KLPAC Art Exhibition

Good news! I'm going to have my very first solo exhibition of my watercolor paintings from March 28th-April 10th. 2011 at the Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre. By far one of my favorite spaces in KL.

Baby Nursery Paintings

The day that I found out I was pregnant I happened to stumble upon these cute paintings by a local Chinese artist at Central Market.  Since David and I plan to keep the sex a surprise I thought these bold colors would work for a girl or a boy! They were so cheap too!  I might go back for more.

The Actor's Studio

Kim and I checked out a play this weekend, called "Someone Who'll Watch Over Me"

We bought tickets on Thursday, and luckily they had 2 front row seats just for us! When we sat down, we were literally 1 metre from where one the the actors was, so you could really get into it.

The play was about 3 men where were kidnapped and held hostage in a windowless cell in Beirut. One was an American, one an Irishman and the third an Englishman. The dialogue was heart wrenching and hysterical at the same time.

I never went to any live performances after high school, but since living in KL we've gone regularly. The best show to date being The Wicked Wizards last year when Dad was in town.

I really enjoyed this latest show. It's amazing to see live people acting right in front of you. The proximity to a live person gives the story so much more reality.

At one point, one of the characters was screaming and crying; spitting and convulsing. It is hard to describe how much more real it is when it's a live person suffering right in front of you.

It was a great show, and if you are in KL you should check it out!

Kaiser Updates

We're back again! More than a week ago our modem decided to quit his job and retire.  It took us a while but we've found a replacement and managed to train him well so he could do his job even better than the old one! Ok. I'm going stop talking about our modem like it's a person now..

The holidays seemed to pass quite quickly for us this year.

David cutting beer can chicken

Christmas Eve 

David made a delicious beer can chicken dinner for the two of us. We tried to fry okra for the first time without much success, and ended up burning the whole batch. The mashed potatoes, gravy and chicken made up for it though.

Christmas Eve at the Olden's. 

Christmas Day 

Our morning was filled skyping the good news to our family in the U.S.  More than anything I would've loved to be able to tell them in person, and it makes it a bit tougher than usual to be so far away from the people you love the most.  After talking for a couple of hours we got an appitite and made pancakes and watched Christmas movies all day.

Later on Christmas Day 
David's buddy Eric invited us for dinner that night with his family. As soon as we arrived, David was handed an ice cold beer and I got a drink that tastes a lot like root beer but without the carbonation and much, much sweeter. I couldn't finish the drink and I think Eric's mom picked up on that and gave me fruit punch instead. While we ate our Indian dinner we talked to Erik's uncle who is a Malaysian retired marine and told us all about his encounters with ghosts over the years. (A lot of Malaysians truly believe in them)  He told us he kept a bible with him in bed and believed that God would protect him from all evil.  Eric's mom knew I was pregnant so she made sure I ate extra veggie, and Erik's uncle thought I should eat two full plates since I am eating for two.  David's new joke to people is that since I'm pregnant he's now drinking for two. hee. hee.

New Year's Eve
On New Year's Eve my friend Danya, who I met through Gaelic Football, asked me if I wanted to join her and her partner and their neighbors for dinner at a new Thai restaurant at Bangsar Shopping Centre.  Afterwards we went to their place and celebrated the New Year by watching fireworks displays all around KL. We counted 5 going on at the same time, and the one in downtown was absolutely amazing. It must have gone on for 15 minutes. After the finale we had to laugh at the huge cloud of smoke covering the Petronas Towers. Danya made mixed drinks for everyone and we played games and chatted until early into the morning.

Other fun Things
Earlier on this week I took a Thai cooking class with Danya and Lynne. I learned how to make fish cakes, tom yam soup, Green Chicken Curry, a strange water chestnut/coconut dessert.

I'm actually not stirring anything at all! 

Yummy Fish Cakes

David started taking Classical guitar lessons a while back ago, and he sure sounds good when he practices!  I'm still practicing piano on my own time. I'm learning the theme song for Swan Lake by Tchaikovsky.

Coming up is a trip to Ho Chi Mihn city, Vietnam late January.  February, David is going to Perth, Australia (did you know there is a Perth, Scotland?)  and then he'll be back for a couple of days and on to Singapore. In March he will also go to Johannesburg for three weeks!

My first Feltie

With it being baby season I got an itch to create little dolls out of felt. I found a book at Borders bookstore called Felties: How to Make 18 Cute and Fuzzy Friends by Nelly Paillpoux. The Polar Bear is the first one I made and I feel like I did pretty well!  I want to make a bunch of them and eventually create a Baby mobile for our little baby.  Below is my inspiration found on Etsy by a company called Asial embroidery creations. 

Baby Kaiser

Last wednesday I got my second ultrasound! I can't believe how fast time flies when you're pregnant! This is Baby K. at 9 weeks.  At this time the baby is about the size of a grape. So tiny! I had a happy tear in my eye when I saw the arms and legs for the first time.

Besides taking lots of naps and going to bed early, I've been feeling good and continue to day dream of what the future has in store for us.

Lots of Love

My new sweet baby - spec!

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