Home Sweet Home

I've decided to go to Singapore in the summer.  I'm not really rolling in money at the moment and I'm going to get fucked by shit paychecks for July and August but my visa card is all paid off and I've got a sizable limit (not that I'll be spending that much but it's good to know).  And I've got a bit in the bank.  I've pretty much resigned myself to the fact that I would rather travel than save money and I'll just have to take a loan out for school. 

I've found some really cool looking hostels for CDN$30 a night or less downtown and found return flights for about CDN$500.  I'm going to check out this website Andrew recommended as soon as it's done being a bitch and gotten fixed.  I'll only go for 3-4 days.  I just want to rendevous with friends (Lydia!  And Yukiko, but she's actually leaving Singapore next week so I guess not... I don't really know who else is still there that I would actually want to see) and see the old sights.  Walk down Orchard, go around the old historical area of Raffles, the art museum, Chijmes, Fort Canning Park, eat satay in Clark Quay, have some beers in Boat Quay, eat a shitton of hawker food, maybe swing by and see my old apartment building.  I got that damn multiple entry visa and I'm going to fucking use it at least one more time to make it worth the extra 3,000 yen I paid for it.  I would be stupid not to go because the rate of the yen to the Singapore $ is sweet right now; I can make SG$50 on 10,000 yen.

I've asked Kumiko if she wants to come with me--she mentioned going when we met up a couple weeks ago--but her mom says she can't travel anymore (unless/until she moves out).  I sent a message to Anna cuz she talked about going somewhere but I don't know if she wants to go to Singapore or when her holidays are.  Justin is going to Indonesia in July and maybe we can rendevous in Singapore since it's just a hop, skip and a jump from there.  But I kind of want to go by myself.  I've never done a trip alone--I've done the traveling from point A to B by myself before, but never gone to another country by myself.  (I guess, you could count moving to Japan but that's kind of different.)  I'm kind of getting really excited at the thought of it.  And it won't be scary at all because I will know my way around essentially and know exactly what I'm in for.  And I can do everything at my pace and go wherever I want to go and not have to accomodate anyone else.  It would have been alright with Kumi cuz we both lived there and could go off and do our own things; it would just be catch up for us.  If I went with someone else, I think they would want to do more touristy things which I don't really want to do.  Not that we couldn't split up and do stuff seperately but what's the point of traveling together then?

I'm pretty much ready to book tickets, I've resolved to go regardless of anyone else.  Maybe I should wait until Justin gets his Indonesia travel plans sorted out but I kind of want to just do my thing and make him accomodate me.  I'm thinking the last week of July or the first week of August. 

Now that the site is working, I found I can get a return flight through Cheapoair.com for CD$468 after taxes and fees for the 27th to the 31st of July or the 3rd to the 7th of August.  I'm going to wait until I find out if I hit for tickets to a play before buying because they might give us a different date than the one I requested.  It would also give me a bit more cash in my pocket.  I just hope that the prices don't change much between now and Thursday/Friday.