1-month christmas vacation recap (part 1)
Feb. 27th, 2008 11:05 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
elyseI realized that I was absent (i.e. not writing at all) for 2.5 months (during Dec 2007 & Jan 2008), thus missing the occasion to say "Merry Christmas & Happy New Year" :P
During those 2.5 months, I spent 1 month vacationing (Singapore, USA, Mexico, Japan), and the other 1.5 months catching up with work, as it was piling up on me big time.
While vacationing, I only updated my twitter, because that was the easiest & most efficient way to write. Moreover, I got tired most of the nights, since I travelled heavily everyday (especially when in Mexico & Tokyo). Oh, not to mention that I actually had to work while in the US. Yes, work. That simply means: sorting out my neglected & forgotten stuff left in the storage since 5 years ago, which ones to throw away, which ones to donate, and which ones to send to Indonesia. I should've done this years ago, I know, but after the twice rejection of US visa on 2002-2003, I was reluctant & a bit traumatic to apply again.
So I finally got the visa on Sept 2007 (because my whole family also applied for this trip, thus making me easier to get one, for I didn't apply solo), and finally after 5 years, I got to take care of my stuff ~_~
Planning the vacation actually made my life more hectic during Sept to Dec 2007, since I did everything by myself (for the whole family), from preparing the documents for visa applications (to Mexico & Japan as well), searching for the best tour in Mexico (city tour with hotel & food only - excluding flights), finding the best hotel in Shinjuku with the best price & the nicest location (near train station), deciding where to stay in Las Vegas (& searching for online coupon codes), researching for places to go to create a detailed itinerary, etc. Of course, the research took most of my time, as I was really excited with my first trip to Japan. Basically I prepared everything.
So to compensate for the absence of writing, I'm gonna start posting random photos taken during the holiday. Not much though, since I lacked the time to take many many pictures. Next time, I want to have a more relaxing holiday & take lotsa photos!
The (very long) summary of my (long) holiday will be on part 2 (to cut this part 1 short).
During those 2.5 months, I spent 1 month vacationing (Singapore, USA, Mexico, Japan), and the other 1.5 months catching up with work, as it was piling up on me big time.
While vacationing, I only updated my twitter, because that was the easiest & most efficient way to write. Moreover, I got tired most of the nights, since I travelled heavily everyday (especially when in Mexico & Tokyo). Oh, not to mention that I actually had to work while in the US. Yes, work. That simply means: sorting out my neglected & forgotten stuff left in the storage since 5 years ago, which ones to throw away, which ones to donate, and which ones to send to Indonesia. I should've done this years ago, I know, but after the twice rejection of US visa on 2002-2003, I was reluctant & a bit traumatic to apply again.
So I finally got the visa on Sept 2007 (because my whole family also applied for this trip, thus making me easier to get one, for I didn't apply solo), and finally after 5 years, I got to take care of my stuff ~_~
Planning the vacation actually made my life more hectic during Sept to Dec 2007, since I did everything by myself (for the whole family), from preparing the documents for visa applications (to Mexico & Japan as well), searching for the best tour in Mexico (city tour with hotel & food only - excluding flights), finding the best hotel in Shinjuku with the best price & the nicest location (near train station), deciding where to stay in Las Vegas (& searching for online coupon codes), researching for places to go to create a detailed itinerary, etc. Of course, the research took most of my time, as I was really excited with my first trip to Japan. Basically I prepared everything.
So to compensate for the absence of writing, I'm gonna start posting random photos taken during the holiday. Not much though, since I lacked the time to take many many pictures. Next time, I want to have a more relaxing holiday & take lotsa photos!
The (very long) summary of my (long) holiday will be on part 2 (to cut this part 1 short).
