Balik kampung - Returning home..

In about 48 hours, I will be returning back home to Malaysia after spending more than 8 years studying and living in the UK.

This experience has changed me in more ways than one. I've always felt that I'm not the same person that left Malaysia all those years ago.

I've gone through my fair share of laughs and tears and I'm eternally grateful to God for letting me have all of this, however fleeting(!)

But all good things must come to an end - in my case, that end was explicitly written down on my visa, and that end happens to be this Monday :P

Coming back home feels a bit like a shock to the system. My adult life has been spent largely amongst an abundance of kebab and chip shops, efficient(!) public transport and Internet so fast I can only vaguely recall the sound of my old dial-up modem.

This is a major move - but I just feel that it's time. I wouldn't say it's the *right* time, but I feel OK about it. I could've extended my visa if I put more effort into it, but I made the conscious decision not to. On some levels, I'm gonna miss a million things like mad. Yet at the same time, there have been several developments which made me realize that I'm due a big change in my life - things aren't exactly working out the way that I'm entirely happy with right now.

But as much as I'm craving a change in my life, I'm equally scared shitless.

This blog is my way of helping me deal with all this change. I'm hoping it'll be an outlet for me to address my inevitable heavy sadness that would shroud my life over the next few weeks, whilst all the upheaval is going on. At the same time, I'd like to show my friends back in the UK how life's like back home in the land of roti canai and maggi goreng (fried instant noodles) and halal KFC and (mostly) halal Chilli's..

So here's to new beginnings!