Vodkaman Posted May 27, 2007 Report Share Posted May 27, 2007 Well, I have finally arrived in Lapala land. It's hot as hell and the humidity is unbearable. I've taken six showers today. The journey took 24 hours door to door. Not too many problems apart from having to pay $120 to change the date of my year return ticket, as you are not allowed in to Malaysia unless you have a valid ticket out. So the date must be two months from the entry date. The ironic thing is that I will never use the ticket, as the job moves to Shang-hai, China in six months. The second ironic thing is that the Malaysian passport official never even looked at the ticket. I very nearly had a rant at the guy, but past experience of globe trotting enabled me to keep my cake hole clamped. The hotel room reminded me of Sweden, my last port of call. If the room had a couple of birch branches, it would pass for a sauna with a temperature of 42 deg! I eventually managed to hassle the desk clerk to fix the air conditioning. This is what you get staying in cheap hotels. Before Mr L jumps in to defend his territory, I have to say that this city (Kuala lumpur) has some of the very finest hotels in the world, I am just too cheap to spend the money. Do a google on Sunway Lagoon hotel and check it out, well impressive. I was wondering how I was going to find my old friend and taxi driver, Mr Bob, when he walked into the bar. He spotted me as he drove past with a passenger. He abandoned his car (and passengers) to greet me. Five minutes later an irate chinese guy entered the bar and started screaming at Bob, he told me 'got to go, he's my customer'! I start work tomorrow, I think, as I have not had confirmation of the post, but decided to take a chance. If it does not work out, I'll hop over to Indonesia and live there for a few months. Mr Bob is off to look for an apartment for me. I told him that it must have a test facility for the fishing lure studies (swimming pool). I heard rumours that the job is going to be shift work. This is ideal, as I will choose to do permanent nights. This will keep me out of the bars and I can get paid for doing some whittling too. If anyone from the company is reading this, I'm only joking! I'm going to have to sign off for now as the loud jingle jangle from the fifty or so screens in this internet cafe is playing havoc with my hearing aid! Hopefully I will be connected again soon. regards to you all. Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBlaze Posted May 28, 2007 Report Share Posted May 28, 2007 Dave, glad you made it safely to your destination. By the way, I was wrong about my lure and the reason it hunted and you were right. It was no different than the others so I am still trying to figure why it does what it does. Good luck with your new job and keep us up to date with your lures. John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lure--Prof Posted June 14, 2007 Report Share Posted June 14, 2007 Good Luck in LP land! Dean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nathan Posted June 14, 2007 Report Share Posted June 14, 2007 Hey Dave, Glad you arrived ok..Keep us all posted!!..Nathan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
