Malaysia and more

Hello all,
Well, during my week off from school, I decided to head up to Kuala Lumpur and the rest of Malaysia. I was at a teaching conference for the beginning of the weekend, educational and really good food. It was nice to network around and meet some different teachers from different countries and schools.

As soon as it was over, caught a bus ride up to KL and visited some friends. Went to Chinatown and bought a few things, nothing like beating the deals compared to the expensive Singapore stuff! KL was nice - more Asian than the Singapore that I was exposed to of late. So modern Singapore is, whereas, as a taxi driver and I discussed, KL is more Asian with thousands of motorbikes, a little less clean, and more authentic. I like Singapore, don't get me wrong, but it is nice to get out of the modern city and see what else. I'm up at a nice little mountain city (or high hill compared to the Rockies) and it is great. It is only 15 degrees here, still short and t-shirt weather but not the constant sweating. Really nice quiet little town, staying at a hostel (miss those days of travelling around and sleeping in hostels - really do...). Even went for a 3 hour hike through the jungle. Quite intense - lots of hills and the path seemed like it wasn't used too often. Saw a few too many spiders than what I'm comfortable with and it didn't seem like anyone had taken that path for a while. But it was great to out there and just hike around.

Heading back to KL tomorrow, will hang out with Steve (a buddy of Luke's and I). Should be good times. Will head back to Singapore on Saturday in time for dinner for the bday. Just heading out with Luke and Dalia I think for a nice quiet time. Hopefully we can play some games or something. Then, it is all day Sunday, making sure the place I now have is up and running. Still need some essentials before my friend Enrique from Spain comes. He arrives on Monday and is here for 2 weeks. Should be fun - hopefully we can make it out to Thailand or something. But there are some cool festivals the weekend of the 20th. Deepavali is a Hindu festival and ends around that time. As well, Hari Raya is a big festival and I have heard it is a great time down in Little India.

Nice to have this break during the middle of a semester. Little over 6 weeks until the semester ends. It is really a fantastic job here - great time teaching and great to have such a good position. Will be nice to have my own place. I'm sure I will still hang out there at times and also, I'm sure will be at my place since I'm buying a PS2 so that we can hang out. (Dalia won't let him have one so he has to come to my place to play!!! Ha ha, just kidding.) They're up in Cambodia for the week with the in-laws. Hope they have a good time...soon I'll head up there!

Well, should get running and actually enjoy my time away from teaching and away from the bustle of city.
Take care all and I life is treating you well wherever you are,
Adam