Home in Penang

Finally, after a couple months of roaming about I am finally back home in Penang. Yes, I know the last time I wrote was about Vang Vieng. I will continue with some of the stories I left out in the last couple three weeks and hopefully this time with some pictures. Unfortunately, I have been very lazy with the camera for my last 2 weeks so there hardly any pictures of my two mates - Boris and Erik whom I travelled with for almost a week plus.

I took the flight from Bangkok to Penang on the 25th November morning. It was a short, one and a half hours ride and quite different from the many 10-hour-plus bus rides I have taken. Actually, quite a pleasant experience for a change. For now, it seems that my travels have ended. The trip has not been as reflective as I would have like it to be - in that I have not found the meaning of life - but the trip was surely a lot of fun. Also, I feel like some of my perspective in life has changed. I have always liked adventure but it seems like my priorities have always been more financially related. Earn more money, be a responsible son, listen to your church leaders, be a good 'Christian'... and things along that line. Now all of that I still want to be but there is so much to see, so much life to live. I cannot just go through life being a goody-two shoes. I still am (a 'nice' person) in more ways than not but I believe that there are flexibilities and freedom in life.

That said, I still realise that without money, none of the travels would have been possible. There needs to be a good balance in using money and acquiring it. Of course, I would like to make a sh*tload worth of money. Yes and I feel that I can contribute more to society when I have money than when I am poor. Yet I can be sadly deceived as money lures and corrupts. It makes you want to covet it without you even realising it. I feel that if I put my 'chinese' business mind to it, I can start a thriving business. I should put down some guidelines to getting rich before I start off on that line. Some line to tell me when is enough and what I should do when I have reached the goal. Something to keep me moral and sane before I turn into a greedy entrepreneur. Success is so often so much more dangerous than failure, in Christian terms, because it makes you proud. It gives you the impression that you do not need anyone, not even God. Only a few exceptional characters can be successful and yet stay humble. Should this be the road that I should be striving for?