Time is passing ridiculously quickly! It’s almost the end of January and we’ll soon be celebrating our 5th month of marriage. Tralala. So far so good! :D

We’re making plans (or, haha, I’m making plans) for our June holiday. After what our babied-up friends have told us (go on long expensive wild holidays while you’re still babyless!), we’ve decided to make the most of our babyfree years and travel to places that at least our budget allows. We’re debating between Tokyo and Melbourne!

Personally I’d prefer Melbourne simply because I’m dying to spend some happy afternoons with Jas and Kathryn and other Melbourne friends. Also I’ve been longing to go to Australia for the longest time and finally, finally it seems like it’s the right time to go. BUT, if we do make the trip in June, it would be winter. Blahhhhhhhhh. When shops close at 5pm and ironically the penguins aren’t as active on Philip Island and it’s just going to be bloody cold (although that’s really quite the fun part)(I never learn – I get so miserably cold sometimes but the minute I get back to SG I’m longing for cold weather again). I want to try skiing and I want to see the Twelve Apostles (or what’s left of them). I want to eat gelato and I want to see all the things that make my Ozzie friends not want to come home.

Tokyo is the other option and might actually be a bit more affordable I think in terms of doing things – eating would be fantastic but not knowing a word of Japanese except, er, “arigato” is not going to help either one of us very much. I picture ourselves ending up frustrated and pointing at things and all. Then again, my first years in Bangkok I had no clue of Thai either and I got along just fine!

You can tell I’m a bit more enthusiastic about Australia although the thought of Japan also perks me right up. I would like to do both, haha, but unfortunately the life of a teacher dictates the impossibility of traveling well and often and during non-peak season. BAH.

[6 bends in the road]