We’ve been procrastinating on our decision to go on a much-needed vacation (for Ling, that is!) this December. We’ve been talking about visiting Japan and blogged about it here, but there was just one thing holding us back: that it would be winter – not quite the season that Ling especially wants to go in.<\/p>\n
I was fine going or not going this December, but I did tell Ling that given my academic calendar at work, it’s not going to be easy finding time in June holidays, and September holidays is too subject to variables (i.e. possible staff meetings) Ling might have in school if she’s teaching. Basically, we can’t really run from the reality that if we’re going to Japan, it’s likely going to be during December holidays… this year or next.<\/p>\n
So, Ling decided to go for it last night and we booked tickets with Singapore Air. Lots of the cheaper fares from other well-regarded national airlines had been all booked up, and Ling brackets the Chinese airlines in the same lot as, well, Garuda Indonesia<\/a>. That was despite my telling her that the accidents involving Chinese airlines are more often than not their domestic and not international flights – sigh.<\/p>\n It’ll be a 10 day trip: the longest we can really manage at an emotional level without Hannah. We’ll be missing her badly – but we’re already thinking of arranging regular video conference sessions with Lentor to make sure she still knows us – and we’ll be giving Tokyo a pass this time. The region we’ll be traveling in will be Kansai, and at least Osaka and Kyoto. Nara and Kobe is in the list too but we’ll have to see what we can manage within 10 days.<\/p>\n More to come soon on the planing. :)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" We’ve been procrastinating on our decision to go on a much-needed vacation (for Ling, that is!) this December. We’ve been talking about visiting Japan and blogged about it here, but there was just one thing holding us back: that it<\/p>\n