Your Ex - Lover Is Dead by Stars

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I remember this being the one song Ben (more so than the rest of us, followed by myself), Sarah, Shanya and me would start singing out of the blue, randomly, totally spontaneously. That one most memorable day would be one December at Holland V's Coffee Bean into the depths of the midnight, pretending there was no tomorrow, that there was no next page to turn to. We could stop time, we were that invincible. Timeless. And so this song remains etched, especially with its eerie beginning in that sombre almost-dry "When there is nothing left to burn, you've got to set yourself on fire". The lyrics have little personal relevance - that much I must clarify. It's just a beautiful song, picturesque, cinematographic and potent.  

Gone were the days when two months ahead of me is jammed-packed to almost-breathless proportions. It is with a hint of nostalgia that I say this though, because I loved those days and still do.  

Today it once again dawned upon me what few days I have before a whole month of jetting about (literally this time) and suddenly I'm scrambling to settle many many things. In a few days I will be thrown into the epic wilderness for the OBS pre-departure programme! Boy, I'm thrilled, but it's been a long long time since I've seen the wilderness, so it is going to be quite interesting! I foresee being totally drained out from that too - so that's a lot of sleep to catch up on. 

I have exactly a day to rest AND pack (the terror of it) before being on the plane bound for Italy with Sar and Shan! Believe it or not, I feel very unprepared for Italy - if that's even possible. I do wonder sometimes if I am an over-prepared traveller as I was in NYC. Practically every route was thoroughly google-mapped, printed and memorized. Alas something about Italy sounds a lot scarier than NYC though - not knowing any Italian for one might prove to be one heck of an amusement. And somehow choosing to say no to that KL trip and another reluctant but sensible no to that Bangkok trip just so I can save up - in spite of all that, I worry we might run out of cash! Now that's Europe being Europe and I can't pull a Sean Chi (master hedonistic traveller extraordinaire) much as I love to! I feel a tad unprepared. For one, our train tickets from Cinque Terre to Pisa and Pisa to Florence cannot be booked online (the terror!). As with our intended day-trip to Siena and the pass we were supposed to book for Vatican City! :| HAHA Shucks, that's indeed quite some things to settle. I think I fail as a true blue wandering soul, a true blue back-to-basics backpacker, given my need to be prepared. Always love room for flexibility, but seeing it shall be just us three girls in foreign land, I reckon our safety in a notoriously pickpocket-and-forthcoming-men-laden city is very dependent on our planning ahead. I love trip planning though, so here's to a bit more exciting homework before we embark on the trip!

A day of rest after Italy and I'll be heading to Bali with Mom. Left all the planning to mom because she was mad zealous about it, so it's not quite being unprepared - we're gonna be there to chill out!  

I am left with effectively about 2 days to get prepared for the next full month. Boy that's gonna be a ride!