At last! I had planned to blog every few days, but you might have noticed that I haven't bothered. There is a truly logical reason for my extended absence from blogspot- basically, I have had very little to say. For the past two weeks, He has been back in Cairns, finishing off the myriad jobs that were left unfinished when we rushed off. I did at least listen with delight as he related stories of the many wonderful and potentially "useful" items that failed to make their way into the shed, instead being sold, given away or relegated to the care of Cairns' landfill. For more than two weeks, He slogged away at supervising work on the house and cleaning up loose ends while rolling along with work on his invention. Meanwhile, the useless wife sat in Brisbane, frustrated and bored. Actually, I kept busy, doing a lot of the little jobs that needed to be done, mainly on the phone an internet, but the completed jobs did little to help the frustration of waiting.
Why then, you ask, am I back here boring the hapless reader with tedious stories of everyday monotony. Because, dear reader, I have NEWS! After three weeks of marking time, we have finally booked our tickets and will depart on Saturday morning. We have been unable to make the move as our Malaysian colleagues were concerned that our accommodation wasn't ready, but we can now say that not only is there a home waiting for us, but as of today, it is also furnished.
I'm looking forward to learning more about the Chinese Malaysian customs once we get there, as I'm often somewhat perplexed with the goings-on and the reasons for them. D seemed quite concerned that we would be there by the weekend, and there was no furniture in our place. The inventor received a relieved call late this afternoon- furniture has been acquired. We had reassured D that we were happy in a guest house for a week or two if things weren't yet ready, but he would have none of it. We also can only speculate as to why we were asked if we needed a two-storey house.
Should you be wondering about our accommodation, I stand in no position to relieve this lack of knowledge. We know no more than the fact that there is accommodation, and it is in Kampar. It may be very near to the university, but of this we are unsure. It may also be a townhouse in a row, but of this we are also unsure. We will probably be living beside the newly-appointed lab manager, whom Tony has met briefly. With communications as they are, between countries, on mobile phones, with very busy people both ends and accents to contend with, we remain content to know the basic information.
I have spent some of the waiting time investigating the University in Kampar, and preparing an application for a job in the Centre for Foundation Studies there. I am thinking that some study might be on the cards- a masters, perhaps? There are many options and possibilities for me at the moment. The Inventor is just very keen to get settled into the lab in Kuala Dipang and get stuck back into really productive work.
The few days we have left in Australia will be busy, with all the remaining jobs on my list needing to be done, and the copious possessions to be distributed between bags to go now, bags to go later, and a box to add to the chaos in my parents' garage. We are hoping to head to the Gold Coast on Thursday to spend some time with other family members we haven't seen much of lately, before our early Saturday departure from Coolangatta Airport. And before then, we'd like to see family and friends in Brisbane one last time. We are going to be busy. The outcome of this, is that what you are reading is likely to be the last blog I write in Australia for some time. Farewell! I'll catch up with you again in Malaysia.
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