Thursday September 2, 2010 Co-op is going great!My placement with the marine and freshwater research lab continues to have its fair share of surprises.From pulling up a light logger and dragging an octopus into the boat… to stumbling across an 18kg Mulloway (aka Jew Fish) that had just had its head severed cleanly off by the Rottnest Ferry!The poor guy was still twitching when we pulled him (and his last meal, a smaller fish) aboard!I'm constantly learning a...

Monday August 16th 2010 So, it has been a couple weeks since Malaysia and life is beginning to return to normal at "home". I have started my second co-op with the Marine and Freshwater Research lab on campus and I couldn't ask for a better job placement!MAFRL is a National Association of Testing Authorities (NATA) accredited lab and is contracted by the government, as well as private environmental consultants to run water quality tests.I spend most ...

Saturday July 31st—Penang to Kuala Lumpur Today we unfortunately had to leave Penang and head back to Kuala Lumpur… our relaxing beach vacation was over!We checked out of the Hard Rock at 10am in order to allow enough time to visit the Snake Temple, which was only 3km away from the airport.Two bus rides later, we arrived at the Snake Temple also known as the Temple of Azure Cloud.The temple was built in 1850 and is dedicated to Chor Soo Kong, a priest who ...

Friday July 30th---Penang What a lazy and wonderful day!It pretty much consisted of sleeping in, eating and then laying by the pool for the entire day!We needed to catch some sun and take advantage of the gorgeous weather we were having, especially considering the forecast called for thunderstorms!After about 6 hours in the sun, we decided to clean up and head out for our last dinner in Penang.We found a Malaysian food court on the street and decided to check ...

Thursday July 29th—Penang Today was a FULL ON day!We allowed ourselves a little bit of a sleep in, in order to recoup for the previous night!Then we headed downstairs for breakfast in the sun before venturing off on the city bus to Georgetown (the main city on the island of Penang).The bus cost 3.20RM ($1 CAN) and we rode it for probably about 45 minutes!Jenn had an awesome Lonely Planet book of Penang, so we decided to follow one of the self-guided walking to...