kl

tomorrow i'm off to KL! so basically i'll be virtually uncontactable for the next 5 days or so.

it's been awhile since i had a proper holiday. think if i were to count taiwan as the last one, that was more than half a year ago. so i guess i'll be spending away my hard-earned money. alot of things to shop for there, although i would arrive too early for the nationwide sales period.

sent the aunt off on her minor pilgrimage trip to the holy city last wednesday morning. damn tired because i got back at almost 5am. i remember my trip to the holy land there. exactly 7 years ago. simply astounding. just praying in front of the kaabah is an experience to cherish. imagine, around 1.2 billion moslems (maybe you can count out over half of the malays in singapore) praying to the kaabah every single day, and suddenly one gets a chance to pray exactly right in front of it. especially the dusk prayers. i remember birds circling the kaabah. if i wasn't mistaken, they were crows. and crows usually make one hell of a ruckus with their homies. but they just flew around encircling the kaabah noiselessly, as if they knew they just had to shut their traps. simply amazing. a scene i still remember clearly.

someday i shall visit the holy land again. on top of that, for all the wonders of the world, there are also 4 other places i would like visit. firstly jerusalem. i've been there before, and it really is among the most beautiful of cities. i remember standing on top of this bibilical site called the mount of olives. really beautiful. i looked down the view was really magnificent. it overlooks jerusalem and the city looks really wonderful from there. and across from the mount of olives, i could see the al-aqsa mosque, and the famous dome of the rock. and the city itself is beautiful, rich in culture and history. i managed to visit bethlehem, the tomb of king david, the tomb of moses, the western wall and other historically rich places. and i have stepped into the dead sea before! i remember i had a cut at my foot so it did hurt just a little bit. though i never tested to see if i could really float. haha. someday i shall go there again.

moscow is another place on my list. has to do with my fascination with its communist legacy. maybe st. petersburg too. i want to see the kremlin, the red square, and the museums rich in history of communism. berlin too. berlin is a beautiful city, and i would also like to see the remains of the berlin wall, and delve into the history of the nazi era (if they still have relics from that era). london too, for its beautiful setting, and its famous landmarks. and not to mention, probably catch a match at the emirates stadium. just too bad highbury is history.

alot of places to travel to, and alot of money needed! haha. personally if you notice, i of course appreciate places rich in history that i have interests in. natural sights are a sight to behold, say niagara falls etc - but i would rather appreciate buildings, sites, relics that have to do with human history. and america doesn't interest me that much so heck. i hope i can really visit all these 5 places in my lifetime.

dear God, grant me a very well-paying job so as to fulfil my dreams!

for now, it's KL for me it seems. haha.

till next week then.