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A two hour motorbike ride and a two hour ferry ride got 25 of us (half of the Malaysia ETAs) to Tioman Island to celebrate two fellow ETAs’ birthdays this past weekend.
A close-up of the tower pictured in the main banner image above:
We nearly …
Newer: Jungle Gym →
The first time my roommate successfully drags me to the nearby Muay Thai outdoor gym nestled in the jungle (like everything in Malaysia), the torrential onslaught begins just as we were about to escape from the uber intense trainers who could snap my body with …
Cutest Welcoming Performance Ever
Towards the end of orientation in January, we finally got to visit a couple of government (public) schools where we were welcomed with food, performances, small pink towels, and paparazzi. And a 30-minute iMovie video listing all of the awards that the school has received alongside super intense pump-up music. It was quite difficult restraining myself from fist pumping and Indian head bobbing to the scrolling list of choral speaking accolades.
Pause your cat / dog / African bull frog YouTube videos and play the vids below of one of the welcoming performances. (And then you can watch the African bull frog video.)
Apparently this was a “band 2” (out of 7) upper-tier school, whereas we’re all working at band 5 and 6 schools. So it was a productive lesson on what not to expect.
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