I remembered telling myself to enjoy this holiday because it¡¯d be my last, at least for a few years to come. But unfortunately pre-tuning myself to make sure that I will have the most memorable holiday doesn¡¯t necessarily translate to the most enjoyable holiday when the holiday itself unfolds before you. In fact, you put more, often unnecessary pressure on yourself that results in some sort of psychological incarceration because you¡¯re trapped in that ¡°oh my god, what if I don¡¯t enjoy this trip?¡± or ¡°what if this trip isn¡¯t the most enjoyable of all?¡± bubble that acts as a barrier, preventing you from actually enjoying the trip itself. It is well, really ironic because you wanted to truly experience joy during the trip in the first place.


I¡¯m not implying that by far this was the worst trip, but it certainly wasn¡¯t the best trip as well? Actually I have no idea what ¡°the best trip¡± would entail, and honestly I think there¡¯s probably no such thing as ¡°the best trip¡± because there¡¯d be certain ups and downs in every trip. One thing is for sure though that this trip, I was and I am enriched and rejuvenated ¨C enriched with the rich cultural diversity and rejuvenated by the absolutely sublime scenery. No, I didn¡¯t experience whatever literature thought me, i.e. I didn¡¯t feel any spiritual uplift. Admittedly there was some sort of awe that surged through me, but it didn¡¯t reach godly extents. The snow-capped mountains and the tiny evergreen trees that because of their immense numbers, seem to dot the entire mountain ranges, and made it seem so majestically beautiful and breathtaking.

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