Our first 24 hours here in Malaysia has
been all but dull. We arrived at 1am. Here are the events that transpired from
there:
1:00am – Dropped off at a ‘bus station’
i.e. the curb
1:05am – Get picked up by our contact in a
van
1:07am – Stop at the Malaysian Waffle House
(or Stake & Shake) for a midnight snack
1:46am – Get pulled over by the cops (don’t
worry, no tickets)
2:03am – Arrive at our home for the month
2:34am – Finally in bed
9:30am – Wake up
10:00am – Ready to go for breakfast
10:30am – Breakfast comes to us
1:00pm – Ready to be picked up for lunch
and a meeting with our contact
1:30pm – We find out our contact is sick
and our host for the month calls his friend to help transport us to lunch
1:34pm – We ride 2 by 2 on
motorcycles/mopeds to a restaurant close by
1:36pm – I am on my first 2-wheeled mode of
transportation in my life and think I am going to die
1:38pm – I’m not dead.
1:45pm – We eat lunch at a Malaysian buffet
2:30pm – Back at the house
6:00pm – Get ready for church
7:15pm – Supposed to be picked up for
church
8:44pm – Actually get picked up for church
9:01pm – Make it to dinner to be assisted
by several locals who are amazed to see foreigners here. We were offered iguana
and a nice gentleman paid for our drinks.
9:45pm – Arrive at church to what we think
is a worship service
9:49pm – Realize this is really band
practice
9:52pm – We are asked to perform at a
wedding. (Yes, we are now wedding singers!)
10:30pm – Practice for the wedding
1:00am – Band practice over
1:33am – Stop for drinks on the way home
despite politely turning down the offer
1:51am – Load up the van to go home
1:53am – Our contact lets us know that he
has lost the keys
1:54am – Look for the keys
2:10am – Give up the search and get a ride
on the 2 motorcycles 2 by 2 back to the house
2:30am – Finally in bed
entertaining!
Many Blessings,
Kim
