3 Persiaran Ampang, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 55000
Well it's official. Will and I are now the proud new residents of a lovely little (and I use that term loosely) home here in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. We moved out of our serviced apartment a little over two weeks ago and into this charming bungalow a few kilometers from downtown. We're located on a great block of restaurants, shops, and embassies (Kingdom of Lesotho to the right of us and Republic of the Sudan across the street....yeah, I had to google them too). We couldn't be happier to finally have a HOME! A real honest-to-goodness home!! Most people here live in an apartment, condo, or highrise of some sort and for us to have an actual home with a yard, a gate, and our own driveway is huge! Always the kind to keep our priorities in check, the first things we did after moving in were to put together the BBQ pit, set up the hammock, and find the perfect place on the front porch for our rocking chairs. I guess the only thing left to do now is to get out the flag poles and find a place to proudly wave Old Glory and the Lone Star State somewhere out front. I think they'd be a nice addition to the flag family already flying high on the block (in between Sudan's and Lesotho's). And now that the grill, hammock, and rocking chairs are in place, we finally saw to it that the phone line, internet, and cable were hooked up. Actually, we tried to see to this before we even moved in but apparently things happen a little slower on this side of the world (which to be quite honest with you I don't really understand because we're supposed to be 13 hours ahead of you guys)! Anyhow, after a few no-show appointments and days and days of waiting around for these workers, I'm proud to say we are up and running once again (hence the updated blog).
And though we didn't come prepared with a whole lot of furniture or fixtures for our new home, we did come fully stocked with what seems like a year's supply of cereal, spices, and soaps. One thing I made sure to do before we moved was to load up on our favorite snacks and sundries every chance I got and have the movers cram our crate full of these goodies. I'm happy to report that these goodies made it all the way from Houston to Malaysia safe and sound with only a few dented boxes of granola bars and graham crackers to show for their nearly 3-month adventure on the high (and slow) seas!!
Pick a spice....any spice
Rotel? Check. Community Coffee? Check. Jiffy Cornbread? Check. Check.
