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We're back from a very short trip to Lisbon, leaving behind wonderfully fresh seafood and delectable custard pastries. back to the grind of everyday boringness. ha! i see definite signs of holiday withdrawal. time to plan the next one.

planning a holiday is not easy when you have a workaholic travel partner who keeps whining about how getting away for 2 working days is no-go. because of this misalignment of views, we had a very "civilised exchange of opinions" last evening. it was all very civil, nothing got broken, no body got seriously hurt. basically i just voiced my disbelief that he cannot pry himself for the office for > 2 working days. yeps, that's how long we went away for - 2 working days + 1 public holiday + 1 weekend. you'll think the company will collapse or disappear into thin air just because he ain't in the office! or that's what he chooses to believe... had to drum it into him that 1) it is perfectly usual to go off on a vacation for 3-4 times a year when you're on an island (that is also what we used to do in singapore). in any case, you're given 20 days of leave each year to use up within a year! 2) an average length of a meaningful vacation (not a 2-day city hop) is approximately 7-10 days comprising of 5-8 working days + weekend, factoring in 1-2 days for flight transfers because bermuda is really not convenient for travel, not like london or singapore. 3) i differ to his choice of when we go, depending on his workload, so i expect him to compromise on the length because 7 days is not unreasonable! i can only say that work will pile up whether its 2 days or 5 days or even 2 weeks. and it's not like he doesn't check his blackberry. so just deal with it!

even after the very long discussion last evening, he still doesn't agree with points 2 and 3. he thinks spending 2 days in Lisbon was enough. I mentioned that we didn't go to loads of places outside Lisbon e.g. Sintra and Fatima. we didn't go to other cities as well! Portugal is not just the few streets we explored you know! it's way way bigger than that. wah liew. torh hueh ah. (read: vomit blood) just can't get through to him.

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