Family Vacation – Malaysia and Singapore

Note: An immensely self-congratulatory post to sustain my ego at stratospheric levels follows.

 There were some things I wanted to do and there were some things I really really wanted to do.

I wanted to own a house before I turned 25. I did.

I really really wanted to take my family out on vacation to an exotic place this year. I did that over the past ten days. Malaysia and Singapore were the destinations.

(That explains my absence over the past many days. Am currently on vacation – regular blogging will resume in another week or so).

The idea of a family vacation was niggling for quite some time. Family vacations in the past were restricted to local places in and around India, mostly religious or family members’ places. ‘Exotic family vacation’ was the key phrase this time.  However, given the constraints of time and place, the idea kept getting postponed till last November. And then, out of the blue, it went bang – Malaysia and Singapore was narrowed down very quickly. And the rest, as they say is history.

The past 10 days was immensely enjoyable and satisfying.

My professional work is quite interesting for most of the time. Part selling, Part consulting, Part business analysis – the work is a combination of things I am really passionate about and I enjoy it very thoroughly. However, there are certain times when you feel bored and the work is pretty monotonous.

The trip made all that monotonous work seem very miniscule in comparison.

Money for me, is only a means to an end. I have no intentions to hoard huge amounts of money and die rich. Neither do I have any intentions of being extremely rich, having n private flights, x number of mansions etc. What I do want to do is travel around the world, talk to different people and atleast have little conversations with the localites in most parts of the world, if not knowing their cultures or ways of living in depth.

 I have been to the UK, US and now Malaysia and Singapore. Yeah, so ‘One small step for…’ kinds. Let’s see how far this goal gets fulfilled.

I will have a short travel post in the next couple of days. Assorting through the photographs currently.

There are some things in life which are extremely satisfying. When I do look back after 20, 30 or 40 years, this event of a first exotic family vacation will definitely remain high on the list.

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