We have now left the hotel and have moved into our house. The final week in the hotel was mainly spent trying to organise our lives, and I spent some extended time with the children whilst my partner finished her degree (this mainly consisted of me taking them to a play centre & the swimming pool).
We borrowed an old Isuzu Trooper for a few days through a private seller, which was cool to drive a tank style car, yet that was too much of a risk for potential repairs, and the air conditioning was inappropriate. After a few searches online, we finally found a car we were happy with, a 2011 Kia Sorento, which seems to be in good condition, has a safe frame, and has 7 seats so we can have our guests in with us during their stay. Book your places now!
We made a few trips to the house to take delivery of and assemble some of the furniture, thankfully we had paid a bit extra to have most of it assembled, because for me they are a bastard to put together, yet my partner seems to be able to whizz through them somehow. The house is situated in a newly built, sprawling eco township, and this is also where my school is located. We are renting a large property there, which has more than enough space for us all. Nearby is a park and a lake to walk around, and the security guards salute you as you leave and enter the gated community. The only downside is that we have to be on a waiting list to get Wifi, but we have managed to get round this by getting unlimited data packages on our mobile phones, and we can use them to tether the data to our TV and laptops. There is also a club house on site, which has amazing facilities (infinity pool, kids splash area, sauna, steam room, and jacuzzi), and offers a 360 degree hilltop view of the surrounding area, complete with hills in the background – it truly is a stunning location to raise a young family, and offers superior air quality compared to living in the city. The local town has a mall with a large Tesco, and other major shops an outlets. Surrounding it on all sides back to back is a square of properties where the local business’ are, and there is a street where all the street food sellers dwell – it has everything you need really. For more upmarket activities, we have a larger mall, water park, cinemas, animal sanctuaries, and countryside retreats, all within 20 minutes drive from where we are. Further to this, we are 40 minutes from central Kuala Lumpur (KL), 80 minutes from the beach, and 40 minutes from KL airport – so we can easily come and pick you up when you arrive. Book your places now!
The children are doing well, and they seem to be adjusting to life here just fine. The climate hasn’t stifled them, and child 2 is even trying all the local food. As long as mummy and daddy are around, they are generally happy, bar the occasional tantrums. Child 1 will face the trickiest transition when school starts, joining a new class as an ethnic minority, yet wheels have already been put in motion with regards to that settling in process.
This is because we have already made contact and met up with some of the other teachers who work at and are going to work at the school. The first couple we met at the hotel, and they have two young children too – so we met up and went out for some food with them one evening. They seem chill and down to earth, and they are also vegan, which will be a good influence on us, as we like to eat healthy as often as we can. Along with couple 1, we also were invited round for food, drinks, and kids play date by couple 2, and one of them is a leader in the key stage that child 1 will be in. They were sound and chill too, and they also have two young kids. So we are all in the same boat, and it was nice to be invited along, and made to feel part of the community so soon. It was also a perfect opportunity for the kids to familiarise themselves with each other, as I am sure they will also be spending time together inside and outside of school too.
The food continues to be wonderful, and I’ve levelled out a little by not having every meal as a spicy one. The best food we have found so far is in the banana leaf set, which is an vegetarian Indian dish, where lots of different things are served on a banana leaf. It’s similar to a thali, just served on something different. It was so good, we went two nights running.
At present we are in our new house for the third night, and everything is starting to come together, following a two steps forward, one step back feel during the first couple of weeks. Now that we are starting to feel more settled, we might start making some trips out to places other than the mall or shops, prior to the start of the academic year.
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