Update 9/28/07

Sorry it has taken me so long to update this, we are leaveing for a church service thing soon so I'll make this as long as I can in a short time. On Sunday I'm doing a Drama thing for the kid's service at our church. So pray that goes well (I get to play the Devil, go figures =P ).
No offence to all you people aout there, but if you want to make friends easily and fast, move to Malaysia and go to Dalat International School =P. I have made more friends inn the short time I've been here than ever in my enire life. It is almost scary, especially because I am so used to staying on the outside and having to force my way into groups and stuff, here they just take me as I am and while alot of good-natured teaseing goes around, we are really good friends.
One thing to pray about, I have discovered that there are two girls in my class that have a crush on me. And while they know I know no action has been taken by either me or them. I'm afraid that something might happen and our relationship we have now as friends will be ruined by some imagined shadow that hangs over us. So pray that everything will work out and we will remain friends.
Holy cow, I think this is the longest blog entry I've ever written =P let's make it longer shall we?
I'm taking guitar lessens, and my teacher is going to teach me how to play Brad Paisley's "Whiskey Lullaby" (at least I hope we can pull it off). Also on Tuesday I'm going to try out for the Dalat Worship band, pray that goes well.

OK, I had a really weird experience (for me anyways). We live one building away from Gurney Mall, and today I went over and hung out with some other kids from Dalat. I have never just went out with a group of people I knew and bought drinks (pop of course) and just walked around and goofed offf. Well that was what we did, and it was FUN! I hope to do it again soon.

Also I've been collecting Wolverine: Origins comic books =P I knw, I'm crazy. But I can get them for like 11RM here, which is like.... $4 US... I think,, my exchange figures aren't always right =P.

So anyways, that's what's going on right now. Go check out my 'art' blog http://yeshua-wordplay.blogspot.com/ and see the picture I drew. tell me what you think.

Talk to ya all later!

Talent Show

OK, so tonight there was this Talent Show thing at my school to celebrate "Spiritual Emphisis(sp?) Week" that has been going on. So I entered with the Eagles' "Hotel California" and won 1st place. But I don't feel excited about winning, yet everyone at school says I should. Am I mixed up (more than normal I mean =P ) or do I just not care about winning so much? I dunno. Maybe I'm just tired and will get excited tomorrow =P (it is 12:16AM here) I'm also thinking of giving someone else the prize (a gift certificate to Chilis restaraunt). So anyways, that's what just happened, write more later. Byte!

In route to Dalat

Here is a description of part of my bus ride to school every day.

"You sit on the retaining wall in front of the sign that reads “The Regency”. Your backpack wrests against your leg and “World of Chemistry” sits on the white concrete next to you. As Kutless blares from the Sony headphones around your neck, you squint your eyes against the morning sun and scan the road down the “Silverton” in search of the bus. Another Dalat International School student sits farther down the wall with an elder woman you can only assume is his mother, speaking quietly in what appears to be Malay. But you can’t hear them enough over Skillet’s latest and greatest to be sure. The bus pulls up and you and the other boy head for the door while the three Sullivan children make a mad dash for the old yellow bus from the Regency’s steps.
As you climb on the aged bus, you sarcastically ask yourself whether people could be anymore awake at 7:40am. In-route to you usual seat right behind the bus driver your eyes flick across the occupants of the bus. A couple of kids who appear to be grade schoolers sit in the two seats right behind yours. Across the aisle is a young girl who you guess to be about ten. Behind her sits the Sullivan children and behind their three rows is an elder high schooler who sits with ear buds in his ears and his head wresting against the seatback. On the long bench along the back of the bus are seated two other girls. The one on the driver’s side you know is Nia. She sits with her black hair falling in her face staring sleepily out the window. She also is listening to some silent song emitted from her ear buds. On the other side of the bus is a girl who you’ve talked to on occasion, but haven’t caught her name. As usual she sits with a discontented look on her face, ignoring everything around her.
And so goes the bus ride throughout Penang to Dalat International School."

Sappy greeting card message: "Greetings From Malaysia!"

Hey people! Whazzup? This is Lord Sharktooth sayin' 'hi' from Penang Malaysia! The view you see above is like 1/4 of the view from our balcony at The Regency. We live on the 27th floor (there is like 36 of 'em). I've been going to school and unlike the US where I could fade into the crowd, here I'm the American who everyone notices =P The food they got here is awesome! (and I don'tmean like the Chilis and Starbucks at the mall nextdoor, I mean like Chinese and Indian food!) Oh yeah, did I tell you there is a mall next door!? It has like 6 floors and has everything from Toys-R-Us to and iStore! And the beach is right across the road two (see below pic)

So anyways, that is the quicky run-down of weeks 1-2 of being in Malaysia, write more later.