What's up with Elisabeth & George?: Comedy

Saturday, August 09, 2008

How Colorblind Are You? And Other Videos

I may be a little colorblind as it turns out.

I came upon this little ad a while ago in one of my daily blog reads. I love it! This little guy is just so perfect, and have you ever seen a more joyous facial expression?

Trouble is, the ad's message is a little bit lost on me, and I wonder how lost it is on you. It's aimed at the Malaysians and hopes to bring more unity between the races, but the persuasiveness of this piece is absolutely dependent on your immediate recognition of these two little cuties as being from different racial groups. I can easily make out that Tan Hong Ming is of Chinese heritage, but as often is the case with me here, I have more trouble recognizing the ethnically Malay. Judging by the subject of the video, I have to assume the little girl is the latter. It's actually quite a controversial piece if she is Malay since that also means that she is, by law, muslim. So that makes them an interracial as well as presumably an inter-religious couple. That's something we see sometimes in Penang, but we're told Penang is more liberal.

It's relative of course. How liberal do you call a place that just had a big raid, complete with arrests, on a suspected gay party?

I won't go too much more into the social politics as other bloggers have been arrested here for suggesting the wrong things on their blogs. Soooo.... here's this totally unrated video. I was feeling sick and down yesterday so I searched YouTube for a comedic pick-me-up and came across this. Hilarious! Enjoy!

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.