Wanderlust, this time with a purpose

If it weren't for my fear of riding a cross-country bus and/or train alone, I would have probably visited lots of cities in Malaysia by now. I don't know why, but I feel safer in a plane. One time, I even read a book containing Ethnic Theory of Plane Crashes during a flight, much to the annoyance of my seatmate who gave me an are-you-insane look.

I haven't mustered enough courage to take a bus ride to Melaka yet, even though I have been dying to go there since last year. Come to think of it, I came all the way to Singapore to work. Rode the plane alone. Looked for a flat alone. Went to a totally foreign land alone. And I could not take a bus ride to Malaysia alone! It's ridiculous, really. Maybe it's the fear of sitting beside a stranger in a bus for six hours, or sitting beside a sleeping stranger in a train for nine hours. Or it was a fear induced by watching Liam Neeson's Taken.

When I went to Kuala Lumpur and Genting Highlands in August '09, I took an Air Asia flight, and being a cheapo traveler, I grabbed a seat sale offer months in advance. Now, KL beckons once more and I have only until Friday - yes tomorrow - to decide.

I saw an ad about a Copywriting seminar in Kuala Lumpur and it's happening this Sunday. I sent an email to the organizer and she told me to RSVP on or before Friday. My mind is in Battle of Pros and Cons mode since M0nday.

The Pros:

• It's my first two-day weekend off (after a month and a half) and it's nice to spend it somewhere outside Spottiswoode Park
  
• I will attend a copywriting seminar,will learn something new :)
  
• Nando's peri peri chicken!
• Hello Petronas Towers and Petaling St.!
• Oh, the most important of all: the thrill of traveling alone.
  

The Cons:

• $ Alert: the trip would cost 100 sing or so, including the seminar fee
• Riding the bus from SG to KL. Alone. Will arrive at around 4.30am. Scary.
• I could not drag Melai, my roommate, to accompany me because she just arrived from her HK/Macau trip and she does not fancy KL that much.
  

I have until tomorrow to decide. Help me.