We leave the hotel tomorrow, good timing since I have tried everything in the buffet at least twice. I liked almost everything. Sweet curries, spicy sauces, fun fruit — although durians are not allowed in the hotel despite being the pride of Malaysia. Too smelly for the foreigners I guess.
Citrus and I have spent nearly all our time either eating or in the water. We were in the pool with about twenty teenage girls yesterday. I was covered nearly head to toe to prevent sunburn, they were covered head to toe in hijab dress. Whatever the country, our daughter always finds attention from the girls and they tolerate me because of her.
The CARAT exercises with Malaysia wrapped up today with more meetings as well as beach volleyball with the U.S. Marines, Navy and the Malaysian Armed Forces. I incorrectly assumed they would play against each other, forgetting momentarily that this is a mission to encourage cooperation. Everyone played together.
Tomorrow we will probably drive north to see more of Malaysia and then will head back to Singapore. Hopefully the automatic cat feeder has been doing its job.
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Had to put away your “F* Malaysia” t-shirt eh. Gooo team!
Must know…
Was listening to some BBC-esque broadcaster yesterday and she pronounced it Malay-see-ah. I have always pronounced it Malay-sha.
Is there one proper way? Or are there multiple ways to pronounce it that are acceptable?
The broadcaster also pronounce Houston “Who-sten” so perhaps she is not the best barometer?
I’ve always said “Ma-LAY-zha” (rhymes with “Asia”) but the Malaysians seem to say “Ma-LAY-zee-ah” so I guess the rule would be when in Malaysia…
-elysia
And ‘Elysia’ rhymes with ‘Tunesia’…