I get it! Enough with the hate mail!!!!!!! I'm sorry, it's been a while, but I have been legitmately busy with teacher type things!!! It's on the downslope now though....let the fun times begin!
What have I been up to...well, if you've been to facebook you must have seen me in my lovely pink outfit...no? You should check it out, polyester pink, it might be the best look I've ever rocked! The shades pull it all together nicely!!! The explanation behind the fashion is the visiting of a pretty kickass mosque (there are pics of that too, kinda matches the outfit!) Saturday morning a few of the school's bigwigs picked up the STUDS and took us out to Putra Jaya, a town created solely for the government administration of Malaysia. It was incredible! Check out some of the other pics on facebook - lots of amazing Islamic architecture and the coolest mosque. It was a great morning all around from the drive in, the gardens, the touring and the tasty carrot cake for lunch!
From there, went back home to veg at the pool because it is insanely hot here right now! It's always hot, but it hasn't rained since Wednesday and let me tell you, we are feelin' it! It has been in the low 40s temperature wise, humid and wicked sun and smog. The intense heat kills all motivation...I understand now why people here seem so lazy!!!!
Other fun adventures, well on Wednesday night on of the local teachers took us on a Malaysian adventure! We went to a Thai Buddhist Temple, for the real deal Indian food, to her and her parents' house and then to a crazy night market! The best part...none of us brought cameras!!! We kicked ourselves for it all night, especially when we got to watch Sheila try the ABC dessert...let me tell you about ABC, it's a huge dessert in a bowl. From the top, you see a scoop of the sickly sweetest ice cream ever (it's blue and pink) topped with a cherry. This is sitting atop a pile of shaved ice, also pink and blue but less sweet. A little gross in the sweetness, but so far, not so bad....then you get to the part hidden by the bowl, which is full of chunks jello (not jello like you think, it's black, it's so so so bad!) and in the mix, corn and beans!!!! I'll try to take a picture, cause you really can't imagine how strange it is to be trying this with people who think it's wonderful....my response was "is that corn!?!?!??!"
Yeah, it was corn! Seems to be a Malaysian thing, they love corn! At fast food place you can buy a cup of corn (usually with a gross melted butter, salt and mayonnaise dressing). You get dessert, usually has corn in it! Corn everywhere!!!!!!!!
So that's that! You're somewhat caught up now...I have only 5 days of teaching left and am booked for Bali on Monday. One week in Bali, ending with a 3 day yoga retreat should be a nice way to forget about the hell that has been practicum! Then I think we are heading to the jungle for a few days and perhaps to hop a few islands before the big trip back to Canada!
I'm missing my girls and the nights of wine and cheese....looking forward to seeing you all again and telling you the stories live!!!!!!!!!! Enjoy the snow and I will enjoy the stiffling heat! Peace!
lol. i was so wondering what the pink was. any explanation as to why it seemed to be made of terry and covering everything? any explanation as to why it was ... pink?
ReplyDeletealso, there is a variation on that dessert in S Korea but instead of corn and black jello they have fruit loops and red beans.
i think i know the black jello you speak of. it's not as bad when you smother it in maple syrup. it's supposed to be.. therapeutic.. or something. i'll have my parents fill you in. :)
Nice! "Is that corn?" I want a shirt with that on it!
ReplyDeleteAnd I'm ordering a pink body hoodie for myself so we can match!