My Personal Goals

As many of you know, I am spending a year in Malaysia with my husband and two teenagers on a family adventure. While here, I am embracing the new in my life and trying to say yes to as many experiences as possible (within reason). Below is the list of activities that I have begun doing since moving to Malaysia in August. Perhaps a little ambitious, but I am also trying to remember that I am only human and to forgive myself if I can't do each activity as often as I'd like and I not expect myself to be perfect at each new thing I attempt. Here is my list if you are interested...

Guitar

   taking lessons and becoming more accomplished at guitar

   developing calluses on my fingers so that they don’t hurt me when playing

   am currently taking lessons but my fingers still hurt :(

Bahasa Malaysia

   learning some of the Malaysian language

   am currently taking lessons, but not studying much...

Explore

   exploring places in KL, Malaysia, and SE Asia   

   around KL, have visited Chow Kit wet market, the National Science museum, the National        
   Mosque, TTDI, 

   around Malaysia, have visited Melacca, Sarawak/Borneo, Penang, Frasier's Hill

   around SE Asia, have visited Bali, Thailand; plan to go to Vietnam and Cambodia

Diary

   keeping a daily diary

Blog

   blogging regularly and be more comfortable with blogging

   have 34 blog posts since coming to Malaysia 6 months ago

   have learned how to add pictures to posts and edit more easily

Facebook

   understanding this site better

   have looked at site more and tried to figure out what it’s all about-am still not

   convinced it is going to be a regular part of my life, but trying to keep an open 

   mind since my daughter and husband are on it regularly

Exercise

   trying out different types of exercise to stay in shape and working on my flexibility, core

   strength, and balance

   am working out at Fitness First gym 3x/week, taking Lesmills group exercise classes 

   and running on the treadmill and swimming in the condo pool

  

Massage

   getting monthly massages and trying out different types of massage

   have had 6 massages so far and am right on track ; )))

Computer

   learning my way around my Mac Book better, faster, easier, and more comfortably

   this is slow going esp without a convenient apple store or classes available 
   hard drive died recently and have been having trouble getting photos and iMovie back to         
   where it was beforehand

Volunteer

   volunteering in some capacity

   still trying to figure this one out-maybe at the school, perhaps with refugees...

Cook local

   learning to cook some local foods  

   many places in KL offer cooking classes of local foods

Friends

   making new friends; staying in touch with old friends

   am going to coffees with different expat and international groups, meeting new people

   skyping, tweeting, blogging, and emailing friends and family regularly

Photography

   taking lots of pictures with my new Canon camera and learning more about manual 

   functions on the camera

   have been taking lots of pictures (see blogs and facebook)

   taking photography classes with the British expat group (ABWM)
   joined a Malaysian photo group (Glimpses) that posts weekly pictures with a different  
   theme each week

Mom stuff

   to keep kids interested, stimulated, healthy, and safe; to role model healthy and 

   proactive behaviors in a new environment

   getting good books at the library, serving nutritious foods, looking for in and out of 

   school opportunities for kids to grow and experience new things

 Learning more about my new country
    attended lectures on Chinese New Year, Modern Day Slavery,

Mahjong
     learning to play Mahjong
     playing Mahjong weekly with a group of British women

   New experiences

   to try new things (see above!)