Make Every Swing Count.
It was end of 2015, one fine day, we just got bored and packed the 4 of us into our trustworthy but road weary 10 year old Nissan Sentra which by then had done 350,000 kms and which occasionally - would get stuck in first gear and needing a engine restart to get out of that loop - and started driving and following where our noses pointed us to.
We ended up driving to Melaka from Penang with no specific plan and having never been to Melaka before that! Yes, I have many followers and clients and students from Melaka but I never went there before 2015. We kind of arrived there in late afternoon and parked somewhere and started googling for a reasonable priced, decent hotel with a family room to stay for a few nights. Within minutes we found one and checked in
These was the era before C 19 and the tourist groups from Singapore usually flooded Melaka to the brim every weekend. And things were pricey due to the Sing dollar effect.
It was a good trip. We discovered many good stuff and places to eat like Restoran Selvam and Saravanna and many places to tuck in street food after midnight.
Since then we have been back to Melaka at least 4 times over the years , to the extent even the shops we frequent and the waiters know our story and our family.
Heck, once in 2020, we have even woken up 3am on Saturday and driven all the way to Melaka just to have lunch, dinner, sleep and drive back next day.
Life is too short for too much planning. The best things in life are always the things that one wished for but could never have imagined or planned to perfection ahead. Just ask your parents, they will agree. You, reading this, are a blessing they could have never imagined.
So go ahead - live today to the fullest and make every swing count.