Nak pegi merantau

Now that I'm pretty much done with reservation stuff for my trip, I have time to chill and enjoy my free days. I cant' believe it's barely 2 weeks since I've been unemployed. Time goes by so slowly, and not in a bad way either. At first I was bumming about being laid off (which lasted for about a day), but after deciding that it's nothing personal (they laid me off not because I suck!), things look a lot better.

Within about a week, I decided to go backpacking through Europe for a month. I know this is probably the only chance I have to do this, if I were going to have a family in the next few years. So Europe it is, and I'm leaving 8 days from today. Deciding on a reasonable itinerary was extremely hard, but thank God for Google Earth, and once I mapped everything down on a calendar, it became quite obvious what I will and will not have time for. Thank you also to Tourist #2 for being bersabar, listening to me talking about nothing but my trip, and keeping me company online on my sleepless nights trying to decide on places to see.

It's funny that I will see Iddy again after seeing her not nine months ago, thinking I might not get a chance to go back anytime soon. This trip is going to be very much on a tight budget because (a) Nils is not coming along, so I'm limited to whatever I've saved of my allowance, and (b) My income stream will soon be limited to unemployment checks, so I have to conserve appropriately. But I will make the most of it and will have tons of fun!! I can't wait to see Iddy, Aza, and Faiez!! I sure hope Aza's french is better than mine. And Faiez, you better stock up your pantry for your show-and-tell cooking nanti! Nanti kau buatla desserts bubur ca-ca ke, sago gula melaka ke, ok? By the time aku sampai Amsterdam tu nanti dah kurus sket kot sebab angkut beg sana sini.

So now that rooms and transportation is all set, I'm moving on to reading about the sights and learning a couple of French, Italian, and German phrases.

Ciao!