Greetings from Penang
Following a few miserable days in KL, we packed our bags and headed for the northern Malaysian state of Penang.
Following a few miserable days in KL, we packed our bags and headed for the northern Malaysian state of Penang.
As expected, it’s hot and humid in Singapore. It’s my second visit to the small island nation (well, third if you count three hours spent in Changi waiting for a connecting flight to London). I’d forgotten what this place feels like.
Yesterday, we were caught out in a rather violent storm in Sydney. It was a great experience, watching the storm unleash its fury a little closer than I usually would.
With the new adventure we’ve just embarked on, I feel it’s time to retire the Great Writing Challenge 2012. The Challenge has run its course, and has achieved its purpose: to get me writing.
We have only a handful of days left in the apartment, and in the city, and I feel the ticking of time with each passing day. I have a mountain of stuff to discard, and I was quickly disheartened and overwhelmed. I thought about burying my head under the pillows and enjoying the weekend, but we just got right to it.
Fleet Week. It’s the one week out of the year I really look forward to: the sights of young men and women in uniform, the ear-splitting sounds of jets flying over our apartment. And the weather always seems to cooperate.