Life's a beach...

...Some friends asked me if traveling solo or in group is more fun. 

My first answer, to me, it depends on the purpose. There are things I love to do with my family and friends but then there are things that I love to do alone, especially if I know they are not interested.

No doubts, traveling can be some of the best moments in life so it is always good to share with other people. In this way, traveling in group is way much more fun than solo trip. We can enjoy the beautiful scenery and taste the local cuisine together. Go shopping, hunt for souvenirs to bring back home. Have someone to talk to, to laugh, to share emotions, to do crazy things, to share expenses and most of all there’s no dull moments. On the premise that you have to go with the right travel buddies.

This time, me and my university mates owned an awesome graduation trip in Bali, Indonesia. Yes, 19 of us, it's not easy to hold a large group in traveling but we had made it. With endless excitement, happiness, memories, friendship and camaraderie.

Went Kuta Beach in Bali. Experienced my first surfing there. Indeed this beach is really suit for beginners who want to try surfing. Bargained and finally got the price of approximately RM50.00 for an hour, in which my friends and I agreed that the price was cheap enough. We had no hesitate to try. Fell for the wave since then. Great experience.    

"Happiness is a summer breeze, sand between your toes, and your best friend by your side."       

 I'm gonna miss the time when we have been together...

All shot on the LC-Wide with Kodak Ektachrome 160T film.

九日...

the road I taken.

...是六月。又一天不知怎么的起得早。或许知道自己也是时候做个了断了。
The time has come.

门外有声音，噢原来是爸妈。
在没开灯的房间里借由笔电荧幕的灯光，重新思考。
 
The Road Not Taken：
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both.
还有哪句更适合形容我现在的处境了。

Oh, I kept the first for another day! Yet knowing how way leads on to way.
I doubted if I should ever come back.  有天当我发现不适合了还能再回来吧。

想起The Devil Wears Prada里的Andrea，还不是这么熬过来的。

朋友问我，六点起来时想到了什么？我，想到了什么。

时间很快就过。突然十年就这么过去，突然又是另一个六月天。然后我会笑说当年的自己竟然为了出社会的第一份工作而犹豫了这么久。

想看那时菲律宾自己走，也是去看了才知道，“哦~原来风景是这样的。”
所以决定这回我就往现实里去走一趟。年轻嘛，总得绕几个圈转几个弯才懂得。

不是说好时间应该浪费在美好的事情上吗，e.g., 吃冰淇淋... 

Someday soon gonna happen...

dilemma -5.6.2013- 

...Getting up early in this morning, a phone call that might change my entire life, perhaps. 

All day, hearing voices, telling me that I should make a wise choice, do something right. I don't even know if I should listen to my mind or my heart. Sometimes, I just want to disappear.

Each day that passes, your choices will come and go. Choosing to live your life by your own choice is the greatest freedom you will ever have. A question popped up suddenly. "If you were given only one choice: To choose or not to choose, which would you choose?" 

Again, I want to disappear.

I remembered once in class, my tutor asked me to relate myself with something. I said STAR.

Because I knew I'm born to shine. Another times, I was lucky enough to be chosen to have what I wanted. Then I told myself have to be prepared when opportunities knock. 

And today, knocked. Obviously I'm not that well-prepared yet. Listening to the whispers that curl into my head tonight.

Life: Let's go with the flux. 

When getting lost is no longer just getting lost...

in this light and on this Sunday morning.

...I was so out of my comfort zone when eating alone. Thinking to have durian snow ice as dessert but ended up with strawberry flavour. Not my favor though, Love@FirstBite.

The feeling of warmth overwhelmed me, when a grandma taking out a check list in children's literature department at Kinokuniya bookstore and also when a man having meal with his old dad in McDonald. Even though it would be a little bit of strange when one young Indian guy approached me and asked: UNCLE, what is the time now?!

I should be happy when finally my look go beyond my age.     

I somehow wish my brain has a map to tell me where my heart should go. And the words strike my head again: you should sure on what you want, I nodded. Even when there was a map in my mind, I would get lost too as I am really really seriously have no sense in direction, not to mention how many times I lost myself, physically, in this city. I just couldn't believe that where's my courage came from when I decided to park my car in an unknown building's car park and ran out from the entrance without recognizing anything. Then I was thinking on how would I actually return back to my car during the whole interview session.

I am lucky, today.

 

Finally before everything ended, I met a lady. I asked if she would mind to have a small change of money for me after I have tried asking other shops that rejected my demand in the end. Surprised me when she was willing to offer me some money so that I could pay for my parking ticket.

I mean, angels everywhere, still.

Life carries on when I brought back some thoughts...

[People I Meet] #1

#1 Bryan Madera from Boracay, Philippines. -31.3.2013-

 Shot on the LC-Wide with Lomo X-Pro Slide 200 film.

I can't believe I meet Bryan so soon again in KL since our first met in Boracay last October.

He was my first host in couchsurfing and Philippines as well. Unfortunately, something bad happened during my stay with him. I lost my cameras, ipod, cash and even passport during the moment we were crazy partying on the beach. 

I lost all my valuable things, but I gained the precious one. 

Glad that I still looked at the glass half full instead of half empty and enjoyed the time in Boracay as much as I could even though the next day I was really busy with the police report and the replacement of my lost passport stuff.  

Again, we had our good times in KL for Hot Air Balloon Fiesta and Holi Festival. 

For sure, we'll meet again, hopefully soon.

Holi Hai.

Holi, the Festival of Colors, a spring celebration as it takes place at the end of winter, usually falls in end of February or in March, celebrated in countries with large ethnic of Indian populations, including Malaysia.

Colored powder, water guns, hugs, make new friends. The other name of the festival is FUN.

My first time joined the largest Holi Festival celebrations in Malaysia at the Shree Lakshmi Narayan Temple off Jalan Ipoh. 

Really, Life turns colorful when it is time for Holi.

For those who still have no idea what is going on during Holi Festival...

All shot on the LC-Wide with Lomo X-Pro Slide 200 film.