Au Revoir

Thursday, January 7 – Today we head for home, and with mixed emotions. Yes, it will be nice to sleep in our own bed. Yes, it will be nice not to have to pack luggage again 3 days from now. Yes, it will be nice to get back on a regular diet and workout regimen. But there are drawbacks too.

Obviously we’re going to miss the sunshine and warm temperatures. Obviously we’re going to miss the delicious food (even if we are both a bit “riced out”.) But more than any of that, we’ll miss the family and friends that we’re leaving behind.

Over the past two days, we made time to say goodbye to everyone. We got to have two meals with Junkii’s parents in Ipoh, including both a big “friends-included” dinner and a nice intimate family-only breakfast. Needless to say, there were watery eyes as we struck out from Ipoh to KL for the last time on Wedneday morning.

But KL promised its own dinner – this time with just the siblings and their significant others - at a western-fusion restaurant with some very tasty food. And, afterwards, another fond farewell with hugs all around, and a promise to come back more often.

And lastly, while our friend Meei couldn’t make it to our hotel for a goodbye drink, the two old friends did get to spend a couple of hours catching up by phone while I packed our luggage. (I didn’t mind. It kept Junkii out of my hair while I organized our stuff. Thanks, Meei!)

So all in all, a perfect way to spend our last two days in Malaysia: with family.

And that promise to come back isn’t an empty one. At the very least, Junkii needs to get home for a few weeks every two years or so. (And if I can make it too, all the better). As it stands, we’ve only been getting back every 4 or 5 years. So more effort needed on our part.

As I type this, we’re sitting at Hong Kong airport waiting for our connection to Vancouver. So that pretty much concludes this blog. Hope you enjoyed it. We’ll be going back to our usual blog on Vox once we get home. (The faster we kick blogspot to the curb, the better). For those who didn’t feel like reading it all, it’s most likely we’ll produce a slideshow. We’ll torment you with that as soon as we can!

Oh, and lastly, here are a few pictures from our last dinner in KL, as well as a shot of the Petronas towers we took en route to the restaurant. Enjoy!