contentment.

i am happy.

just got back from dinner with the grad student i've been working with and his girlfriend... they bought me a thank you dinner at this malaysian restaurant that i found and it was sooo goood! i mean, i still think malaysian food back in malaysia tastes better, but this was pretty darn close, especially since i hadn't had malaysian food in such a long time. we had nasi lemak and kangkung belacan and beef rendang and pulut with kaya... mmm. the owner of the place was from ipoh, and before i left we had a conversation with english, malay, hokkien and mandarin thrown in... haha. the grad student's girlfriend was standing next to me and she said she was lost within the first sentence. it was nice to be able to share some malaysian culture with the grad student and his girlfriend. they definitely enjoyed the food too!

the whole evening was pretty awesome... i went for a good run before getting ready for dinner, so i was feeling good. then on the way to the restaurant the sun was pretty low in the sky, so everything was golden and cast long, pretty shadows. then on the way back there was a crescent moon in this deep blue sky that wasn't quite dark yet, with an orange glow along the horizon. i could also see a couple of bright stars, and the blinking lights of planes that flew across the cloudless sky...

good food, good company, and picturesque panorama... it's times like these that you just can't help but smile. =)