Penang
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Foiled by heat and urban inaccessibility
Bad traffic. Amazing food. Very hot. Top three things that describe Penang. All three played a role in ruining my ideal Friday afternoon! Since I had to go back to the fabric store to complete my transaction, I ideated a baby excursion of strollering around the very pedestrian friendly Campbell street to a dim sum…
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In search of hydrogel and fabric in Georgetown
When I went home for two weeks back in January, I ordered six months worth of contacts. Maybe I should have bought a year’s worth, but since I usually buy 3 months at a time, I was cringing at the thought of dropping almost a grand on contacts in one go. “They’ve gotta be cheaper…
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June 1SE
I’ve picked up 1SE on and off for.. 10 years? But have been off for a couple years now. Starting up again, as it’s a doable activity while nap trapped and I really do enjoy the slice of life it offers. Will be collecting these in a dedicated gallery later! Enjoy June and the arrival…
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Hints of settling, 5 (more like 2) weeks in
Today was one of those glorious days. Hours of light rain made for a cool breeze that we fully took advantage of by throwing open the balcony sliding doors and our front hallway door, creating an amazing flow through the whole apartment. We don’t get too many of these cooler days, and since later in…
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A chill weekend in Penang
Most weekends in Penang the last several weeks have been spent with either me or Ken recovering from a bad cold that took us out each for 2 weeks (maybe it was covid?), or me glued to the couch trying to nap the fatigue away. My first (zeroth?) Mother’s Day was a nice-paced weekend of…
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Welp it’s May
For various reasons, which I will get to later, I have really failed at documenting the mundane of new life in Penang. Ever the person to fall into the trap of perfectionism, time to rip off the procrastibandaid and just do a boring post. To check out some Mother’s Day sales, Ken picked me up…
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T-0 MSP-PEN
As expected, my departure date for Penang came in a whirlwind. I had a week off between getting home from California and leaving for Penang but between prepping stuff for our shipment, packing up the house, doing work on the other house, running around for some last minute errands, I knew it would flash by.…
