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02/02/07 - My time here is ticking away too fast, I'm probably having too much of a good time. I've had two family days out this week, the Batu Caves on Monday, and KLCC Aquarium today. I really enjoyed my time at the Batu Caves, with my new beloved, Ranjita, along with her mother, Jyothi, and Velan. Though tourist spots aren't my favourite place, I seem to enjoy them more in a family environment. As I'm spending so much time looking after kids, I forget about any Westerners or other families that are around, because I've got my own 'family' to care about.

It's just a shame my family is only part time, I really don't like going round the city alone anymore. It's not that I'm nervous I'll be mugged, I'm just bored of being stereotyped for being white and 'rich'. I had another conman try to lure me (with the same 'Let's go talk about England at my house' trick), taxi drivers are playing dumb with directions to increase their fares. But I think people would naturally think differently if they saw a child with me, especially one of their race. I'm sick of the single life, hopefully Elisha or Victoria can find me a good wife.

Though I'm happy to be in Asia during the festival season (though I'll be missing Chinese New Year here by a few days), it's a shame the Thaipusam (Hindu) festival is having an affect on the Christian church. Attendance at Taman Wahyu and the Sunday School has been low, as the Tamil's get lured in by their descendent religion, now Christmas is over. I hope there's some high attendance next weekend (my last week), as I haven't seen a lot of people so far. Though most people I know live in Jinjang, I still haven't seen the Wahyu 2 or the other half of the Laksamana kids, and their address is unknown by the kids' grandmother.

I need to try and cram everything in for my last week and a half in Malaysia. I still need to visit Elizabeth's friends, visit Port Dickson, visit families I haven't yet, buy hardware and software for friends and family (and Malaysia's sudden piracy crackdown on the Low Yat Plaza doesn't help), and through all that, I have a wedding of one of Annrita's relatives to go to next Saturday (as well as sorting work visas with another of Annrita's relatives). How am I going to fit it all in?! I'll find a way...

09/02/07 - Just when I thought the clock was ticking too fast, I manage to get myself two extra weeks! I've now extended my time in Malaysia to February 27th, and will arrive back in England on the 28th. I'm quite happy that this hasn't been my last week, as I've spent too much time resting round Victoria's house. She's signed me up to a network marketing company called K-Link, and seems set on getting everyone to join. But I'm hoping Annrita's relatives can set me up with some good work opportunities here too. All is fine staying at her house, except for the dogs, Duke and Princess, eating my slippers.

I don't seem to be comfortable going round the city alone anymore. The conmen I encountered last year have seemed to have left a scar on me, and I've seemed to have lost trust for random Indochinese people that want to talk to me in the street. When I first came to Malaysia in September 2005, I enjoyed chatting with random people as I went round the city, but now I'm paranoid people are going to want to go out some place and put me through the whole conning saga again. But I did end up getting conned of RM50 by a Buddha yesterday, who started giving me small gifts and telling me his temple needed funding. I do have more respect for Hindu and Buddhism than Atheism, but my money should be going more towards Christianity...

Confidence is absent in loneliness. Spending time with Ranjita seems to boost the confidence between us both, she really wanted to come to church with me today, but her Aunty (Velan's mother) wouldn't let her (though the families have been to the CPTW church before). She's gotten quite attached to me lately, but she does gets scolded a lot by her Uncle (Velan's father) and Mother (Jyothi). Church has been far too quiet the few weeks I've been here, I think the absense of Rebecca and Caleb is having an affect. I will have to do my best in encouraging people to come back (now Thaipusam is over), but right now, I have a wedding to get ready for...

16/02/07 - I'm so happy that I added another two weeks onto my trip, as this week has been quite fun. I've been visiting plenty of families, though encouraging them back to Christianity hasn't gone too well. But despite their lack of money, the families I meet are rich in love (as I've been saying the past month). The Wahyu 2 kids have got a new, beautiful, little sister, Shankina, though the family really can't afford another child; and Nitia and Gevita are in such a happy and loving family. But I am intriged to know why Nitia is learning Arabic...

I enjoyed the wedding I went to with Annrita's family on Saturday, there's not a huge contrast between a Tamil Hindu-Christian wedding and a Western one. There was another Westerner at the wedding, who I did try and talk to, but in true Western fashion, he ignored me. Ian and Wendy remain as the only Westerners I've talked to this whole month (excluding phone calls home)... I think I've met almost everyone that I've wanted to during my stay here, except for the missing half of Laksamana, who still live in an unknown location.

I haven't visited Laksamana as much as last time, but it isn't the same there anymore. Our former play room with the kids has now been blacked out, and is reserved for Mira's father to drink and smoke, Chino's lost the affection she had for me, and Durga seems less confident without Dharsini around... I think I just need my own family, rather than trying to seek affection from others. It's nice getting high on love and affection from the people here, but like drugs (not that I would know), you suffer from withdrawl when you're off it...

I'm currently in Port Dickson at the moment, staying with Ah Lau's family, who also knows Nyapon. I think I've seen everyone in PD that I met last time, except for Mazlan's family (Linda, Hidaya etc.), who I originally came to see. But getting a free night in one of PD's nicest resorts isn't too bad. Ah Lau (a Chinese Hindu, here with her family and her son's Tamil friends) had organised a holiday for Chinese New Year, but not many people could attend, so they adopted me to make up some space. So I now have some new friends, who also happen to live near the Batu Caves (all my friends in Malaysia seem to). I'd best go off and make the most of my last week...

23/02/07 - It may have taken me five weeks, but I finally fulfilled my promise to bring someone back to the CPTW church. It may have only been a five year old, but I still did it. It's such a shame now though, that my trip is soon to come to an end, I love spending time with the families here, especially Ranjita and Nitia's. Hopefully I won't have the same problems as my last time in the UK, with finding work to earn money to come back here. But it's just a case of finding work or a project out in Asia to go to.

This past week has been pretty much the same as the last, just enjoying myself in the company of other people, which I need to make the most of whilst it lasts. I just need to make a schedule for my last few days to make sure I can say goodbye to everyone. Hopefully one person I'll get to say hello and goodbye to is Eswaren. I found out that the Dharsini and Shamini are the ones that have moved to Johor, but Eswa's staying with relatives somewhere near the Batu Caves, so hopefully I'll see my Thambi before I go. So that's it, saying goodbye to people, spending a day in Chennai with Elisha, then back in the UK. I'll be back next week...