Howdy.... I'm writing from the beautiful island of Tioman off of the east coast of peninsular Malaysia. Been here for three days now, and will probably stay for one more. Bit of trivia, this island was once rated by Time magazine as one of the top ten most beautiful in the world, and is where the musical South Pacific was filmed. I must admit, it's pretty spectacular.

Met up with Josh and Jo Kearns in KL after leaving Indonesia. Josh is there for an internship for AU; his sister Johanna is visiting from NY. I joined them at their hostel in Chinatown, from whence we set out for Palau Tioman.

Having a pretty good time, but as with all remote location, internet access is too expensive, so I will keep this short.

The diving here is something else... wish I had more time to play around. The prices for both fun dives and coursework is even sheaper than Bali/Lombok, strangely enough. Breifly considered doing my resue and divemaster here, but am still set on Thailand for that.

Not much going on really, just lazing on the beach with my friends, and playing card games over beers 'till the wee hours.

I applied for a bartending gig in KL at a bar in chinatown... I'm getting a bit resltess from all the bouncing around and would like to be in one place for a while. Besides, Josh still has another month or so to go at his internship, so it'll give me a chance to hang out with a buddy. Don't know if I'll get it, but there shouldn't be any reason why not.

Will post more later... expect emails and such later in the week.