Holidays

Travelling is a big part of every Londoner's life, more so for the Singaporeans and Malaysians who are posted to London on secondment, like myself. The opportunity to see Europe in a relatively cheap way, courtesy of Ryanair and Easyjet, meant weekends are usually spent somewhere in a city outside London and, increasingly, in previously exotic East European town (I use previously as the proliferation of budget airline has led these cities becoming increasingly accessible and losing that bit of exclusivity).

We love to travel and share our exploits with our friends. However, with Xueyan's preparation for CFA exams, we usually have to shelve travel plans for a good 3-4 months and wait with bated breath for THAT first Saturday of June (CFA exams!). Hence we try to plan and book holidays way in advance during those action-less months. Using the holiday as proper motivational tools help us survive the daily mundane work and allow us to witness the colourful European culture, history and participate in sacred true-Singaporean gastronomic appreciation.

And so we are kinda set from now till August, with Brussels/Bruges in June, Edinburgh/Glencoe in July and Iceland in August. And we are not done yet! The coming summer looks really good (despite fears of a looming 23-25C, we definitely dun mind it!) and we are probably going to see more of UK. It's quite odd how we have been in London for 17 months and have not ventured out of London, other than to Cornwall and Hastings.

Work doesn't seem so boring after all!