My Dream in the Year of the Tiger

dream, is something that is absurd to other people but it is meaningful to that person. dream can be a great motivation tool to the person. dream can help a person to reach higher state than before. dream can even make a person STRONGER than ever.

i have dream too. in fact, i am so greedy that i have a lot of dreams at one time. lol. but i think that there is one dream that is never change and it remains unchanged in my heart for a very long time. i always want to achieve that dream, the dream of my life.

the dream of my life is that i want to backpack to whole south east asia, particularly mainland of south east asia. i think all of you wondering why i want to choose to travel to south east asia rather than other places like china and europe. but there are few reasons that i think south east asia is more attractive than other part of the world.

haversack and passport are the basic needs for backpacking

as a south east asian and malaysian, i know that south east asia always is that mystery and it attracts a lot of attention outside world. one of the reasons is that south east asia have a very strategic geographic, and it is a place where merchants from east and west trade their products here since civilization. in fact, they brought along their culture with them as well. these different cultures blend together and create a culture that is unique. so in south east asia, there are a wide variety of culture here as each country has different history, culture and tradition, and each one is different from others.  (now i know that history is useful and finally i can apply it  ^^)

besides, i am inspired by the world most famous travel guide book founder, tony wheeler and maureen wheeler of lonely planet. it is all begun with the book "once while travelling: the lonely planet story". the book is about how they travel from UK to australia and their life changes after that vacation. it always inspire me to backpack in future as backpacking is one of the way to broaden our mind. backpacking is also my favourite travelling type as you have your own leisure to explore the place. while you are exploring at your own leisure, you can discover and understand more about the local tradition and culture.

once while travelling: the lonely planet story

 tony wheeler and maureen wheeler. inspiration of my dream

but, there is something holding me back from doing all these. as i am still a student, i do not have any income yet. so i cannot save any money and use it for travelling. so my dream of backpacking over south east asia can be achieved after my studies.

No Money T_T

now there is a chance for me to have my dream come true.tiger beer and nuffnang is currently organizing tiger run for all the people out there to have their dream come true. if i am chosen for tiger run, i guess i will be very lucky because i am one step nearer to my dream!

tiger run

if i have the chance to backpack this year, i will start my journey in kuala lumpur. then i will travel to thailand, laos, cambodia and then vietnam. after vietnam i will travel to singapore. after singapore i will back to kuala lumpur.

route

Thailand

Laos

 

Cambodia

 

Vietnam

 

Singapore

all these will be done using car, train or bus only and if can try to avoid using plane (except for the journey from vietnam to singapore). it is because when i travel using car, train and bus, i will stop in the heart of every city. so i can have some local experience once i step out of any kind of transport.

"A dream will always remain a dream unless you start moving your feet."-Kueh Jing Zhi, 2010 ( i start creating quote already. lol)

- the Year of the Tiger, ROAR -

cherish with tiger beer,

 :D