Welcome!

Hi everyone and welcome to my new weblog! The old weblog that I had during my internship in Kuala Lumpur was titled "Frankly from a Friendly Foreigner" and is available at: http://cdeb.blogs.friendster.com. You might want to take a look at it to see what kinds of things you can expect to read here.


Anyway, I completed the internship last month. I am in my university in Perak, Malaysia again, with one year to go before graduation. It's good to be back, but I miss KL too. I can honestly say I had some of the best days of my life there. This was probably because of two things:

1. Any internship is, in itself, enjoyable: Job satisfaction, getting paid (No, I said "Paid", with a "p"!), feeling really mature, doing whatever the hell you want after work (instead of having to study or do assignments after lectures), etc.

2. Life in KL is awesome: I got to meet all kinds of different people - like tourists, expatriates and really open-minded Malaysians - that I'd have a smaller chance of meeting in my university. (My uni is in the middle of a jungle, an hour's drive away from urban civilization!)


My university has improved. The internet is much faster than before. I listen to online radio every day without interruption. The IT department has tried to keep students from accessing streaming media, but they're half-wits; some radio stations are still accessible. And we've got newer, better hostels. Water pressure is great (the showers feel like waterfalls) and every house has a nice big hall and kitchen.


I'll try to make at least one post every week, so cheers and stay tuned to:

The Explicit Expatriate!