After traveling for 26 hours, taking 3 different airplanes, 2 layovers, getting yelled at 1 time for neglecting to read a sign that was clearly written in English, 1 lost bag, and 0 showers, we have finally reached Malaysia! The weather we have been told can be very unpredictable but from what we have experienced thus far it is on average in the mid 80s during the day and is rather humid which for Meghan has been paradise. We are studying at an international university called INTI University College, but most of the international students are from China, Africa, and Indonesia. So as you can imagine we are the only two Caucasians which gives the song ‘Stop and Stare’ a completely new meaning. Besides the very nonchalant staring I have never felt so welcome and popular in my life. We have more dinner plans than we know what to with, now we just need to get used to the food. All of the menus are written in either Malaya or Chinese and for those of you who know us you know that we aren’t always the best at reading things when written in English so you can imagine the difficulty we are having with the menus.
Our first day here we got settled into our room which happens to be on the fourth floor with no elevator so watching us try to get our 50 pound suitcases to our room was nothing short of a good laugh. Our room is a little more than twice the size of a US dorm room; we have an air conditioner, and even a bathroom! But before you think we are living in paradise, I am pretty sure we are sleeping on old hospital sheets that barely fit the beds that give us the comfort of sleeping on a slab of concrete with springs poking in to our backs. And the bathroom, well it is hard to find right words to describe the room that we have gotten so many giggles from. So, we will be posting a picture because in this case the saying is true; a picture literally is worth a thousand words. Most of the students at our college stay up anywhere from 3 to 5 in the morning so between that and being jet leg we tend to take a 4 to 5 hour “nap” starting at 3 in the afternoon waking up around 10 some nights to go out and some just enough time for us to decide we can’t drag ourselves out of bed. We were so tired last night that when we woke up at 10 we decided to just go back to sleep. However, this meant that we woke up wide-eyed and bushy tailed at 4 am. So, we still have to make some adjustments in our sleeping patterns.
On Saturday we went with a group of new students from INTI to a nearby mall. The mall was super nice, but shockingly enough we didn’t do much shopping. We spent most of the day walking around with people getting to know them. We seriously can’t stress enough how nice everyone has been, and they are all willing to help us in any way possible. After the mall we came back and passed out until we got an invite to go back to the city we had been in that day to get some dinner and see a movie. Oh we should mention that we got to see the prime minister’s office! Kok Hoe and Vigal took us to dinner and a movie and then we ended up just talking on a bridge until 3 am.
The two of us have already shared some pretty good laughs and cries. We like it here, but as you can imagine it is nothing like anything we have ever experienced, and we are having a really hard time adjusting to the food. Hope everything back at home is swell! Please keep us updating on what is going on in your lives as well!
We can't get the pictures to upload so we will try again later!
Our first day here we got settled into our room which happens to be on the fourth floor with no elevator so watching us try to get our 50 pound suitcases to our room was nothing short of a good laugh. Our room is a little more than twice the size of a US dorm room; we have an air conditioner, and even a bathroom! But before you think we are living in paradise, I am pretty sure we are sleeping on old hospital sheets that barely fit the beds that give us the comfort of sleeping on a slab of concrete with springs poking in to our backs. And the bathroom, well it is hard to find right words to describe the room that we have gotten so many giggles from. So, we will be posting a picture because in this case the saying is true; a picture literally is worth a thousand words. Most of the students at our college stay up anywhere from 3 to 5 in the morning so between that and being jet leg we tend to take a 4 to 5 hour “nap” starting at 3 in the afternoon waking up around 10 some nights to go out and some just enough time for us to decide we can’t drag ourselves out of bed. We were so tired last night that when we woke up at 10 we decided to just go back to sleep. However, this meant that we woke up wide-eyed and bushy tailed at 4 am. So, we still have to make some adjustments in our sleeping patterns.
On Saturday we went with a group of new students from INTI to a nearby mall. The mall was super nice, but shockingly enough we didn’t do much shopping. We spent most of the day walking around with people getting to know them. We seriously can’t stress enough how nice everyone has been, and they are all willing to help us in any way possible. After the mall we came back and passed out until we got an invite to go back to the city we had been in that day to get some dinner and see a movie. Oh we should mention that we got to see the prime minister’s office! Kok Hoe and Vigal took us to dinner and a movie and then we ended up just talking on a bridge until 3 am.
The two of us have already shared some pretty good laughs and cries. We like it here, but as you can imagine it is nothing like anything we have ever experienced, and we are having a really hard time adjusting to the food. Hope everything back at home is swell! Please keep us updating on what is going on in your lives as well!
We can't get the pictures to upload so we will try again later!
4 comments:
I really hope the bag you lost was the devil bag, then you can hate it too! I'm glad you girls made it safe and sounds like you are making lots of friends, I'm so proud :) Love you and miss you lots!
Glad you guys made it there safe! Can't wait to see pictures!!
I sure love to hear about you r adventure! I am glad you are even getting to class!! It is more beautiful than I thought! Love ya! Aunt Teresa
Those pictures are amazing girls. I am so envious, enjoy your time, keep on being adventurious like I would!! But keep going to school so when there is no spell check you can still spell.. love ya XANGO UP!! JAIME
Post a Comment