I never thought this departure would rattle me, but it did. My entire 5 days in Brunei was pleasant and entertaining thanks to Desmond for the most gracious hospitality I’ve ever encountered—something I was very surprised for as his dad insisted on paying for all of my meals—and his friend Pei Yi, who accompanied us [...]

My menial 8-hour flight from Melbourne to Kuala Lumpur was punctuated by an incident when I wanted to purchase a AUD$9 meal (some BBQ chicken) and the air stewardess told me that they don’t accept foreign coins. This put me to a spot as I only had mostly coins with me, and how the eff [...]

My 15th and final day in New Zealand will technically be short—sleeping at the Christchurch Airport (the lengths I go to save a wee bit of money), then checking in at 4am, in preparation for my 7am flight to Melbourne. My Nintendo DS has been fully charged plus I have a depressing book—read halfway—in the [...]

I’m at the waiting area for my flight at LCCT. This is all completely surreal. It has yet to completely sink in. So in 24 hours a myriad of possible bad lucks threw themselves at me and I’ve managed to fall sick – bad sore throat, running nose, and what felt like a coming fever [...]