Hey hey everyone - it's been a minute since my last post!


I arrived in Malaysia 9 days ago and have been keeping quiet since then, mainly since I've been trying to find a new spot to set up camp and get back to a growth phase.


I started off in Penang, Malaysia - if you ever get the chance, and you like food, GO THERE. I had some of the cheapest and tastiest eats I've ever encountered there, and I already miss it!


They use the Malaysian Ringgit here as currency (RM for short), and the exchange rate when I traded was roughly 4.25:1 RM to USD (so every $100 gets you about 425 RM).


The photos I took suck, but you get the idea!

Freshly squeezed orange juice and a pad-thai-esque dish (can't remember exactly what it was called) that cost me under $2 USD in total! (7 RM)

Liquid nitrogen green tea - 8 RM (about $2 USD)

Simple dishes such as rice and pork belly are insanely cheap and bursting with flavor. My inner foodie died and went to heaven while I was in Penang!

Now, I'm hanging out in Kuala Lumpur and looking for an affordable condo/apartment/room to rent out for the next month or two.

US passport holders get a 3 month stamp upon arrival, which makes it a little cheaper to travel here, and also gives you more time to explore/slow travel, if you enjoy that like me).

I'm considering checking out the SIM Capsule Hotel, which offers pod rooms/beds - would run me about $260 US a month or $100 a week (I'll probably start out with a few nights, and if I enjoy it/am comfortable, I'll stay for monthly for now).

Built in TV, living areas such as a workspace and kitchen, patio, free wifi, etc - not a bad deal I'd say. I was spending a little less for my condo in Chiang Mai with utilities, but KL is definitely more expensive so it's expected I'll spend more.

Right in the heart of the city and walking distance from all sorts of attractions, such as KL tower.

The last time I lived in the city was Vancouver - which as many of you know from my previous posts, was really expensive and offered up all sorts of ways for me to get in trouble.

This time around, I'm in a different frame of mind and not looking to lurk as a trouble making night owl!

On another note, I've been keeping an eye on my crypto holdings. I'm currently holding EOS, Steem, BTC and ETH. I just traded some SBD that I had earned from my last few posts for some ETH today, as SBD was above the $1.00 line and ETH was trading around $185. Not a bad time to trade off some inflated SBD for some discounted ETH!

Still using the Exodus wallet as well. They recently just pushed out release 1.30, updated from 1.29, which looks like it offers some enhanced security and a few performance updates.

I'm also now sitting above 400 Steem Power, after my last post got a nice little unexpected full whale upvote (thank you!) - long term, I'll be holding and growing my SP with a 50/50 payout scheme.

Then, the intent is on growing my Exodus wallet holdings by trading my SBD earnings for ETH/BTC and potentially diversifying into other coins.

Overall, SteemIt still looks like an amazing long term play so I have no intentions of tapping out any of my SP, and fully intend on growing for the foreseeable future.

I also have no intentions of cashing out my Exodus wallet - however, it is nice that anything held within can be quickly tapped out and converted to cash should an emergency situation arise.

I'll be looking long on those holdings, especially BTC/ETH - curious to see how SegWit pans out in a few days, though.