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Posted by Beemer on Jun-16-2004 01:18:

quote:
Originally posted by matt.h
if you choose to take the deprive yourself of sleep option before you get on the plane so hopefully you collapse from exhaustion once the planes taken off, just don't do what a friend of mine TRIED to do before his 3month tour of usa/canada...deprived himself of sleep for a good 2-3 days, fell into a deep deep sleep in the airport lounge waiting for his plane to be called...eventually got woken up by a very kind, but irate member of the airport staff. luckily he'd checked in so they were calling his name from the PA system for a good 15-20 mins.

don't think airport staff & singapore airlines staff & passengers will be very happy to see you if that is the case

*rofl* nah i'm too paranoid about anythin goin wrong to let that happen.....i'm the queen of stayin awake if i have to....it's more the looking like total crap that bothers me....oh well - all the more reason to do make-up shopping at changi *lol*

Posted by waXology on Jun-16-2004 01:24:

quote:
Originally posted by Beemer
*rofl* nah i'm too paranoid about anythin goin wrong to let that happen.....i'm the queen of stayin awake if i have to....it's more the looking like total crap that bothers me....oh well - all the more reason to do make-up shopping at changi *lol*

OMG 400!!

Posted by Beemer on Jun-16-2004 01:26:

quote:
Originally posted by waXology
OMG 400!!

hahaha i beat u to 400 and didn't even notice

Posted by waXology on Jun-17-2004 05:12:

Here is some news you all might like

quote:
PvD and Nu-Nrg will play at the Loveparade Demonstration at the Ku'Damm in Berlin on July 10th (Adenauerplatz 16.30 Uhr)

This demo has been organized by Partysan, who always had a truck at the 'real' Loveparade. More trucks and thousands of ravers are being expected to show up to protest for the return of Loveparade (which has been cancelled for 2004)

http://www.fight-the-power.de

Posted by tubby on Jun-17-2004 05:37:

quote:
Originally posted by Beemer
Singapore Airlines of course..hehehe...gotta luv individual tvs for every seat...and nintendo on demand *lol*

stopping over for 6 hours in singapore for some serious shopping at changi...not overnight tho - wanted to spend as long as possible in egypt... so, 8 hour flight to singapore, then 7 hours to dubai, then another 4 to cairo.......considering i'm never able to sleep on planes, i'm gonna be a wreck when i get there i forgot just how much i despise international air travel...grrrr

then in europe, flyin mostly Lufthansa

changi is the world's best airport to pass time in. If you are hungry though, I'd recommend going out through customs, catching the internal train to terminal 2 and on the ground floor, right end as you face the departure area, there's a nice indoor hawker centre, typical s'pore food and prices.
And flying SQ means you get one of the world's best beers. Drink tiger, play super knockout or tennis, time passes easily. and individual tv's aren't all the same, the ones you get on qantas only play games like the basic games you used to get on dos pc's
As for cairo airport, it's pretty rotten. If you look in any way asian, expect to be delayed at imiigration for 3-4 hours

Posted by waXology on Jun-17-2004 05:42:

quote:
Originally posted by tubby
If you look in any way asian, expect to be delayed at imiigration for 3-4 hours

really?

why's that?

Singapore airport was heaps easy to pass time in... i just went shopping its like a city!

Posted by Psygnosis on Jun-17-2004 05:43:

Posted by waXology on Jun-17-2004 05:44:

oh yeah and the nintendo's are crap.. the look like black and white gameboy's!!! that small and shitt... id sudgest just watch the movies.

Posted by tubby on Jun-17-2004 05:50:

quote:
Originally posted by waXology
really?

why's that?

Singapore airport was heaps easy to pass time in... i just went shopping its like a city!

i went through on a flight from london, and they picked out my wife (chinese born), a south korean guy, and from a huge group of french girls the only chinese girl. It seems to be a policy there, cos i've heard rumours of it happening to others as well. They also either speak terrible english or pretend not to speak it just to piss you off, so it'd be pretty scary of you were on your own.

also, don't forget changi has a timezone inside immigration control, and lounges with every cable tv channel showing. Killing time there was the only time i've ever watched the entirety of an amerian football game. But beware the beer prices.

Posted by tubby on Jun-17-2004 07:22:

woo hooo. just got handed my ticket out of this place. As much as travelling is going to mean a lot of work (usually 100+ hours/week) i'm really looking forward to getting away from this office.

Posted by Beemer on Jun-19-2004 02:42:

packing sux esp when ur stressed from dealing with travel agent from hell who screwed everythin up and only picked up tix from sydney 10 mins ago and still has to bring em to me 2nite..........but piece of advice - if u wanna end up gettin 5000 worth of flites for 3000, with the travel agent having to make up the difference out of her own pocket cos of her screw-ups, come to canberra...hehehe

so, now i feel like i have an ulcer, and last thing i feel like doin is leavin everythin that's familiar to me for a year....and my doggy keeps lookin at me with a "please don't go" expression on her face

sumbody remind me this is a good opportunity and i should go make the most of it...........cos rite now all i wanna do is curl up in bed and cry

Posted by eRRaTiK on Jun-19-2004 03:58:

Mr H says:

Posted by waXology on Jun-19-2004 04:02:

aww dont worry its just a little bit of nerves and anxiety.. once your over there you will have the best time.....

there is no doubt you will probably get homesick but just make the most of it... its summer over there so sun = happy hehehe

if not ill take your tickets for you?

Posted by gilmista on Jun-19-2004 05:55:

Its always hard to leave something your so used to for a long time, and like cam said, even during the time away there will be points where you get home sick. But you have to think about the situation in the long run, like in 2 or 3 years time looking back on your trip.. I am sure at that point you would laugh at urself for even remotely being upset about leaving, because you are about to go on an experience of a lifetime. Also think how many people just on these forums alone are freakin' jealous of your opportunity - i'm definitly one of them.

Things will ease the longer you spend there, the more places you see and the more people you meet... dont forget to keep us updated on ur mischievous adventures.

Good luck and have an amazing time !

Posted by PVDsANGEL on Jun-19-2004 06:01:

Don't worry Alli, know exactly how you feel right now. Am so upset and stressing out so bad that if I ate right now I am sure I would just throw up. Backpack is packed but so heavy I will have to remove a lot of things. Have said bye to family and doggies and now time to see Dylan and say bye to him too . Not at all excited about the trip atm. Fingers crossed the travel agent will actually show up at yoru door tonight with our tix

Posted by djway on Jun-19-2004 06:49:

1 word. Europe.

--djway

Posted by misstrance on Jun-19-2004 06:55:

awwww
don't worry alli u will be fine...its only natural for u to feel this way as what ur doing is a HUGE step with u being away from ur family and friends for so long - i don't think i could do it! but yeah as the others said there will prob be a lot of times where u will feel home sick but once ur over there i'm sure u will forget all about it and have a blast!!!

and remember u still have a few au.ta's over there to keep ya company for the first month or so and by the time they r gone u will prob be having so much fun u will wonder why u were freakin out about leaving to begin with

Posted by pinkhelmet on Jun-19-2004 09:25:

i wud do anything to be in your shoes, being left behind its not a good feeling, goodluck with it im sure after the nervousness goes away you will enjoy every moment!

Posted by Beemer on Jun-19-2004 09:29:

awww thanx guys my brain is just fried right now - so much happenin all at once............and i'm sittin here lookin at my stoopid backpack which i know i have way too much stuff in, and wondering how in hell i'm gonna be happy living outta it....and tryin to remember if i've done everythin i needed to do before i leave....and just....i dunno - tis so overwhelming!!! but i'll cope thanks heaps for the encouragement

Posted by eRRaTiK on Jun-19-2004 16:31:

3 words...

amsterdam coffee shop

Posted by Beemer on Jun-20-2004 12:57:

Quick hello from Singapore airport Gotta luv free net terminals...hehehe We really should still be shoppin, but we've spent way too much already on cosmetics (we'll be poor in europe, but at least we'll look good!!) so we're staying away from the shops now!!!

Everything that could go wrong went wrong so far....we missed our original flight outta cbr...then the next one had mechanical probs and couldn't take off.......the one we ended up gettin barely got us to sydney in time for our connection and we almost had a stroke running at olympic speed to get to the gate in time...not fun!!! but we were rewarded by having the whole back row of seats to ourselves, when the rest of the plane was chockablock full...hehehe.....and i just noticed we've got exit row seats to cairo....so, things r pickin up *lol*

on a random note, we just had the infamous singapore chicken rice....for those of u goin thru changi soon, TRY IT!!! it's really as good as it's made out to be!!

okay, now i'm starting to ramble like a crazy woman - forgive me cos im running off about 3 hours sleep in the last 3 days...and my brain is fried from planes............so, i think i'll just shuddup now and go wait for our flight to cairo........i'm actually startin to be a lil excited about it now - bout time it kicked in!!!!

byeeeeeeeee for now - adventure reports coming soon

Posted by waXology on Jun-20-2004 13:01:

quote:
Originally posted by Beemer
Quick hello from Singapore airport Gotta luv free net terminals...hehehe We really should still be shoppin, but we've spent way too much already on cosmetics (we'll be poor in europe, but at least we'll look good!!) so we're staying away from the shops now!!!

Everything that could go wrong went wrong so far....we missed our original flight outta cbr...then the next one had mechanical probs and couldn't take off.......the one we ended up gettin barely got us to sydney in time for our connection and we almost had a stroke running at olympic speed to get to the gate in time...not fun!!! but we were rewarded by having the whole back row of seats to ourselves, when the rest of the plane was chockablock full...hehehe.....and i just noticed we've got exit row seats to cairo....so, things r pickin up *lol*

on a random note, we just had the infamous singapore chicken rice....for those of u goin thru changi soon, TRY IT!!! it's really as good as it's made out to be!!

okay, now i'm starting to ramble like a crazy woman - forgive me cos im running off about 3 hours sleep in the last 3 days...and my brain is fried from planes............so, i think i'll just shuddup now and go wait for our flight to cairo........i'm actually startin to be a lil excited about it now - bout time it kicked in!!!!

byeeeeeeeee for now - adventure reports coming soon

ahhhwicked nice to hear from you..

how the hell you get those seats.. i took like 15 flights on my trip and not once was there free seats!!!

keep us updated!

Posted by tubby on Jun-21-2004 00:01:

travelling alone can get really lonely (i spend 3 months a year o/s for work), but it doesn't take long to get into the groove in new places. When your settling in for a while it's even easier, the worst is when you are constantly moving. As soon as you find good places to eat, things to do, make a few friends, it's time to start all over again.
Probably too late, but in cairo beware of people claiming to be students or otherwise just wanting to practice their english. they're a pain to get rid of and always have a store selling souvenirs. The best way to get rid of them is to tell them you are meeting a busniess colleague.

Posted by webmeister on Jun-21-2004 09:05:

Thread title changed by popular request

Posted by misstrance on Jun-21-2004 10:54:

haha u aren't even gone for a day and already ur back on TA

im glad to hear things r starting to pick up... i was a bit worried after that msg i got from u guys sunday morning!

anyways have fun and keep in touch

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