Our day usually starts at 10 am. It begins with some toasts and a cup of instant coffee. Mostly after that little breakfast you realize that the toast is already empty again and howsoever we have to go to the supermarket today.
Subsequently we would check our e-mails to see if there were any news regarding our final thesis or some information from our home country.
After breakfast, we would freshen up and go to the supermarket nearby if we realize that we were running out of supplies. There you can buy everything you need for your everyday life. We would buy some fruits, which are extremely cheap, some bread, instant noodles, biscuits and some water. It is important to go to a big supermarket like “Giant” for daily groceries and not the small shops like “7/11” or “99 Speedmart”, because these shops are much more expensive and have a much smaller range of products. However, the good thing about these smaller supermarkets is that most of them are open 24/7.
Moreover, we have to say that staple food like milk or meat and hygiene products are extremely expensive in this country. This is the reason why we would mostly have our dinner or lunch in small restaurants where you can have a complete meal, inclusive of a drink for less than 3€ (RM12). Due to the variation of cultures in Malaysia such as the Indian, Malay or Chinese cultures, you have the option to choose between many different restaurants or food courts. A food court is a place full of chairs and tables with many small stalls which serves different types of food. You can walk around, order some dainty dishes from any of the different stalls and sit down at any table. After a while the dishes will be served and you have to pay for them immediately. So you will have the table full of different local dishes that you can share amongst your friends. These places have a very interactive and enjoyable atmosphere. The SRH-Top-Tip is to visit these food courts, which are available in many places, with some local friends as they can be very helpful for recommending incredibly delicious local dishes.
Usually after returning from the supermarket, we would swim in the pool as we lived in an apartment in a condominium complex. Hence, it was a luxury which we enjoyed.
Right after that it is time for lunch and we would mostly go to our favorite Chinese restaurant which is about 150 meters away from our apartment. It is a brilliant small Chinese restaurant where we would have our lunch or dinner nearly every second day. We tried to order different types of dishes every time we were there. This is so that we could try and experience the variety of Chinese cuisine available. We will go into this topic about restaurants and local food in further detail in another report.
After lunch, we would continue working on our assignments or blog reports.
Our classes mostly start at 8:30 pm so The reason why our classes were in the evening was because of the local master students who were mostly working during the day. It was important in Malaysia to find a reliable taxi driver, who could pick us up on time. If we need to get to the university early in the morning, we would book a taxi the day before as it is not easy to find a taxi.
The lessons were very interactive. Hence, we were able to work a lot with our Malaysian classmates. The drawback was that we had to do a lot of assignments and presentations.
The classes usually lasted for about three hours. So, including the taxi ride, we would only be back home at half past twelve.
We felt that the Malaysians have a completely different mentality and daily routine. For example, the majority of locals would have lunch at 10 pm!
Mostly after coming back home from classes, we would have a little midnight snack, sitting together on the balcony and reflect about the day. Our day ends between two or three o’clock in the morning.
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