What Catherine Zeta-Jones and I Have in Common

After what has most possibly been the most last-minute, haphazardly planned trip since the invention of sky miles (with my move to Thailand being a close second), I found a ticket, booked a hotel, begged/bullied the Thai consulate and will be heading to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia tomorrow. It should be noted that I, Foreign Affairs major though I was and self-proclaimed Student of the World I might be, do not really know anything about Malaysia and only vaguely had any idea where it is. Only when looking at a map recently did I even realize that it is broken into two parts and, until 2 hours ago, had no idea in which part lies Kuala Lumpur (capital of Malaysia for all of you secretly pulling up a map right now). So, no visual image of Malaysia. I thought really hard but still came up with nothing. Then I remembered that KL is where they filmed "Entrapment" where Catherine Zeta-Jones hangs on for dear life on the outside of the bridge between the Petronas Towers - the world's tallest skyscraper until 2004. And that, my friends, will be me this time tomorrow (though, hopefully I'll be on inside of the bridge). I have to make a visa run - my tourist visa can't be transferred to a work visa until I check in at a Thai embassy outside the country and then come back in. No, it doesn't really make any sense, but rules are rules, Malaysia is Malaysia, and I am the new Catherine Zeta-Jones.