Backyard
Sometimes we are too busy trying to think of a place to go to on our next vacation that we tend to forget what we have in our very own backyard. Forget about Luang Prabang. Forget about Bagan. Forget about Dili. Those can wait.
Jalan Sultan and The Morning Flea Market
So, I’ve just returned from Petaling Street or rather Jalan Sultan in KL this morning. I first heard about the existence of some ‘rare’ market there when I was still studying at University of Malaya a zillion years ago. My housemates would wake up in the wee hour of the morning just so that they could catch as many things as possible by going there the earliest they could. “Things can get snapped away pretty fast”, they’d tell me. I…
Attending Thaipusam in Batu Caves
So, I attended Thaipusam at Batu Caves for the second time in a row after daring the crowd for the first time last year. As usual, the challenges began at the train station when I had to push my way in with all my might and let myself be sandwiched in the super-crowded train at least until it reached the intended destination – the world renown Batu Caves on the outskirt of Kuala Lumpur.I wouldn’t have wanted to go through…