How time flew by

OK, ever since I posted all my so called artsy fartsy rants to my Tumblr, this blog has only been a space for me to update whoever's out there reading it on my travels but this time I'm going to try to recap of what's been going on since the Europe Trip in June.

I visited Surabaya for a week in August during the Ramadan and I can tell you now that it's not the best time to visit. A lot of the traditional and hawker food stalls are closed and not a lot of restaurants sell alcohol and if they do they have to do it discreetly. Bummer.

Not much have been going on in life afterwards.

I sold my Mesa Boogie Stiletto Ace head and matching cabinet and gotten myself a Marshall YJM100 head and at the moment I'm still looking to sell my Mesa Boogie Mark IV Combo. Any takers? No new effects, no new guitars (well it's too much already), just trying to downsize (yeah right).

No new camera gear although if the newly rumoured Nikon D800 comes out with a built in GPS, I may be getting it and sell my current D700.

Haven't been taking as much photos as I wanted to after the Europe Trip so not a lot of updates on my Flickr. There's only the Melbourne Zombie Shuffle bit.

No new LEGO sets though I had my eye on a couple. Worried of where I'm going to put them once they're done.

Sold my iPhone 4 after upgrading to 4S. Apple has made my dreams come true with the keyboard shortcuts. Still waiting for that battery drain fix though (I now own a car charger since owning the 4S). No biggie.

My couple friend who went to Japan with me last year had a baby in October. Congrats to the both of you, you are now the proud parents of baby X and just like a doctor's beeper, he now controls your lives (just kidding).

Miss mis/adventure wonderland left for Tokyo in search for a better career (and lots of better food…and alcohol) and won't be back for at least six months starting mid November 2011. All the best of luck for the job and food/alcohol search and of course your mis/adventures when you're in Tokyo as well!

I've been playing badminton twice a week now. I had my right foot checked by a physio and have had to wear an ankle brace whenever I play ever since but I might have injured my left one now. Might need to get it checked out too.

Christmas trip back to Jakarta is coming up soon. I have to renew my ID hence the trip back. Will be spending four days in Bali so I'm quite looking forward to it.

I'm also planning on another trip to Morocco, Jordan and Turkey for April. Will see how that goes. A prospective travel buddy is in order and will be discussing the trip in Jakarta and hopefully we can get everything sorted out late Jan/early Feb.

I found out that if you hold an Indonesian passport, you are exempt from having to have a visa to enter Morocco and you can get visa-on-arrivals for Jordan and Turkey but I might apply for the Jordan and Turkey tourist visas ahead though since I wouldn't want to waste time queuing for them just in case the queue is long. Now, if only the Indonesian government can make some kind of agreement with more countries in the world to eliminate tourist visa requirements, that would be super (European Schengen visa, I'm talking about you specifically, gaaaah the horror).

That's about everything I guess…oh also I've finished reading Inheritance. The ending made me feel so so sad.

There, all major events since June up till now summed up.