Geek travel update: Mostly as planned

Posted on October 24th, 2011 by Sacha Chua

I planned my packing for the Oct 5 – Oct 15 trip to the Philippines using several matrices. Life worked out mostly as planned. This was how I thought it would work out:


	Cream tee	White tee	Pink tee	Dress
Dress				2011-10-9
Brown skirt	2011-10-07		2011-10-10
Stretch pants	2011-10-15	2011-10-05	2011-10-08
Cargo pants	2011-10-13	2011-10-11	2011-10-06
Board shorts		2011-10-14	2011-10-12

I liked the planning method, so I built the analysis into my home dashboard. This is what my clothing logs tell me:

Here’s that listed by date (also from the same page):

Clothing item	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	Total
pink board shorts										A			1
dark brown capri pants											A		1
white Wanko lace				B			A						2
cream v-neck shirt									A		A		2
rose shirt			A							A			2
brown cable sweater	A											A	2
paint-spattered stretch pants	A	A			A							A	4
cream shift dress						A							1
light blue Jockey T-shirt				A									1
white Jockey shirt	A	A			A			A				A	5
brown skirt with pattern				B			A						2
beige vest	A											A	2
blue cargo			A	A				A	A				4
Total	4	2	2	4	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	4

A and B distinguish different outfits on the same day.

I might need to fix the clothing logs as the pictures come in. I forgot to track some of the earlier days, so I filled them in from memory.

I wore the white T-shirt / stretch pants combination on the plane rides, hence the double-counted days.

Next time, I should bring more polyester and less cotton. I brought the cotton T-shirts because they were easy to mix and match. They were fine in the city, where we spent most of our time in airconditioned comfort. The polyester top I borrowed from W- was much more comfortable in hot weather. It dried faster after washing, too. Many of my polyester tops are more sport-like and can’t easily be matched with skirts, but I’ll keep an eye out for other tops that would be a good fit. The travel pants my dad got me should also make it easier to use my travel tops.

I should plan for clothes to dry in two days, not one. Maybe even three days, for safety.

We packed just the right number of clothes, I think. I didn’t feel like I packed too few clothes, and I didn’t end up with lots of clothes unworn.

W- totally won in terms of clothing. It turns out that scrubs are excellent for air travel: a loose fit for comfort; pockets for pens, passports, and boarding passes; and room to avoid aggravating sunburns.

Yay geek travel!

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