Outback Desolation

My Scholarship entry - A 'place' I have visited

Nepal | Friday, January 11, 2013 | flickr photos

I love travel. I indulged in it through my college years, coming to the US from my homeland of Malaysia, studying abroad another three times, and in between all that, taking to the road every chance I got. Travel wasn't something I just did - it was how I lived and breathed.

Throughout my nomadic years, I also pursued my artistic passions. I graduated from college as an art major with a photography thesis. Combining travel and photography is something that thrills me. It's difficult to explain the richness of living on the road, but one of my main goals is to dispel the fear of the foreign that is so prevalent. People shrink back in fear when I mention some places that I've been (especially as a single female), but we need to realize that we live on a gorgeous planet full of equally wonderful people.

These days I find myself as a cog in the corporate machine, hoping to find a way to return to my passions. I wonder every day if it's too crazy in these current economic times to quit my job and hoist up the old pack again. I know I have the drive, excellence and independence to excel in the field of travel photography, and I hope that this will give me a chance to prove it.