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I’m off on an adventure…

Monday, May 19th, 2008

For 3 weeks* I was commuter in Kuala Lumpur. My daily routine involved skipping across 7 lanes of traffic, jumping on the monorail in time to catch the connecting train after which I would sprint to get the bus to my place of study. I have to wait for my pottery to be fired and glazed (i.e. turned from clay to ceramic) and I don’t see much point in waiting in KL.
So I’m off to Thailand to see what all the fuss is about that place. I’ve noticed over the last few months people have been giving me disapproving looks when I claim to be a backpacker but have never been to Bangkok. I’m going to be initiated into the backpacker gang by spending time in their ghetto, Khao San Road.

Photos of the pottery wil be up when I get back. Can’t let you see it til it’s done!

* I realise I posted the first pottery blog 4 days ago, but it really was 3 weeks, I just fell a bit behind on the blog with all the white sandy beaches and all…..

Potting around Kuala Lumpur

Wednesday, May 14th, 2008

I couldn’t resist the pun in the title considering how many I have been hurled at me over the last few weeks!

After leaving the paradise island of Tioman, I headed back to Kuala Lumpur and got settled into life in the Trekker Lodge again. When a girl moved into my room she said she had heard about the girl who was here for her 3rd time. Yes, that’s me. This time I am here with a new mission. I’d been thinking of things to do with my students in India (where I’ll be teaching in the summer) and the principal of the school agreed pottery could be fun and educational. I’ve now enrolled in a local class and have 3 crazy weeks of commuting and building mugs.

On day two of my course I was allowed join a class. The first day I had struggled for 4 hours to make something that looked like a cup. If it had looked a little less square it would have made a fine cup. There’s two parts to this course, hand building and wheel throwing. Wheel throwing is incredibly difficult so I was glad that in my first group class I only had to use my hands.
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Photos from the Deep Blue

Monday, May 12th, 2008
It's really hard to take photos underwater, most of the ones I took came out blue and dull, as colour fades as you go deeper. Here are a few I think are ok. First a quick photo of the place ... [Continue reading this entry]

In Search of White Sand

Saturday, May 3rd, 2008
After a few days of Pangkor Island I really wasn’t expecting much from Tioman. But Pulau Tioman, on the other side of Malaysia, was a world apart from that other place. I only went there to kill a few days ... [Continue reading this entry]

Roaming Malaysia

Monday, April 28th, 2008
So I made it safely to Malysia! Was a little worried when I read about Asia’s budget airlines and lots of people who knew things about airplanes said people generally shouldn’t get in them. But ask any budget traveller if ... [Continue reading this entry]