I am a Travel Baby. Capital 'T'. Capital 'B'. Travelling is in my blood and the only thing that is stopping me is covid-19. Money, work, time, language, cuisine, and anything else, does not stop me. It's not something I grew up with, it's in my blood. When you have literally been flying before you could even talk and walk, it's not like you came to enjoy it, it is what makes your identity.
It has developed though: I used to enjoy the airport, now I don't really. It doesn't matter which airport, security has killed that part of travel. I enjoy the ride to and from the airport, the planning beforehand, and especially the flying: that is what it's all about. Being 30 000 odd feet in the air. The sleeping issue, the in-flight entertainment, the food. Even the take-off and landing. It feels like home. Two things I will say, which do colour my perspective, is I've never travelled for work and I'm generally talking about long-haul flights (but I do travel short-haul and medium-haul flights). That is where the flying is at. It may be different if I travelled for work and was applying it to non-long-haul flights. And I travel on 'good' airlines. By that I mean ones that take-off and land at a reasonable time and have a reputation for their quality: Singapore Airlines, Cathay Pacific, Qatar for example. I have a whole section on travel if you want to read it.
This blog wasn't originally going to have such a diverse range of topics, but it does. Maybe that's part of the 'High On Life'. I used to be so into living and life which is where the first part of the title came from and it still means that. 'Travel' is explained above. But then the blog expanded. It does reflect my interests, my identity and has its place.
I am also crazy, normal, beautiful, ugly, smart, stupid, fat, slim, funny, serious, happy, sad, lazy, active, unambitious, ambitious, old, young and everything in between. I am comfortable with who am I am, I always have been. I won't and will not apologize for who I am. Of course, within reason: if I am harming others or breaking the law, you assess yourself, accept the consequences. I want to tell you who I am, but I also want you to discover who I am. Telling you who I am, even if explained right, can give you an idea of arrogance and that's not the intention. And it's nice to discover someone by them not telling you directly. So it's a fine balance between the two. Though you must have some arrogance to create a blog, like professional singers and actors with their abilities.
Some more important facts about me, so you have a rough idea of where I am coming from: I have university degrees; my norm is renting and eventually owning a house maybe, having electricity, hot and cold water, food on the table, a smartphone, laptop and internet; I currently have a white-collar job; I have disposable income. So to sum-up, I am middle-class and sometimes upper-middle class. But I have a lot of experience of life in developing countries.
I believe in the truth and reality, and that is what I will always try to be on highonlifeandtravel.com . There will be limitations because some things I want to keep to myself and/or they are too private for me. That sounds contradictory, and I can see why, but my response is it is my choice and everyone has at least one thing that no one else knows but them. If not more.
Most of what I write on here is purely from me, unless I back it up and/or choose to believe my sources, which meet my reliability threshold. You may like what I write or not, and you can comment as long as it's constructive and not harmful to others. At the end of the day, you can take me or leave me and to take that concept even further, you can choose to not read my blog. That is your right.
- A.M.
*Re-published
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