Today, Saturday, has been busy but was very sucessful. :-) We went to the golf driving range of KLGCC - Kuala Lumpur Golf & Country club and it turns out that it's really cheap. We paid about AU$ 4 for 100 balls and the balls even come automatically out of a whole in the ground and place themselves for you. Playing a round of golf is still more expensive than Australia though, so we have to figure something out.
In the afternoon we went to IKEA and the Curve (a new shopping center), as we had to buy a table (desk). I found a shop that sold Brooks running shoes, which are the only ones I use. :-) While in Borders, we saw that KL has a TimeOut magazine now and bought one. Inside we found a voucher for a new indoor-golf-range, close to where we live, even with a 2for1 voucher. How good is that!
And to top it off, Emu will cook for me tonight! Aaahhh, those days could last longer...

We did a rather weird thing on Saturday afternoon. In KL they have places called 'Fish Spa' where you put your legs into a basin of water and little 'doctor fish' come and nibble the dead skin of your feet. Really! We went to the one in MidValley and the experience is unforgettable! We didn't notice that they had the tiny fish for 'beginners' (about 3 cm long) and the half-piranias for 'advanced' people (about 9 cm). So we happened to sit down at the piranias pool and instantly schools of fish were stuck to our feet and it's so ticklish! ... and weird... and more ticklish! If you can ever try this, go for it.
As a 'warning' - all our visitors will be taken there for the ultimate fish-sucking experience! hahahaha....

On Friday night I met another girl from InterNations, who is from Edinbough and has been living here for 5 years already. She brought her working colleague who turned out to be a real Aussie from the eastern suburbs of Melbourne. We had a fun evening at La Bodega, a tapas bar in Bangsar. Towards the end we met up with my other half and a work colleague. It turns out that the Aussie loves golf and pool (which is the new past time activity on Friday nights...) and he may be filling the 4th needed spot for a pool tournament on Tuesday. It felt good hearing some familiar english again! :-)

Today, I met an Austrian lady - Elisabeth - for Thai dinner in a shopping mall (of course, lah!). She and her family (husband and 2 teenagers) have been living abroad for 17 years, mainly in Asia and we had many interesting topics to talk about. She also mentioned that the Austrian Embassy has monthly drinks, where fellow Austrians can socialize. I met her over internations.org, which is a blog that caters for expats. It was good talking in 'austrian' again... :-)

Seriously, I can't stand them anymore! Since we have arrived, we have spent a considerable amount in shopping malls, buying various things for our life/apartment here. The problem is that there is too much choice! Trying to find working shoes, cardigans (against the freezing air-cons), water filters (and I don't mean little Britta ones, but proper big Korean ones), various computer cables etc is exhausting. Even if you want to buy 'normal' stuff like milk/bread you have to go to a shopping mall first, in order to enter the supermarket from there. As the malls are nicely air-conditioned, malaysians tend to just hang out there, go for a stroll, etc. So to sum it up: it's evening, one is hungry, there are many slow walking people around you and you have 500 different shops where to go. I tell you! But then, when I nearly gave up hope to find good working shoes - I found the perfect pair of Campers! And all the sorrow is forgotten... :-)

Yesterday, we went to a very Malaysian Mall called SoHo, as it is cheaper than many other ones. We were looking for some kitchen utensils and some golf stuff. We found both and also hoards of women on a shopping frenzy. Check this out! (Thank good we were passing them on the elevator...)

Well, we arrived in KL two weeks ago and stayed in a hotel in the beginning until we managed to find an apartment. After looking at a few, we made a decision and moved in last Sunday. We are staying in a fully furnished 2 Bedroom plus study apartment on the 13th floor on a big condominium. Apart from having a lot of space in our place, we like the 50 m pool and the new gym. We are located very close to various public transport and also right next to a lot of Indian shops and cheap restaurants. :-)

We still spend most of our evenings going to malls and getting the necessary items for our apartment. Even though it is fully furnished, we need to buy linen, towels, water filter, various cables, etc. We only got the gas connected two days ago, so we have been eating out a lot - which is one of the great things in KL. Great food very cheaply.

That's it for now... more blogs to follow to let you know what we are up to!

Hope you are all good!

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