where is this sun you speak of?

Travelled with Mary and Irene. Attended the wedding of Amulya and Prashanth. It was such a beautiful and festive wedding!

 Met with Aurelien (for the first time!) Love all the places we've been to. Most favourite part is Petra - spent two days there. It's such an amazing place!

 Dear FutureMe, How is everything? I hope you are doing well! I have nothing in mind to write about but this month has been a good one so far. You just transferred to a new flat and the nights have been better compared to the previous years. There is less noise and, I should say, less drama as well. For the past couple of weeks, you have been stalking Shaun on Facebook. And you have been uploading MyDay updates that only him can see. You get a smile on your face every time he watched it. This way you can somehow talk to him even if he does not really say anything. Remember the day you posted "Garmin or FitBit?" You expected for him to reply something but, well, as usual, he was such a snob. You just had to take it down. LOL Work-wise, everything is good. Last week was a bit busy. You were testing two websites at the same time, answering e-mails and do the usual work routine. It was tough but you actually like it. Well, you are used to your work now that sometimes you just wan...

Going from point A to point B should be easier by plane but cheaper by land. For some of us, we want to save as much as we can on transportation and indulge more on food, shopping, etc. This was the mindset we had for our Angkor, Cambodia to Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam trip. We opted in for a land trip from Angkor to Phnom Phen and finally Ho Chi Minh. During the day. It took us about six hours as compared to an hour or so plane ride. But we were in for the experience! We had a view of Tonle Sap which is a fresh water lake in Cambodia. A few stretches here and there and then it was time for another long ride. The ride was not bumpy at all so it was not a problem to sit on the tail of the bus where we met a fellow traveller who was on her way to Phnom Pehn. She knew we were headed to Vietnam and so, since she is a Vietnamese, she has mostly given us tips on what to do and what not to do when we arrive in Ho Chi Minh. As well as Phnom Pehn, actually. From then on, we had assu...

Siem Reap to me is rich in history. Just like any other city in the world but this one is one of the places I have been to that makes me indulge into reading history books. It felt to me that it was a must to visit Siem Reap if you are wandering around Asia. Though it was a small city, having only three nights is not enough for me (at least). Sure, you can visit the temples of Angkor in one day but it is not enough to grasp everything there is to see in that compound let alone the whole city.  I arrived in Siem Reap at night and could not wait to meet my best friend and the adventure that awaits us. The tuktuk ride from the airport to the hostel felt so familiar - the crisp and fresh evening air that brushes against your face, the bragging sound of the motorcycle on a highway as if it was the only vehicle on the road, the open fields in between luxury hotels, and the smell of a bonfire on the front yard of some houses, it felt like it was home.  ...

 Dear FutureMe, Today has been a very difficult day. First of all, you cut your hair short two days ago not thinking about the effect of hot water plus humidity during summer months. Your hair is all over the place and super unmanageable. This is so depressing, really. But you're just trying to not think about it rather think about the positive side that you are embracing your natural hairstyle. But of course, how you wish you can just straighten it out everyday! Apart from that, you have been thinking about going abroad to Europe and find an opportunity there. I just wish a company is willing to take you from here and to there (maybe France, Germany, Amsterdam? --oh how I wish!). I really want it. I am sure it going to be difficult and different an you do not know anyone there at all! I can just hope for good things to happen in the future. I feel stuck at GHA. My boss is not giving me the freedom to let me do what I have to do. She is very controlling about everything. This is re...

  When I was a little girl, I wandered around my village with a few of my friends on one sunny afternoon. We walked along the shore line, walked across a big canal on a narrow log bridge which connected the North and South villages, and rock climbed a big man-made wall and found ourselves victorious. We ate ice cream all the way back home. Every time I think about that day and all the other adventures I had since then, I always find myself asking where to go next. In the later months of 2017, I wanted to do backpacking around some parts of Indochina. I wanted to go to Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam. I wanted to get lost in there, I wanted to see it, and there I was waiting for cheap tickets for my pre-booked annual leave in the office. I think sometimes when I see a cheap ticket, I take it as a sign to really go and visit the country. Heh. I did not prepare much at all. Except for a list of places I want to go but nothing too detailed as how do I go from point...