It is MY period of time in which im staying home. I DO NOT want a plan, which is very unusual because i plan what i want to achieve in a day and i would plan stuff for G and i to experience and do together, or activities with my friends (as you can see from my previous posts!). But instead, I'm waking up at any time of the day i want to, I'm sleeping late and am not worrying about the responsibilities of the next day, spending time on the phone and on the internet, catching up over coffee/ beer sessions with close friends either at their homes or in town, relaxing at home with favorite streaming dramas before my favorite time of the day- meeting G.
Although a staycation also usually involves one taking day trips from one's home to a day by the beach, visits to art exhibitions which are in town, and attending local festivals- feeling bummed out from work-activity filled 2008 and daily conscious mental focus on what i need to achieve, i just didn't want to plan for anything, at all. OMG. I'm watching The Hills, The City, Bromance, Gossip Girl, A Shot at Love, A Double Shot at Love, The L Word and Forbes Billionaires series. I can't help it, LOL. It's super mindless! I like!!!! Every morning, through the work day, through the WHOLE year- it's Channel News Asia news, Money Mind, Business Tonight, CNBC and Bloomberg channels, Business Times, Newsweek, etc. It is now, BIMBO payback time!!!! Hahahaha!
Staycations have achieved high popularity in current hard economic times in which unemployment levels are high and discretionary income are at low levels. With the first vacation of the year of 2009 in FEBRUARY with the family to Malaysia, to celebrate Sharon's birthday in Bangkok in MARCH and a surprise trip I'm planning for in MAY because it is a special month of the year. There may be possible trips to Bali and other islands too in between!And then in NOVEMBER and DECEMBER, I'm planning to fly up to Tokyo for Louisa's hen nite in and continue my travel to New York to meet Angie and to LA for Leanna. Hawaii would be nice too! Hopefully, i get to experience it all with you... especially the States. I would love to share with you your haunts and where you used to study too ;) With some investments in mind and the vacations lined up for 2009, a staycation is far less costly than a vacation involving traveling. There are no lodging costs and travel expenses are minimal.
In order to enjoy all staycations and go on these vacations, i'm happy bagging 21 days of annual leave each year and 3 days of family day leave. Since i was trying so hard to clear 07's in 08, it adds up to 48 DAYS for 2009!! Woohoooooooo! Till the merry making and counting the milestones-of- personal-success for 2008 and setting up a new-year resolution list for 2009, PEACE!
Vacation Tip:
Replace 2 vacations (example, to Bangkok) with 2 staycations , to save possibly, SGD $2000. Which you can then use to buy 1lot of Singtel Shares, it pays dividends too!
Employment Package Tip
Always look for employment packages with more days of annual leave. Not only because we want more days of leave to have a LIFE (campaign of work life balance in Australia- NO LEAVE, NO LIFE), but because in recent cases where Some 180 workers at the Westbury Hotel in Dublin city centre have been asked to take whatever holidays they have left from last year and a week's leave from this year's allocation in an effort to cut costs and save jobs- that it doesn't affect one's salary. As compared to taking unpaid leave, and the month end wage is salary is affected.
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