Hello everyone, Well we have been very busy since I last wrote. On Thursday afternoon we decided to go to Midvalley, a shopping centre in KL that we'd been told about. Little did we know that it is actually Asia's biggest shopping mall and as it was a bank holiday I would guess that it was Asia's busiest shopping mall. The train there was packed, as was the one home, and Helen lost a shoe down the side of the train onto the tracks in the rush! It was a r...

Hello everyone, Today is a bank holiday in Malaysia - although we didn't find out until yesterday! - as it is their Independence Day to celebrate their independence from Britain. So we have come into Central KL (KLCC) to see all the flags and stalls. The week at the hospital has been going well and we will be sad to leave. Last night we went to the longest night market in KL, which is over 1 km in length and was so busy that you literally couldn't m...

Hello everyone, Well I hope you all enjoyed your bank holiday weekend back home. I've had a lovely weekend here... On Saturday we got the bus from Little India in KL to Orang Asli, a museum about 25km north of KL. I haven't really seen much of little India yet but it was really vibrant with loud Indian music playing out into the street and lots of people dressed in traditional saris and buddhist robes. The bus trip was possibly my favourite part of the ...

Hey everyone, Well, week three is nearly over - I can't believe how quickly time is flying by. The week on ward 4 (supposedly gastroenterology and neurology but actually a mix of everything as there are never any beds for patients on the right wards) has gone well. I've seen loads of patients and lots of interesting clinical signs. In fact, I am heading back to the ward in a bit to feel a goitre, a pulsatile liver and hear some heart murmurs (not everyones i...

Hello everyone, We have just started our second attachment to a different medical ward. Everyone is really friendly on my ward and I ended up teaching a group of third year students how to do rheumatology examinations this morning! We had a really nice weekend - although it was hot and steamy and Helen is being bitten to pieces by bugs (I have a few bites but not as many as helen). On Saturday we set off early to get a bus to the Batu Caves, just north of K...