In a blink of an eye, its THURSDAY already! OMG. From feeling excited about the end of exams at the beginning of the week, the mood has evolved to "oh shit, its coming real fast." Audit is so blah boring and that's why I'm here for a little escapade.

Planning for the upcoming trip with Chan is #$%^&*. But if I may quote him, "it's a good kind of trouble". Because of leave issues, he is not visiting me in Canada anymore. Means no more Niagara Falls, Quebec City road trip etc. So he proposed a trip in July (the only time he can take leave) to make up for it (and to spend that budget he set aside for Canada)

So… the planning began by laying out 3 options: Taiwan, Japan or Australia. And boy, the evolution in deciding on our destination is too fast and furious to be true. You will see why.

First, I ruled out Australia 'cos I don't really want to experience winter before I go experience the -30 degrees Celsius kind of winter. Enough said, no Australia.

Then, he started researching on Taiwan and was DAMN keen to go Taipei. Night markets, street food etc. No need for more explanation. He did such an intensive research that he has kind of decided which hotel to stay and which airline to take etc. already. In the midst of it, I suggested Hong Kong but he ruled it out 'cos "he is not that interested in Hong Kong". This is an important statement, you will see why later.

At the same time, itchy butt me went to visit the travel agency at BPP and picked up a Japan + Shanghai deal. Awesome price. And got me damn excited about going to Japan for the first time and being able to visit Yenfang to make up for the failed Chancho trip. But he turned it down hastily which kinda pissed me off. But nvm. After a while, he relented and agreed to open up for options again.

So we made a trip down to Chinatown to check out the various big travel agencies. Wow, information overload. Our list started to include Jeju Island + Shanghai, full power packed Tokyo with Disneyland and Universal Studios, Hokkaido to see lavender and sunflower in bloom, other budget Japan + Shanghai etc etc. Of course along the way, we mentioned crazy plans like Maldives and boring ones like Thailand. And I kena scolded when I suggested Batam. Haha.

When we first saw Jeju Island + Shanghai, we were pretty interested. No one has been to Jeju before so we can be the pioneers. Sort of lah huh. Plus can go Shanghai to visit Fang. Reasonable price. Until we found out that we need visas cos we are travelling after 1 July, got a bit sian. And started feeling a little apprehensive about Jeju cos of various reasons.

Full packed Tokyo and Hokkaido was too pricey. If we go then can't spend much. Feel a bit handicapped and Singapore Pools did not offer us the 10,000 on Wednesday evening, so OUT. Although he was damn interested in Hokkaido while I was half hoping for Tokyo. Next time maybe, exchange budget takes precedence.

Then, out of the blue, we started looking at the option of Hong Kong + Taiwan 'cos we have enough budget and time. So him being him, he started his intensive research. Then suddenly, somehow, I don't know how, he got damn excited over Hong Kong and started to rule out Taiwan. @#$%^&*())_ What happened to the "not that interested in Hong Kong"? I have no idea, seriously. From Shih Lin and Ximending, he started telling me about Tsim Sha Tsui, Yau Ma Tei and Disneyland.

Seriously, I wouldn't be surprised if tmr he comes and tell me that he wants to go Africa and feed lions and cheetahs.

But he is happy cos he has a lot of options. I am happy too cos I suddenly get an extra trip, majority paid for. (:

Oh well, we'll see how.