I should be blogging more often. especially now that I'm at home, not working yet. But its amazing how the time passes by these days. every time i think about posting something, now becomes later, later became afterwards and the afterwards just never came. I can't find the time. i know it sounds silly, but thats the truth.
In the mids of this all, I realised something today. something i thought (or more like wished) won't happen. I'm missing London. Dunno what is it that I miss exactly. it’s definitely not the culture; or the food (?!), the company or the chat, though. I guess I could get that here if I could persuade myself to leave the house occasionally. catch up with friends more often. It’s this inexplicable feeling of being free and independent, a feeling which I find so hard to articulate. The fact that I’m immediately swallowed up in the crowd. No one gives me a second look. I feel so free. Msia may be diverse, but it’s not the same. In KL now, people are adventurous and creative; everyone looks different because they have made an effort to, not because they are. In London people are different. The talks, the shows, the travel pass, the restaurants, the cinema. I miss how easy it is to get around, how easy it is to get things, how easy it is to lose yourself in a crowd. I miss the busy-ness, its a different sort of busy-ness. I miss the people who are more courteous. the people who say hi and sorry. I miss the loose footpath tile along Canada W@ter station. I miss the crush of the tourist crowd along Le1cester Square. I miss smashing my way thru the ever busy 0xfort Street for a single item, coming back with more than intended. ha. I miss how everything you could ever need is just a tube ride away. Doesn't that sound weird? especially coming from someone who hated the tube travelling to my guts. and the list can go on. Most of this, I think is a result of missing the simpler life I had in CW.. the life without worries or responsibilities. but that isn't reality, is it? Sigh. All said, I'm glad to be back home, for so many other reasons.
anyway, its G00d Friday tom and Mei's down for the weekend. i'm off to KL for the day tom. nothing official. purely pleasure. no plans on returning before midnight. after all, its a G00d Friday night. :)
Friday, 6 April 2007
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I'm feeling you on this one gal! You're missing London!!!
Can't wait to see you today! See u soon in a couple of hours I presume.
I've been out of Malaysia for 2 years, and really, the only thing I miss about it, besides friends and family, is the food. I have to disagree that "in KL ... everyone looks different". The peer pressure to conform seems to be greater than ever - skinniness is in to the point where people who weigh 45 kgs think they're fat. At least, that was the perception I had the last time I was back in KL ...
metria - cant agree more with you on the peer pressure bit. people here are constantly making an effort, to be what they are expected to be. I feel i'm being judged for what I am. and yes, here I feel very FAT while over there, i thought I was alright.
Nat - It was so good to catch up with u n Mei. and i'm already missing baby shailan. he is such a cutie!
over here ppl have a lot of ideas on who u should be
over there the culture doesnt allow ppl to be nosy - whereelse ppl think its their gift to be nosy n say whatever they wish
plus uve lived there sometime n theres the independance - whereelse u have less of that here - so its natural ;)
btw hi ;)
and hi to you too.. i enjoy reading ur blog and very much admire your photographic skills..
I wont exactly say i've lost my independence, always had that with my parents. Its just the responsibility that comes along with it now that makes things a little diff. its all part of growing i guess.
You dont have to use all of those excuses, its really me that you miss isnt it ;)
what more can i say Mike, the cat's out of the bag..
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