Moved In

Blogging without an internet connection presents certain difficulties. Sorry for the delay between posts. We should have our internet hooked up within the week hopefully.

Well we’ve moved in. Right now I’m sitting on our balcony, pecking away. We chose to live a few clicks from the school. This has ruined our good intentions of living within walking distance to the school but it is a better choice for us. There is at least a kilometer or so between our condo and the next one. Near the school they are very close together and they are building dozens more around there. From my seat I can see the twin towers and a large part of the city. The view is quite spectacular. Between us and the school is a large hillside park which breaks up the city view and also has a lot of hiking and biking trails.

Quite near to us, within a couple of kilometers, is more shopping than Maureen even wants. There are two gigantic malls, one called One Utama, and the other called the Curve. Name any store and they are there along with thousands you haven’t heard about. (OK, they don’t have a Bay) We walked to IKEA on Saturday after we moved in. The store is much bigger than the Coquitlam done but 10 times more crowded. It was almost impossible to move in the aisles.

We are on the 29th floor. This is a big adjustment. However, the first 8 floors are parking underground and they do not use 13 or 14 or 24 so I guess we are on about the 18th or 19th floor. The Malaysians are security crazy. Our place and pretty well any other is surrounded by security guards. We need special cards to get into the building and to go up the elevator. All the suites have special doors with padlocks. Maureen is not so keen to be locked in tight for the night. She is worried about getting out!!!!!!

Our place is large, 2000 sq. ft. Big. It came furnished but all the stuff is pretty cheap. We get a moving in allowance so we’ve bought a few necessities like a coffee maker. Maureen is looking for prints to make it look more like a home. We did bring a few photos but now of course are thinking about all the things we should have brought.

There are many other couples that teach at MKIS and live in the same condo. Most are however, about 20 years younger. Many have small children and also have live in maids. We just may get one only 2-3 times a week and get a meal waiting for us when we get home from school. Our condo comes with a maid’s room, but we are using it for storage at the moment. No live in for us!!! The teachers living her have a Friday night dinner party and we all take turns. W will need to do more shopping to fill up the condo before they come over though. We will avoid any stores on Sat. or Sun. though as it is nuts shopping at those times. A favorite pastime for Malaysians is to shop with their families enjoying the air conditioning!