Cyberjaya Space Age-Type Millenium Condominium... Mmmmmm, Nice

So I've joined hannah in kuala lumpar - and foiled her cunning plan to get away from me ha ha ha ha ha (maniacal laugh) ha ha...she'll never get away!!!
I'm having withdrawal symptoms from khao san road tho, however my liver seems to have perked up a bit since we left.
I met james and emma from england for a few the other night, bless 'em, they arrived from london at 3pm and came out at 7pm! only problem was it was budda's birthday so they weren't serving alcohol anywhere! i was like, noooooooo'!! but it seems this isn't the law, just out of respect for budda, so you don't actually not drink, you just pretend you're not drinking by pouring your beer into a paper cup with 'coffee' written on it and get trollied anyway.
talking of things religious i just saw 2 barefoot monks walking down the street in their orange robes, and walking the opposite way were 3 ladyboys!! (BLATANT ones, not the pretty 'cover your man-hands and adams apple and you're nearly fine-type' even if you squint with half closed eyes at these ones you're like, 'eugh!!') they're probably looking for unsuspecting foreign drunken blokes - of which there are countless dozens at this time in the morning (it's 6am, i have an early flight). i'm absolutely sure that if you stood on this street long enough you'd see every kind of human being imaginable.

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That was a week ago, not much to report, i'm in malasia now, living in Cyberjaya staying in the vista millenium condominium ... how space age does that sound??? it's a wicked appartment with minimal ant presence and a beautiful view and a frickin' swimming pool! after that rank hostel in bangkok i am in heaven. apart from my bed is completely broken and sags to the floor in the middle so they've stuffed 2 mattresses on it which means that, whilst being extremely comfortable, i can actually feel my spine bending as i sleep.

i start teaching on wednesday and can't wait, i've observed 2 teachers already cos i got here early, and the students are mainly from like, iran, yemen, india, and that, all between 18 and 25 and mostly male with very, very long eyelashes.

now i DID mean to treat this teaching time as a detox, there are no bars in the vicinity, and no drink allowed in the appartments, we're like 40 minutes away from kuala lumpar, the city, so i thought i was safe... however, i'm sharing my appartment with 2 other teachers, one hasn't arrived yet, the other is an ex pub landlord from glasgow... who likes a "few' beers!!! fate it seems has other plans for my liver than a bit of r and r from the old amber nectar! well, what can you do???

cheers