this post is not about malaysia.

so, this blog is most definitely, first and foremost, about my adventures and time spent living in malaysia. that being said, part of living in malaysia is missing out on some pretty big and sentimental things at home. for example, this weekend my dear 30-year-old brother (and that’s to the DAY, people – his birthday is today!) and his sweet-as-pie young lady got married....

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cat city, aka kuching!

part three of kuching! after our jungle adventure, we had just over 24 hours to spend in kuching. here are some thoughts about the city: in bahasa, "kuching" means cat. so, the city is filled with cats, both real and statues. pictured above is THE "kuching cat," welcoming you into the city. he was decked out for chinese new year! the fact that we visited a highly-populated...

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semenggoh!

okay. gracious. i don't even know how to start this. in fourth grade, we had a project where we had to make our favorite animal, using a shoebox as the base. for starters, i am not a crafty person. at all. and this was extremely apparent in fourth grade. that being said, i persevered and created a beautiful little orangutan. i wish my mom took pictures of it. i say beautiful,...

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a trek in the jungle!

last weekend was chinese new year! as such, we had a four day weekend. meagan and i decided to hop over to sarawak to see what it had to offer. our plans were roughly sketched, but as it turned out, it all worked out pretty perfectly. i'll speak to kuching later, but first i want to talk about our time in the jungle! we arrived in kuching on saturday evening, and were picked...

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