Journey With Deb

Life as ‘normal’

After being away for so long, I would imagine that our house would feel foreign, our plants would somewhat wither, the letters overflowing and lizard poop polka doting the walls. But we were wrong! We came home to an oh-so-familiar place we called home. The sheets clean, pillows as we left them, floors spanking clean and no trace of lizard poop.

Our families gave us the best welcome gift, aside from overbearing hugs, kisses and beaming faces at the airport – they helped clean our home!!! Fresh flowers took center piece at the dining table and fresh new curtains hand-sewn and fitted for our kitchen. We love them to bits!

Since our fridge looked pathetically empty, we decided to do some grocery shopping. What should be a usual activity turned out rather peculiar. I was in for an economic shock as I gawked and awed at the prices of items here in Malaysia. Yoghurt for RM5? Bread for RM4? Cheese for RM12? Unbelievable to my purse’s delight, I was like a girl grabbing at everything that took my fancy and dropping it into the shopping cart.

Then I was up for another gastronomic shock. After touching down, we headed straight for breakfast at a local coffeeshop. I ordered my favourite Wan Tan Mee and finished it in no time. Later for dinner we had a Malaysian spread of fried rice, bah kut teh, assam fish and veggies. Little did I know that my stomach had not prepared itself for gastronomical buffet. I found myself visiting the toilet umpteen times for the next few days. Needless to say, it was a mild case of ‘Malaysian diarhoe’.

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