Travel Log

I went to collect my new passport today. I had renewed it online, and it took less than 5 minutes from the moment I stepped into the ICA building, take a queue number, collect my passport and leave. The efficiency of ICA.

Flipping through my old passport, which had a validity of 10 years, looking at all the customs chop in it, it is like a travel log of all the places I have been to in the last 10 years. My first Europe trip, my frequent trips to Australia, my numerous work trips to countries in the region, and more, are all recorded into the red book.

Much has happened to me in the last 10 years, mostly unhappy and unpleasant events. And this old passport of mine has been with me throughout them all. The good trips, the bad trips, but most importantly, every single overseas trip was a memorable one for me.

There will be new custom chops on my new red travel log, new places to go, new people to meet, new food to be tasted and new memories will be created. And hopefully, what is going to happen in the next 5 years will be better than what had happened in the last 10 years.