{"id":677,"date":"2012-10-29T18:50:27","date_gmt":"2012-10-29T10:50:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stuif.com\/blog\/?p=677"},"modified":"2012-10-30T13:13:04","modified_gmt":"2012-10-30T05:13:04","slug":"a-visitor-from-holland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stuif.com\/blog\/?p=677","title":{"rendered":"A visitor from Holland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last week Yolanda, the sister of my friend Paul, has been in Malaysia for a short holiday trip. It was her third visit, but there were still enough interesting things to see.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stuif.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_1706.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"678\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/stuif.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=678\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/stuif.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_1706.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"599,800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Picasa&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 4S&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1350749438&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.28&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;320&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.05&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"At KLIA\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/stuif.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_1706-224x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/stuif.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_1706.jpg\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" class=\"wp-image-678 alignleft\" title=\"At KLIA\" src=\"https:\/\/stuif.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_1706.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"287\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stuif.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_1706.jpg 599w, https:\/\/stuif.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_1706-224x300.jpg 224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 287px) 100vw, 287px\" \/><\/a>On Saturday 20-10 Paul and I fetched her from the airport.<\/p>\n<p>She looked remarkably fresh after her 12 hour flight.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The next day Aric and I had dinner with them in our favourite seafood restaurant, near to our condo. When I am back in Amsterdam, Yolanda and I have made it a tradition to meet each other in a fashionable restaurant for an extensive (and often expensive!) dinner. This meal was a lot cheaper.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stuif.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_1715.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"681\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/stuif.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=681\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/stuif.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_1715.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Picasa&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 4S&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1350851158&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.28&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;250&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.05&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_1715\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/stuif.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_1715-300x225.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/stuif.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_1715.jpg\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-681\" title=\"IMG_1715\" src=\"https:\/\/stuif.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_1715.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stuif.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_1715.jpg 800w, https:\/\/stuif.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_1715-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stuif.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_1715-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>From Monday until Wednesday we made a trip to Taiping, Kuala Kangsar and the Cameron highlands. Here is the detailed report, <a href=\"http:\/\/stuif.com\/multiply\/page.php?album_nr=147&amp;owner=janstu\">Yolanda&#8217;s visit, October 2012<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Just one picture here. In Kuala Kangsar I went for the first time inside the famous Ubudiyah mosque, after a friendly girl gave us robes to cover our &#8220;nakedness&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stuif.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/DSC_3774.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"685\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/stuif.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=685\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/stuif.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/DSC_3774.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"601,800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Picasa&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D5100&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1350989710&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;27&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;800&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.016666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"DSC_3774\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/stuif.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/DSC_3774-225x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/stuif.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/DSC_3774.jpg\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" class=\"wp-image-685 alignleft\" title=\"DSC_3774\" src=\"https:\/\/stuif.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/DSC_3774.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"282\" height=\"374\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This is the result. Cute? Hilarious? Judge for yourself.<\/p>\n<p>Paul still looks skeptical as usual, but Yolanda has a serene,\u00a0 almost saintly smile on her face.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I had asked her to bring some &#8220;stroopwafels&#8221;,as I know that my Malaysian friends love those sweet, typical Dutch delicacies. Oh, and she also brought a &#8220;fresh&#8221; Epipen from Holland, so I will feel safer now when I go jungle-trekking.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stuif.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_1723.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"687\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/stuif.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=687\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/stuif.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_1723.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Picasa&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 4S&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1351161673&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.28&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;64&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.05&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_1723\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/stuif.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_1723-300x225.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/stuif.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_1723.jpg\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-687\" title=\"IMG_1723\" src=\"https:\/\/stuif.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_1723.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stuif.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_1723.jpg 800w, https:\/\/stuif.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_1723-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stuif.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_1723-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here are two of my IKEA friends, carefully tasting a stroopwafel to find out if they like it. They did&#8230;:-)<\/p>\n<p>It was a nice visit. Writing this, she is already back in Amsterdam.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week Yolanda, the sister of my friend Paul, has been in Malaysia for a short holiday trip. It was her third visit, but there were still enough interesting things to see. 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