Hello all!
Stephen here. As you may be aware, I am leaving Perth tomorrow night for a 10 day tour of Singapore and Malaysia with Murdoch University's Children's Theatre course. I am going to attempt to use this blog to keep in touch with you all, getting online when and where I can. Feel free to ignore me if you wish. :)
So, in 24 hours time I'll be at Perth International Airport preparing to depart for Singapore. I'm quite excited about the whole thing. It only occured to me this afternoon just how soon I would be leaving. I was exchanging money at the Travelex in Perth when Suki (the polite lady who was serving me) asked when I was leaving and I was shocked to find myself saying "Tomorrow." For the last few months, the trip has been a place for me to anchor the future. To realize that it would start tomorrow threw me slightly.
Still, very excited about the whole thing. Just finished packing my suitcase and I am pleased to report it doesn't exceed the 15kg limit. It mostly consists of t-shirts and shorts as I am informed that it is very warm and humid in South-East Asia at this time of year. Apparently the first day we are there, it will be 31C with 67% humidity. I have all the essentials as well, toiletries, socks, undies, an empty camera and an iPod filled with enough podcasts to last me all three flights and the coach trip. Oh, and the passport. Better not forget that!
The route is fairly simple. Tomorrow evening we fly from Perth to Singapore. Then on Monday, we take a coach across the Singapore/Malaysia border and into Johor Bahru where we will stay and perform two shows before flying to Kuala Lumpur on Thursday. We then do two more shows before flying back to Perth on Monday evening, landing at approximately 5.30am Tuesday morning.
One thing I am looking forward to that starts tomorrow as well is the World Cup. I'm actually in the air when the opening match (South Africa v Mexico) kicks off. I am told that Singapore is football/soccer (take your pick) crazy and there are lots of my fellow Manchester United supporters living there. I wonder how many of these 'fans' will know who Bobby Charlton or Denis Law are. Oh well, at least they have the right idea. Watching England v USA in a Singaporean bar should be quite the experience.
So i'm going to sign off now. Hopefully the next time you recieve one of these i'll be in Singapore and presumably I will have found internet access too. I do hope that this message and all future ones find you well.
Speak to you soon,
Stephen
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Hiya Benji! I'll try to keep track, will probably be reading but if I don't say much it's not coz I'm ignoring you, I'm just a bad friend who occasionally finds it hard to comment on things because I'm disorganised! XD
ReplyDeleteEnjoy the trip!
Loz wanted to comment as well but she has no working OpenIDs, so here's what she wanted to say:
Have fun in Singapore and KL (and best of luck with your shooowsss)! It's a good thing your bag is mainly empty, as you will no doubt be buying a ton of stuff especially in Malaysia where everything is nice and cheap :)
You do get time to go shopping and site seeing right? Is Maz going as well? She can show you around Singapore shopping centers lol.
Watch out for street thieves in KL! And don't leave your bags lying around :B
Loz
Thanks Bek. Send Loz my regards but you should probobly let her know that Maz isn't coming with us. She is doing really well though and sends her love. Gotta get some zzz's now!
ReplyDeleteStephen