Saturday, January 01, 2005
~ 9:29 AM ~
Hi Hi! Greetings from Malaysia! Sorry about the long long delay between blogs! I havent had internet access for awhile so its been hard to blog :) Soooo here's a recap of malaysia so far:
Shopping:
Everything here feels like its on sale! well actually , its because it is. haha at first, i was shocked to see the prices "400RM" for a jacket. No thanks! haha but after conversion, it works out to be only about 140ish... and everything here is only about $20-$50 ! Shoes here are even cheaper! Ive managed to get stackloads of shoes at abuot $15-$25 australian dollars and they're considered "good brands" over here... Ohhh everything here is shopping heaven. I even had my dad call me whilst he was on his holiday in hongkong to tell me to stop buying shoes.. haha . Needless to say, the phonecall did nothing :p
Toilets:
Malaysia has truly started its path to modernisation. When i first got to malaysia i was so afraid to use the toilets, for fear of having to squat on top of a 'hole in the ground' whilst standing in a pile of urine. No longer the case (well, 70% of the time). I now get to sit on proper toilets . For some, this is not a big deal. For germaphobes such as myself - it can mean the difference between a health kidney and a dead one. My only qualm however is that none of the toilets EVER have toilet paper, so ive resorted to carrying my own little supply of tissues :)
Living:
Whenever i'm over in malaysia, the only thing i eat is Assam Laksa. Its the only place i can get real authentic assam laksa. Usually, this is accompanied with a bout of diarrheao, but once again, as malaysia is becoming more modernised, I am sooooo proud to say, diarrhea has not occurred (hahaha lol too much info eh??). The pollution in KL city is shocking though. I cant breathe and i end up smelling of smoke and having black shoes and feet by the end of the day. However, luckily for me (not so lucky for my shopping), im not staying in inner KL city so the pollution does not affect me where im living.
New Years Eve Celebrations:
Cancelled. Yep. My NYE was supposed to be spent at the countdowns in KLCC or around bintang walk, but due to the tsunami death toll, the malaysian government has decided to cancel NYE celebrations. So, instead, I think we are just going to the pubs or something hehe with 10 of my cousin's friends.
So... that's a quick and basic sum up of my time in KL. On monday im heading back to singapore for a lil while. I should have better access to net there so ill try blog more :) Until then.. happy new years!
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