knockin' on heaven's door

i'm writing this from the cozy surroundings of a cyber cafe close to raffles the plaza in singapore, capitol building somewhere. i just checked in for the night, from kl. insyaAllah i'll be flying off to the states early tomorrow morning (yeay... gulp!). my current adventure to the far east is fast drawing to a close. in a sense, it's really hard to leave behind the people (family and friends), especially, and the everyday-routine that you've become accustomed to when you've spent enough time (and been enjoying yourself like nobody's business) in a particular environment. i've always enjoyed my trips to singapore, both for work (it's true, it's true) and pleasure. and i do hope i'll get more chances to come over. in spite of not having achieved the most important task that i came back to do (some people probably have an idea of what i'm talking about), it's been one heck of a trip. met a lot more people than i wanted to (not that's a bad thing, mind you), been to dear friends' wedding (congrats again emirul and neili), met an almost-old-flame from my khir johari days, been to those mini gatherings/reunions that my balik pulau buddies put together, met new, awesome friends in singapore (you know who you are!), heavenly delicacies as always, got myself a godson (babies are absolutely amazing, especially one aqil zarfan), got some work done obviously (i hope), got talking to a couple of pretty and sweet MAS flight attendants (haha!! eat your hearts out!), played tennis well, my mom says i'm fat (can you believe it?!), lost my handphone at almost the end of my trip (moral: don't get pissed off senseless with your dad and leave your handphone lying around), got a new handphone, bought a Lions' rugby jersey (even though they got hammered senseless by the all-blacks), got to sit in an SL 55 AMG merc (i have to get one of these machines.. i'll put this down on my 6-year-vice-president-of-asia-pacific plan), etc. etc. i'll probably list down a bunch more later. all in all, it's been a fun trip this time. definitely physical-draining with an emotional roller-coster - probably this is what we call a joyride. and i won't change a thing if i were to do this all over again. the greatest regrets are perhaps not having the chance to go visit my brother in sabah and my sister in the uk. and i didn't get the bird's nest too. okeh.. i don't know what else to write here. i think there's an epl match going on right now. and i do need to get some rest for tomorrow's 'gruelling' trip (20 hours of 'nganga' and 'buat bodo' in the flight). now, having contributing nothing significant to the national economy for the last two weeks while actually doing nothing back home, i guess i'm ready to get back to work. new challenges beckon for the brave! (well, like i have any other choices now issit*sigh*). do take care everybody.. ciao!