WEEKEND, October 24th - 26th
Friday is Shanti's last day before Deepavali. She's been hinting around like crazy since Wednesday for the bonus that a month ago she informed me I should give her. Finally, after a lot of back and forth in my head, chats with other expats and locals, I decide to give her a little something. It's just less than two-week's pay, which is plenty big to me, but she'd asked for a one-month bonus. I explain our financial situation nd apologize, but she seems tickled with whatever I give her, so I think we're still good.
On Sunday we're helping to support Jess, the organizer of our Babywearing group, and the creator and chair of Malaysian Babywearers. She's trying to promote International Babywearing Week (November 12 - 18) in Malaysia and she's enlisted us all to help out with several booths and a show at this month's Little Penang Street Market.
It's a huge success! We're drawing tons of attention from current and prospective babywearers, we're being photographed left and right by the gaggle of photographers that show up here every month (they're like a club), and we're being interviewed by all the major Malaysian newspapers.
Photos...
Jess and others man the booths.
Jess and Bee Gaik help this woman try a pouch for the first time. (I also gave a demo of the pouch and the wrap rucksack carry)
George and Regin break for lunch.
Regin is a nut for juice, or as he says, ooh-oh (as in "jugo").
Valderiiiii, valderaaaa, valderiiii, valdera-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha, valderiiiii, valderaaaa, my baby on my back! (Still have Oktoberfest on the brain!)
Debz (on the right) is talking to an australian woman who might start coming to our group meetings. We're like a cult; we recruit.
George was busy for a while with this reporter who I think was from the Straits Times.
Alison and her baby, Sabastien. She's been babywearing for ages, but has recently taken up the ring sling. She asked me to teach her how to do back carry with the ring sling. Seems like no one but George and me use the carriers on their backs!
Eloise (Alison's daughter) with Regin. Such a beautiful little girl!
Valderiiiii... my boy on Papi's back!
All the kids were playing in this phone booth. I have some sweet photos of Regin "making calls" in the phone booth that I'll put up later.
This was during our show in the entertainment tent. This is by that same New2Mac guy that got our Oktoberfest picture. Too bad he didn't get one of George. I thought he was totally hot in the show.
You can see more of the pictures from the day here.
P.S. There was a gorgeous Swiss-Malaysian girl teaching salsa later in the day! Naturally, we introduced ourselves. She's lived much of her life in Europe as well as Penang and speaks 8 languages including Spanish! She's been living in Singapore most recently. She seems to be a pretty cool chick.
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