I thought I'd lost my passport for a while, since I couldn't find it in the place where I usually kept it. Well, after a bit of panicking, and calling Chris to see if it was (for some reason) at the farm, I remembered that the last time I'd seen it was when Edhy was going for his permanent citizenship and I had to give them a photocopy. So I called Shiraz to see if maybe I'd left it with them, but she said I took it home with me that day. But I'd gone back to work after I saw them, so maybe I should check my bag... d'oh!! There it was!
Mental Note: Buy Shiraz a big souvenier :)
I was supposed to meet Grace at 1:30pm, at Central station, so I figured that I'd need to catch about a 12:30 train to get there on time. No problem, thought I, I'll call for a taxi to take me from my house to Seven Hills station at 12:00. That'll give them at least 20 minutes to get to my house and still have enough time to get the train. OK, 12:30 comes and goes and no taxi. I call the taxi company and they say, "oh, no driver has taken the call, we're still waiting." I send Grace a message: "no taxi yet, hopefully I won't be late...". 12:45 and still no taxi. I'm getting a bit annoyed now - I could have walked by now!! So I call them again, and get the same message. 12:50 and still no taxi! So I call them again, and still the same message - no drivers have accepted the call! So I messaged Grace again and said "sorry, definately going to be late now...". Luckily, however, my neighbour was home so I asked if he could give me a lift and it was no problem. I finally got the station around 1:15pm, and Central around 2:10.
Mental Note: Buy my neighbour a big souvenier as well :)
Said goodbye to Grace at the airport. I gave her a little photo frame with our picture in - so she wouldn't forget me, you see - and she gave me some nice chocolates for my mum and I (though I didn't open them until later). Very sad...
The flight itself was rather uneventful. 26 hours long (including two stops) and I'd already seen all the movies (except for "Unleashed" with Jet Li and Morgan Freeman). The food was average (for an aeroplane). Luckily though, I had an aisle seat and the seat next to me was empty, so at least I had a bit of room.
In Thailand (the first stop) I thought I might like to take in a bit of culture (well, as much culture as you can get in an airport!) and try a Thai beer. I only had AU $20 on me, so I changed it for some Thai Baht: ฿600 for $20. The beer only cost me ฿100. So I just hope that when I go back again, I stop over in Thailand again so that I can spend the rest of it! :)