Have been busy since I got back from my trip. It’s taken some adjusting, with the weather especially, and topping it off with a madcap weekend and some frustration toward my ISP, again.
I couldn’t stop taking pictures, haha ;)
I met a little girl at Sras Srang who was trying to sell me these bracelets. Instead we had a rather funny conversation. She spoke flawless English and possessed that wide-eyed optimism I seem to be drawn to these days. At the end, she left me with one of her bracelets - for luck, she said before throwing me a grin and running away - despite my protests she needed to sell them.
On our last night I took mom our for a nice dinner at the FCC which, to my dismay later, realised must have easily been the sum of someone’s monthly wages there. I should be more frugal.
Had my first ever palm/face reading today. I’ve never believed in these things, but today was about being random, so I sat down for a reading. I have to say his descriptions were scarily accurate. I have been trying to justify why he said certain things for half the day past and I’m giving up. Maybe these things do have some truth to it. Who knows?
It has been a looooong fortnight. The relaunch party of the newly redesigned OK! Malaysia went underway about a week ago, and it was fabulous. Surprisingly most people turned up in red, according to the dress code, which is somewhat rare for parties like these.
And as last Friday officially marked the end of my tenure at Catcha, it somehow made this party more significant. It is the fabulous people I work with that I will miss more than anything.
And of course I was busy wrapping up, packing, reorganising, shopping (!), and having long lunches with a lot of people I won’t be seeing in a while after I leave. And I guess now is as good a time as any to mention that I’ve decided to haul my ass over to my favourite city in the world.. Sydney. I don’t even know where to begin explaining how this city has come to mean what it means to me since I’ve never been there for more than three months at a time. I made a promise to myself many years ago I would stay for longer than that and since there is never a right time to make big decisions, now is as good as any. Of course it might very well have been New York, but thankfully (or not) I’ve never been there. I’m excited. At the same time this is probably the scariest decision I’ve ever made. Even more so than loaning someone my Macbook for the day. Gasp.
Anyhow.
It’s been fabulous. Still is. I’m kinda still working through April. Long story.
Leaving for Cambodia on Sunday. Can’t wait.