Travel Bits: September 2025

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Last calendar quarter of 2025 beckons..... 


As the last calendar quarter of 2025 beckons, many of us will be looking forward to our long planned year-end overseas vacations or at least planning or thinking of embarking on an overseas trip.

In the month of September, my work schedule as expected, has dropped significantly for me to actually start dreaming of a longer vacation. Of course, I will always be required to do some work while away. But at least it will not be on every single day or require the need to check and reply my office emails every 30 minutes or so and in the process, irk my partner no end. 

I had actually just returned from a weekend trip to Hong Kong on the second weekend of September and this coming weekend, the last weekend of September, I will be travelling to Kuala Lumpur to attend the Malaysia International Pen Show. Short trips, but nevertheless still good short breaks from my usual routine of work and continuous work.

And in last November, I am planning a trip either to Tokyo or Taipei. Still undecided which of these two cities to visit. But the decision and planning parts are actually the most interesting phases of a trip! Agree? 🌏

Rural Hut, Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan (2024)


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