I knew I should done a foreign exchange stint when I was still in Uni

And followed Clement, Jason Ong and Graham down to Sweden. But I wasn't listening to Opeth then. Read this pretty funny excerpt on their official site.

After this tour we had been booked on a flight to Australia. I think we might have had a week home or so. This was in the middle of the whole SARS thing, and our flight was scheduled to mid-land in Singapore which obviously was one of the affected countries. We had a brief band meeting at Heathrow airport/London about going or not... we were scared! We confess... for the first time ever we actually contemplated cancelling gigs due to fear. Anyway, we decided to go, and once we got to Singapore, we immediately went for the bar and got piss-drunk! I was actually harassing people with mouth covers... felt like they looked upon us (who obviously didn’t wear them) like we’re lepers or something... well, we’re still alive! Risking our lives for you guys!! Ha ha! Oz was fantastic, and one of our favourite countries in the world. Great weather, nice people... everything was just fucking fantastic!! Despite us being totally worn out and tired once we got to the hotel, we instantly jumped in the pool.

Dammit, I knew I shoulda have gone!!! After all, Sweden is known for Abba (honestly, I dun really care what you think of my love for them), The Cardigans (yay! Though I'm not too much for the new introspective/ comtemplative mood of the last album) and all those crazy black/ death metal bands. It's gotta be all good man!!!