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As long as one hungers for something transient, one will always hunger for something short-lived since that fleeting expression is as fickle as a designer handbag begging to be loved.

When you do have an eagerness that never dies, and is constantly knocking on your mind to remind you, without end day in day out… you are rest assured, that that image needs to be captured, and spun into a tapestry. As long as the snapshot in your mind has not been acted out in this reality, no matter how much you may ignore it, it will haunt you like a shadow at two.

Grab the luggage, open it and stash your wares for a month or two, and just move with the wind. Just leave the kitchen sink where it is!

Spontaneous combustion doesn’t always catch fire — sometimes you just need to translate that fervour into an action. Let go of the past, and the comfort of complacency, and take the flight out to the first letter that comes to your mind, if you do not seem to have a direction, or a destination.

“D” for Denmark; “E” for England … or “J” for Jamaica — It can be anywhere and you don’t have the need to fear. Just go and take the flight out. When I was younger, Pappa would often tell me to just go… and live! It would be nice to know I’ll never end up like a decorated Christmas tree.

Cinta itu adalah perasaan yang mesti ada pada tiap-tiap diri manusia, ia laksana setitis embun yang turun dari langit, bersih dan suci. Jika ia jatuh pada tanah yang subur, di sana akan tumbuh kesucian hati, keikhlasan, setia, budi pekerti yang tinggi dan lain-lain perangai terpuji — HAMKA

Oftentimes, we wait for things to happen. We build walls of excuses around us in the hopes of not moving somewhere, of not experiencing life. It is often best observed that a life fully lived is a life not planned. Irresponsible some might add, but assuming that never in a million years will you ever fail in anyway whatsoever, so would you just sit there and not take flight?

Let me see — whom can I beg, borrow or ask for sponsorship or grant? I’d be happy to represent a brand moving about around the world, documenting it, and have content streamed in real-time.

We need that — it’ll put my journalistic skills in gear again, and growing old gracefully, would then be an understatement.

Do you know someone or one particular government who is ready to help make this a reality? You know I’ve knocked on many doors, and another won’t hurt. Being human is one thing, being is another — I don’t want to be. Whilst I am here in your “sight-perception-frame-lock”, living would be a great option! Spread your wings little child, it really is time to Live!

Since no one company, organization or government is eager to hire me based on my qualifications, and experiences.— maybe it really is “time” to leave!

Kalau mati, dengan berani; kalau hidup, dengan berani. Kalau keberanian tidak ada, itulah sebabnya setiap bangsa asing bisa jajah kita — Pramoedya Ananta Toer

Selamat Tinggal Malaysia, Bonjour World!