Malaysia - Truly Asia :)
My most recent adventure has conferred on me two titles – ‘Miss-Adventuress’ given by my brother and ‘One-woman bollywood movie’ by my housemate and PhD batchmate. I had read somewhere that each one of us lives a novel, very few write them. So I thought it was time I actually wrote the story. My tryst with destiny started exactly a week ago - last Friday. This second semester of my PhD had been exacting, both professionally and personally and as soon as we finished on Thursday I was tempted to go away from it all, from School, from College Green (where I live) and from Singapore. All three could be achieved by a simple 45 minute trip to Johar Baru (Malaysia)! So the very next day Maneka (my friend from Srilanka) and I embarked on a simple journey, oblivious to the fact that it would turn into an adventure. Both of us left early on Friday, wanting to make the most of the day. Sharing confidences, doing girl-talk we excitedly crossed the border remarking how easy and effortless it w...