Back in My Zone

Yep, I am back in the Big Durian after the month-long vacation. Most importantly for this blog, it means that I can once again assume a semi-vegetative state with my laptop and cable TV. That translates to more time online and thus, more time blogging. As you can see, my good I’m-gonna-post-something-during-vacation intention which I declared in the previous post didn’t work at all. Not my fault, really, that the vacation was sooo much fun.

Anyway, for some of the coming posts I’m planning to share my experiences during the trip to the land Down Under. Dip my toes in the travel writing ocean and see how it will go. Although at one point of childhood I wanted to be Lonely Planet’s Ian Wright-slash-travel writer, I’ve never done any travel writing. Of course I’m not counting those corny elementary school assignments where I have to write about what I did during school holiday. You should know that there are numerous ways to “decorate” a dull staycation into an exciting once-in-a-lifetime stuff on paper. So yeah, it will be a new challenge.

As much as I wanted to write something meaningful (now that would be new!), I’m coming down with mild flu. I hope it’s nothing big; the last place I want to spend the rest of my holiday is some creepy isolation ward for H1N1 patients. Right now, it’s rather hard to keep my mind focused enough to write properly. But fear not, for I usually recover surprisingly fast for this kind of illness. Until then, you can enjoy your life unadulterated by my rants.

What am I writing!?

I'm Still Here

In case you're wondering, I am still alive and well. The last time I posted something was two weeks ago; since then I've been on vacation somewhere in the southern hemisphere where road speed limit means the upper limit rather than the lower and where public transport is meant for human. Moreover, I don't want to brag, but I'll still be on vacation two weeks from now and the next academic year won't even start until September. (Ha!)

I genuinely regret my absence for the last two weeks: I think I haven't done enough bashing prior to the presidential election and I really wanted to rant about the result. (However, as in every democracy, I will have to accept and respect it).

The good news is that, for this second half of my vacation, I'll have more free time so maybe I can drop in and type a post or two. Maybe, just maybe. So...move along with your lives and come again soon.