What are you waiting for? What’s all the procrastination about?

My dear fellow Malaysian,

4.39 million Malaysians over the age of 21 have yet to register as voters.

That’s roughly 28% of our population.

If you’re complaining about…

• the government,
• the roads,
• the slow service,
• corruption,
• petrol,
• the Perak fiasco,
• the current political drama going on in both sides of the fence…

…. what are you waiting for?

VOTE.

If you’ve already registered, good on you. But for those of you who haven’t, and don’t know how, I’ve got the perfect solution for you.

Have you heard of Project Epic?

They’re a bunch of young people, like you and me, dedicated to studying how they can apply leadership and value-based principles in their lives and the lives of our youth.

One of their principles is to be externally-focused — to always give back to society / the community.

They originally started Project Epic with a predominant focus on the plight of the Malaysian Orang Asli (natives) and how we, as young Malaysians, can help to raise their standard of living in the long term.

Their first step?

Building the Orang Asli toilets.

You may ridicule it, laugh, or scoff at it, but there are countless people out there who do not have access to basic facilities that you and I take for granted. Like toilets.

But Project EPIC doesn’t stop there. Toilet-building is only step ONE. In light of that crazy, scary statistic out there, they’ve recently taken their “giving back” one step further.

They’ve realized that, you know what, people that surround us daily need to start having faith and hope in this nation. Yes, while it’s been a challenging journey and developing positive feelings for a nation that displays blatant disregard for ethics is tough, there is still hope.

While Malaysia is disillusioned, and is caught in this sordid, sad wave of helplessness, Malaysians have stopped striving for its YOUTH.

• We want to believe that the power of ‘one’ is not simply overrated, just rarely challenged
• We want Positive Action not Negative ReactionsWe want to integrate not tolerate
• We want to stop complaining, and start acting
• We want our friends to stop migrating overseas and our parents to stop telling us to do so
• We want to be colour blind to our neighbours
• We want to stand up to be responsible for our collective future and believe that others want to as well

And with that, they launched….

EPIC for UNITY

Come this April 3rd & 4th, Project EPIC is launching a year-long campaign at all major, high-traffic shopping malls in the Klang Valley.

No, they’re not politically affiliated.
No, they do not gain an ounce of monetary benefit from this.

All they gain is knowing that, they have taken the FIRST STEP in helping you create a better place to live.

If you don’t know where to register, or how to register, or what to do even.

Just be there.

There aren’t that many high-traffic malls in the Klang Valley, so you know what to do.

Take the next step today.

EXERCISE YOUR BASIC RIGHT AS A CITIZEN IN A DEMOCRATIC COUNTRY.
VOTE YOUR CHOICE.

If you’d like to contribute, don’t hesitate.

WEBSITE: http://dosomethingepictoday.blogspot.com/
EMAIL: dosomethingepic@gmail.com
CALL: 016 3177788 (Jasmine)

No she didn’t come bearing ang pow.

It was better than that.

She came bearing this.

A beautiful, two-colored, 3-month-old female Beagle!

I instantly fell in love.

My aunt found her wandering in the middle of a busy intersection, lost and afraid. She stopped the car (yes, right in the middle of the road much to the chagrin of honking drivers) and opened her arms. This little baby instantly ran to her.

She asked around at a nearby petrol station and found out that the attendants had been watching her for some time. They saw her jump out of a moving truck (yes, a moving truck) and the owner never came back to retrieve her.

So my aunt brought her over to my place.

She’s the most lovable creature in the world, always up for fun, and loves snuggling up to you. Needless to say, my animal-loving brother was instantly hooked.

Actually, my entire family is completely in love with her!

Dad, who previously was a dog-elitist and only would consider rearing German Shepards, St. Bernards or Golden Retrievers was very keen on keeping her.
Mum, who’s been pretty much anti-dog-attachment since my German Shepard passed away some 10+ years ago (with the exception of my current mongrel, Hero, who she really grew very accustomed to keeping), was totally in love.
Aunty Helen was totally into her, playing with her, setting up a mini bed for her, cleaning her

We named her Brandy (after the drink, not the singer).

Let’s just say in 2 days my entire family was super attached to her, even her tantrum throwing which involved dragging our shoes and laundry all over the house in fear of abandonment whenever we leave for a few hours.

In typical anal-ness, on the 4th day, right before I had to set for KL, I demanded we take her to the vet just in case she was sick as my older dog succumbed to a mild fever the day before. And since she was a missing dog, I figured we’d want to know more about her (e.g. age, vaccinations, etc.).

So off my mum and I went to the vet.

It was a difficult trip as Brandy was reluctant to get into the car, get out of the car, go into the clinic and even peed on me in a wave of nervousness. She hid under a ledge the entire way and refused to come out even when I coaxed her to.

Then the vet came out.

That was when he dropped the bombshell.

He’d received an email from the SPCA the day before about a lost beagle pup.. and he was quite certain it was her. He could tell from those two patches at the top of her puppy head. Instantly, he notified SPCA and when we got home, the owner called.

My aunt gave him a mini-thrashing on the phone for ultimate irresponsibility (how can anyone let a puppy loose in a car without holding it down / caging it up? or even without an identification collar? and not even noticing it was gone until he reached his destination..)

I called to ask if we could keep her and buy her off him..

But he said no, can do. She belonged to his 5-year-old son.

My first impulse was to cart her off to KL with me and dog nap her. After all, who would know any better?

When he came to pick her up at 5pm. I kind of let her go with a very, very heavy heart. And she looked so confused when we handed her over.

Honestly, I was kind of stumped, stunned, and tons sad. Sometimes I still am.

When I spoke to Khailee that night, he reminded me of how impermanent everything is. And it’s kind of true. Nothing is permanent.

Not our parents, siblings, aunts, uncles, cousins, boyfriends, husbands, wives, girlfriends, friends, acquaintances.

None of them are permanent.

Permanence is an illusion of security that we allow ourselves to feel. We’d rather believe that the people we know will be that way forever, be there forever.. and will never change or leave. We delude ourselves into thinking that, things will always be this way. Why? Because it feels safe. It feels like we’re in control of the situation.

It’s why the overprotective mother smothers her child with love. It’s why she has endless rules and regulations that she cloaks with discipline — to maintain an illusion of permanence.
It’s why the insecure girlfriend clings to her boyfriend. It’s why she prohibits him from doing anything — to maintain an illusion of permanence.
It’s why governments scramble to enforce martial law, cheat at elections and lie to their constituents — to maintain an illusion of permanence.

It’s why so many people fear death. It takes away permanence.

But… one day people will leave. YOU will leave. Be it purposefully, forcefully, unwillingly, be it stolen, taken or given. One day we will all leave.

That being said, I realized one important thing from that. God is permanent. But people, things, are never permanent. But love is constant. And it can be permanent.

I loved my grandfather when he was alive. I love him now that he’s gone. And I will love him for every day of my life.
I love my parents right now. I will love them long after they’re gone. And I will love them for every day of my life.

Same goes for my grandmother, aunt, uncles, brother, cousins and for my friends.

They will not be permanent. But my love for them, is.

In this case, it’s the same with that little puppy.

Even though we only had her for 4 days, we had her for 4 pretty amazing days. And we all loved her, and still love her. We all cherish those 4 days and while it would hurt a lot less if we’d never met her, it’s really better to have loved and lost than to have never loved at all.

Because at the end of the day, we have to accept this one truth: Nothing is permanent.

And I don’t say that with bitterness either. It’s with acceptance and a wistful smile.

Your parents aren’t always going to be around. So be spiritually, emotionally present with them when they are.
Your friends aren’t always going to be around. Give it all you have. Be the best friend that you can be. So when either one of you has to leave, you both know you were the best.
Someone you love isn’t always going to be around. So live each moment with them, not against them. Appreciate each other, and take a pause in your busy life to say, “I’m here. Right now. With you. And right now, that is all that matters”.
A child will not always be a child. Cultivate that bond, that feeling and enjoy his/her young years.

Really, my lesson is this: Cherish every moment you have. Because it is ALL you have. Live for the moment and enjoy each moment. The next may not be the same. And when you look back on those moments, you know that you lived it fully, you cherished it fully, and you were there fully.

]]> http://xinch.com.my/loving-losing-lessons-learned-909/feed/ 2 http://xinch.com.my/things-bee-sim-says-that-crack-me-up-905/ http://xinch.com.my/things-bee-sim-says-that-crack-me-up-905/#comments Thu, 25 Feb 2010 11:32:08 +0000 xinch http://xinch.com.my/?p=905 If you know Bee Sim like I do, she’s full of critical nonsense.

She just sent me the video of “We Are The World 25″ for Haiti

It’s a really good song, mind you, and I love that Quincy Jones and Lionel Richie placed all the strong vocalists in the beginning, where I feel more emotion and power is needed to convey the message of the song – Jennifer Hudson, Josh Groban, Pink, Barbra Streisand, Celine Dion.. you know what I mean.

But Bee Sim has beef with the fact that Miley Cyrus has a few lines among the greats.

Here’s an excerpt of our conversation:

This is what I mean:

Take #1 — Rais Yatim’s urge for a “wider use of the National language in the private sector” to further dignify it.

The ministry — with the cooperation of Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka (DBP) — would carry out continuous campaigns to “enculture Bahasa Malaysia usage” as well as make it an appealing language.

Don’t know bout you, but that sounds pretty communistic to me.

Among them was that the leaders should communicate well and more often in the national language, including at official meetings, while it was also suggested that forums and conventions held in the country not be conducted in English.

Right. And I’m assuming you want all expats working in Malaysia to sit for a 1 year course on BM as well.Oh. And while we’re at it, the rest of the world. Since, I don’t know, the private firms in Malaysia generally deal with international corporations?

Check out his verbal diarrhea here >>

Oh.. and watch him changing “mode” here :

Click here to view the embedded video.

Take #2 — #yorais, time to take your eyes (and mouth really) outta your ass and face the 21st century

He added that facilities like internet (Facebook, Twitter and… I don’t know, L-Band? -_- )could not be accepted wholly because it was a form of business introduced by the West and “Malaysians were just users.”

“They are just selling Facebook, Twitter, L-Band and various other services, even through space, as a product but we do not do such business. We accept all this in a state of cultural shock,” he said.

Perhaps it’s his old, ancient mouth speaking from where the sun don’t shine… so, I’m not even going to dignify this with a response.

Check out his verbal diarrhea here >>

Take #3 — Nazri Aziz says, “But THEY started it!” *points finger at The Herald*

“It’s not the fault of the government. Let it be known that it was Tan Sri Pakiam, not the government, who brought the matter to court,” Nazri stressed.

If there was to be any out-of-court settlement over the “Allah” row, Pakiam, as the official publisher of Herald — the Catholic Weekly, must make the first move, the government minister added.

“I got no choice as the minister in charge of law. Because of Tan Sri Pakiam, I must be the person to advise the government that we must use the courts-lah,” Nazri, who is also Padang Renggas MP said.

Honestly? What is this… kindergarten? Of course, he neglects to add that the Home Ministry banned it first.

Instead, he noted that the judge is not a Muslim, and had ruled over a matter that concerned the “akidah” (faith) of the Muslim community.

I thought neutrality is upheld in the judiciary. If the judge is not christian / catholic, and not Muslim, I’m assuming he/she makes the best decision for both parties from an on the fence perspective.

The Umno man said in the Borneo states the people had embraced the “1 Malaysia” concept a long time ago, unlike in the west where racial lines are still very apparent.

Dude. They’ve been using Allah for 300 years. So have we. So mengapa pula cari pasal skarang?

“I’m very liberal, I’m very confident, but if I try to explain to them… no way,” Nazri disclosed, referring to his contituents when asked how real the worry was that Christians would try and convert Muslims if the High Court ruling was upheld.

“Those people not in politics, they can say anything. But people like me, I depend on my voters,” the federal lawmaker said.

“I may look liberal but my constituents are not,” he added.

So… genius. You’re openly admitting that this public charade and cat-mouse-chase is all for… political gain?

“If everyone prays to Allah, they’ll all be Muslim. It’s a good ploy for Muslims to convert non-Muslims,” he quipped.

Pot calling kettle black. Your earlier fear was Christians would try to convert Muslims by calling God “Allah”.

Check out his verbal diarrhea here >>

This whole church / Allah / Internet nonsense is getting out of hand. So dudes in our Cabinet / Parliament, hear me out here.

Message to Malaysian Politicians:

Instead of bickering over all this shit and not respecting the court’s decision, why don’t you just do your job and govern our country right.

Instead of worrying about Bahasa Malaysia, whether we’re being “brainwashed” by Twitter and Facebook and fearing that the Christians are on the move to convert all Muslims by declaring that God and Allah are the same, allow me to suggest far more urgent things you should be dedicating your attention to:

• Investigating the MACC’s involvement in Teoh Beng Hock’s death.
• The whole Port Klang Free Zone joke
• The VK Lingam case.. and properly investigating it instead of sweeping it under the carpet
• The hilarity that was our stolen jet engines
• The brainwashing Biro Tata Negara nonsense
• The rape of the Penans
• and Khir Toyo’s misues of Selangor State funds (I mean, that huge ass mansion? Pfft, guys. Seriously, how stupid do you think Malaysians are?

(Taken, and slightly adapted from RibutKL)

Your thoughts?

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In fact, I was so horrified at this woman’s completely misguided and misled portrayal of Islam and Malaysia that I felt compelled to respond with this:

I felt a strong need to stand up for my country and reiterate the lack of persecution by Muslims in Malaysia. In fact, I wasn’t the only one. Gabby, the copywriter I work with, had the same sentiments and even extended her defense to Muslims in general.

For 24 hours, I found such claims so ridiculous and my colleagues and I spent many moments wondering where people like these get ideas planted in their heads. I mean — elimination and persecution? All my life as a Christian living in Malaysia, I have never been persecuted. And I have not known of any other Christians being persecuted.

Until I came into the office this morning, and read this >>

In fact, last I checked, we’re right on the front page of BBC News Online, right under “More Top Stories” and with a header image to boot.

Suddenly, it hit me. Perhaps this Elizabeth woman wasn’t so far off after all. Is she predicting what may come?

After all, in the past 12 hours, the number of churches fire-bombed has increased to 4 and according to various news sources, even more phone threats have been reported.

For those of you who are not aware (how can you not, though), this follows hot on the heels of the “Allah” debate in our country.

Our politicians disrespectfully disagreed with the High Court’s decision to allow a Catholic weekly to use the word “Allah” in their Bahasa Malaysia circulation and went ahead to appeal to an even higher court. In fact, they appealed as the “Prime Minister’s Department”.

Honestly, this speaks volumes. It’s essentially saying that our entire government is completely against the decision made by the judiciary. The implications this appeal has is tremendous.

Even more so disappointing is our Prime Minister’s reaction (or lackthereof) to the entire fiasco.

The Prime Minister said he viewed the matter seriously as these actions could jeopardise harmony, adding that the Government would take all possible action to prevent such incident from recurring. (Source: theStar)

In any other country, whether for PR or public gain, a full and official statement is usually made, almost immediately, by the premier following such acts of terrorism. Why? Because a proper, strong and unwavering stance should be made by the leader of the country.

But all our PM said (or reportedly said) was that he condemns it because it jeopardises our harmony and to not blame UMNO for instigating such violent responses?

Where is mention of our freedom of worship?
Where does he say that such acts are unIslamic?

Perhaps he means to maintain that everyone is innocent, until proven guilty. But the truth is this…

“Is it enough to just say ’stop overreacting and being overzealous and stop jumping to conclusions’?”

I don’t know about you. But any moderately intelligent person can deduce that an act of terrorism performed four times in 12 hours using the same modus operandi is premeditated.

And any moderately intelligent person can deduce that it very possibly has something to do with the fact that protests against the use of “Allah” in Christian publications were scheduled to be held today.

Perhaps, sir, a better response would be to address the possibilities, and not sweep it under the carpet. Perhaps, then, you would increase the amount of respect your people have for you and that of the world. By taking a strong stance, you lead not only the voice of your party, but the voice of your community, and the voice of your country.

For those of you professing hate for our Muslim brothers and sisters, please refrain from doing so. I strongly believe that the acts of a few do not represent the thoughts of the majority.

Any act of terrorism, particularly against a house of worship, is condemned in the Quran. Surah 22, Verse 40 of the Quran says:

“(They are) those who have been expelled from their homes in defiance of right,- (for no cause) except that they say, “our Lord is Allah.. Did not Allah check one set of people by means of another, there would surely have been pulled down monasteries, churches, synagogues, and mosques, in which the name of Allah is commemorated in abundant measure. Allah will certainly aid those who aid his (cause);- for verily Allah is full of Strength, Exalted in Might, (able to enforce His Will)”.( Quran 22:40)

(Taken from the blog of Anas Zubedy)

Christianity and Islam share the same birth land, the same language, and the same prophets. In fact, we are more similar than the modern world makes us out to be.

Perhaps the solution to all this would be to have a public and educated forum on religions. Instead of focusing on our differences, why not focus on our similarities? Why not increase the awareness of the fact that Allah is God, and God is Allah?

At the end of the day, one thing stands out very clearly — Christians and Muslims worship the same God.

So why are we still fighting?

Truth is, I’m more sad, than I am angry. Dark days will come from this. Local news reports say that “no one has been hurt in these attacks”. But the truth is this…

Irregardless of race, religion, ethnicity or nationality.

We have all been hurt.

So to all my friends, irregardless of your faith, let us pray.

Let us pray for our nation’s strength.
Let us pray for the hand of the Lord to guide our leaders as they navigate our people and country through such troubled times.
Let us pray for fairness, transparency and truth in this investigation.
Let us pray for clear minds for our people.
Let us pray for that our wonderful Muslim brothers and sisters stand up, speak up and dissociate themselves from such acts of terrorism.
Let us pray for light in this time of darkness.
Let us pray for love among our people.

For my friends who do not adhere to any particular religious belief / doctrine, let us possess the same intentions.

The same intentions of fairness, transparency and truth in our country. The same intentions of light.

We really only have one world, and one lifetime to live in it.

But if you only have love for your own race
Then you only leave space to discriminate
And to discriminate only generates hate
And when you hate then you’re bound to get irate, yeah
Madness is what you demonstrate
And that’s exactly how anger works and operates
Man, you gotta have love just to set it straight
Take control of your mind and meditate
Let your soul gravitate to the love, y’all, y’all…

Instead of spreading love we’re spreading animosity
Lack of understanding, leading lives away from unity

Where is the love?

2010 is gonna be spectacular!

Happy New Decade, y’all!

The first day of the year (and in this case, the decade) is equally as awesome. That being said, I love 2009.

2009 has got to be the most eventful and the speediest year of my short almost-22 years on Earth. In fact, it passed so quickly that I have to admit, it’s mildly scary.

Do you remember being 10, wondering why 24 hours seems to take so long to pass?

In a blink of an eye, the entire year has passed me by.

I’ve got to admit, though, it’s neck-to-neck with 2008 to be the best year of my short life thus far.

But, I loved 2009. Here’s why:

1. New Journeys

I’ve embarked on several different, yet very defining, paths this year.

First up, I graduated and… got a job. But I didn’t just get a job, I got one at the awesomest place in the country, working alongside the most brilliant minds ever at MindValley. If you’re wondering what we do, just go check the website out.

I more-or-less relocated myself to KL / PJ. I honestly don’t know which I prefer, if I’ll get the hell out of this country, or if I’ll ever move back home to Penang. But for the next few years, you’ll know where to find me. That being said, Penang will always be home.. so it’s more of a “see you again”, and less of a “goodbye”.

I moved out of Bayu Puteri, my college-haunt, and into my Dad’s apartment in Sunway…and then out again to Sterling Condo to live with HornyMel, Anna and Mai. It’s a new journey of refurnishing and adjusting to living with new people. Nonetheless, Sterling’s a swanky new place that doesn’t come with a swankily high price, which I will most probably be in for the next year or so.

2. Rekindling the Old, Embracing the New

I’m talking relationships here. Not necessarily romantic ones. But relationships in general.

2009 saw me making new friends. A whole lotta new, and very dear friends.

I had a blast with my family and loved ones all year, and I know 2010 will be no different.

3. Pushing Myself To For New Challenges

Worked my ass off for 2 entire semesters and for once, actually dreamed of an A. I got my As. Thesis was one of the best things that happened to me this year. That and winning that “Outstanding Speaker” award I never knew I’d be able to land. I have the gift of the gab, but not in front of a crowd. For once, I challenged myself to not care if we won, or if we lost. We won. Best presentation, outstanding speaker. Let’s just say I ended my life as an undergraduate with a super bang!

I ran 11km, without sufficient training in August (and was sick throughout), during the Adidas King of the Road event in Shah Alam. Completed it in 1 hr 40 mins and man did I feel like a rockstar. I admit that my legs were dying afterward, but it was all worth it. This, coming from the girl who 2 years ago could barely hike up Strawberry Hill in Youth Park and whose fitness level has so severely deteriorated that her only motivation to get up and get moving through a forest is if there’s a beach at the other end. So, together with Esther, Khailee, Zumy and Ronn (who’s not in this picture because he’s too cool to poserposer with us in a back alley), we totally made 11km!

And… I don’t know… getting a job?

It’s a short list, really. But it sums up everything in 2009. The theme was new, exciting and challenging.

Let’s see what 2010 holds for me

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I’ve driven it around the Klang Valley, the North South highway and Penang for 4.5 years already, and it’s served me decently.

Okay, “decently” is stretching it.

In the past 4 years…

• Repeated visits to the mechanic has cost me thousands
• The brakes failed while I drove along the Sprint highway in 2007
• It has locked me out 4 times already, and locked me in once
• It refuses to function smoothly with RON95 and insists I spend RM15 more on petrol each time I gas up

And much, much, more.

I’ve complained endlessly about my car.

Until now.

Yesterday, my Proton got into a battle with Vishen’ (my boss’) Mercedes. Long story short, Vishen wasn’t paying attention to his surroundings and pretty much reversed into my Proton sitting innocently on his right. From my point of view, I knew things would end up pretty ugly when I watched my car bob up and down as Vishen tried to extricate his car from the mess.

So when I rushed over to survey the damage, I was ready for the dents, scratches and potential bumper-drops.

Surprisingly

There was no dent, my bumper was still intact, and car had polish-able scratches. Huge sigh of relief — that didn’t look too bad.

Then I looked at Vishen’s car. Multiple scratches (which would have to be repainted)… and a significant dent!

I can see the headline already…

Ancient Proton Saga Emerges Victorious From A Battle With Brand New Mercedes Kompressor

In red for some internet marketing emphasis.

I love my car (no that’s not my car, but I was too lazy to take a picture)

Awesome, no?

My current apartment is located on the 16th floor, and I unfortunately get the morning sun as it faces east and there is no adjacent building to block out the light. But there’s a bright (pun unintended) side to all that sun.

I’m greeted by the bluest of blue skies most mornings. Like on Saturday. I opened my eyes, squinted a little and all I could see was….. a sea of blue.

It was a pretty awesome “Good Morning” from from God.

We took Unititi Express up and the 4.5 hour journey was more bearable than I imagined it to be. After several nauseous childhood experiences of traveling up the winding road that leads to Tanah Rata, I’ve become a lot less optimistic about the strength of my stomach.

The only issue with the bus was its gaudy upholstery. Well, it wasn’t an issue with me. But my traveling buddy seemed to think otherwise. Safe to say I was questioned about whether bus companies think that this design represents luxury (I think it’s cheap, that’s why they took it), what could be going on in the designers’ heads as they designed this piece of cloth, why what who where when how…..

You name it, he asked it.

Right as we were circling up the windy, nauseating, Cameron Highlands drive.

When we arrived at Tanah Rata, the sky was a gorgeous hue of blue and the weather a blissful chill. Everything was going spectacularly… and then he bought the abomination that is his strawberry beanie. Thankfully, his repeated attempts to make me wear it (and photograph me in it, God forbid) bounced off me before you can say “berry”. But I have to admit. He looked positively hilarious.

Our first meal in Tanah Rata was at Nasi Kukus at this ‘gerai’ beside the tourist information center. It kind of reminds me of the yummy nasi kukus they used to sell at Plaza Sentral’s gas chamber of a cafeteria. Anyway, I wasn’t too big a fan but Khailee was so addicted to it that he had it on Friday and Saturday.

After exploring Tanah Rata, we kinda parked ourselves at “Rosedale Bistro” and dined, read and WiFi-ed in the cafe. Yes. We’re creatures of habit — exploring new places to read and work. Except we’re in a totally different state and traveled 4.5 hours to do that.

But the highlight of our trip (to me) was BOH tea plantation. I haven’t been here since I was a child and here, I was literally surrounded by lush greenery!

You’d think 4.5 hours away from the city, and up in the highlands, you’ll be afforded anonymity. At the BOH Tea Plantation, we bumped into Amin & Fatemeh (my favorite, and only, Iranian friends). Don’t get me wrong, I don’t mind at all (I love Amin & Fatemeh I just pondered the smallness of Malaysia.

I went on a photo-frenzy here at the tea plantation and had to get extra batteries from the shop when my charged ones ran out. But it was all worth it

As you can see, tons of camwhoring involved. But… how often do I camwhore anyway nowadays?

Verdict? I had a smashing weekend of cool air, cold nights, reading, work and awesome company. Definitely be back soon Camerons… and this time, with Strawberries!

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