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Five more days until I get on my plane to Japan! I'm super excited but I'm also extremely nervous... I've never traveled abroad alone, just my lonesome self getting through the hassle of the airport, a 14-hour plan ride and utilizing a foreign public transportation system. Lots of people travel alone so I'm hoping it's not as scary as I imagine it to be.

I hope I can get good photos and lots of sketches for my spring semester. This will be the only chance I get to do some on-site research for my thesis. This adds to the pressure of this trip A LOT.

But I've never been abroad except for the Philippines. This has me counting down the days with excitement. But so far it's hard to tell if my nerves will overpower my excitement as I get closer to the my schedule departure flight.

If anyone's traveled alone before or have any packing/traveling tips, I'd love to hear them!

On another note, I start my last semester of architecture (B.Arch) at Temple University. Wow. I just can't--I mean, it's really been five years?

Damn.

Just damn.

My eighth deviantArt anniversary is approaching too. In a few more years, I'll be on my tenth anniversary!

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Okay, enough self-revelations.

:heart: April

BTW Commissions are still OPEN and will remain open unless events during my last semester make it impossible to accept anymore. Feel free send me a note or leave a comment if you have any questions!
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:iconladysugarquill:
Also, no matter what airports say, bring any medicine you may need with you. I left my headache medicine on the suitcase, and 9 awfully uncomfortable hours later my head was killing me and could do nothing until I got of the plane :(
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~lilette Jan 6, 2013  Hobbyist General Artist
Oh, gosh. Were you able to get medicine for the plane ride back?
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:iconladysugarquill:
Yep, I kept the pills with me on the handbag and no one said anything XD
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:iconladysugarquill:
The only travelling tip I have is: bring an empty bag. I put my dad's gym bag (which is quite big, but small enough to be allowed on the plane as a handbag) at the bottom of the suitcase. It didn't take space, and it was really useful when I returned with candy and CDs and other breakable stuff.
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~lilette Jan 6, 2013  Hobbyist General Artist
:love: Thanks a bunch! :hug: That does sound like a good idea since I'm trying to get souvenirs for a ton of people! Where did you travel to if you don't mind me asking?
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:iconladysugarquill:
You're welcome! I always bring an extra bag when I travel because too many times I had to juggle 5 or 6 plastic bags on a bus XD

I went to Orlando, to Infinitus and the WWoHP. From Argentina, that's a lot of hours on the plane XD
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~lilette Jan 6, 2013  Hobbyist General Artist
So cool! I've always wanted to go to a Harry Potter convention! Florida is so far from me so I've never been to the HP theme park either. :(
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