Yes. I am Malaysian and it has been 13 long years since I’ve been home to visit all the relatives I’ve ever had. It has been sometime since I’ve been on a 3 week family vacation and I am so excited. The family, the food, the night markets, the sights, the shopping, and did I mention the food!?
Today’s Flight Schedule:
- Toronto (August 6th, 8:50 PM) to Vancouver (August 6th, 10:52 PM)
- Vancouver (August 6th, 1:55 AM) to Taipei (August 8th, 5:40 AM)
- Taipei (August 8th, 8:20 AM) to Malaysia (August 8th, 1:oo PM)
I am going to try my best to document this trip here. Here’s to hoping my family in Malaysia has cable Internet!
In T-6 Hours, I’m Leaving On a Jet Plane – Chantal Kreviazuk
Tags: Life, malaysia, vacation
Often, we have to be reminded that life is an uncertainty guaranteed by death and taxes, and sometimes it takes a tragic turn of events to realize that perhaps the current course that you are taking in life isn’t what you hoped it would be. The experience in the last few months of my life can be likened to that of a windtunnel, where moments pass you by and before you know it, you’re at the end of the tunnel with memories no more than flashes of instances in time not worth remembering. Living in this “fast paced” generation, working in the technology industry, starting a new career and being recently single certainly didn’t help the cause of complacency and self absorption. Once you are comfortable with what are you are doing, it is so easy to become caught up in the routine without actually considering whether or not they are contributing to your happiness or personal fulfillment. It took monumental turn of events and time to myself to make me realize that I wasn’t living a well balanced life, doing the things that made me truly happy and felt like I would eventually burn out. But what’s truly important in life is taking the time to think to yourself (which I find that majority don’t do often enough) to assess the current situation you are in whether good or bad and make any necessary adjustments. Sometimes these adjustments are easy, sometimes they are hard – but in the end committing to them can be life altering, lest we forget, that we only have one.
So within the last few months, I have set out a plan to do complete a list of “firsts”, seek out more adventures, spend time with myself periodically and sharing them on this blog. Here are a few things so far I can cross off my list:
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First & Last Mugging & First Time in Police Car
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First Time Fishing – Caught a large mouth bass with my first cast
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First Time Camping – Algonquin Park
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First Time Camping – Walking in the Rapids
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First Time Riding a Motorcycle
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First Puppy Portfolio – Momo
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First Puppy Portfolio – Momo
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First Puppy Portfolio – My Dog Jojo
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First Puppy Portfolio- Gigi
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First Puppy Portfolio – Pomeranian
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First Flower in the Garden
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First Art Show – Volunteered
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First RibFest – Scarborough Rotary
Many times we become prisoner to our technologies, our work and our relationships – and don’t devote enough time to yourselves. In the end, we only have ourselves accountable for the decisions we make, those decisions we don’t make and for me, regretting anything is not an option. So, today’s YouTube link is not a song, but a clip for those of you who spend more time with your cell phones than you do with people (you know who you are).
Tags: balance, firsts, happiness, Life
