DAY 132 PREPARATIONS FOR DEPARTURE

A VIEW OF THINGS TO COME

Selamat Hari Raya Eid al-Fitr. A day where we did a groundhog day of yesterday. We played in the pool. Ezra and Viena played with a coin and Tupperware to-go plastic container as a boat. Ezra is in he tub right now. Yes, we have a tub – a real bathtub. He is back into playing in the bathtub for hours. Ezra enjoyed showing us his crab walk at the pool. We took a walk to the Petronas Towers. Maybe we should have said at home. Here are some of the quotes I heard. “OK. Get me out of this place!” shortly after seeing the elevator door opened with no room inside. e also witnessed a broken elevator that would fill up with people and then they would wait until finally someone realized it was broken and then everyone would file out but no one would tell the next group of people filing into the non-operational elevator. Quote ” I don’t want to eat anything where I have to sit around all those armpits!”Needless to say, lots of people at the KLCC shopping center today. We were looking for a swimsuit for Vienna, but no luck. We exited as soon as possible – using the escalator – the escapalator. Too many people to just sit and people watch. Lots of traffic in the street as well. We celebrated with chocolate cake because Viena was able to finish her journal. Will bribes always be a part of the educational process. The towers were lit up as always tonight. we usually stay up until midnight and then watch when they pull the power on the tower. No real special decorations up for Hari Raya, just lots of people out enjoying the day. We did not go by the Mosque, but Viena said the other day, “Dad, look a Mosque!” The culture is sinking in.