This weekend we acted like good little tourists and did a couple of recommended touristy things around KL. On Saturday we visited the Muzium Negara (National Museum), where Malaysian Tourism Board and Ministery for Tourism, Culture, and Antiquities officials have…
That means "languages." In Bahasa Indonesia and Bahasa Melayu, you form plurals by just doubling the noun. Very convenient–no other rules to remember. Although it can be difficult with more complicated words like keberangkatan. Since we’ve been here, we’ve learned…
Well, due to our internet problems, TP has been doing all the blogging lately. I (jm) thought it was high time to make some random observations of my own about KL so far. People here wear shoes a lot more…
While we were in Indonesia, we didn’t bother getting internet service in our apartment. It was a pain, the procedures were confusing, and we decided to just walk to the closest mall if we needed it. Here in Malaysia, we’re…
After several days of haggling and waiting, we finally moved into our new apartment last night. It’s pretty nice as far as these things go. First off, the rent is $470 a month. That alone is enough to make us…
We have had very delicious Indian food twice in the past two days. It’s different than Indian food that you get in the US, which is almost entirely northern Indian. (We of course had no idea until we got here…
We went out last night with the Fulbright students that live in our towers, and had dinner in a well-known area called Bukit Bintang (Star Hill) that has lots of fancy Western establishments there. Well, not really fancy, unless you…
Today has gone a little better. We looked at an apartment just two flights up from where our friends are staying, and it looks like it will work. TP was sold the moment we walked in and saw a poster…
We spent today working on both getting our visas and finding an apartment to live in. We have had some luck with the latter. Currently, we are waiting for a realtor named Rozliza to call us back and show us…
So here we are in Kuala Lumpur! We got in late last night. Our flights were good…Thai Airways continues to astound us with the quality of the food in steerage class. It was genuinely tasty–and it was served all in…
