I'm half way there...

Ok...Interesting stuff that has happened since my last post.... I attended primary school for a week, i said goodbye to some of coolest people I've met, I went to Langkawi Island for Mid-year camp, some of my exchange student friends in Australia went back home to Europe, I finished my report for the SDA, I went to see a private Chinese high school, my host brother came back from USA, I moved down a grade to Form 4 and our maid went back to Indonesia.
Left: Stop in Malay with the typical 'lah'. Right: Langkawi Island, just out our door.
Primary school...was quite interesting. Huw and I(we were invited to the school because we are 'native english speakers') helped them a little with their english.
The school was Malay, but there were some Indians, next door was a Tamil primary school and a Chinese primary school too. We taught them some songs and we also attended some classes to learn some stuff. We signed hundreds of autographs..literally and were treated with great respect. It was a nice change from normal high school and a great chance to experience life in a Malay family. I learnt lots about life priorities, religion, culture and family values.The weekend after going to primary school, we(me and some other exchange students from the new batch) took a long bus trip out to KLIA(Kuala Lumpur International Airport) so we could say goodbye to some amazing people who taught us a lot(the July-June batch of exchange students). Left: My national pride found in Singapore, Right: KLCC at night. They were an important part of my exchange, having Bilal from Denmark(from the july-june batch) at my school is probably one of the reasons I am still here and haven't jumped on a plane back to Australia. Next week We will be the old batch and have to teach the new students, no matter what AFS says about the old batch being a bad influence on the new one. Mid Year Camp was ok, it kinda gives you a jump to try harder but then you just fall back down and you want to sleep for a few days or months. It was at a very nice island, with beer the same price as water and duty-free chocolate. I saw some exchange students I hadn't seen since January and realized everyone has it hard sometimes. We all talked about getting past the boredem of school and our hopes and plans for the rest of year...blah blah blah. Right: The AFS Malaysia mail box..pretty spiffy huh.Well...I finished my second report for the SDA, i will post it soon here. Last weekend my host brother came back from 6 months exchange in Maryland, USA and I was in Segamat, Johor visiting the 2nd biggest private Chinese High school in Malaysia. It was fairly interesting, I don't know if it's racist or logical seperating the races at school, I guess it depends what language you want your education in.
Left: Me and Minea(Finland) at Penang.
So, I've moved down a grade not out of choice but because Form 5 has that life-death exam soon and I'm a 'disturbance'. Form 4 is more in English which is nice, but I didn't really want to leave Form 5. Today our maid went back to Indonesia after working her butt off for 2 years in this house. Oh yeah and my host brother now knows about the crazy security at airports in USA, the great thing about being able to eat dairy products in Western countries, how to cook and why Americans are so fat. And I can now count to 4 in Cantonese after doing Chinese dancing with the Japanese exchange student.