The day I depart to Aussie Land 2

I forgot to mention in my previous entry, but during the time I was about to pass through the departure gates, I faced abit of trouble. My Japanese passport had a re-entry permit issued by ministry of manpower, which was due 16^th of June, my ORD date. The attendant noticed this and asked me to go to the special counter to see the senior attendant.

The problem was she thought I was coming back to Singapore as a PR, so I needed to renew my re-entry permit. But later, I explained to her that since I renounced Singapore citizenship, I would come back to Singapore only as a foreigner. Once the misunderstanding, which was partly due my part, was cleared I was ready to go.

When I boarded the airplane that would bring me Melbourne, I remembered I sat beside this couple of Chinese men. From their accent, I was sure they were from mainland China. One of them was sitting at window seat, which was supposed to be mine. I thought it was not very mature of me to make a fuss out of it and ask for the seat. However as the plane took off, I regretted for not sitting by window to bid my farewell to Singapore, and to catch a glimpse of its night scenery for one last time.

Oh well, I thought to myself, I did enough of it a month ago when I left for Japan.

I could not sleep well for the rest of the night, thanks to someone sitting few rows behind me who was snoring his nose away. I wished I could stand up to him and smack his head. It was a crime to sleep in such bliss at expanse of one’s comfort.

I tried to kill my time by watching movies. The only sleep I had was only an hour or less during the dawn.