Sunday we went to Chinatown again, my sunglasses broke last week and I wanted to get a pair from the markets. We met the New Zealand family there.
As I mentioned last week I had Bakat course this week. For the Malaysian wives it is compulsary, but we (international wives) are still expected to attend most of it. Monday was fairly boring and we left mid morning as it wasn't really relevant to us for the rest of the day. Tuesday was team building excercies and was actually fun. We did strategy, planning and team building games and get to know you kind of games. And some public speaking in the afternoon. Wednesday was mostly for the Malays, but we had ladies night Wednesday night. It was a masquerade with the theme 'red and black'. It was a fun night. Thursday was etiquette and event planning which would have been interesting, but the thought of getting dressed up in formal attire at 7:30 in the morning was not that appealing so Toni and I decded to skip that one too. Friday was just the morning with feedback and closing ceremony and was boring. In case anyone missed it on facebook I encountered a snake in a tree walking home from the shopping centre on Friday afternoon.
Friday night we had a cultural night for the course and all the international students and wives were guests of honour. On the course there are about 130 students and about 40 of those are international. Most of the international students are from Asia, and there are only 4 westerners, so we stand out a bit. It was a great night with lots of great entertainment. We also got to try some local delicasies like durian and local rice wine (nothing like sake).
Saturday Lachlan went to play with a friend he has made at school who lives close by. Danae ended up staying as well because he has a sister in the same year as Danae and another younger sister. Steve and I took the opportunity to have lunch together and we checked out a mall that we hadn't been to yet. It has a theme park inside and we wanted to sus it out without the kids. I think we will go back there soon, but we are keeping it up our sleeves as a bit of a surprise.
Sunday we went and had breakfast with the NZers at a cafe really close that has recently opened. The food was great! Then we went grocery shopping at BIG, a fantastic supermarket about 20 minutes away that has a lot of expat groceries. We have been meaning to go to Ampang Lookout for dinner (it is a few restaurants on a hill about 20 minutes away with great views over the city) but it has been really hazy here lately. Late Sunday afternoon the weather was perfect and I googled to show the kids where we were going, I found out it was closed last week. So we went for a swim and found the NZers at the pool, ended up having a few drinks and ordered pizza.
Here are a couple of videos from Ladies Night and the Cultural Night:
I love your mask Amanda!
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