Europe Planning

01.53am.. I'm too hungry and too tired to continue searching for hostel for our europe trip. I must say the whole planning process isn't easy. Lots of hurdles that just won't seem to end... and just seem tough to overcome. After spending close to 4 hours reading and searching, i managed to shortlist hostels for 5 out of the 17 nights that we are staying overnight. Not bad i guess. Its just that the whole process is rather tiring. But at least we managed to get something planned out. At least we know that we are close to settling the main issues for the trip - accommodation and train reservations. That is, of cos, after we managed to crack our brains to come up with an itinerary that could bring us to places we wanna go/see/experience in 27 days. Its more or less done and I think its a big achievement.. really. =)

A trip for 5, yet the planning process only involves 2. Sometimes, i do get frustrated that the 2 of us are doing so much for this trip, especially when things don't go smoothly or certain issues just appear from nowhere. I'm not blaming them for no chipping in to plan. Because i feel that its tough to get all 5 of us involved with each planning. And each planning would not be as efficient as it is now. But, I feel that they should at least try and co-operate as much as possible, and do what they can do/have to do on their part. I feel like i'm just tour agent sometimes.

Whats worse is that i haven gotten back my money from all the reservations back from them and there are more reservations to be made. It just irritates me when i feel that they are not pushing hard to pay me back and just simply dragging on. Guess its precisely this point that maybe i feel we are merely "spoon-feeding" all info/planning to them. Its sad that it turns out that way.

Next, we(the group) seem to have varying views on several issues regarding this trip. Alot, alot of differences, which i don't think its appropriate to mention here. I just hope that these differences in expectations are simply due to the fact that we had not shown them the plans yet. Hopefully thats the case. Hopefully...

All the negative issues aside, I'm still glad we made some SIGNIFICANT progress. I can't stand not emphasizing the word significant! Things will have more clarity/can proceed smoothly once we settle those major issues! And i foresee that to be happening soon.. =) And there are still tiny tiny issues to sort out after that.

Someone just transferred money to me!! =) Things aren't that bad after all these complains afterall! LOL.

My expectation of this trip is quite high actually. And i hope it'll end up as how we planned. I'm determined to plan thoroughly for this trip, since its the first time i'm planning an overseas trip to somewhere i never land on before and for such long period of time. I started to question myself if all these trouble is worth it or would it be better to simply follow tours. Haha.. I know i'll not regret all these. Its all about the experiences. From the start of planning to the end of the trip, till we finally touched down safely back to Singapore.

Planning aside, it has been 9 days since i quit my part-time job and i have not settled down to start studying/revising. I really got to get my motivation back.. soon!

Procrastination

As usual, procrastination sets in...

Sometimes, there's just things up there in my mind that i want to do/needs to be done and yet did not managed to achieve.

Its quite some time since the release of this year's A levels results. There's still many issue that i have not thought about or get it all figured out. I have yet to really sit down and consider if SMU econs will be the course that i really like/enjoy/one which i can cope.

I'm desperately trying to secure a scholarship for myself now. Really regretted dragging everything till after NS. Now, i don even know if there's any out there thats suitable for me. Even if i found one, getting accepted is another major issue. SMU LKCSP is completely over. Not that i'm still hoping to get in, but i'm still praying hard that i will get some form of scholarship that will cover my tuition fees. Any one... Conclusion: desperate and hopeless..