what a way to say goodbye ?

so i just got back from Penang a few days ago. and it was honestly what i needed. a few couple of days with my girls. and i can swear that it was probably the best days of this year for me. with the food and all the talking, we became so much closer. and i couldn't be happier.

the waves there were HUGE. thanks to the monsoon season but it was great and the waves didn't bring us down. we still got to ride the jet skies. Vee rode with me and Pei Wen went by herself and i was hilarious. Vee probably got carpet burn from the seat, as she says. and Pei Wen just took her time watching the sunset.

we shisha-ed and it was amazing. even though the shisha wasn't that good, it was still on the beach and it was still pretty darn awesome. then we met a couple of guys there who were rather interesting themselves.

Tok Aling was there and it was awesome having her there. at least we didn't get lost and everything. and i honestly thought she would be a downer with her rules and such but she was the best, there was even a night when we left the apartment at 12 in the morning and another night when we got home at 3. sure she wanted us to be punctual and all, but that was about it. she is the most amazing grandmother ever.

Penang is honestly and most definitely my home lah. i mean, i wasn't even afraid to walk around. sure, i was afraid of a couple of rapists and such but nothing else. i felt so completely safe. i felt like a bird coming home, like a butterfly finally learning to fly.

i can't wait to go back there. we probably will for New Years but we're not too sure on that yet. but still, i'm gonna go home soon enough and i'll feel the waves on my feet and the wind on my body and i'd know the feeling of safety again. the feeling of never wanting to go anywhere else. that feeling i rarely get here, happiness and fulfillment.