I flew to Malaysia about 10 days ago with my two girls. The 26-hour flight with one transit in Hong Kong was thankfully uneventful; Erika refused to sleep and watched lots of movies until she got on the second flight and just passed out while sitting up with the lights on and a movie playing; Amelia napped a bunch and was restless and attempted to ( Read more... )

We've been in Malaysia for over two weeks, since July 10th. Life takes a different pace when we are here. Instead of waking at 6 AM and rushing to school or work, at the sound of a buzzing alarm clock (or a harried parent shaking Erika awake), we wake when the sun's rays are high in the tropical sky around 8:30 AM or later. We change out of our ( Read more... )

I have no energy to write in Livejournal while I'm in Malaysia.

The sweltering heat leads to lazy afternoon naps, snuggled against Erika in an air-conditioned room. We play and swim and eat and sleep and wake and play and swim and eat some more. We dance and laugh and draw and eat. Then we sleep some more.

The food is delicious: savory, salty, fried ( Read more... )

So what do we do with our time, for the past two weeks in Malaysia ( Read more... )

A LJ friend reminded me that I hadn't updated in well over 3 weeks, since July 1st. So what have I been up to ( Read more... )