Well, nearly forgot to mention. I went to see a chinese doctor out of curiosity if i was inbalanced, to hot/cold, etc. So I found this one from China, but as she didn't speak English, I brought my old Mandarin teacher to translate. Of course I was inbalanced and got some herbs to drink (2x a day). Imagine the worst food, liquified and hot and you have to drink it. I managed in the end, but not easy, I tell you. Well, I had belly ache after drinking 4 rations so I stopped and went back to the doctor 1.5 weeks later. And guess what - she was angry at me - in Mandarin! - via my friend, why I havent called her to tell her that I was sick and I should have continued. And then she got even more angry when I told her I can't take the medicine for a while now, as I may have a dental treatment. Oh, I tell you - angry chinese woman = no good.

Well, I am not seeing her anymore. Decided that I need to be able to actually speak to my doctor. Not asked for too much, right?

and since my last blog entry we had some friends over, visited Penang island (photos will be uploaded shortly) and had our normal day-to-day life. Over this weekend we'll be going to Sippadan island (Malaysian Borneo) for diving and surely a great update will follow on this site. Keep you posted!