if there's anything that i've learnt from my overseas trips, i guess it would be the fact that i'm treasuring my homeland with the passing of every minute. grateful for the things that i'm blessed with, and the things that i do not have to fight for.
it's been a good eventful two years. been saving up and travelling quite often ever since i've started working. i returned from each trip with very new perspectives everytime. and i'm grateful that my brain is still working hard to think about life, and not be stuffed with straw.
phuket, taipei,yogjakarta,bintan, sydney,macau, guangzhou. all very different places. with very different experiences. and it seems that i've got more to think about from the 2 recent places that i've been to this year. yogjakarta and sydney.
yogjakarta. it's the land of the borobodur temple. one of the historical heritage site. the trip was quite a last minute one,when i met up with the tkd peeps, and we just randomly formed a group to go on this trip together, not a bad experience. just that you realise the wonder of travelling with mostly boys. because you can really just leave the hard work to them. they are more than happy to take up active roles in trip planning. they can help bash the way for the girls too. not too bad at all. ok that's not really the point. but seriously the most important lesson that i've taken away from jogja would be people in poorly developed countries do do their best to make ends meet. any mode of making money is welcomed, as long as livelihood is guaranteed. is this something that we see back home? i mean everyone works hard back here, but when you've been there to see how people actually try to make money with every single way that they can think of. you can't help but be amazed. or should i say ashamed? from kids peddling handicrafts and newspapers to people just selling whatsorta services that they have on the streets, you really see how hard people work. to think that we're still complaining about not being able to find jobs, and people are not helping. we're just too reliant sometimes. seriously.
sydney. the latest trip that i've been on. what should i say. this is a very complex, confusing place to be in. i've got very strong feelings for/against this city, that it's hard to pen down. i mean it is a very similar city to here. but yet different. i can only say that it might not be difficult to get used to the culture over there, because it is really just the same yet different. dun wanna say much here.but oh well. it's hard to explain but it simply brings me to my next point. which is the essential point. i'm grateful to being a citizen in my very own homeland. seriously.