Do you like free things?

"Do you like free things?"

That's what my neighbour, Doctor Goh asked me yesterday evening. I wondered where this was going to go. I replied,

"Yeah, if they're good"

That's when he showed me this:

Centrum multi-mineral multi-vitamin formula. For a long time I've been mulling over taking dietary supplements. Living in the desperate heat and humidity of Malaysia really does sap my energy at times, so a boost like this is much welcome!

And yes, I checked the expiry date, which is December 2012. (I know free things usually come with catches!) That gives me over 100 days to take the 100 tablets. I started today.

Do you take any dietary supplements?

Have they helped?

Cute Cats

Around our apartments in Bukit Sekilau, Kuantan, lives the stray cat family. Some of them appear battle-hardened, but most of them are just cute cats. Here they are in photos.

In Hornbill Territory

While we were having breakfast at Vistana Hotel the other morning, I glanced out the window and saw a couple of hornbill's hopping across the wall. I slowly crept close enough to capture a couple of photos. They didn't seem to mind my presence.

This is the second time we've spotted this marvellous bird in Kuantan. Hornbills typically live in the trees and eat fruit as their main diet. On this occasion they were happily trying to catch smaller birds who seemed to enjoy flying dangerously close to these bigger hornbills!

Why do I love Malaysia so much?

I have been living in Malaysia for 8 years now and I have enjoyed every moment of it. Truth be told, there have been some worrying and difficult moments, but as I mentioned in a previous post, I am "living the dream" here in Kuantan, Malaysia.

I have a friend from England who lives in Johor Bharu (JB) and he too keeps a blog. I'd like you to meet him today. 

His name is John and in a recent posting, he pretty much explained to a tee how we both feel about Malaysia and why we Englishmen indeed love Malaysia so much!

I couldn't have explained it better myself, so please hop over to John's blog right here to find out what I mean.

Malaysia Boleh!

Kizsports @ Empire Mall, Kuala Lumpur

We took Lauren and Leah to Kizsports, a fun playground for children which is located in Empire Mall, Kuala Lumpur (KL).

We paid just RM27 for our 2 children, including 2 pairs of socks for them. My wife and I, and my sister-in-law Urai, went in for free to accompany the children. Of course, there is no time limit to our stay there!

It was such a fun time! I think Urai and I had even more fun than the children! It was quite a workout in the end with endless running, sliding, climbing and jumping.

A view of the Kizsports play house:

Even Leah is looking directly at the camera!

Aunty Urai looks like a real doll in this picture!

Watch Lauren and Urai come yelling down the slide!

Lauren gets really upset because she didn't win!!!

So we tried again and this time Lauren won!!