibet, or whatever. But I like the idea of having this plan always in the background.


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Sister’s going to Asia

3 07 2009

Now I don’t know how anonymous I should be, if I should even mention the country my sister is going to, or just say Asia. For now I will err on the side of caution, and just mention Asia. She’s really, really excited and I’m really excited for her. She’s going to have so much fun, she’s doing an internship over there, and I’m so jealous that she’s going travelling, although she’s probably going to be working more than travelling.

It just reminds me that I am going to be going to Oz in two months and I just cannot wait. I just cannot. It’s going to be amazing and I am going to learn so much. Right now, my biggest points of contention are whether I should negotiate an interest-rate with my bank for my student loans before I leave and whether I should buy netbooks for my trip.

Of course, that brings up the point, that is something to talk about. How could I be so irresponsible as to go on a year or two year trip around the world, when I do have a student loan? I should be ashamed of myself, according to so many people out there. And I totally agree with them, that I could have waited another year and then gone on to my trip, and I seriously have debated this for the past 4 months, since April, which is when I decided to do this thing. I just have this feeling deep in my stomach or my heart, wherever it is, that I have to go right now. It is not a matter of instant gratification, because I have waited this long to go on this trip, which was supposed to have happened right after my undergrad, when I decided to grab a full-time job rather than go on a trip around the world, my life-long dream.

I just have this feeling that if I don’t go right now, if I don’t do this right now, I will regret this for the rest of my life, because I will always have some excuse for not going. This year it is the student loans, next year it might be because I would have to buy a new car to replace the crapola car that I have right now ( if I could only put up pictures of it, but the minute I do that, I know someone’s going to recognize it, that’s how infamous my car is), or it might be, because I would find someone, and he wouldn’t be the kind of person to just take off for a year ( but I know I will not find someone like that, because I just cannot be with a person like that). But I just know whatever the reason, I know something else will keep on coming up, which would prevent me from leaving. If not now, when? I say. There will always be another excuse I can come up, why not just blow all the excuses out of the water, and just leave.

So that is the reason I am leaving in two months and I am glad for it. It might be hard, but I have saved up extra money, to help me pay off my student loans, while I’m travelling. That is the plan, let us see what happens.

I’m also really happy that my girlfriend R is coming with me as well. It really gives me the extra-needed push, because this is the only time I know that a person who’s so similar to me and gets along really well with me, is going on the same kind of year long or 2 year long trip as me.


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