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On Dec 1, 2:13 pm, "bj" > wrote:
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> > Just got back from a quick four day business trip to Kuala Lumpur. I
> > only had two meetings, both lasting about an hour, so had plenty of
> > free time to indulge in eating and window shopping. I was by myself
> > this trip, but that's OK, I don't mind my own company and am quite
> > comfortable eating out by myself.
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> > I ate as much satay as I could. I never get sick of it, the peanut
> > sauce is to die for. Had Nasi Goreng for lunch one day. For those who
> > may not know, it is spicy fried rice with a sunny side up fried egg on
> > top, served with a couple of small satay sticks, a couple of prawn
> > crackers and some sweet and sour pickled veges. It is worth eating
> > just for the pickled veges. For dinner one night I went to a Korean
> > bbq place, they had fantastic beef and I will have to return there
> > next trip (I get to KL about four times a year). Mee goreng was
> > breakfast most days.
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> > I had planned on travelling on to Africa for a meeting with a private
> > financier whose ego I stroke a couple of times a year (just to keep in
> > good standing), but with the financial crisis and lenders and
> > investors being a bit leary I decided not to waste my time. Africa
> > will now have to wait until the middle of next year. Shame, I was
> > looking forward to good biltong and some game (guinea fowl and wart
> > hog being my favourites).
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> > I had a strange experience while shopping in KL. I decided to buy a
> > pair of bathers (swimmers, togs, swimsuit) so I could lay around the
> > pool for a couple of hours. The hotel I stayed at had a lovely terrace
> > with a free form pool and tropical gardens - smack bang in the middle
> > of the city, skyscrapers all around, car horns tooting, sirens
> > screaming, jack hammers banging away. Anyways, I went to a department
> > store and was looking at swim wear, they had Australian sizing on
> > them. The largest they had was a size 10 (not sure what this equates
> > to in the US, but a size 10 is a slim woman, in Oz the average size of
> > most non-overweight women would be 12 to 14). I asked the sales lady
> > if they had a size 12, she answered "No, we don't sell extra-large
> > here". This has caused much mirth among my friends. ;-)
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> > I did manage to purchase a suit elsewhere and spent some time swimming
> > and drinking pina coladas (and eating satay). Just love that
> > combination of white rum, pineapple juice and coconut cream. They
> > served it just like at a beach resort - in a pineapple with a straw
> > and one of those little umbrellas on top!
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> > Now I am back in my office and craving satay. Oh well, I am scaling
> > back work and will probably manage to get most of December and January
> > off, one good aspect to the financial crisis is that my business
> > partner and I will get some much needed time off, the last four years
> > have been extremely hectic with little time for just stopping to smell
> > the roses.
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> > JB
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> How was the humidity over there?
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> Regards
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Humidity high as always, temperatures only in mid to high twenties
(Celcius). It started raining about 4pm everyday without fail,
accompanied by thunder and lightning.

JB

Sounds like you were high up?
Incidentally, I once worked in similar conditions in highlands of Papua New
Guinea, which wasn't at all uncomfortable. Food was plentiful but terrible
(-:

BJ