Brand Spanking New!

Well, there is a lot of newness going on in our lives right now.  We are in a new country, Trip is starting a new job and going to a new school, Kathy has a new puppy (he is sooo cute), and we have a new blog!  It's all so exciting.  So, we are now in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and it is so interesting!  When we were driving to the apartment from the airport I couldn't help but think that it feels like a combination of Japan and India.  There are buildings that are Asian looking with the tiled and ornate roofs that make you stop and think "I'm in Asia"; and then there are beautiful Mosques that catch your eye and you start to wonder if you ended up in the Middle East.  


The people here are very diverse.  There are Indian Malaysians, Chinese Malaysians, Pakistani Malaysians, Indonesian Malaysians, and native Malaysians.  This also means that there is such a variety of food.  We have already tried some local food which is delicious.  Malaysian food is spicy and they love to cook with coconut milk.  As you can imagine, we don't mind at all!  The only thing I was not a huge fan of was ABC ice (that is the short version of a name I can't pronounce let alone spell).  It was coconut flavored shaved ice (that part was good) topped with, creamed corn, red sweet beans, honey dew flavored jello balls, and some other jelly things that looked like seaweed to me, but I have no idea what they are called.  The jelly/jello stuff wasn't bad, but I'm not a huge fan of sweet beans to begin with and the corn was a little weird.


Everything here is green and beautiful and I have never seen so many palm trees in one place before.  Since Malaysia is made up of mostly rain forests it tends to rain quite a bit here.  It hasn't rained everyday, but in the last week it has rained at least four days.  It's not too bad though because the rain doesn't usually last all day.  Even though it is 50% humidity or higher the climate hasn't been too uncomfortable.  Of course, I think the luxury of air conditioning has helped with that.


So far our experience has been quite enjoyable and the people have been very friendly.  I think it will only get better as we start to figure things out and explore the area.  We haven't taken any pictures yet, but I will be changing that very soon!  Until next time.