It's here...

Finally, my Eurostar tickets to Paris are here!

Will be going to Paris this Dec. Spending my first European Christmas and New Year there.

Oh yes, another thing. I'm going alone.

Haha! I know many of you will be like,"What the hell!!!!" But I've always wanted to try something like this. Now, I am going to fulfil my wish.

Looking forward to the whole 8 days of absolute freedom. (From another perspective, it could well be a whole 8 days of boredom too. Haha! cannot think like that. Stay positive!) Going on the 24th which is christmas eve. Don't sleep, wait for christmas day. Coming back on the 1st day of 2007! 31st dec also don't sleep. Wait for 2007. On top of that, quite looking forward to taking Eurostar. Afterall its like a 200 mile train across English channel leh.

Just to let you guys know. I have no qualms about travelling alone. Besides all the Sings going to ski trip. So no one to go with me liao. Haha!

I could well have joined the ski trip. But then again, why should I? When I could get to see the world from MY point of view. Just do what I like, when I like. Free and easy.

Perhaps some of you may have noticed that the term "free and easy" has come up quite a number of times in my blog recently. Don't worry. I am not descending into reclusion and isolation. I am not afraid of walking alone (at least that's what I think now. perhaps life will prove me wrong later...), but I do not actively seek to be alone. Neither do I want to be alone. Companionship is important. But life's not about having someone to go somewhere or do something with you all the time. Somethings you have to do alone,(Of course travelling don't have to do alone lah. But I just want to explore.) and I hope that when the time comes I will have the courage to walk down the path.

Sometimes you just gotta step out of your comfort zone. See what life throws at you. See what you are pushed to do, what you can do, what you have to do. Most importantly, see whether you are the kind of person you think you are. Can you still hold on to your beliefs in hard times?

If you run out of money in a foreign land, what are you gonna do? Will you be resourceful enough? On a lighter note, what if you are bored out of your life when you are abroad? No one to talk to, no one to share your joys and sadness? Will you go further into your cave? Or will you step out and talk to someone?

This trip is not just a holiday trip for me, I guess. It's also a form of training, if I may put it that way. Acutally, more accurately I should call it self-discovery. I know, I know it sounds abit "self-help-ish" but that's what I think.

The only thing that feels abit of a downer is that I'm not going with a girl. Haha! I mean it's Paris for Christ's sake. Eiffel Tower and all. Romantic sia. But hey, who knows? Maybe I won't be alone. Imagine meeting the girl of your life in a city like Paris. Can't get better than that right?

Ooh, I can't wait to go!