Confirmed!

Woohoo!!! Confirmed my tickets to Singapore and Japan today. I'll be leaving Sydney on the 20th March to fly to Singapore for a week. I've been there so many times already that I get around the place by myself. Infact I probably know the place better than my sister who lives there. Shoppingwise anyway. I'm sooooooo looking forward to spending the week with my nephews and neice. I was on the phone with them last night and I promised to go shopping and buying them presents. Actually, I started a few weeks ago...slowly accumulating my bribing presents :D I'll be flying to Japan on the 27th to meet up with my bro and sister in law in Tokyo. They have a cherry blossom season there once a year that lasts for just over a week. Hopefully it will be the week I am there. The trees are all blossoming with beautiful pink flowers and everyone takes a day or 2 off to sit under the trees, have picnics and bond with their family and friends. Some companies even organise a day off for all employees to go enjoy the festivities!

I was also talking to my bro about planning a few day trips out of Tokyo to the countryside and get away from the bustling streets of Tokyo to enjoy some of the scenary. Hopefully we can book a day or 2 at the hot springs for some R&R. Don't know how that would work with 3 kids though....interesting....So far my plans are to travel on the Japanese subways and look for people with funny gadgets that support their head/neck whilst they sleep on the train, helmets with suction caps that keep their head from falling....or those portable suction cap handle thingies that you see in emails circulating the web. Oh and go to the supermarket to look for butter that comes in a stick! AHEaHEaHE But i'm going to be dong some research to try and cram as much activities into the week i am there as possible. Sleep is not an option!!!