Xmas shopping!

Wanted to go to the library today - to return my long overdue book and to read in a quiet corner (enjoyed it when I did that a few weeks back). But it started to rain and I got lazy and I decided to couch in front of my PC and blog :P

Went Xmas shopping yesterday - one of the more enjoybable ones in recent years (despite the crowd and tagging along with my sister and cousins :P) Maybe it's because I did not have to take leave to do it (Thanks to KPMG for the SE Day off :)) or maybe it's because I was really focused - I just shopped for Xmas gifts and did not spend unnecessary time in other shops (which I will go back later, probably after Xmas on Boxing Day for the sales!) :P

Xmas shopping loot for the day! The shopping bag next to the Muji bag is one of my faves (a gift from JL!)!

ilovelongvacation - Venice D11

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- D11 in Venice, in Murano and Burano

Fall in love with the islands famed for its glass and lace. Here's a pretty side of Murano!

Solo traveller - Step 1

I finally took my first step to travel solo in 2012! Just booked my SQ flight to Taipei (ticket costs $500+, about $200 cheaper than a few years back) after thinking about it for weeks.

Have been wondering about how it is like to be a solo traveller for the past few years after hearing friends talk about it. Somehow I lack the courage to do it - I always tell myself it's cheaper (and probably more fun) to travel with people :)

Perhaps meeting so many solo travellers in Melbourne last month helped me to make up my mind and give it a try. If these European kids can travel in Australia for a few months on their own, I can surely survive for a week in Taiwan. I have been there, so it is not really foreign to me although I am visiting in a different season and planning to visit new places and stay in 民宿 this time.

It's also a big present for myself - I'm going in the week leading to my 33rd birthday :) I'm definitely looking forward to 2012 where I must really plan for the trip (because there is no one to rely on and share costs this time :P)