Malaysia Is Awesome!!!!
Malaysia is awesome! After such a long, cold time in Seoul I cannot explain the utter joy that I felt as I walked off the plane yesterday into the muggy heat. Humidity is a blessing that my hair and skin cherish! Ah! To no longer bathe in moisturizer and lament the frostbitten ends of my fingers. It is happiness like I’ve never known.
For real, when we arrived it was like a giant weight had been lifted off of all of our shoulders. With the warm weather has come a new attitude and it is a good one. It only got better when we arrived at the center of Kuala Lumpur to find our hotel. Now I’m not really sure I can adequately describe this hotel, but I will try. Our hotel is only a year old, and it’s called the Berjaya Times Square Resort. It consists of two towers, with a giant island in between. The island in the middle is a bunch of meeting rooms, a gym, a salon, etc, with a HUGE pool on the top. The pool is like a beautiful lake surrounded by umbrellas, pool chairs, palm trees, and ladies carrying tropical drinks. The hotel itself doesn’t start until the 14th floor of the building, because underneath it is a giant mall. Fourteen floors of mall. This hotel mall is connected to another giant mall that contains… six movie theatres, an I-Max theatre, stores, and an amusement park. And it doesn’t stop there. Instead of living in typical hotel rooms, we all have suites. When I heard suites, I imagined the Jones dorm rooms at Northwestern, when in actuality I have my own APARTMENT. My roommate Susan and I share a room with beds, but then we have a giant family room, a dining room, a kitchen (bigger than any I’ve seen in New York), a walk in closet, and two bathrooms.
Even though I’ve only been here for a day, I’ve already been shopping and swimming… twice. The other interesting thing I had to do was my first hardcore Malaysian press conference. Most of the time on tour the only people who are important are the children. Asian people eat American children whole, and anything they can do or say is the cutest thing on earth. At all of our press conferences so far, the kids and Maria do all the talking, performing, etc, and the rest of us just sit around and smile. However, in Malaysia, I am suddenly popular. Today my presence was specifically requested at our official press release. It started out with the kids and Maria singing, and then we were all introduced and answered questions. I got asked specific questions, and people in the audience requested that I sing! It was pretty hilarious, since they had 6 TV stations there, and lots of microphones in our faces. I had to present free tickets to a Malaysian orphanage, and pose in front of boards advertising our sponsors. Now I know how celebrities feel! Haa ha. Honestly though, it was a lot of fun, and the free food afterwards made a great lunch.
I can't write much, because I'm busy slathering on 30 sunblock - do you believe it's actually written in my contract that I'm not allowed to get tan?! I'm heading to the pool again before I go for some shopping in Little India. Anyone who has some free time should totally come visit! I can put you up on my pull-out couch and food is very cheap and plane tickets are apparently around $500 US! This place is paradise!
For real, when we arrived it was like a giant weight had been lifted off of all of our shoulders. With the warm weather has come a new attitude and it is a good one. It only got better when we arrived at the center of Kuala Lumpur to find our hotel. Now I’m not really sure I can adequately describe this hotel, but I will try. Our hotel is only a year old, and it’s called the Berjaya Times Square Resort. It consists of two towers, with a giant island in between. The island in the middle is a bunch of meeting rooms, a gym, a salon, etc, with a HUGE pool on the top. The pool is like a beautiful lake surrounded by umbrellas, pool chairs, palm trees, and ladies carrying tropical drinks. The hotel itself doesn’t start until the 14th floor of the building, because underneath it is a giant mall. Fourteen floors of mall. This hotel mall is connected to another giant mall that contains… six movie theatres, an I-Max theatre, stores, and an amusement park. And it doesn’t stop there. Instead of living in typical hotel rooms, we all have suites. When I heard suites, I imagined the Jones dorm rooms at Northwestern, when in actuality I have my own APARTMENT. My roommate Susan and I share a room with beds, but then we have a giant family room, a dining room, a kitchen (bigger than any I’ve seen in New York), a walk in closet, and two bathrooms.
Even though I’ve only been here for a day, I’ve already been shopping and swimming… twice. The other interesting thing I had to do was my first hardcore Malaysian press conference. Most of the time on tour the only people who are important are the children. Asian people eat American children whole, and anything they can do or say is the cutest thing on earth. At all of our press conferences so far, the kids and Maria do all the talking, performing, etc, and the rest of us just sit around and smile. However, in Malaysia, I am suddenly popular. Today my presence was specifically requested at our official press release. It started out with the kids and Maria singing, and then we were all introduced and answered questions. I got asked specific questions, and people in the audience requested that I sing! It was pretty hilarious, since they had 6 TV stations there, and lots of microphones in our faces. I had to present free tickets to a Malaysian orphanage, and pose in front of boards advertising our sponsors. Now I know how celebrities feel! Haa ha. Honestly though, it was a lot of fun, and the free food afterwards made a great lunch.
I can't write much, because I'm busy slathering on 30 sunblock - do you believe it's actually written in my contract that I'm not allowed to get tan?! I'm heading to the pool again before I go for some shopping in Little India. Anyone who has some free time should totally come visit! I can put you up on my pull-out couch and food is very cheap and plane tickets are apparently around $500 US! This place is paradise!
posted by Beth at 11:22 AM
1 Comments:
How are you going to fit those 5 purses in your luggage and I certainly hope one of them is for your mother! xxxooo guess who
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