The amount of people who have said Happy New Year in different languages to me today.. ergh. Is it because I’m asian? Yeah okay.

First off my list of as to why CNY is annoying:

1. Firecrackers are going off. (Waking me up!)
2. Means we have to clean the house ( Fuck off, what a stupid reason)
3. Every other asian is getting more red pocket than me.
4. People might come over and I will be forced to greet in asian languages and also pretend I remember them. AND cop the ‘oh you look so brown!’ ‘compliments’.
5. Mum expects this to be the day, I stop smoking, I find a potential husband and I become rich. FUCK YOU!

On the flip side, I have figured out my resolutions:

1. Get rich
2. Get married
3. Stop smoking
4. Make mum proud. (Achieved by the 3 above)
5. Travel the world.

We all know that I can probably only achieve number 5 there. So that’s the good news! This year I’m going for six weeks travelling all over south east asia with Britney, my American friend from San Diego.

Best thing about this trip is it’d be my first real backpacking/just-one-big-ass-long-champ-bag experience! I’m not bringing a suitcase this time which then prevents me from doing what I do on all my other trips, shopping!.

This time it’s all about the beauties of the country and the culture there. Although I’m no asia fan, I can’t wait to ride elephants, see all the temples and just explore. I’m so excited and the dates to leave Melbourne are nearing.

Leaving on the 2nd of February over to Bangkok.

This is how our agenda looks so far:

- Arrive in Bangkok
- Somehow get to Phuket (which I still pronounce fooo-ket)
- Meet Jen
- Swim across to Koh Samui (I can’t swim)
- Ferry to Koh Pang Ngang
- Meet Andie
- Full Moon Party WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOP.
- Ride elephants into Cambodia
- Thank the gods we survived full moon in the temples of Ang Kor
- Somehow end up tubing down the creeks of Laos!
- Get fat in Siam Reap
- Leave to KL, and hit the city!
- Fly to Bali and grab an ancient sea turtle so I can bring it home.

YAYYYYERHHHHHHS.

Let’s see if I make it back alive :]

- June Q.