We haven't even gotten to the permanent house hunting yet. That starts Saturday. That is what I am really excited for.
Pics of driving through the streets...
Hanging out in the hotel with "buh-buh-buff" (that's what Andrew calls Joseph)
Going out for my birthday...
We arrived in KL on my birthday and were totally jet lagged so we waited until the weekend to go out.
Walking to the restaurant we encountered this madness...
Since we've already tried food from Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong (Cantonese), Taiwan, and Indonesia (it's ALL amazing, seriously), I picked Korean BBQ for my birthday dinner. It was once again amazing. Do you think they give you enough free appetizers (note the nine white bowls in the pic below)? Most of them were veggies so they were pretty light. One of the bowls is full of kimchi.
The waitress could tell we had no idea what we were doing so she had to teach us. Basically you order the raw meat (either plain or marinated). Then she brings it and grills it on the round grill on our table.
After the meat is cooked she serves it to us. She had to teach us that you eat it inside a lettuce leaf and add sauce, onions, etc. You wrap it up and eat it.
Pics walking back from dinner.
Good thing the random storm troopers were still going strong.
So one thing interesting about our hotel is the flower arrangements aren't in vases, they are placed in strange artsy ways as installation art. I think my artsy sister Heather would really appreciate them. This pic is for you Heather. And HAPPY BIRTHDAY too!
On Saturday we walked to the Petronas Towers and the KLCC park. Here you see Mike walking with the stroller. There isn't much traffic since it is early and a weekend.
The sidewalks aren't very good for walking. They don't have lower areas for when you cross the street so you basically have to lift your stroller up and down all the time. Very frustrating. And they suddenly end sometimes leaving you to have to walk in the street until they start again.
As we approached our destination we saw this movie add. The main guy is an angry Asian driving a motorcycle away from a bunch of people including a zombie monster. The title is "Hantu Kalimah Balik Rumah." Anyone want to come see it with us?
The mall at the bottom of the Petronas towers (Suria KLCC if you care to know the name) also was decorated for Diwali, or Deepavali as they call it here.
Another mall shot. We have learned that Malaysian's favorite past time is shopping.
We stopped in to pick up some diapers. I just HAD to take a pic of the diaper options, including "Mamy Poko" and "Scoobe Dry." How awesome is that. We ended up with Huggies Ultra which are still pretty stiff but we hear they are the best of the bunch.
Family pic outside the towers to the lake and the park beyond...
Once we walked further into the park we turned around and took a family pic with the Petronas towers.
More pics of the park...
The KLCC park has the most gigantic system of playground equipment we've ever seen. It goes on forever and is on several terraced levels.
This is the cutest little family.
On the other side of the playground area is a big splash pool for the kids.
Here are the moms and the dads watching their kids in the pool.
The weather was hot and Joseph wasn't very happy so we ended up taking off all of his clothes and carrying him around.
We picked up Nandos on the way home. If you have ever lived in London you know and appreciate Nandos as the best Portuguese chicken ever. How awesome that they have a Nandos in KL across from our hotel.
We also picked up some birthday treats for me: chocolate cake and cheesecake. Mike was skeptical that somewhere in Asia would have sweet dessert options, but we tested the chocolate cake and it was amazing. This place also sold fondant cakes and they were really pretty. That made me happy to know they have stuff to make fondant with, so I will bring all my cake making supplies so I can make cakes here.
Side note: They were trying to convince us to buy the chocolate and Durian cake! We declined but it got my mom interested in trying Durian...
Here is a pool outing with dada. I can't quite remember which day since all the days are blending together at this point.
This is the kids pool and behind them is the big pool.
Here we are celebrating my birthday with our little desserts.
Sunday we went to church. Here is the church building. It looks like the church bought a big home and converted it into a chapel. There is AC in the main room and the classrooms but no AC in the hallways. So basically you are freezing until you walk into the hall and then you are sweating. So funny.
Everyone at church was so so so so nice and friendly. I can't express how sweet everyone was. My mom says its the friendliest branch she's ever visited in her whole life. Our friend Hilary (who we have been corresponding with over email) invited us over for dinner afterward. Here she is giving Mike and my mom directions on how to walk to her house.
Here they are walking. I drove with Hilary who is doing such a good job learning to drive on the left side of the street. I can only imagine how hard that would be. Good job Hilary! I should have gotten a pic of you in action. You are amazing!
Dinner at Hilary's home with her guests.
Hilary also has a blond son named Andrew Michael. He is one year old. He is sitting between my mom and I in this pic. He looks a lot like Andrew when he was that age!
Walking around their complex after dinner.
Alright that is all for now. I have a bunch more pics from our latest adventures that I will post once I load them from my camera to the computer. There will be lots of detail about how amazing the food is here and all our favorite dishes, including Char Kway Teow.
Selamat Jalan.
