Holiday Essentials

March 23rd, 2009

Holiday Essentials

Preparing for a holiday is always stressful. You wanna make sure you’ve got everything cause you really really don’t wanna miss anything out.

To me, there are two kinds of holiday-makers. The Planner and the Floater. The latter being someone who’s only preparation for the holiday is booking the flights. Anything else, he’ll sort while he’s there. He’ll decide where to go and what to do while he’s there.

The Planner on the other hand, knows pretty much everything a tourist would need to know before he even steps on the plane. He knows what he’s doing and where he’s going on any given day.

I am, a Planner. I know where we’re going on which dates and how we’re gonna get there. However, I do have what I call “chill-out” days – Days when we can do whatever we feel like and give the other person a chance to figure what he fancies doing on that day.

Therefore, for this trip, seeing as I’m Singaporean and we ARE flying to Singapore, I have appointed myself to be the organizer. And much to my surprise, I have in fact taken care of everything that needs to be taken care off. Tickets booked. Hotel rooms booked. Ferry booked. Transport to airport sorted. Friends called and notified. Family notified. Facebook invitations for dinner parties sent out. All that needs to be done now is sort myself out!

I do have a little checklist that I go through whenever I’m preparing for a holiday. Seeing as I’ve only got 10 days to work through the rest of the list, I’m not sure how I’m gonna get through it!

1. Haircut

2. Hollywood Wax

3. Full Leg Wax

4. Buy at least 2 new bikinis

5. Beach clothing

6. Sunscreen

7. After sun spray

8. Daily Moisturizer with at least SPF15

9. Camera

10. Set mobile to receive global roaming

11. Travel insurance

12. Convert Pounds to Singapore Dollars.