So I have a little bit of a problem. Where do I go from here? I’m in Brunei right now and tomorrow morning I head to Kuala Lumpur. That is about as far as I’ve gotten so far. The problem that I’m having is what/where do I go and for how long. Although I don’t expect any replies, I’ll layout my arguments for the few places I have in mind. Feel free to comment if you feel like it.

My first thought was to go to Johur Bahru (JB) in Malaysia. This city wasn’t really on my list of places to go. I guess the spot is big for expats and people who want to be close to Singapore but pay less in rents.

I really have no feelings about JB except that it would be nice to hang out with Nicole so I put it higher on the list. Some of the other benefits would be that I want to put down some roots so I’d stay there probably at least for a few months. The roots may be shallow, but I was kind of getting excited about not living out of my backpack. I was also thinking that I could start exercising again since the apartment I was going to rent had a gym and pool and looks like it would be a perfect place to start running.

Another option that I’ve been thinking about is to head to Taiwan. It has been my plan all along to go to Taiwan as I make my way back to the US. My hesitation here though is that I feel that if I leave Malaysia now that I will never come back and I have really been enjoying myself here. In fact I could see myself living in Malaysia for years. Nearly everyone that I’ve met has told me that Taiwan is great, and since it has a 90-day visa I could probably stretch my time out there for as long as I want.

The last option is to find somewhere else in Malaysia to hang out for a month or two until I actually know what I want to do. The downside to this is, where?

So there you have it, my problem of deciding where to go and what to do. My mind is telling me to stay with JB and just not tell Nicole that I was there. Any suggestions?