The Soup Queen

I have been away for most of July. In fact, I think I spent only a week in Penang and the rest was out of Penang! I was attending a two-week programme in Honolulu, Hawaii and that itself was such an amazing experience. This is what happens when you take a chance on yourself. With some of my international friends from Asia Pacific at the East West Center in Hawaii I had applied for the programme and strangely, had a strong feeling that I would get into it. Perhaps it was the universe prompting me to go out there and get out of my comfort zone and explore the world. Long story short, I was accepted for the programme on scholarship and was the only person selected from Malaysia. That made me quite proud of myself! (For the whole story of how that happened, head on over to my other blog at Mayakirana.) To get to Hawaii, I had to do a few things - apply for my US visa, get my own air tickets and prepare my action plan . Yes, all of us 16 participants from all over the Asia