Packing & Vaccinations

Makin lama, makin penuh, suitcase ku!

I went with Elisa earlier on today to Marion to get some bits and pieces for my trip. I got some of the essential medical supplies like antibacterial cream, painkillers (apparently hard to get?), travel cosmetic bottles and various other things... Some new cotton PJs and heaps of cotton underwear lol.

I got my vaccinations earlier as well... My arm feels like a pin cushion! Tapi harus di-vaccinate, biar nggak jadi sakit... Oh yeah and there is a bandaid on my arm in that picture !

HANYA TIGA MINGGU LAGI SAMPAI AKU TIBA DI INDONESIA! :) Gak sabar lagi.. Pengen ketemu sama teman2 Indonesia ku. Sayang sekali, teman pena ku takkan di Lombok kalo aku di Indonesia nanti... soalnya dia pengen kerja di KL :( Tapi aku bisa ketemu sama Jeng Verra, Mbak Sari & Ari... Dan semoga berteman sama teman2 baru juga :-) Kadang2 aku lupa.. Harus kuliah selama di Indonesia :P Aku mau berpetualang aja wakakaka.

Going Away Party

Earlier on today, I had a going away party at my house with all of my friends. I was really touched by how many people showed up to see me off, and by all of the lovely gifts I got. It was really nice to have all of my friends support me. I was really stressed at first, worrying that everyone was having a good time etc. but then I relaxed and started enjoying myself... After the party, Elisa & Lachlan showed up to take me to dinner at A-Dong. Bon came with us but he had to leave before his food even came out! What a shame :-(

Had a good chance at the party to practise my Indonesian because a few of my Indonesian friends came... dan mereka bawa TAHU ISI! Masakan Indonesia kesukaan ku! Horeee! Makasih mbak jusnita!!!! Thanks to all my guests for coming, I had a great time! Terima kasih banyak!!! Aku gak sabar lagi... Pengen ke Indonesia :-) Ok2 aku add foto2 pestanya...




Sorry if your photo isn't up here... It takes ages to upload the photos and there are too many anyway. I will post them all on Facebook.


Sampai ketemu lagiiiiiiiii ya
Stay x

Packing!!

I have already started packing. As you can see, I've packed the essentials so far!

1 x purple fisherman's pants
1 x Lonely Planet Guide to Indonesia
1 x Lonely Planet Indonesian Phrasebook
5 x suitcase locks (pink!)
1 x passport holder (Pink! ordered from ciaobella.com)
1 x travel wallet (Pink! also ordered from ciaobella.com)
3 x pink luggage tags
1 x kamus (dictionary)
1 x travel pillow
1 x ipod charger & headphones (also.. pink!)

PLANE TICKETS!

I bought a new camera tonight... it's a HOT PINK nikon coolpix s300... cost me $198 from dick smiths... I didn't mean to buy it... I was on my way to Bon's place and I drove past Dick Smiths... Jadi aku putar dan masuk toko nya... trus aku beli kamera baru :P

It Arrived!

I only ordered it yesterday... and my travel accesories arrived today... Im sposed to be doing some last minute studying for my exam.. but I keep looking at them lol. They are soooooooo cute and shiny and PINK! I'll post some pics up later on, after the exam. Well, off to study now! :-)


*1st July* since I have a camera now, I've taken pics of the accesories.... There are more pics on another post :) Here's the travel wallet in detail:

Travel Accessories!

So, I was procrastinating about studying for exams... When I "happened" to stumble across the cutest website called Ciao Bella Travel Products... where you can buy pretty much every travel accessory you could ever want or need... in the cutest colors and designs! After much "oooh-ing" and "ahh-ing" I ended up buying a pink passport holder, travel wallet & luggage tags. It was a bit expensive, for $43 but not too bad. Can't wait for them to come in the mail!!! :D

Check out the passport holder I got and other cute travel goodies

http://www.ciaobellatravel.com.au/main.php?mod=Shop&file=Product&cat=57&pid=1639

A little bit of this, a little bit of that

Sometimes I am so conscious of the fact that people are able to read what I write on here... But i try not to let it colour what I say because I want this to be an authentic record of my trip, from the beginning to the end. Well at the moment I am sakit (sick) which means that I have to take time off of work. Which means I am stressing out big time about finding the rest of the money for my flights (due next monday).... I am STILL waiting for my OS Help Loan, that $5000 would come in real handy any time now. Who knows when I will get it? I was told that it would come in last saturday but it didn't... I'm getting rather cynical about the whole thing really, everyone keeps *saying* that things will happen and then I except them and are let down.

Just found out my vaccinations will be $225 ish dollars... Jesus dont know where I am gonna come up with that money, Ive got only 5 hours this week cuz Ive got exams... And I had to take most of the weekend off, which really hurt my pocket... weekend rates are very nice indeed. All my savings were funneled into my plane tickets and application.. Getting passport stuff... etc etc. Big money, overseas travel is!!! Hopefully after exams end for me next wednesday I'll get some more shifts and then I can save some more. And hopefully this grant will actually come through! I'm gonna head to uni to try to chase it up again tomorrow.

Tak takut lagi

Finally I am starting to feel more self confident about speaking Indonesian :-) I know my Indonesian is not sempurna but it is getting there. I'm learning that it is OK to not ALWAYS know everything that people are talking about, as long as I can understand something I am happy! :-) Anyway, so instead of being takut, I am now gembira about my trip to Indonesia!

BRING IT ON!