Sorry for the delay..but, new exciting things to read

We have to admit that we have not been so good on the blogging front for some time now, BUT, the reason for this is due to all of the exciting things that we have been up to. So much so that we haven't had a chance to blog about it (this is not strictly true, but we have been up to a lot!) So, here's a run-down of what we've been up to in 2016 so far...

Happy New Year!

It's 2016! In 2015 we completely failed on the blogging front so one of our New Year's resolutions is to make sure we remember to write on here regularly (that makes it sound like we have a whole list of resolutions, which we don't really!).

Anyway, here is a quick round-up of what we did in the past few weeks...

Travel plans, a baby naming ceremony and an anniversary

Sorry for the accidental blog hiatus... I actually meant to upload this post two or three weeks ago! The picture goes some way in explaining what we have been occupying ourselves with. We'll write more about that in another post, but in the mean time, here's a very belated update!

'Melaka', no 'Melacca', no 'Malacca'.....trip up to a port town in Malaysia

We had heard lots of good things about 'Melaka' (multiple different spellings about!) so decided to scope it out for ourselves with a trip of our own up the coast to have an explore. We decided to head out on a Friday evening after work to make the most of our weekend - a stop over at Muar for Friday night and then on to Melaka Saturday morning; good plan. Two bars of petrol, "that's plenty to get us going!" I stated, "there's bound to be a petrol station on the way". Well, it turns out that in Malaysia petrol stations aren't quite as convenient as they are back home.

Smoggy smog smog

SMOG. This is the word of the moment.

"It's a bit smoggy today" we said, at the start of September.

"Ooh, isn't this smog hanging around?" a week later.

"Erm, the smog is still here..." after another week.

Celebrations in Singapore

Singapore is sometimes referred to as the 'Jewel of Asia' but people's opinions on it are somewhat divided. Some argue that it's dull and draconian, with too many rules and not enough charm, whereas others see the luxury and glamour as standards to which other Asian countries should be aspiring to.

Quirks of living in Malaysia...

So, we have only been living in Malaysia for about 7 weeks now but in this short time we have learnt quite a few things about typical life in Malaysia. Some of these make perfect sense, like walking that little bit slower around town so as not to soak your freshly ironed shirt with sweat; but others, not so much. Here are just a few of the more quirky things about this country (these are in no way criticisms, just observations):