when east meets west.....or vice versa

Sharmo's hostfamily arrived on Msian soil in July....exactly a month ago actually....it's just that i was caught up with stuff that I didn't manage to post anything since my last entry.

Basically, having met them for the first time since we left Switzerland was actually great. The first time was at the World Cup Finals at Bukit Bintang. The following round was at Times Square, together with Sue and Sharmo. Finally got to meet the whole Ferrero family.

Together with Sue and Sharmo, we met up with her Swiss hosties at Times Square. Upon meeting them, exchanged the usual Swiss culture - Swiss 3 kisses. Was like another happy reunion where at some point you realize all reunions come with a price - separation. It was good seeing them again. Delia was as cute as usual. Elisa, gorgeous as usual. Michi, Ruth, Francesco and Matteo....was just nice lah seeing all of them again.

Watched Pirates 2 for the 3rd time! Sharmo's hostdad belanja'ed us to the movie and drinks.They were surprised as it was so cheap. Obviously eveything in Malaysia is cheap to them considering eveything here in Malaysia is one third of their money. Basically, they had to just pay CHF 20 (RM 60) for the 9 of us. Vice versa for us when we were over there. We had to pay a RIDICULOUS amount of at least CHF 14 ( 14 x 3.4 = RM 47.60) for a movie! Talk about paying through our noses!

Introducing them M'sian fruits was a must. We had longans at Starbucks while enjoying coffee. Talk about Msian flexibility. The next fruit which they didn't quite stand it was the cempedak. Obviously they weren't use to the strong-smelling fruit. However, they appreciated Sharmo's effort of introducing them typical M'sian fruits.

The next day was the day where they flew back to "die Schweiz". Of course we didn't pass up the chance of saying our goodbyes at KLIA. It will be a long, long time b4 we'll be seeing them again.

At least it wasn't a reply of 27th Jan 06.