Big News!
We are moving to Kuala Lumpur!
Maybe you already guessed it, when I mentioned we were going on a “mini vacation” to Malaysia. 🙂 We came back yesterday, after three intense days of getting to know the city and visiting friends who live there. I wanted to take more pictures to show you, but we were so busy I barely had time to pick up the camera. Luckily I managed to take a few of the view from our hotel room.
Kuala Lumpur is a beautiful, vibrant city with green parks and glistening high-rises. We will move in December, to be in place for January 1st.
Here’s also a pic that I took from the living room of our friends who live downtown, with a spectacular view of the famous Petronas Twin Towers:
But we will miss our wonderful friends here in Jakarta, living here has been an amazing adventure, which has blessed our family in so many ways. It is with a heavy heart I think of packing up our life in Indonesia and moving on. It is a good thing we are not moving right away, but have time to get used to the idea and take our farewell of amazing Jakarta.
And oh, I have to tell you: one morning I woke up in the hotel room to find another endorsement of Beautiful Affliction in my inbox!
“Fogelberg has crafted a literary and beautifully compelling story, which is much more than a medical mystery. It is a heartfelt and touching story about a mother who loves her husband and children and struggles with the thought of leaving them behind. Her efforts to give them a sense of her love and how she wants that love to be remembered is what makes this book a magnificent memoir that I will be thinking about for a long time.”
— Steven L. Peck, author of The Scholar of Moab and A Short Stay in Hell
I am very grateful for Steven’s blurb, it didn’t make it into the book, since it has already gone to the printer, but every endorsement is useful during the marketing and PR campaign. And also, on a personal level, it means so much to me every time someone says they loved my book (he really said that! “I loved your book. Thank you for a wonderful read.” !!!). I can’t believe I now have thirteen blurbs!
Hugs,
Lene
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I so envy you for all your travelling and experience. I know moving is kind of a shock, I hate saying goodbye to people and places. But think that in the new place you’ll find more people and more experience, and that’s good 🙂
And Kuala Lumpur looks like an unreal place, let me tell you!
So glad for your new endorsement. Hey, I think this book is already a success. Imagine when it will actually go out into the world! 😉
Yeah, that’s the worst part of moving around as expats; to say goodbye to people, either when they are moving, or when you are! But it is a wonderful way of making friends from all over the world, and I am grateful for having this experience. Malaysia will be very interesting to get to know closer! And thanks for your encouragement regarding my book, only 6 weeks to launch!
Grattis till den fantastiska kommentaren och till den spännande flytten!
Yay, dubbel-tack! Mycket som händer på samma gång!
Spännande tider! Fantastiskt med all fin respons du får med boken! Många kramar!
Jaa, eller hur! Helt overkligt är det. Många kramar till dig! <3
Lysande utsikter! Så spännande o intressant.
Vi gläds med dina härliga blurbs o stämmer in i alla lyckönskningar.
Kramar
Tackar, tackar och många kramar!
How exciting with a new adventure! New experiences and impressions, new depth to your writing, right? Looking forward to learning more about your new life in Malaysia. Do you know for about how long you will live there?
Indonesia has been fantastic and it will be exciting to get to know yet another Asian culture. The initial contract is for two years, and then it can be prolonged yearly… so for now we plan for at least 2016-2017.
Very cool. Happy exploring!
And congrats on another great review – they’re raining in! 🙂
Thanks! <3
Congratulations Lene on your new endorsement and many more to come! Best wishes for Kuala Lumpur! Will miss you in Jakarta!
Thanks so much Komal! Will miss you too, but luckily we have another half-year before we leave. <3
Lene: Congratulations on your exciting move to Kuala Lumpur. What an amazing life you live. And congratulations on the wonderful blurb. I’m very excited for you and happy things are going well.
Thanks so much Leslie! I’m so happy we are pub sisters, and very excited our pub days are approaching! Woohoo!