Saturday I was able to visit a friend, and current YES exchange student to California, in his homeotwn Taiping. Although it's only an hour drive from little old Ipoh, I had only been once with my host family where I ate mee udang then left. Which is quite typical for Malaysia. Anyways, my friend's family took me to a coal factory, and a seafood market....
Towards the end of December (read: Christmastime) I was able to follow my host family on holiday to Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Cambodia reminded me a lot of Vietnam, but still had a beautiful culture that was interesting to experience. Strangely, we ate a lot of really delicious Malaysian food as it is difficult to find Halal restaurants that serve Cambodian food. As seems...
December has been a bit of a whirlwind to say the least. Blogging just didn't happen, so I'll try to lump most of the December events into one post. Kaila Visiting One of my best friends here, another exchange student from America stayed with me in Ipoh for about a week. It was a time full of adventures: getting yelled at for sleeping...
Maybe you've noticed my absence in the blogosphere the past month.. Sorry about that! December's been a busy, but nonetheless challenging month. It was my first Christmas away from home (Malaysia home and US home. I was in Cambodia! Will post on that later), and it was hard not being with my family for what's considered the festive season back home. So I've...
