S$7.20 Groceries at Georgie’s S$67.00 Bus ticket to Bangkok S$12.00 Taxi to GMC RM3.00 Meal at bus stop

THEN: I’m on the bus at a rest stop and I just noticed there are three monks on board - cool. So my departure was pretty rushed. I called the bus company to reserve a spot and told them I’d pick it up the next day - this was the 10th. For a variety of reasons I was unable to pick up the ticket until today at 1400, leaving me 2.5 hours to take the MRT and bus back to school, pack, and then go back. By the time I got back to campus it was 1510. I packed as quickly as I could and went to the bus stop. Just as the local bus arrived I realized I’d taken my ticket out of my wallet when I removed the receipts, so I ran back to my room, calling a taxi on the way. The taxi got me there in 20 minutes - 10 minutes early.

All this excitement, and I hadn’t even left Singapore.

NOW: Yeah that was cool. The only not so great part ended up being that the aircon in the bus was on high and you couldn’t turn it down. I had some trouble sleeping.