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It really is a small world, after all

Wednesday, January 11th, 2006

I was just thinking about all the coincidences that occur with seeing people you know in odd places. It was on my mind because a few weeks ago Dave and I were walking to the mall when I saw someone who looked familiar. I couldn’t place him right away but I noticed he was looking at me as well. When we got closer he said ‘Sissy?’ and I realized it was a guy Nick I used to work with on the Ramform Vanguard back in my PGS boat days.
He is no longer with PGS and does not even work in the oil industry anymore but just happened to be in KL on holiday. What are the odds of running into someone like that? It’s got to be a billion to one, because although I’ve run into people in strange places before (like Dennis Lawson in Rio) it’s usually more explainable, like we are both there in some way connected to work.

Take me to the river

Monday, January 2nd, 2006

Well, I guess it just doesn’t matter where you are in the world people enjoy some of the same things. Now, in the Ozarks we don’t do this the day after Christmas like we did here but it was very reminicent of a day at the river in Missouri. Everyone packed up their family, friends, and food and headed down for a picnic and swim.
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More about holidays in Malaysia

Monday, January 2nd, 2006
You know the gift exchange we always called 'white elephant' where the people who havn't opened a gift yet can steal the other people's gifts if they want...that just does not work over here. It's funny that I've even heard ... [Continue reading this entry]

Weekend in Singapore

Saturday, December 24th, 2005
We took a trip to Singapore a couple of weekends ago. It is a 5 hour bus ride from KL, but the bus is pretty nice, they feed you and show movies on the way. The Coloniel district in Singapore ... [Continue reading this entry]

Christmas in the tropics

Saturday, December 24th, 2005
Well, Christmas is celebrated a little more over here than I thought it would be, at least the shopping part. I guess any excuse to try and get people to buy things! We decorated our a apartment a little to ... [Continue reading this entry]

A1 race

Thursday, December 1st, 2005
We went to an A1 race here in Malaysia. Not really my thing, but it turned out to be very cool. Those cars are so loud! The cool thing is, each car represents a country so that makes it easy ... [Continue reading this entry]

Pics from KL

Thursday, November 24th, 2005
They've had me pretty busy at work since we've been here so we havn't seen a whole lot, but I have a few pictures from around the city to post. kl park.jpg The park at ... [Continue reading this entry]

Almost ready to go…

Thursday, November 3rd, 2005
We are about ready to go. We are all packed, got my passport renewed and we are getting excited. I bought Lonely Planet Malaysia yesterday and it really contributed to our excitement. The diving looks fantastic, there are beautiful national ... [Continue reading this entry]