My trip on Friday will be the first time that I have been out of the United States (with the exception of Canada, which, if it weren't so cold, would probably have been annexed decades ago). I hope you understand my anxiety. Of course, I'm excited too- and it helps that I'm traveling with Paul, who seems knowledgeable about international travel and is someone I doubt I will get annoyed at over the course of the day and a half trip. Still though, the length of the trip, the amount of packing and preparation involved, and the idea of leaving my lovely wife are not things I relish.
In order to alleviate the withdrawl symptoms associated with the last inconvenience, Erin bought me a very nice webcam, which, through Skype, allows us to (hypothetically) video chat with each other (she got a nice 13" MacBook for Christmas). I say hypothetically because, even though we have tested it out successfully, we were both in the same room. As you can imagine there are fewer oceans between the couch and the dinner table than there are between Michigan and Malaysia.
All this and I still have a rather complicated XSL transformation to finish before a demo tomorrow.
In order to alleviate the withdrawl symptoms associated with the last inconvenience, Erin bought me a very nice webcam, which, through Skype, allows us to (hypothetically) video chat with each other (she got a nice 13" MacBook for Christmas). I say hypothetically because, even though we have tested it out successfully, we were both in the same room. As you can imagine there are fewer oceans between the couch and the dinner table than there are between Michigan and Malaysia.
All this and I still have a rather complicated XSL transformation to finish before a demo tomorrow.
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The national currency is the Ringgit Malaysia or RM. The currency is denominated into 1000, 500, 100, 50, 10, 5, 2 and 1 RM notes. Coins include 1 RM, 50 cents, 20 cents, 10 cents, 5 cents and 1 cent.
The ringgit is pegged at RM3.80 to US dollar. The peg was introduced in 1998 during the Asian financial crisis by the former CEO of Malaysia, Dr Mahathir Mohammad.
Throughout the country, you can change your money at banks, major hotels and money changers. There are ATMs in every city too.
All the major credit cards are widely accepted at shopping malls, major hotels, tour agencies, entertainment outlets and so on.
As of 01/02/2008:
1 US Dollar = 3.38871 Malaysian Ringgit
1 Malaysian Ringgit (MYR) = 0.29510 US Dollar (USD)
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