Goodbyes
October was the month where I and my partner said goodbye to work, friends and family before setting off on our trip to Australia.
Work gave me a lovely little send off with some Aussie themed desk decorations and lunch. Will miss a lot of the finance team and look forward to catching up when finally returning. Obviously getting a game of darts in.
We had a leaving doo which was frighteningly heavy going, causing a 2 day hangover, as well as eating out with different family members and friends almost every night over the last 2 weeks in the UK. Operation 12 stone for 2025 is well and truly dead with project 14 stone on the horizon, at the time of writing!
The hardest goodbye was with the family dog. I got in as many good walks and treats as I could but the sad eyes at the end was like he knew I was going, and didn’t know when I was coming back. He’s got me through some of my worst times and leaving him hurts. At least he’s off on holiday to wales in November so he’ll be loving life.
An early morning start for the airport and waving off from the parents, we were on our way! 4 days and Singapore to start the trip.
Singapore
We used Singapore Airlines for our first flight after having an excellent experience with them on our travels to Bali. Again they didn’t disappoint. The food was decent, the service was friendly, and one of the best things of flying with them on a Saturday was they showed the live Premier league matches.
We landed at 5:30 am and even this early in the morning the humidity hit like a ton of bricks. Not being able to check in for another 6 hours or so once we got to the hotel wasn’t a pleasant thought after a long flight. After a coke in the air conned lobby we left our bags with reception and went on to Fort Canning for a walk around before returning a couple of hours before check in, luckily the reception staff had mercilessly got our room cleaned early so we could get in to shower and nap.
I will go into more detail of our Singapore travels in another post but over the 4 days we had a brilliant time seeing the sights, soaking in the tranquil feel and eating our way round this beautiful country. A place I’d happily go back to and would even consider living there in the future.
Australia
After a 5 hour flight from Singapore we landed in Perth late on the 30th. After almost eight years I was back in the country I’d had some of my best times in and Fire Heffers first time after her uni semester here was cancelled due to covid. We got through passport control and was off to the hostel.
After checking in we had a little walk in the city centre. There were people bouncing about in their Halloween costumes outside the city’s bars, but all we wanted was some food. After settling for some tacos and quesadillas we headed back to the hostel and had an early one before doing some life admin on the final day of the month before really cracking on with our time in Aus in November.
Liquid Assets Update October
In October I was lucky enough to get some going away money from work and some family which went towards a camera and a new phone before the trip.
My final paycheck was slightly prorated due to leaving work on the 22nd with all my holiday being used also.
So far I’ve been unable to get into my investments whilst away, so I have only been able to update cash for the months figures. Ready for the steady decline to proceed over the next few months :’)
