Some things still to do before leaving:
- Defrost and clean fridge. Tip: use an odour neutraliser/ remover in empty fridge. Instant noodles good fallback when cannot use fridge.
- Compile music.
- Pack everything I may need over the next 2 months into a 60L backpack and aim for a max 12kg weight. Phew! Tip: If you are thinking twice about taking something, you probably don't need it.
- Get decent reading material. I heart my Kindle, which is a superb space saver! I've recently bought a physical version of 'Bad Samaritans' by Ha-Joon Chang, which I'm bringing with me.
- Entrust plants to friend.
Preparation has been relatively hectic-free because I've already started my sabbatical a couple of weeks ago. It hasn't been all cleaning and packing. I've been doing a few things I've enjoyed:
- Baked bread
- Cycle training
- Played badminton
- Watched Game of Thrones (still stuck on George RR Martin's 2nd last book - as long as ever, more descriptive than ever, and where's the action??) . Watched this and other movies eg The Help, The Kite Runner, with the Lovefilm 30-day free trial.
- Caught up on Facebook. Sadly realised I'm not a Facebook-generation baby, but one of my recent FB highlights was an uncle finding a tourist guide to Tampin, our cool little border hometown in Melaka/N9.
- Caught up with people. The benefits of a physical meet-up are cups of tea, walks in sunshiney rain/rainy sunshine (it is April in London after all), cultural injections from galleries visits.
A poignant exhibition at the Barbican Centre of stuff the artist's mother has collected throughout her life.
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