After a year ...more or less

After a year, it has been a hectic/crazy year for me (June 2014 till now). Traveled around and met with beautiful souls, experienced wonderful places/cultures/foods.

Was in Thailand (Bangkok and Chiang Mai) and Cambodia (Siem Reap) in June 2014 for about 2 weeks. Visited the famous Angkor Wat.



 Then I had the honour to represent Malaysia in an Exchange Program to Oregon, the USA  in Oct-Nov 2014.

















I was there for about 3 weeks in Eugene, UO and had the opportunity to go to Portland.

I flew from Kuching(Borneo Malaysia) 5am to Kuala Lumpur. Then, flew with Cathay Pasific (codeshare with Malaysian Airlines) to Hong Kong around 11am. Landed safely in Hongkong and flew with another Cathay at abour 6pm to Los Angeles. It was a long flight and I experienced jetlag for the very first time in NY life. Couldn't really sleep at night and was very sleepy around 9am!



2015, I didn't take part; well partly decided not to take part in any Marathon or Sporting activities that much.

Though, I managed to travel to Vietnam last July. I got to travel to Saigon (Ho Chi Minh) and up to the north; Hanoi.

It is indeed a wonderful year(2014/2015) for me. I'll upload some pictures soon I guess.


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