Arrived safely in Kota Kinabalu, East Malaysia, Borneo. Teaching the kids from the orphanage went really well, they could understand most of our instructions- although it may be different here in East Malaysia. Went to a night market, which was total banter. Had so much fun hagglin. Ended up gettin a skirt for about 2 pounds, Gucci shades+oaklies for about 1.50. Had Ozzy Ben with us to help us haggle as he is pretty much fluent in Bahasa. Chez + I got caught in a...

Little message to let you know what happened yesterday. As normal had our TEFL course + Malay lessons and after we went for a swim in the school's pool. Loadsa loose tiles on the bottom of the pool and i managed 2 slice open my foot while playing ultimate frisbee, ozzies vs britts (britts thrashed the ozzies). Was quite amusin cos i couldnt really feel it but when i got outa the pool there was a nice stream of blood- but dont worry mum, got it all cleared up. Luc...

Hey all. Just a quick note to say I arrived safely+gettin stuck in. Im on an island called Penang, which is attatched to mainland West Malaysia. Im with about 40 other gappers in an international boarding school.Boys are feeling slightly outnumbered as its 35 girls, 5 guys. So far we're learning to teach english as a foreign language through games and various activities. We're also learning the local "Malay" language, which is pretty solid. My gap partner, Ama...