Airport dangers

Hopefully I won't have to go through any of this when I go home:

Not a nice surprise

I had just woken up on Sunday, when my grandad presented me with the Daily Telegraph to reveal a photo of Kuala Lumpur, with the headline 'Landslide.' So my first thought was where in KL was it? And was it anywhere near my family? I immediately called my sister and asked if she was OK. She causally answered: "We're fine, I think it was like 20 minutes away from where we are or something."

She just knew what to say to put my mind at ease..However I'm getting anxious about returning home because although I know my family are fine, I feel you still need that reassurance so that's why I can't wait to step off that plane in a couple days...That I can't believe, only a couple days!

3 degrees or 30 degrees?

So today was really enjoyable, I'm at my grandparents house and like the rest of England apart from Stoke, they have snow and it's stuck!

The five year old in me came out and I decided to build a snowman which was SO much fun. I haven't played in the snow since I lived in Canada and it reminded me of how much I do miss it. Even though I'm thrilled to be going home (back to shorts and flip flops) I do miss the scenery of a wonderful white Christmas.

It really is going from one extreme to the other, next Friday I'll be leaving in 2 degree weather and entering 28 degree weather. Although I can't wait to be back in the sun, I honestly will miss the 'Christmas feeling' that goes with the weather and everything else here.

Driving Me Mad

I'm currently taking driving lessons to get my British license, I have a Malaysian license but it isn't valid so I have to take the whole theory and test again. However getting my Malaysian license wasn't difficult so my wise father thought it would be best for me to get my license here. I don't have any problems with that because a British license is valid in most countries.

But I do have a problem with the fact that I will be leaving to go home for a month and although I am nearly there to taking my test, my dad doesn't trust me to drive when I'm home! Even though I have a full Malaysian license. Just goes to show how dangerous it is to drive in Malaysia because it sometimes is a free for all, but even worse my own dad doesn't think I can drive. By the time I can drive, let's just hope perfume isn't cheaper!

Phone Bill!

So if you didn't know the currency in Malaysia is Riggit and on the exchange rate is £1 = 6.5 RM. As you can see it is makes living there very cheap and affordable. But I didn't realize how cheap it is until I moved back to the UK. When I first moved back I would go shopping and without thinking I would exchange Pounds into Riggit and would then think twice about buying it.

Another example of how expensive the UK has become is: I just got my monthly phone bill for November and it came to £87! Which I wasn't thrilled about and I'm just happy my dad doesn't receive the bill. But it hasn't come to that amount just because I like to talk, the problem with my family living overseas is that I'm often making calls to my parents every other day. So you should be grateful that you don't have to talk to your parents that often... and that your bill doesn't exceed £40 or anywhere near my total.

Peek Into The City

A Dose of Last Year's Xmas

New Years Dinner

New Years

Fun in the Sea

High in the Sky

Xmas Day

Holidays Are Coming!

Well its that time of year when deadlines are due meaning the Christmas holiday isn't far off. I'm insanely excited to be flying home in a couple weeks. The best part of going home is arriving at the airport to see your family all waiting for you. Even if my parents were both here, its great to burst through the door with all your family waiting for you. And not only that, it's when you get to meet up with your friends from home (a lot of mine are either in America or in their home countries).
It's really great because my friends are have different nationalities. So the holidays have a different meaning to everyone. At my old school; Mont Kiara International School, we would celebrate not only Christmas but Chinese New Year, Hari Raya and Deepavali which was great to learn which holidays mean so much to other people.
Everyone deserves to be with their family during Christmas, unfortunately I won't be seeing my mum but with divorced parents you have to take it in turns. On the plus side, I'll be receiving more presents :)

Home Sweet Home

The other day I went to my friend's house and this house was the one that she's grown up in and lived in her whole life. I left my first house just before I was eight, and luckily I can still visit it because we've kept it but now I can't imagine living in the same house for more than a couple years.
Yet every house that I've lived in holds memories, some better than others! Right now I live in an apartment which is on the 32nd floor and I absolutely love it. Mont Kiara is a high-rise community with the few houses that can fit in. But moving from my mum's old house to a brand new apartment was a turning point for me. It felt as though I was finally growing up and about to experience some exciting.
I think its important that no matter what house/apartment you live in, it's home for you and you know it.

Family

Everyone has arguements with their parents, but since mine are on the other side of the world it does help to realize how much you can miss your embrassing dad and mad mum. Believe me I still have arguements but it doesn't seem to matter who wins. At the end of the day if your parents are a mile away or a thousand their still the ones who raised you. But I'm curious to know what were the biggest arguements you've had with your mum or dad and if you thought it was important that you won.

Background

Right to begin with, I am half English, half Malay incase your a bit confused. I've moved from Malaysia back to England for university. Although I consider Malaysia to be my home, I live in a community called Mont Kiara. Its recently developed and encompasses modern living with the rich culture of Kuala Lumpur. I'm not wanting to advertise Malaysia as a holiday destination, I'm wanting to share my stories from a place which I've learnt so much from and grown up in to become the person I am now.