Description
The thing about solo travelling is that you get to rediscover or reinvent yourself, stripping away layers of what you thought how the world was like or who you really were. Then, you clothe yourself with garments of new skills, knowledge and perspectives. You feel like you're on top of the world with all the riches of experiences. But once you arrive back in your country, settling into what seems like 'familiarity,' everything has changed yet nothing at all. It's an uncanny feel- ing, to be a stranger in your own home. The depth of your conversations with people aren't the same. Your unconventional ideas and practices have to be tamed or assimilated back to what it once was.
I globetrotted seven countries in five months, a collection of evocative senses and stories. Coming back to remarks like, "This is Malaysia, you can't do that anymore," was so extrinsic to who I am today like someone peeling off a part of my skin - painful and demoralising. I couldn't regress, how could I?
ISBN:9789672598800
