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WHERE DID YOU GO THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON?

Namaste, Little India!

With no plan, i went to Little India this afternoon. What a lovely weather...cloudy and warm :)
I always love Little India, one of most vibrant place in Singapore for me. A bit dirty and chaotic...but i love it! Hehehe... I like to see people activities around this area. The wet market, fabrics, handicrafts, foods, flowers, wooden crafts, wall graphics, textiles....

No matter where you look at...all in COLOURS! COLOURS! COLOURS!

I spent around 3 hours here just to walk around and bought some Indian dresses. Not the Saree, but just simple dresses which i can wear daily. Brown, blue, and white dress with embroidery. Then i try to combine the white one with my uniqlo flower scarf...hmmm loooove it very much :) Can't wait to see my self on those dresses but without henna mendhi on my hands they seem incomplete :(

THE LAST YEAR TRIP: MALACCA

BALI. HERE I AM.

Simply life.

Lately, i am fantasizing myself working in a small graphic studio. Doing some artworks, handicrafts, taking picture, cooking, and watching TV in a small living room with a cup of coffee. No deadlines, no routines, no mega city, no traffic jam, no complains, no rushing.... Hahaha... AWESOME-NESS!!

But is it impossible? Hmmm...i don't think so.
Maybe i can't achieve all those things but at least i can live in that simple life style.

Life is a journey. Life has its chapters. Life is something that we can create by our self. And that depends what we choose. I like simple life. I can live without shopping malls. I can live without branded stuffs. But i can't live without love, curiousity, and passion (and bread...and cheese...and good books...and ummm ice cream too! hehehe...).

Well, Bali....here i come to you soon. Been more than 10 years not to see you. Let's meet for a while and see what life can offer. I can't wait to dress up myself with my simple indian-indo balinese ethnic style. Simple top, indian skirt, leather sandals, a flower on my ear, and riding a bicycle through those farms, beaches, and art galleries.

Dear next life chapter...
My choice might be wrong.

But...how if i'm right?

WHEN I HAD NO ONE TO TAKE MY PICTURE :)

DISTANCE

MY MINI TOKYO

YEEEPPPPYY!!

THE NEXT DESTINATION

Singapore, 24 February.

Traveling.

I almost forgot how it feels like. It's been almost a year for me not having that excitement! The last time i had traveling was in the late March last year. I decided to go to Japan with 3 friends from Indonesia; one of them was my best travelmate, and the other two were my ex copywriter and ex planner. We met in Kuala Lumpur airport and continued our journey to Tokyo at the same day. That was really fun!

This year's traveling is a bit different. I planned, booked, and cancelled my air tickets to Chicago and New York for 8th March. I really could not imagine how i stand still alone in front of that Bean at The Millenium Park in a cold winter day on someone's birthday. Chicago, cold city, cold heart... :(

But God is good...

I still have the air tickets anyway.

The same year.

The same month.

The same day.

Different place.

I will go to Europe in the next 2 weeks!

Pforzheim, Germany.

A place that i have never heard about it.

A place that never on my travel list.

Such a long (funny) story...but i am happy to know that i will be there soon.

Traveling is always special wherever it is. Traveling isn't just about having fun and spend lots of money to buy any fancy things... But it always brings me to different stories. I really have to be grateful that God give me chances too see the other side of the world and see how other people have their daily life.

A perfect plan.

That's what we always have.

But DESTINY may have its own way...

Meet a friend who's having difficult situation in a time that we thought it was a perfect time to have holidays together, and at the end i have to make a decision that we need to cancel the trip. Am i disappointed? Exactly no. Sometimes... living in a bit lower expectation always makes my life easier and lighter. Then on the next level, you may know what "acceptance" is. That life doesn't always offer you good times, nor the other way around :)

A best friend is more precious than London and Paris. And this is the DESTINY that i've been questioning for this past 4 months. That i have to be there, Pforzheim, a town in Germany, 11 THOUSAND KILOMETERS away from Singapore, to meet a friend and give little supports even just for 14 days. To someone who I BELIEVE that he's my "twin", my mirror, my reflection. 

Silly, but i believe it is true. 

Traveling.

And i am sure that this year's traveling will be special like i always have. 

Now i can feel that excitement. And here i am counting the days to fly on the next (less than) 2 weeks from today!

Dear Pforzheim, i really can't wait to see you.

With heart, faith, and courage,

Rahma.