first experience

it is general knowledge of mine that during chinese new year period, i will be super busy. little did i know this year, the schedule is really packed until i am speechless. for the very first time, i have to rush from family dinner to meeting friends. and this time around, i have to meet two foreign friends: one from indonesia, another one from taipei. suddenly, my social circle has expanded internationally. i have no idea if you ask few years back that i will have to bring my friends around melaka during first day of chinese new year for asam pedas and naan bread. not too shabby. fortunately, both of my friends enjoy the meals very much. and i made a new friend on that day as well. the indonesian friend is my social circle from sydney university. he brought a taipei friend to visit malaysia and melaka.

most of the time being me complimenting how good taipei is ranging from its sumptuous food to convenient public transportation. if one thing you want me to complain about taipei is the place is too crowded. other than that, everything is awesome. i even told that to my relatives during visiting. haha. you can say i fall in love after a week there.

today is quite a day as well. while eating pan mee and mee hoon kueh at a shop, out of nowhere people starting playing the big drum and metal plate. my sensitive ears got a big shock. then, the lion dance came in the building  and started shaking heads and dancing. quite a scene. for some reason, i started realising malaysia is really a place rich in culture and its adversity is what makes me want to come back. the general question: why don't you work in sydney? general answer: i don't like sydney. as a person who values culture, i think being back allows me to learn and appreciate what i already had. one true fact is when i was studying overseas, i kept thinking about how is sydney different from melaka. the difference is vast and yet the latter has something more to offer. money can be earned but once culture is lost, you have nothing at all. an uncle told me some people who earn big money from malaysia and send their children to study overseas. in the end, criticize malaysia like nobody's business. he said there is no merit in doing that because you have forgotten your own roots. good thinking. i agree with the uncle. and something i would like to share, if you have seen how some of your children behave in overseas like i do, you would never send them there.

blogger feels that being a malaccan builds his confidence a little in life. what you call that in life? a sense of proud. where can you get that? no where but from your home sweet home.