Colour chosen!

So, the big decision has been made! I'm going with the darker, more greenish, color that is to the left in the picture. Somehow, the color feels somewhat typical Malaysian, don't you agree?



I have to return the blue paint tomorrow at noon which is about 11 hours away, so unless anyone will start protesting loudly I'll switch back to the "cove blue" or whatever the color is called...

The room only has one window, which is located under some kind of pillar, so there's not much light sipping in during the days. With dark walls and probably dark furniture as well, I guess the room lighting will need to be good...

Or... I could just go back to how the room looked like before:



And if anything else fails ,I could always go for this winning look:

Time to get settled!

It's been basically 5 days since I've arrived and so far, I haven't done much to settle myself in my apartment. I still have all my clothes in my suitcases since I don't have a wardrobe to put my clothes in. I still haven't been to that swimming pool with crisp blue water that I can see from my balcony 9 floors down.I also haven't been to the gym at the condo yet, so still don't know if it's good enough. Lastly, I haven't started fixing my room yet, so it's still unfurnished.

At least I've done something today to cope with the last issue. Today, I went to buy paint! Yes! It was a huge step to locate the nearest paint store to finally get the ball rolling! So, I went to the store and managed to strike a deal with the salesman. Since they don't have sample colours to hand out, I'd get one of the 1l tins in one color and try it on a piece of my wall. Tomorrow, I'm going to return it for another color until I've tried them both. After that, I'll buy a bigger tin with the wanted color! It sounded good when the deal was made, but we'll see tomorrow if it really worked!
The colors are two different shades of blue with one being a bit greenish as well. I'll post the results of both and maybe you guys can vote for the best one?

Ok, besides the settling, I've been to a birthday party at a cousins place and watched a movie at the cinema with another cousin and her friend. That's also a part of settling in, right? The party was in Cheras, which is about 45 minutes by car from my place. I still haven't gotten used to the taxi prices here as I was sursprised to only pay 25 RM for the trip (about 5 EUR...). I met a cousin there I haven't seen since I was, like, 10-12? It was really cool to start of my stay with a fun birthday!

The name of the movie? Lovely Bones, directed by Peter Jackson after the book with the same name. It was about a girl that saw how the life of her family continued after she got murdered by a pedofile. Not exactly the happiest movie I've seen and it doesn't do on a big cinema screen. Still, I'd give it a 3.5/5.

Arriving in Malaysia!

The part I'm always looking forward to when going to Malaysia is to eat a lot of food!! So, what delicious meal did I eat first? Well.. uhm... it was actually a double Whooper... (It was goood btw :)) But I've started to munch into the other usual suspects now; nasi ayam, nasi goreng(not all sorts yet though) and every other kind of nasi (rice) there is. I'm getting there... ;)

Living here for 6 months is going to be interesting though. I've never been here that long. I've already noticed some things that are not so good about Malaysia though.

First of all, everything has become more expensive! When I was here in August last year, you could get a day pass for the bus for 2 RM (~45 cents). Now they've introduced a zone system, so a typical day of travelling will cost me around 15-20 RM, which is a significant increase!! I need to get myself a monthly pass... Does this make me sound spoiled? :P

Second, fitness centers are both expensive and a lot of them have bad reputations for having unqualified staff and a sour attitude. That doesn't sound like something you'd like to pay 150-300 RM for! Luckily there's a gym at where I live that I can use for free. Last time though it was closed for renovation and I have no idea how good it is. Gonna take a look soon, so I get some good routines!

Hmm... I'm not used to this blogging thing. Don't want to write too much at once or ppl will start falling asleep...

Bare with me and hopefully it'll get better! :)

Introducing.... My blog about my life in Malaysia!

Hey everyone!

I figured I'd start a blog just to keep folks back home a little bit updated about my whereabouts in Malaysia. It will probably cover some things discovered about Malaysia and a LOT of things about project hunting and hopefully the progression of it once I find one!

Anyway, my goals are modest: Don't make to many ppl fall asleep while reading it, haha :P

Enjoy!