Good news! I picked up my laptop on Friday! It turns on and everything! Bad news… They wiped my entire hard drive. Which would be fine except my external hard drive has chosen this exact moment to go haywire and not open on my laptop. Um. Awesome. I am praying that it works later and … More Kuala Lumpur: Finding Peace in the Batu Caves
Bad news. I broke my laptop. Well that is an exaggeration. My lovely little Macbook Pro is not physically broken, it just gets stuck on the loading page. And it refuses to actually load. It started this weekend after my poor (stupid) attempt to create more space on my startup disk by deleting files. Well … More Broken
A couple of weeks ago Peter had an unexpected 4 day weekend, prompting us to take a last minute trip to Kuala Lumpur! With only a week to spare, we booked flights and a hotel and were off by Friday afternoon. Kuala Lumpur is less than an hour flight from Penang and provides a perfect … More The Petronas Towers and Becoming a City Girl in Asia
Happy Tuesday! I think we can all agree that Tuesdays are not as great as Fridays. However this Tuesday is my last day as a 24 year old which makes me feel the need to commemorate this incredible year. So here is a list of 24 things I did or accomplished in my 24th year … More 24 Things I Did When I Was 24
Guess what? Today we are headed to Thailand!! Peter has a couple days off work this week and next Monday is election day here in Malaysia so we are staying on the Phi Phi Islands for my birthday! Woohoo!! I turn 25 on May 15th and feel very indifferent about the whole thing. I used … More Exploring Georgetown: Chingay and Kuan Yin Teng Temple
Happy Friday! Finally! This week has been mentally draining and I am so ready for another trip in a couple of weeks. Peter and I are planning a 5 day trip to Thailand on the Phi Phi Islands and it couldn’t come sooner for the both of us. Peter is drained from work and I … More The Stresses of Expat Life and Banana Boat Pictures
If you have ever been to Penang then you know that the population is comprised of 3 distinct ethnicities: Chinese, Indian, and Malay. Although they are all Malaysian, each ethnicity remains very separate from the others. If you look around, you see that people congregate in distinct groups of their own ethnicity. In the manufacturing … More A Day of Firsts: The Snake Temple and Ice Kacang
Wow I am loving this unstructured blogging time. Except… I am taking advantage of this freedom! In the process neglected any sort of information on my new life in Penang! Well friends starting today I hope to aim for 3 days of blogging per week. There is so much to share! But first let’s finish … More Langkawi: Perfect Weekend Getaway
Two Fridays ago we packed our bags and headed to the airport for some domestic travel within Malaysia. Peter’s coworker is leaving Penang in a couple of weeks so she invited a group of us to spend a weekend on the beach. A short flight later, we were in Langkawi! Langkawi is cluster of 104 islands off the … More Langkawi: Arriving in Paradise
Hello! Now that the 365 project is over, I am loving my lack of a blog schedule. Daily posting was fun but it is SO not my style. You could probably tell from those daily posts that my life is not that exciting. At all. Haha! Now that I live abroad, my life is punctuated by exciting … More A Day in the Life of an Expat
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