about keutara

ke utara (verb): Malay; going north or to north

I still remember the time when my mum told me to write my experiences about my travels in a book. I was eight then. I brought along a jotter book to my middle-east trip, wrote one or two entries and then stopped. I still remember when I set up a blog for my travels back in 2005, wrote one or two entries and then stopped. I still remember setting up a blog coz I was plain bored waiting for Uni entrance, wrote for a few months and then stopped.

you see, writing has never been my passion. i see writing as a brain juice squeezing job that is put aside just for my school essays/reports/yada yada yada.  so how do i remember those wonderful moments? that would be in a form of photographs and really, not through words expressed. (funny thing is my discipline requires me to write A LOT)

so here is a blog again. an ATTEMPT to keep you, my friends, updated about my life on the other side of the planet. It begins with a few pre-departure entries and we shall see how it goes on from there.

Amirah xoxo

13 November 2009

the photograph that you see above was taken during my trip to Niagara Falls in 2005. It's just a tree branch that has frozen. Yet, it exudes a certain kind of charm.