I bumped into him the other day on my way to the client’s. For a split second seeing him walking in opposite direction, I felt as though the world has frozen on me with memories flashing back like thunderbolt.
I hate him.
I wished I’d walk to him and give him a tight slap instead of saying “hi” gracefully as though the hurt he caused worth nothing. That lucky bastard.
I spend the weekend updating and sending my resume to multi-national companies. Yes I know I made a commitment to my vietnam trip and a one year holiday around the world. The vietnam trip is still gonna happen in June. What happens after that is really a question mark…I am a heart person, so I’ll go with the flow with imperishable faith that only good will come out of this.
It’s not that I am not happy with my job. No actually…It’s more of a disappointment. It didn’t took me that long to realize “what’s wrong”, but I turned a blind eye with great friends and colleagues as substitution of the disappointments I feel inside. Silly of me I know. But great friends are worth it until…when you get the feeling that enough is enough.
I wonder if what I am feeling now is normal for someone close to 30. Life gotta be more than a 9-6 job and the rat race in the corporate world, getting pissed off by clients with their last minute, ignorant requests.
I used to want to earn big bucks, wear power suits, make 5 figure a month and climb the corporate ladder. After slaving for 5 damn years, it finally hit me that life has gotta be more than that. there is more to life than careers, office politics and material things.
And I know that this is the time to go and embrace what life has to offer. No? Then tell me these are mere coincidence:
- crossing path with dolly, a traveller who has been to almost every country on earth
- met people who just got back from travelling in asia
- green light from mom to take a year off (which would be impossible even in my dreams)
- easily sold off my G3 ibook for rm2500!
I haven’t got any concrete plans yet, just making small steps for the big LEAP – a year off to see the world! :D
Small plans which includes another trip to Pangkor in April and 2 weeks in Vietnam in June. I am sure by then I would know what my next steps are…
I had a great day today doing nothing.
Went for a meeting at KLCC, met up with queen bee and had lunch with the divas at Chilis. Nice one, diva jokes about blokes and sex haha…I am still not used to the diva’s airy kisses sheesh…
1 week from now I’d be laptop-less. Yes I am selling maxcine, my ibook for almost 4 years now. It’s sad, after all I am a sentimental person, especially towards things that I own (weird I know). But I don’t have a choice, it’s not that I was born with a sliver spoon in my mouth, I need to settle my cc bills (which is ridiculous I know!) and have lesser baggage so that I can “finally” see the world. I ain’t joking, I am planning for the next big thing in life. So “big” that my parents would probably disown me haha. Tell me if quitting a managerial role in exchange with teaching english as a second language in 3rd world country sound sane to you. NOW YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.
Oh geez, even typing this in this bloody jam on my way home, on these “exceptionally feel good” keyboard makes it so hard to sell maxcine. But but but….I have to settle my cc bill asap or else…
Anyway, life has been mundane. Nothing seems as exciting as before and I am turning into Bridget. A 30 year old singleton whose only hope of getting hitch is to display more meat on the chest sigh! But thank god I’ve still got those!
I need to get my long and sexy hair back! FAST!
I think I’ve been bitten by the travel bug.
Dolly seems like a hint from life and god sent from heaven.
I’ve bought my “very expensive” Lonely Planet guide to Asia and has not been able to put that down ever since.
I am planning for my June backpacking trip to Asia.
My leave for 10th April has been approved! yayy!
Another short trip is coming my way.
Saturday morning.
I woke up at 7am and was a bit panicky because the earliest bus from KL to Lumut leaves at 8am! My best friend offered to drive me to the bus station but we got in 10 mins past 8am because we missed a few turns. Anyways, I managed to get a ticket to lumut at 8.15am. Though it was a crappy bus, with “pitch black” seats and engine that roars like a rocket, it did get me to lumut in 4 hours flat, and it’s air conditioned. So that’s not a bad start.
I got my returned bus ticket and hopped on to Duta Pangkor ferry to Pangkor Island. I wasn’t half as excited as I was when I left KL. Probably because I’ve been to Pangkor 4 years ago with Alex and Mandy.
The pink minibus to Teluk Intan cost RM10 per person. (If one mini bus can take 8 person on a trip, then the bus driver would have made 80 bucks on a 5 min trip!)
I was taken to Nazri Nipah Camp, a backpackers paradise that I picked up from Lonely Planet’s recommendation. After checking in with only RM20 per night, I was taken to my hut. It was exactly what I saw on the internet. Except, I didn’t know it was gonna be so warm! I had a headache and I decided to take a nap hoping the headache will go away in a couple of hours. But it worsen and I vomited RM3.80 of lunch at the warong near the jetty.
a shot from my hut
I then took a bath to refresh myself in the shared bath room before feasting myself with Air Batu Campur in one of the stalls by the beach.
The sun was high up in the sky and the weather was superb. Truth is, there is no other place that I rather be at that moment in time – to feast my senses upon a scene without sky scrappers and people in their office attire.
