what a day!

the drama started when one of my prospects late for our appointment. so, instead of meeting them at 1030AM and meet ccli at 1130AM at Raffles Place. I was still in the office at 1145AM! SO, ccli has to go find her own way and stop the embassy from closing so we can do our application TODAY. (oh yes, the visa application is from 9AM to 12PM)

managed to reach the officer in the embassy on the phone while i was on the train and pursue him to wait up for 10mins and surprisingly he agrees! But he said ONLY 10 mins. RUSH-ed! 12:09PM when i stepped in, really quite amaze by myself of the speed i can walk (semi-run) in my heels.





this is like dejavu for my BSM trip with ccli to cambodia and thailand. We practically rush through the whole trip, including all the breakfast, showers, boarding for transport. oh man! history pls dont repeat itself.

drama 2, not enough $$ for application! seriously, the info from OIR can be quite outdated at times. so, if you're going exchange this sem, please check with the MFA or the embassy website of the country that you'll be going before application. it turns out that it is not $38, its $66 for student visa to turkey. And it doesnt take 6 - 8 weeks according to the info sheet, it only takes 3 days! -_-" i can actually collect it on Friday if i have my flight details.

taking about flight, it is so upsetting that the price for emirates to istanbul went up. form $1214 to $1331 =~( argh! the price i pay for procrastinating, been bitching about it the whole night to most of the gym users i know just now while i was working. sigh, still pretty ypset over it.

OH well, i have a new idea to fly to london and just leave my luggage in a hostel and fly from lon to istanbul! so that will solve the baggage problem. ;)

sometimes, i think my so called plans are so fluid that i dont think it fit to be a plan. plans have to be more concrete than these lil options that i come up with.

BUt, it was a good and fun day after all. we applied for visa, had good korean ramen at lau pa sat, introduced my blog to several ppl. Beverly, Melinda and Alan.





and i learnt that i have to be more decisive! so, i will call up STA and check on the rates and book by weds/thurs for sure!

P/S to Bev: faster book yr tix and come visit me in IST! See you at munich if im going! ;)
P/S to Alan: im sure the slip is the coolest "namecard" you ever receive! :p

15kg baby?!

alright. i STILL have not book my ticket and it is making my really paranoid as the day goes by. Anyway in order to help me in my decision making, i done a lil bag test. Would i wanna carry 15Kg ard with me for 3 weeks?

So, for a start i use my blanket as the base. Thats about like less than 1kg with the bag.



Followed by my dictionaries, dumbbell, notebooks, a bag of old clothes i wanna give away and of coz the newly borrowed Turkey guidebook on the nice places to stay.



And lastly i used 3 bottle of water and my beloveed fitness instructor course book to make up for the last 5kg.



and..voila!~




the conclusions are:
(a) i definitely need to hit the gym more than i do right now.
(b) maybe flying into IST and travelling with smaller backpack is a better idea after all.

flight

was so certain that i wanna fly on the 4th Sept to London, as thats the only day in the first week with the cheapest fare. However! everyone seems to be flying to Istanbul first before heading over the Spain or Greece.

Now, im swayed! =/

to be honest, i have been watching the flight prices everyday and we should really decide and book it now. If not, i will forever be in this state of checking on the prices everyday, but no action.

all this planning has turn into a "sales talk" with cecilia asking me to sell portugal to her, while i asking her to convince me why must we fly into turkey first.

oh man, i need to BOOK a flight to IST or LON and get this over and done with!

Congratulation!