how do you know a person who is miles away and you do not see ? well one way is to write and tell the other person what we are doing, what we are thinking. like i say, next year, i plan to travel more. i am reading up about interesting places. I look up Nagoya because there is cheap airfare from Singapore. but i am not sure yet. Japan around March to April is interesting because of cherry blossom. besides that of course i want to visit Thailand. what would you recommend ? I am not sure about visiting in December because year end got so many things. but a short trip of 3 to 4 days is quite possible.