Blog, revived

It's time for a revamp and a restart! And what better time, because I just got back from Malaysia--well, last week, but my brain is still in the tropics--and have lots of fun to share.

Let me start out by saying, if there is one thing this trip taught me it's this: pack your underwear first. Otherwise, you'll end up with just two pairs for two weeks, and then find yourself having to shop for new ones on your first day in a crazy new land, in a twenty minute time span between buffet breakfast time, oh-my-god-I-see-the-sun-and-need-to-jump-in-the-pool-now time, and the time when your friends are supposed to pick you up to drive to a wee village that likely will not have a shopping mall with suitable underoos. And furthermore, if you actually remember to pack your undies, unlike me, you won't have to face the humiliation of being told by a miniature Asian salesgirl that, well, your butt is probably an L and not an M here, because sizes run a lot smaller in Malaysia...Let me just say, that was not the confidence booster I needed on my first day in a land where I already felt like an Amazon woman. A jetlagged, sweaty, pale Amazon woman.

The first details about the trip will come shortly (unfortunately my office job is beckoning my brain back at the moment...). With pictures. Ohhhh yes with pictures, I have over a thousand to sort through so don't be worried about a shortage in that department!