Blast From the Past

While in DC this summer, The fam got together with my old Granville roommate, RJ and his wife, Zerlinde. It's like Facebook, only in real life.

Last Post on KL

Going through the photos, I came upon the last set I wanted to post about KL. For father's day, I wanted to do the canopy walk at the FRIM (Forestry Research Institute of Malaysia). I made everyone else go to. Luke had some highly amusing comments from the day.

1. As we walked up the hill, through the jungle to actual canopy walk, it was hot and wet. Luke slipped at one point (he was wearing crocs because he couldn't find his tennis shoes) This prompted him to say, "And that's why I hate the rainforest!"

2. After finally making it to the walk, waiting in line, walking the walk, and coming down, we had a 30 minute walk out of the jungle. Luke then said, "I'm never coming to the jungle for Father's Day again."

Forbidden

There are a lot of "No" signs. Here are a couple of good ones.

No shorts in the mosque at the Forestry Research Institute of Malaysia (FRIM). And no smoochy in the taxi.

Executor Revisted

We have left Malaysia now, but I still have a few more photos to share. They really don't like trespassers in KL. The owner is using a rifle now, so he can still shoot the offender from farther away as he tries to run.

As Good As It Gets 2 - Just Like the Jing

Last week the burning (of something) at the Palm Oil plantations in Indonesia (the usual scapegoats) caused Beijing like "haze" in KL. That's gotta be one big-ass bonfire to smoke out the whole city. No blue skies for several days.

As Good As It Gets

To my friends here, I'm a bit of a Chinese food snob. Malaysian Chinese food is just not the same as what I could get in Beijing. I've finally found a place almost as good as what I'm used to. The Crystal Jade on Jln Sultan Ismail was okay, but Dragon-i in the food court is the taste-test winner. While it is more expensive than what I would pay in the Jing, the taste is just as good (mostly). Some photos illustrate my love of cubed chicken dishes.

GongBao JiDing



Lazi JiDing

Panda Clairebear

Claire dresses up in the Panda suit. It will be a sad day when Claire outgrows this one.