Kuala Lampur, April 1 -- Riddle me this: is it not disingenuous to be marketed all these promo airfares and travel packages in the middle of what is likely to be a very long energy crisis?

No, travel booking website, I am not going to book a vacation just in case they manage to negotiate a ceasefire.

Perhaps it was divine providence I followed the strange pull that drove me to book three trips with less than two weeks between them, with my last one happening next week.

Or I was just stir-crazy after barely being able to walk four metres during my cancer treatment without getting winded and now all I want to do is walk.

Yet the reality is this - the world's never ending love affair with fossil fuels continues torridly.

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