Blogs from Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia, Asia

Hello everyone!! For the past several weeks I've been posting new travel articles on my website: www.odysseyoftheblondegiraffe.com If you haven't had the chance to check it out yet, please do so! If you've subscribed to my email list here at travelblog.org, you should also be receiving newsletters from my new odyssey site (since I moved all email addresses over). If for some reason you're not, you can subscribe yourself manually on my new site (right-hand column), or leave me a message here and I'll make sure it gets taken care of! It's been a whirlwind couple of weeks for us. To make a long story short, our recent excursion to Thailand landed us some contacts in Bangkok, which in turn has led us to the decision to relocate there...this week! The haze crisis shows no signs ... read more

And what exactly IS a "candle princess," you're wondering? Apparently...it's me! Allow me to explain. Candles are made of wax, correct? And what does wax do in the heat? It melts. What do pathetic westerners (such as myself) do in the heat? We also melt. The Malaysians call people like me "puteri lilin," which literally means "wax" or "candle" princess. I'm fairly certain it's the way they make fun of us high-maintenance, I-can't-believe-how-hot-it-is types, but as long as they say it to my face, I'm okay with it. I'll even laugh along with them (as long as they make fun of me first and THEN take me inside where it's air-conditioned). Besides, it's true. I figured since I spent the first 27 years of my life in Florida that I'd have little problem adjusting to the ... read more

La semaien j'etais en tournee promotionnelle ! Semaine epuisante surtout que j'etais responsable de louverture du stand. Mais ce fut une experience enrichissante surtout que j'ai touchee des comissions hehe donc ca ma motiver encore plus. Les derniers jours j'etais le mannequin pour les demonstrations maquillage avec deux artistes dont un qui travaille pour Mac et Shu Uemura (sa sla pete grave). C'etais une tournee "a la chinoise" 7 jours non stop j'etais epuisee mais contente de mon travail =). Last week I got involved into the Road show. It was a very exhausting project also that I was in charge of the opening of the stand. But what an enriching experience! i earned also my first comission =P quite stimulating also =P and the last days I was the model for the make-up show with ... read more

Voici les "meimei" (petites soeurs) les cousines de mes cousins! trop chou mais tres timides aussi These are the two "meimei"s ( little sisters) Sabrina and Selina, my cousins' cousins ! Both cute but hard to take a word from their mouth! finally they talked to me and we played together =) ! We played baby and mummy ( I was the baby ) hehe so cute... read more

Aujourd'hui, petite sortie enfin GRANDE sortie ac mes cousins et mon oncle, direction Sunway Lagoon, un grand parc aquatique magnifique ( et aussi le parc d'attraction). Sunway c'est aussi, un shopping mall gigantesque, des hotels 5etoiles, un hopital, uen maison de retraite et tout ce qui fait de Sunway une petite ville a part =P j'adore l'architecture car on se croirait dans un monde vraiment a part, entre egypte et reve =P ! Today we went to Sunway Lagoon resort with uncle and my cousins. AWESOME ! Sunway is mostly to be described as a small town by its own with its gorgeous shopping mall, 5stars- hotels, hospital..whatever you need lah! ( oh im starting to talk Malaysian style LAH!) hehe i love the architecture that reminds me of a dream egyptian city!... read more