Swine Flu......damn it!!!

Sorry for using the swearing word early in the morning..... Yeah! Several years ago some friends planned on going for a trip to Europe & the day after they had discussed about the trip,there was the bombings in London. The plan was cancelled. To the present day,just as we're about to pay for the trip to Europe + 5 days extension stay in London which about 6 of us have had planned 2 months ago to go/make,then comes the Swine Flu. So how?
A concerned friend asked whether we were going ahead with our trip & even went on to say that it wouldn't be nice to be photographed wearing masks. I have not given the answer to the question a thought,yet. See,how it goes! I could write the first lyrics of the song "Leaving on the jet plane"..yes,all my bags (actually one bag) are packed,I'm ready to go! I have the pound sterlings & Euros nicely placed in an imitation LV purse given/bought by a kind friend who throughout her trip in Bangkok was thinking of me. I would transfer some of the notes to another purse given by Mang which she bought in Istanbul recently. (Her daughter brought it over last week when she came here.) Oh ya! Another kind friend even 'lent' me her sterling pounds when she saw I had difficulty getting the currency in Miri. "Ni,bisi aku sterling pounds ti nuan ka ngena dulu..kasih meda nuan begigia ke pounds nya..tang aku enggai di pulai ke nuan duit ringgit. I want it in sterling pounds,ni nemu aku ka kin ila," ko towkay neo Agnes.
(A friend 'lent' to me her sterling pounds when she saw I had difficulty getting the currency in Miri ). I must get hold of another friend,Jacky..I want to borrow her purse so that I won't spend much money at all. Jacky just got back from HCMC & she brought USD$100 only & came back with US$37/-. Masih ada balance. So I must insist she lends to me her purse ambi enda rua...(so that I won't over spend)
Ha..ha..ha..
If everything goes according to plan,6 of us shall be going to Rome first,on 30th May by Thai Airways. It shall be a Roman/Italian gawai.. my second trip to Italy,1st trip to Austria,3rd trip to Switzerland,Germany,Belgium,Holland,France & England. I'm surrendering my plan to God. A 50th birthday treat for myself & after that no more long distance travelling for me. I call it quits!!
Adios..Bye-bye..stay put in Miri.
I'll continue another day.....