In college I was a history major which meant I wrote tons of freakin papers. Five page papers, two pages, 30 pages, you name it I've done it! The introduction was always easy. Wrote a simple explanation of what my paper was about and what I was trying to prove or support then onto the meat of the paper, again easy! The hardest part for me was always the conclusion. Summarizing everything and then restating the validity of it all. I hated writing conclusions!
I would say this is how I feel about Chicago summers. The beginning and middle of the summers are easy and enjoyable then of course the end draws near and bam the cold is back and I'm stuck reviewing everything I did the past two months and wondering what it all meant to me. I hate the end of Chicago summers!
This year will most definitely be different! Because of a strange turn of events at the office I have grasped the opportunity to live the best conclusion of summer EVER! Though strangely enough, I won't be spending it in Chicago!
Bon Voyage, adios, farewell folks, I'm headed on 24 day tour though Singapore, Malaysia and for over half of the trip Thailand! The cities I will be visiting in order are Singapore, Melaka, Kuala Lumpur, Penang, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Ko Samui, Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Lampang and Sukhothai (say those three times fast). I'm going alone but I won't be alone. I am meeting 5 to 6 other individuals that I do not know in Singapore. Together me and my future friends will experience this trip with a tour guide from Intrepid Travels, trains, bikes, buses, elephants and other forms of local transportation. We will be staying in 2 to 3 star hotels and two homes of the locals. I won't be roughing it completely but the itinerary did say something about not being surprised if we have a run in with a squat toilet. Good thing I've been working on my squats all summer, RIGHT!!
I cannot express how excited and nervous I am about this trip! I think it will be the best conclusion to any of my summers to date. And in case you were wondering, hell yeah, I can't wait to be surrounded by Asian men...I mean Asian culture, ha!
