05 January 2011

Malaysia - Kuala Lumpur - 29 Dec

At the Batu Caves:

View from the top of the stairs:

Looking down into the caves:

Cave chicken:

I'm tougher than Indiana Jones:

At the Royal Selangor pewter factory:

Trying our hand at the "School of Hard Knocks":

Pewter Petronas Towers:

The world's largest pewter mug:

View from the Manara Telekom (like the Sky Tower):

The Petronas Towers:

Malaysia - Kuala Lumpur - 28 Dec

We visited the old mosque, Masjid Jamek:

It is located at the confluence of the Klang and Gombak Rivers, which give Kuala Lumpur its name ("muddy confluence"):

Around the streets of KL on a heritage walk:

Dried octopus:

Inside a Taoist temple:

At an old underground shop, where we bought a porcelain tea caddy:

A pharmacy that offers home delivery:

Street pastry vendor, who has been in the same place for 30+ years:

Pigeons on the altar at a Hindu temple:

At the Islamic Arts centre:

Malaysia - Kuala Lumpur - 27 Dec

Planning our holiday with Liz

Heritage centre

Arts and crafts centre

Malaysia: Meet the Moggies

The Moggie clan (plus one Dutchman):

Bulan (Malay for moon):
Spike the tortoise:

Xmas 2010

Anna organised a wonderful Christmas Day this year. Trifle, eggnog and other yummy treats...

Santa sacks...

And a Xmas puzzle/present hunt (here's me finding a clue among the towels)...

Went out for drinks that night at the posh Fullerton Hotel with my friend Michelle and her husband, Peter.

End of year office parties

The legal team here is obsessed with food challenges, to the extent that they've even put up a Hall of Fame for successfully completed entries (and a corresponding Wall of Shame for failed attempts). This also explains why our office party had the Food Olympics theme.

One of the recurring challenges, is to stuff as many marshmallows into your mouth as possible, and recite "I am a chubby bunny". I wasn't impressed with the current record of 7 marshmallows, thinking I could make a dozen easy. Imagine my dismay when I could only manage 8. Still, at least it's the current record. I reckon I can manage 9 next time...

Anyway, we wound down the year with some spontaneous challenges (I introduced the concept of the dry Weetbix to everyone), karaoke and go kart racing. Alas, I had a disastrous final race in the go karting (someone else drove into me), but am sure I would have won otherwise, as I hold the best overall lap time record!