So the past few days I was in KL, I have a week off from my internship cuz my colleagues are off in Maldives having the time of their lives. Haha, so I was forced to take the week off anyway. It feels kinda good to have a break, kinda like when we were studying and we had these mid-semester breaks. I decided to go visit my bro's new crib since I haven't been there and also meet some of my friends there, just really chill without any plan really. My bro's place was really nice, it's small, cosy, and it was decorated really nicely. The way he utilized the limited space he had made everything seemed very neat. I stayed at his place for 5 days, and in that 5 days, with his place being a bachelor's pad and all, I had to make some girly sacrifices. For one, I had no hairdryer for all 5 days. I use the hairdryer everyday but he had none, so yeah. Next, I used men's Head & Shoulders shampoo everyday. Yay! Last but not least, I had not conditioner for my hair too! WEEE. Thank goodness my hair's pretty easy to manage, and it does feel a little dry at the end of 5 days, but there wasn't much difference. :D 

My brother brought me to watch live wrestling, it's Malaysia's Prowrestling. The experience was pretty surreal I would say. I've watched WWE before, when I was like 6 or so, but that phase of my life is long over. But my brother, he has always loved wrestling and it was nice of him to share his interests with me. Out of the 5 days I was there, 3 out of 5 days were about wrestling. Lol, it's okay cuz I enjoyed the whole drama and hype on it. Got to meet a few wrestlers and I felt sooooo cool, but I was really trying hard to fit in cuz I had no idea who these people are. XD

I didn't think that we'd actually go through with this trip, but it actually happened, and it was veryyyyy fun. Heheheh. It all started last semester when my lecturer wanted to bring us to a kampung stay, and he said that it's really nice and relaxing and it's perfect for a chilling place. Of course, we were excited for it, so after he threw in his plans we went for it! In the midst of all the assignments and classes, it was just perfect for a weekend away. I don't know why I already feel like a mountain's on my shoulders but it's only been the second week of classes. 

This is what I had for breakfast, Lei Cha, at Ming Ming Foodcourt. I've never heard of it before and that gross-looking green thing is actually some sort of mint soup. Really healthy stuff and even though most of my friends didn't like it, it's actually not bad to me. The crunchiness of the nuts added to the mushiness of the vege makes a pretty interesting blend.

Our first stop is at Bung Jagoi where we hiked for about 2 hours or so. For me it was damn tiring and I'm not someone that likes to hike, but I think it was quite easy for some of my friends. There's even like a "boss" level where it's just a looooooooooooong never ending stretch of steps that almost killed me. My legs feel like jelly after the hike. 

It was a very beautiful place to hike. It's kinda secluded, there was not even a signboard indicating that we've reached a hiking place. Even though I'm not someone who typically likes to hike, I really enjoyed it because I was simply taking in my surroundings, there was nothing much like a spectacular view or amazing flora and fauna, but it is simply being together with friends and appreciating nature at its best that I love most. Plus, the weather was really good, which is another thing that I was grateful for.

The peak of the hike was this little village that had a few kampung houses but no tenants. It was really weird. All that's left of the place is one aunty that lives alone in her house and house and she takes care of the place and serves tourists if any drop by. She says she live a pretty lonely life, and is really grateful for some company. Sometimes we feel that we are imposing on people's lives because when we visit she may feel obliged to serve us tea and snacks, but actually, I think she was really happy we dropped by.

"At times I felt like I may be going crazy because I was alone for so long and I had nobody to talk to."

We had a little chitchat with the aunty and she shared with us some stories about her daily life. I strained to understand her strongly accented Malay, and I managed to understand most of it. When I looked around at how the aunty lives such a simple life, I reflected on my own and how I need to have so many things to survive. This is really simplicity at its best and it's these kind of journeys that reminds you to be grateful with what you have.

This is where we stayed at Kampung Tringgus, it's a homestay located after the 'real' kampung and we had the entire place to ourselves. There's no electricity, but there's a toilet, so it was not too bad. There's also no reception so it's really like a retreat, back-to-nature kind. We even had to start our own fire to barbecue the food and damnnn I haven't done that in such a long time. It's really cool cause everything's so basic you face a lot of challenges in doing the simplest things like how it's pitch black at night so we need help with holding the torchlight or else we literally couldn't see anything.

I've been back in Malaysia for technically.. 1 week? But, I was in Thailand for a few days, so I don't know how to count the days that I actually am back in Malaysia. I'll talk about Thailand in a bit. =) Anyway, I'm back! That's it! My whole AIESEC exchange journey is over and I've left lots of memories in Vietnam and I've also learnt so many new things. =) I can honestly say that I'm really grateful to be back, because I was with my family and also, I get to see my boyfriend! But on the other hand, I miss the life, the people, the food in Vietnam and I do wonder when we will see each other again. =/ This picture that I've shared is taken when I'm about to leave Vietnam, it's the last picture I took in Ho Chi Minh City.  When my friends sent me off in Vietnam, some of them were crying, but I didn't. =x I don't know why I didn't. Is it because I don't feel as close to them as I'm supposed to? Ah, maybe. I'm honestly not sure. But there's also a part of me that really hates crying in public so I only cry in public when I can't hold it in anymore. I've been meaning to write this post for a while now, but was super duper busy the past few days, so it's delayed.

The first thing that I noticed when I touched down in KLIA was that, I understood the language that I hear. It was so torturing in Vietnam that I totally do not get what people are saying around me. And being constantly exposed to Vietnamese and French language, it was really giving me a headache. When I reached KLIA, there were many languages spoken around me; Malay, Mandarin, Hokkien, English, Cantonese, but I'm proud to say that I understood them all. It really feels good to be in my native land. =) And the currency, YAY! back to MYR so I don't have to do the conversion in my head to gauge how expensive something is. That felt really good too! =) 

In my whole exchange journey, there was a lot of ups and downs, but the one thing I regret about, the thing that I felt like I could do better, is to give more effort in the project I was in. I'm always like this, not giving all I can to push for something better. If somebody else is capable of doing it, by all means, do it. I didn't push for much change, or even if I could see fault in some things, I let it slide, because I could feel my laziness creeping up on me. My brain just wants to take a break, and I did not want to take up much responsibilities. I'm constantly hearing the phrase, "I know you can do much better." But when am I ever going to take action to "do much better?"

4. Free Lunch at Floating Restaurant.

5. Bee Farm, but I didn't take any pictures with the bees. XD

Day 2.

1. Floating Market.