The Way I See It

Looking for Love
(in all the wrong places)

June 2, 2003

I'm back from 10 wonderful days (and 13 beautiful nights) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Thanks for your prayers and gifts and burnt offerings during my absence as I was not killed once during the entire trip...a perfect record!

It's been a hard week...Tuesday I had to take three of my four tenants to court and sue them for back rent and then kick them out. It's not easy to smile when you kill but I did well...
It was very hard leaving Gizmo for the first time since I'd adopted him. I cried as I left the house, wondering if my little buddy would be there when I returned. I later found out he sat in front of my closed bedroom door for the first two days I was gone. Poor little stinker...well...adventure called...
I left on the evening of June 2nd and landed at Laguardia Airport (New York City),

(I'm real proud of how I digitally erased the traffic light from this beautiful sunset photo using Microsoft Paint...)

...took a shuttle bus to Newark, N.J. and then flew out of Newark the next morning. Manhattan looked trashy and run-down, just like on "Welcome Back Kotter". I kept looking for Vinny Barbarino to be strutting down the graffitti-clad city streets. My motel in Newark had a wall around it, fortress-style, I suppose to keep the muggers out. Flight time was just over 21 hours from Newark to Kuala Lumpur with a short layover in Dubai, United Arab Emrates...