A fond farewell

After a thoroughly enjoyable time at Semenyih and opportunity to work more closely with our wonderful colleagues in Malaysia, it was time to say "au revoir" (as they say in Malaysia) but not before..... a spot of lunch. And this time Chris and I paid, which seemed only fair.

On this occasion, we visited Fish Valley, a delightful restaurant which specialises (not unsurprisingly) in fish and where you can also catch your own lunch. That seemed too much like hard work therefore we settled for pre-caught steamed fish, a venison curry and battered squid, all washed down with coconut juice or, in my case, a water melon juice.

These lunches don't half eat in to work time, which left a limited amount of time to finish off in the afternoon before being picked up by our regular taxi driver (Mr Mok or his mate with no name) at 5 and ferried back to KL.

It really has been an enjoyable visit. Also productive because the IS (including libraries) staff are now able to use Supportworks for passing issues and requests between campuses.

This evening finally consisted of a visit to Chinatown (via taxi - walking would be a big ask) for a couple of Tiger beers (much cheaper than Malones and other haunts on the tourist trail) and, in my case, a venison curry with fried rice. Finally, a bit of shopping/haggling, which was fun although I think Lotus would have been disappointed with the discount I managed to achieve. Rolex watches and Gucci bags my aunt.

Tomorrow starts with a very early start because the mere 5-hour flight departs at 9.00, which means a taxi pick-up at 6.00. We then have a 2-hour drive from Shanghai to Ningbo with Mr Wu's taxis. So, farewell Mr Mok and hello Mr Wu. I better get packing. I'm hoping that I can access the blog from within the Great Firewall of China but we'll find out tomorrow.

A few extra pics below to complete the Malaysia half of the blog, starting naturally with lunch (or what was left of it)....