~July 2007 K-1 Filers~

[Ovaltine Jenkins 5]

I am not sure that you are the organized one But you are certainly trying (joking) Well you better start looking for a place to live if you are serious about the move Have you started looking yet?

[rae_and_scott 1]

why do i have to be the organized one???

Because you are the female, silly!

Sorry, to the 2 men out there, who are actually organized. Didn't mean to generalize so.

[BabyBlueSusie 1]

I am not sure that you are the organized one But you are certainly trying (joking) Well you better start looking for a place to live if you are serious about the move Have you started looking yet?

yea, i basically know where we will live, i just have to finish and mail in the application...perhaps i will do so tomorrow

why do i have to be the organized one???

Because you are the female, silly!

Sorry, to the 2 men out there, who are actually organized. Didn't mean to generalize so.

[Ovaltine Jenkins 5]

Perhaps you will do it and perhaps you won´t That´s how organized you are

[StillThePrettiest 3]

hello peeps; here I am *waving*

[rae_and_scott 1]

Hi StP!

*waves back*

How was the flight?

[Ovaltine Jenkins 5]

Hello Peep

*Waving back at ya*

So you didn´t forget us

[StillThePrettiest 3]

no, of course I didn't forget you; I came running in here as soon as I could to say hi

flight was - better than many, whilst still being a hellish day-long flight

I had been SO worried about them rejecting one or both of my bags - I'm normally so conscientious about keeping within all limits, but this time my hold luggage was 7 kilos over the limit (27kg instead of 20kg), and my hand luggage, egad! 16kg instead of 7 (that was because it had my laptop, and external hard drive, and digital camera - SLR with two lenses - as well as visa paperwork (including the MBE!) and important docs like birth certificates and financial information etc from the UK... all stuff I couldn't ship or post or put in the hold

and when I showed up to check in - NO line whatsoever - the first thing the girl did was ask to weigh my hand luggage! no one has ever done that before

and she warned me it was far too heavy and I got all freaked out but I didn't have any trouble after that... no one at security even glanced at me, and I tried to lift it in to the overhead locker like it wasn't heavy (THAT was a challenge ), and then I locked it up and just left it up there at Bangkok (normally I bring my hand luggage with me but we didn't have to this time)

went and had a 45 min massage in Bangkok airport; I'd found the place last time I was there, but too late to have one, so this time I went straight there

45 min for 9 quid! and it was EXCELLENT

and then at the other end everything was super speedy! we must have been one of the first planes to land, and I went through immigration in about ten seconds (no line there either), and there was a bit of a wait for my big bag, but no more than maybe ten or fifteen minutes - they were already coming off the belt when I got there, I just had to wait my turn - and then customs was a breeze; I didn't have any prohibited items, so I told them that, and they told me to just go straight out

so then I beat my parents there and was standing about waiting for ten or fifteen more minutes and when my mum arrived she felt really cheated that she hadn't seen me come out from behind the glass doors

had some breakfast with the fam, and gave out some gifts, and went up to see my Grandma with my dad, and my parents and I had some lunch at a local marina, and then I had a little sleep, and now here I am again

(sorry for the long post... the internet went down in the meantime, so while it's been re-connecting I've just been typing away )

[*julez* 124]

Sound like a pretty good journey! A 45 minute massage would be an amazing treat!! We've been peeling wallpaper for days now, so a good rubdown sounds a real treat!

It must be so great to see your family again! I hope you are enjoying yourself!

Never apologize for long posts. I always love to read what you have to say!!

[rae_and_scott 1]

We've been peeling wallpaper for days now...

Ugh, I did that once, and I don't ever want to do it again in my life!

Glad the airports were a breeze StP. That massage sounds fabulous. Actually, just being in Bangkok airport sounds really cool to me (I've never travelled to that part of the world; the furthest I've ever been is Brasil).

[Jeraly 4]

I just realized that to file for AOS costs $1,010.00!!!!!!! Is this TRUE?!?!? How can they possibly charge that much for an application fee?!?!?! This is absolute ROBBERY

Yeah - although I thought it was $1050 so I got a pleasant surprise I should really start going through the AOS stuff so I can make a list of all the things I need to do

hello peeps; here I am *waving*

YAY!!!!!!!!!! STP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YOU MADE IT!!!! Miss you already

[*julez* 124]

We've been peeling wallpaper for days now...

Ugh, I did that once, and I don't ever want to do it again in my life!

It was particularly exciting when we discovered in the front hall under the layer of paper, there was paint under it with 3 more layers of wallpaper under that! Good times.

Edited April 30, 2008 by julezabelle

[Ovaltine Jenkins 5]

I am glad your flight went so well STP You must be all excited now Hope you are having lotsa fun and don´t forget to pick up Dave at the airport soon

Julez that must be painful I bet at the end of the day you are too tired to give each other a massage, right? How many rooms do you have to strip down? I hope it´s almost finished and that you can go for a nice massage or spa somewhere nice

[Ovaltine Jenkins 5]

Actually, just being in Bangkok airport sounds really cool to me (I've never travelled to that part of the world; the furthest I've ever been is Brasil).

Being in Bangkok sounds pretty exotic but also a bit scary Wouldn´t like to become some drug smuggler´s target and be falsly accused of smuggling drugs over there where they are able to put you in jail for life or something like that

[Ovaltine Jenkins 5]

Aly the AOS isn´t too bad Don´t worry