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So I clicked my ruby slippers together three times and we are back in the States. It feels oh so good but in a way it seems like we never left Malaysia. Sounds weird, but I never experienced that initial shock of being back home or randomly thinking “Gee I’m not in Malaysia anymore”. Things have been quiet and uneventful since our arrival back in the U.S., but I still think about our experience and the people we met. I even check the paper to see the temperature in Kuala Lumpur every once in awh… Continue

Yesterday we did massive amounts of work for the Information Technology Department. It was stressful to clean up the mess of files that I made, but all was resolved by the end of the day. Sam had a photo shoot that was really fun to watch. She took pictures of a group of students from the communication department. They were all very willing to participate and the pictures turned out great! No one except for our team has seen them, because they are going to be a surprise. By the end of the day ev… Continue

So the past two days I have been really sick. I won’t get into detail, but I had the worst car ride home from the grocery store last night. I can’t figure out what’s going on, but I’m pretty sure I have malaria. All joking aside, I’m just trying to get through these last few days and make it back home. In my sick struggle I managed to buy some great gifts yesterday. If that’s not love I don’t know what is. I’m pretty excited because I will get to finish my shopping sometime this weekend and the… Continue

The sun seemed to be quickly setting, falling behind the shadow of the mountains as we drove back to Gombak. It was one of those rides that you could simply stare out the window for hours (which I did) and be content. Jungle completely surrounded the highway for a majority of the trip. The stretch of green was broken up every so often by cleared patches of leveled land, exposing dry orange dirt, often revealing a small shack standing alone. An uncontained wildlife seemed to stretch its arms for… Continue

So our Malaysian friend Nazreen came with us to the Ikea store near Gombak last night. He is quite a character and had us cracking up the entire ride there. One of the more amusing things he mentioned was that his roommates often saw him and our group walking on campus. When he was later on the phone with his girlfriend, they jokingly said “So you have five American women and one Malaysian woman…isn’t that enough?” He also attempted to teach us how to count in Malay, which I’ve already forgotten… Continue