This is the first post in a new Kirsten Captures series called “Just an Observation”. Every day I will attempt to post a photo and quick thought or observation from the day. This is a sincere effort to become more involved in my life here in Penang. But as you will see from today’s observation … More Just an Observation: Why is my front door stuck…again?
Lately I’ve been searching for inspiration. After living in Malaysia for almost 4 months, I have hit a wall in both my personal life and professional life. It is difficult to get my butt moving every day to work out, blog, and complete projects for my marketing job. When I first arrived in Penang this … More 6 Ways to Stay Inspired for the Next 6 Months
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
After our final scuba diving trip (sad face) we were happy and exhausted! The boat dropped us off at 3pm and we decided to take it easy for the remainder of the afternoon. Of course this meant another movie marathon in our room! Did you realize yet that we are total movie junkies? It is true. … More Phi Phi Islands: The Last (Thai) Supper
Just two days after my first scuba diving experience, we were back at the Leisure Dive Center ready for another day out under the water. I told you we couldn’t stay away. Sadly our instructor Jens went back to Sweden the day before so we paired up with John, an equally capable and cool French instructor. … More Scuba Diving in the Phi Phi Islands: Viking and Phi Leh Wall
Happy Memorial Day to my fellow Americans out there! Peter and I just got back from a long weekend trip to Kuala Lumpur and had a great time! We left Friday evening and spent 3 days relaxing and adventuring in the capital of Malaysia. Let me tell you, it made me miss the convenience and … More Expat Confessions: How to Stand Out (and Like It)
I have stayed in my fair share of Holiday Inns back in the States and have always considered them a low-end budget chain. So when I was booking the hotel for our stay on the Phi Phi Islands I was a little suspicious. High-end Holiday Inn island resort? No way. Well thankfully I was wrong! … More Phi Phi Islands: We Be Chillin’ At Da Holiday Inn
When booking our trip to Thailand, I only made arrangements for travel and lodging in Phuket and Ko Phi Phi Don. As for our daily activities, we were completely open and pretty clueless about what we would actually DO on the island (besides laze away on the beach and stuff ourselves with Thai food). So as … More Scuba Diving in the Phi Phi Islands: Koh Bida Nak and Maya North
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