What's up with Elisabeth & George?: Penang -- Week 24 -- Indian Lunch, Chinese Opera

Thursday, October 02, 2008

Penang -- Week 24 -- Indian Lunch, Chinese Opera

SUNDAY, August 24th
Another day full of restaurants and walking around.

We go to this cool Indian Restaurant. The décor is a wee smidgen in excess, and not all of it was created with a skilled hand (or eye), but it is fun and colorful, and interesting.

This was before my fabulous new haircut.

I finally spot some Chinese street opera for the Hungry Ghost Festival, but it's in the day and without the dramatic make up I've seen pictures of. We'll have to keep searching for more.

It's funny. It's raining and there is no one watching but me. I run from the car, snap a couple dozen photos, stare in awe for a few moments more, run back to the car, and they continue their performance to no audience. Do they do this all day and night? Whether there's an audience or not? Is this actually a dress rehearsal? Did they just totally break character and give me a funny look for taking pictures? We may never know.

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How we're doing right now.

April 6th, 2009
Oh man, moving back home has been quite a transition! For Regin especially. It has taken him three months to return to being fully, or almost fully, potty trained. But we're home and happy to be with friends and in an environment where things are easier.

But of course, not everything is easier. George's first day back to work he learned that the company was exiting the business and he and all the other people that work on that product (including all those people he trained in Penang) were told to look for other jobs.

His last day was March 31st. No time for that cozy little 'sabbatical' though; after he finished his last day of work, his family called and told us they are coming (from Florida) for a visit on the 10th! This would be no big deal (other than being terribly exciting) if we were fully moved back in, but of course, until now, we've had VERY little motivation to fully unpack! So now we're preparing the house at warp speed!

You know, I do miss Penang. Hard to say what I miss exactly, because I know it's more than our friends there, but I feel a certain pang. And all the time we were there, other than missing family, friends, easy living, and snow, I never once actually missed 'Colorado.'

When we got back to Colorado, I expected to have a new and complete love for the place. I do appreciate some things a lot more, especially visual things. I see beauty where I didn't before. But it hasn't been the feeling of home that I expected, and I still have some of the same issues with the place. But what I do love IMMENSELY and will always love IMMENSELY is the people we have here. And it's been absolutely amazing to see how Regin has picked right back up where he left off with his loved ones here. There's no doubt in my mind that he somehow remembers them.