About this blog…

This year marks our sixth year in Kuwait and our ninth year living abroad as expats. Before Kuwait, we lived in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates and before that, in Swindon, the UK. Son returned to Malaysia to study and after graduation decided to work there. Right now hubby loves his job so its really difficult to answer the question “How much longer do you guys expect to stay in Kuwait?” or “When do you expect to go back to Malaysia permanently?”

Me – I’ve pretty much given up the idea of going back to work (as in outside the home and 9 to 5) and have decided to enjoy my status of “lady of leisure”! It certainly gives new meaning to the expression “LOL” which I find myself using more and more of late.

Since 2005 or so, my life in Kuwait has been dotted with travelling and seeing new places – taking in their history and learning about their culture (and tasting their food, I might add!). I also go home to Malaysia twice a year to spend time with family and friends.

Although I’m always looking for the perfect “retirement” business, I have to admit I’m pretty happy about my home-based painting studio from where I’ve been teaching expat and local women to paint, wherever I am, whenever I’m in town! LOL

When I’m in Kuwait, I pretty much go with the flow – other than painting or teaching painting – attending meetings of groups where I’m a member, trying to catch up with old friends, making new friends, blogging and micro-blogging!

I started writing this blog when I went back to Malaysia to renovate our new apartment in Kuala Lumpur in the last quarter of 2008. It seemed a great way to “report progress” to my husband who was in Kuwait, and my son, who usually spent weekdays at his clients’ offices outside KL.