travel

Last Tuesday, my friend T (the radical feminist) called me up to invite me to accompany her on a one month trip to Israel. Not just any invite but an "all expenses paid by her dad" kind of trip. I was totally stoked and was touched that I was second on her list of invitees; her girlfriend was first, of course. Unfortunately, like her girlfriend, I am also swamped with work and so, had to decline. I also declined for safety reasons. As much as I would love to travel to Israel, the political and cultural context of Isareal in 2005 just does not appeal to my inner neuroticism. Perhaps in my next life, when I am a Jewish cat.

In other travelling news, chEEse dropped me an email yesterday to let me know about his research scholarship in Taiwan next year. Turns out, chEEse and I will both be in Asia during February and March of 2006 so he will try to drop into Vietnam so we could have coffee; Vietnamese coffee with condensed milk of course! Although, I'm thinking no ice because I'm not inclined to trust the water in Vietnam.