So! With this posting, I bring you not the beautiful photos I have of Meleca, because I have not been in to work for the past few days. I have not been into work the past few days, because upon arriving back in KL I soon discovered that the ball had finally dropped. I got sick. With food poisoning.

Can I just say, it kind of defeats the purpose for your body to try to get rid of everything in your body to get rid of bacteria and in the process dehydrate and starve you. I mean, several times throughout the process I was like "THERES NOTHING LEFT STOP TRYING TO KILL ME." That's just a thought. 

But, have no worries, I am feeling quite humorous about it in my recovering health, I even had an appetite for lunch this morning and I am venturing to go get some Malaysian food even though I am slightly scared that anything I don't make in my own kitchen will throw me back into the rollercoaster of food poisoning (slash life). 

In my spare time of trying not to die, I called my mom like 6 times, watched all three pirates of the carribean, and started to re-read The Unbearable Lightness of Being. This could be disasterous or wonderful, so we'll see which. For those of you who have read it, you know what I mean. For those of you have not, get on with it already! You will not regret it. 

I'm only 40 pages in, and already I am already at a place of something like philosophical peace. The first few pages are all about how things happen they way they do only once, a decision cannot be remade, there is only one path that we all must follow. There is no point in regretting events, conversations, decisions, that could not have happened any other way. Not to say that we don't necessarily have free will (Brian, this is directed at you), but things happen as they happened and theres nothing to be done about it, and things will happen as they will happen only once so you have no choice but to deal with them the way that they do. 

So, you get food poisoning, you're on the other side of the world, you fall in love. Things happen as they happen, and we shall just have to float on with them. 

Now I realize that this line of thinking may have some flaws. But, damn, is it comforting sometimes. 

My next blog assignment that I will hopefully be able to work on tonight, is to describe what it is like where we are. I anticipated this assignment and I'm really glad for it, because it means that I will be forced to right down the 5-second observations and realizations that I make on my commute to work or during a conversation at lunch with coworkers. It'll also be great because it will give all of you a clearer picture of where I am, since I realize it may be kind of difficult to understand just from this blog or anything you might have read about Malaysia. 

So, tomorrow hopefully, I will be able to load the pictures of Meleca, because it really was a lovely trip. Time is flying as fast as it is slow; its an odd feeling really. I have so much to say to so many of you! But there is not enough time to write all those emails so really if you can you should try to give me a call. 

Best,

Clara