Day 30

28 July 2008

Meals
Breakfast: McDonald’s Sausage & Egg Twisty Pasta
Lunch: Chicken hamburger (from the Library Cafe), prunes
Dinner: Fruits & asam laksa! Burnt my tongue off eating that

Expenses
$99 Beijing Olympics 2008 souvenir (tote bag)
$6 Bus fare
$18 Lunch
$16 Breakfast
$38 Excess baggage
Total $177 (RM74)

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1910
KL Sentral

Today went to Senado Square again to get the tote bag I saw the other day but culdn’t but because the stall was closed. I went with Keyo because I felt bad he had to spend the whole weekend by himself. But withoutout BB, he gets on my nerves.He digs his nose as he pleases, something I find absolutely revolting. Also, he has the typical old man tendency of not listening when someone is speaking and often interrupts.

I decided to go to the airport with him because he’s alone and I can help him (he can’t speak broken Cantonese, I can). But when noon came (my flight was at half past one), he still didn’t return his room card to the university and spent another 20 minutes doing that. I told him about the procedure last Friday but obviously he didn’t listen… Needless to say, I was annoyed and stressed out because I had to check in by ten to one o’clock and I was still waiting for him by twenty past twelve. (I was still running a fever and had to walk down the hill from the campus to get a taxi from the taxi stand to drive up the campus because our luggage is too heavy and many to carry about in the hot afternoon sun.)

We made just in the nick of time. Fortunately, there wasn’t a long line to chick in our luggage. I was only one kilo overweight; that’s less than what I’ve brought to Macau! But this time I bought a backpack and used my tote bag as hand luggage to keep all the heavy books for my lecturer.

(Took my flight and reached the airport in Malaysia safely. Had to wait a bit for luggage to come, then I had to run to catch the bus to KL Sentral while my friends were picked up by their parents. Yeah, nobody waited for me at the airport this time.)

Now waiting for Father to fetch me home.

Day 21

19 July 2008
0555
Hostel room

Yesterday I finished my calçadas art, which is like mosaic but using paper. I don’t think I will need long for the finishing touches, but I’ll need the gorgeous art teacher, Joana’s help.

I took an early dinner (of grotesque pig’s hand – I think they meant knuckle, either way I didn’t touch it) then went to do grocery shopping as the sun set. I like grocery shopping here, so many varieties! I found a chicken and ham paste which I have not eaten in years. It was so good I ate it will 3 slices of bread. Which is okay since I had such a lousy dinner.

10 more days before I go home, including today. I hope to accomplish what I came here for on my own next Saturday.

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